Competitiveness of Malaysian Fisheries Exports: A Constant Market Share Analysis
Bee Hui Soh
· Ghee-Thean Lim
· Soo Y Chua
·Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies ·2021 ·JEL: B27, F14, O13, Q17, Q22
Malaysia, one of the global major fish producers, has highly traded fisheries products given its many water bodies. Nonetheless, it faces a serious fish trade deficit, implying that the Malaysian fisheries sector might lose its competitiven...
Return-on-Investment Measurement and Assessment of Research Fund: A Case Study in Malaysia
Nur Azura Sanusi
· Noor Hayati Akma Shafiee
· Nor Ermawati Hussain
· Zuha Rosufila Abu Hassan
· Mohd Lazim Abdullah
· Nor Hayati Sa’at
·Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business ·2021 ·JEL: E47, G17, H52, I123
This study estimates the financial value of return on investment (ROI) of research funds. Four simulation estimations are employed to measure ROI finance value that considers the outputs, outcomes, impacts and total ROI from the allocation...
Savings Behaviour of Bottom Income Group: Is there any role for financial efficacy and risk preference?
Suriyani Muhamad
· Suhal Kusairi
· Nadia Zamri
·Economics and Sociology ·2021 ·JEL: G40, G41, G51, G32, D14, R51
An immense concern of governments globalwide today is financial inclusion as one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Governments arrive at many solutions by addressing the policies to improve financial achievement, mainly through f...
Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Market-based Instruments and Trade Policies for Environmental Goods: Evidence from Malaysia
Muralitharan Paramasua
· Evelyn S. Devadason
· Pardis Moslemzadeh Tehrani
·Millennial Asia ·2021
This article investigates policy constraints for the environmental goods sector in Malaysia based on the dimensions of market-based (including regulatory) instruments and trade policies. In-depth structured interviews with the government an...
Testing the convergence and the divergence in five Asian countries: from a GMM model to a new Machine Learning algorithm
Cosimo Magazzino
· Marco Mele
· Nicolas Schneider
·Journal of Economic Studies ·2021 ·JEL: O41, C32, E10
The purpose of this paper is to empirically test the economic convergence that operate between five selected Asian countries (namely Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia). In particular, it seeks to investigate how i...
The effect of gender and creativity on beauty premium on hiring decisions in Malaysia: Do male and female hirers weigh them differently?
Kean-Siang Chng
· Suresh Narayan
·Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy ·2021
The presence of a beauty premium in the labor market has been convincingly demonstrated in developed countries, although studies examining this issue in other countries have been few. Additionally, two related issues remain unclear: (i) Doe...
The Influence of Directors’ Diversity and Corporate Sustainability Practices on Firm Performance: Evidence from Malaysia
Mohammad Shahansha Molla
· Mohammad Tariq Hasan
· Mahadi Hasan Miraz
· Mohammad Tahlil Azim
· Md. Kaium Hossain
·Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business ·2021 ·JEL: M1, M4, M48, Q56
This study aims to examine the relationship between directors’ diversity (DIRDIV) and financial performance (FP) with a particular focus on the moderating effect of corporate sustainability practices (CSP). The study analyzes a sample of 10...
The influence of transformational leadership on Malaysian students’ entrepreneurial behaviour
Muhammad Ashraf Fauzi
· Tulasi Martin
· Kamalesh Ravesangar
·Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review ·2021 ·JEL: L26, D80, D91, L20, N15
The objective of the article is to understand entrepreneurial abilities of students in Malaysian higher education system. Hence, the role of transformational leadership, psychological empowerment, and knowledge sharing in inducing this beha...
The Sustainable Purchase Intention in a New Normal of COVID-19: An Empirical Study in Malaysia
Muhammad Safuan Abdul Latip
· Farhana Tahmida Newaz
· Rachel Yong Yuen May
· Ahmad Esa Abdul Rahman
·Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business ·2021 ·JEL: Q56, M39, D16, Q01, M59
The study investigated the effect of food safety knowledge, food safety trust and the factors influencing organic food purchase intention in the ‘new normal’ of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study employed non-contrived and cross-sectional met...
Trade Openness and Economic Growth: A Study on Asean-6
My-Linh Nguyen
· Toan Ngoc Bui
·Economies ·2021
This paper focuses on examining the nonlinear impact of trade openness (TO) on economic growth (EG) in the Asean-6 countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, and Vietnam). In order to achieve the set research objectiv...
Use of Social Media in Planning Domestic Holidays: A Study on Malaysian Millennials
Krishna Moorthy
· Nik Mohamad Zaki Nik Salleh
· Ang Xin Jie
· Chan Shu Yi
· Lau Shin Wei
· Loo Yian Bing
· Yee Zhao Ying
·Millennial Asia ·2021
This study examines the social media usage of Malaysian millennials in planning their domestic holidays. This study integrated the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and technology acceptance model (TAM) variables by adding electronic word-o...
Were Foreign Exchange Markets Reacting Negatively to Political Events? The Case of Malaysia
Hon Chung Hui
·South Asian Journal of Macroeconomics and Public Finance ·2021 ·JEL: F31, D72, D73, O38
This article explores the effects of political events on foreign exchange returns in Malaysia. We identify five political events in recent history, namely the 13th General Election (GE13), the imprisonment of a key opposition politician, th...
What Drives Residential Consumers Willingness to Use Green Technology Applications in Malaysia
Nor Salwati Othman
· Nor Hamisham Harun
· Izzaamirah Ishak
·Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business ·2021 ·JEL: DO1, D91, Q01, Q28, Q55
The government policies and initiatives to guarantee sustainable energy and clean environmental conditions contributed to the introduction of green technology electricity appliances in the market. This study sought to determine the physiolo...
Adoption of open innovation and entrepreneurial orientation practices in Malaysian furniture industry
Fazli Wadood
· Mohammed Emad Alshaikh
· Fazal Akbar
· Maqsood Mahmud
·Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review ·2022
The main objective of this research is to integrate the resource-based view (RBV) to analyse how the relationship between firm performance and entrepreneurial orientation is mediated by outbound innovation among furniture firms in Malaysia.
Asia’s financial interconnectedness: Evolution, implications, and insights from past crises
Peter Rosenkranz
· Monica Melchor
·Economic Analysis and Policy ·2022
Past crisis episodes have illustrated the interplay of macroeconomic and financial conditions, including the presence of harmful macrofinancial feedback effects. Meanwhile, financial markets have become increasingly connected and economic a...