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Capital Structure and Profitability of Malaysian Public Listed Companies
By Tokhir Tojimatov, 2010. University Tun Abdul Razak
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Financing decisions is one of the important areas in financial management to increase shareholders wealth. To determine how managers achieve this object, it can say performance measurement of company. In this paper we have studied the issue of whether the capital-structure decision impacts firms performance such as profitability. For this reason, we used definition of capital structure in scope of debt equity ratio and 3 measures were assumed for profitability. In this paper, we applied the data of 30 companies in Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) in a 3-year time horizon (2007- 2009)... |
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The Submarine Cable Landing Right in Malaysia: Should it be Liberalized
By Abdelbaset Ramadan Queiri, 2010. University Tun Abdul Razak
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The focus of this work is to investigate the issues related to the liberalization of submarine cable in Malaysia by evaluating the following scenarios: the cost of monopoly exercised by TM, the arguments of monopolizing the submarine cable, the expected and potential benefits of liberalization of submarine cable to Malaysian economy.
The cost of monopoly was investigated. Monopolizing the submarine cable has resulted in high charges of internet services; also the monopolizing has an impact on the quality of broadband service... |
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A Study of Customer Satisfaction and usage Patterns of Mobile Telecommunication Networks in Nigeria
By Abiodun, Omojola Abiola, 2010. University Tun Abdul Razak
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The telecommunication industry in Nigeria has changed during the recent years, from being a government monopoly, the market has moved into a more competitive market with more competitors that offer more services. This study sought to assess and analyse customer satisfaction and the usage patterns of the mobile telecommunication networks in Nigeria. The study was basically a survey in which structured questionnaire was developed and administered. The sample in the study consisted of respondents from the three geographical locations of Nigeria... |
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Share Buyback, Price Stability and Signalling in Bursa Malaysia
By Ramakrishnan A/l Suppiah, 2010. University Tun Abdul Razak
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Share buyback has gained Prominence in all the leading capital markets. Since 1999 many companies in Bursa Malaysia has embraced this phenomena whole heartedly. The Asian financial crisis in 1997 has encouraged the adoption of this corporate management tool to shore up the sagging share prices and to improve the financial image and ratios. This study examines and substantiates with empirical evidence the signaling motivation of share repurchases.
The analyses and results provided here are based on observations of 187 companies for the years 1999 to 2006... |
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International Student Satisfaction in the Malaysian Universities
By Rasha Saad Abdelgadir Soliman, 2010. University Tun Abdul Razak
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The study was conducted for the purpose of understanding international students satisfaction, which in turn impact the student loyalty, in the Malaysian education institution they are studying. There were 114 valid samples from 5 different university colleges. Based on the data collected, the analysis of descriptive statistics, T-test and one-way ANOVA were conducted. The study yielded that the most important element of student loyalty is administrative support, followed by facility and infrastructure, and finally program quality... |
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An Exploratory Study of Work Values and Organizational Cultures in the Context of Gender Differences
By Azizah Bte Ahmad, 2009. University Tun Abdul Razak
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Organizations spend an enormous amount of time and money on Performance Management, Strategic Management, as well as Change Management to improve the working environment and augment profitability in order to compete in a market which is now globally oriented. As markets become more global, it creates a culture that is broad and multifaceted. On a daily basis, culture influences who we are--as individuals, families, communities, professions, industries, organizations and nations--and how we interact with each other within and across regional and national borders... |
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Leadership and Motivation in Us Multinational Corporations in Bangladesh
By Mohammad Eusuf Miah, 2009. University Tun Abdul Razak
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No particular style of leadership is effective in all situations. An effective leadership style is all about the behaviors and values that the leaders choose to use to achieve the organizational goals. This study has attempted to identify factors such as the impact of culture, values and leadership styles among the US and Bangladeshi managers serving in US Multinational Corporations (MNCs) operating in Bangladesh. This study examines the personality dimensions: Extroversion vs. Introversion, Sensing vs. Intuition, Thinking vs... |
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Internal Auditors Perception of Fraud Risk Indicators (Malaysian Evidence)
By Mahayudin Bin Ismail, 2009. University Tun Abdul Razak
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Recent corporate financial accounting scandals such as Enron, Worldcom, Global Crossing, Tyco, etc., have increased concerns about fraud, had wiped out billions of dollars of shareholder value and led to erosion of investor confidence of financial market (Peterson and Buckoff, 2004; Rezaee et al., 2004). Globally, the average estimated loss per organisation from economic crimes is $2,199,930 over a two-year period (PriceWaterhouseCoopers,2003). In the USA, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) estimates that about six percent of firm revenues, or $660 billion, is lost per year as the result of occupational fraud (Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, 2004)... |
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E-commerce Recommender System
By Wong, Cher Yueng, 2009. University Tun Abdul Razak
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Recommender systems have become an important asset of the information age, and this project is about the application of such systems. The first part of this project aims to explain and discuss some of the important researches that have been done on recommender systems since they were first introduced in the early 90s. The second part of this project is the design and implementation of Slope One recommender into an e-commerce recommender system website. |
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Transaction Cost Arbitrage Opportunities in Foreign Exchange ( A Comparison among Money Changers and Selected Banks )
By Md. Mahbubur Rahman Shahin, 2009. University Tun Abdul Razak
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Malaysian banks and money changers are bid-ask spreads charging in foreign currencies in different ways. Some foreign currencies banks are bid-ask spreads charging higher then money changers and alternatively money changers are also bid-ask spreads charging more higher then banks. Among banks there have no arbitrage opportunities on foreign exchange rates accept money changers 1 and 2 with compare to banks.
This study found that foreign exchange activities different bank makes different policies on different foreign currency... |
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Structural Analysis of Determinants of Foreign Exchange Rates
By Tu Chuan Fuk, 2009. University Tun Abdul Razak
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This study analyses the main determinants of the exchange rate using data covering the period from year 2000 to 2007. It examines how the exchange rates are potentially influenced by factors such as the oil price, stock index in the international financial markets, consumer price index, balance of payment, gross domestic product, gross national product. public expenditure, public debt, interest rate, foreign direct investment and foreign exchange reserve.
The paper contains an analysis of the exchange rate of Malaysian ringgit versus various currencies from Singapore Dollar... |
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Presence of Unit Root in Foreign Exchange Rates and Kuala Lumpur Composite Index
By David, Cheam Tat Lim, 2009. University Tun Abdul Razak
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This research is intended to provide the results and comparisons for the stationarity and unit root testing for the MYR against USD, EUR, JPY, GBP, CAD and KLCI. The strength of MYR will have much dependent on the Malaysian economic. The KLCI is chosen as an indication to measure the strength of Malaysian stocks market and economy. The need for stationarity testing is necessary as the time series data can strongly influence its behavior and properties. The use of non-stationary data can lead to spurious regressions... |
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Consumers Perspection towards GST: A Pilot Survey
By Subramanian Sundram, 2009. University Tun Abdul Razak
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The Malaysian Government has proposed to introduce the Goods and Services Tax [GST] on the 1st January 2007 which will replace the existing sales tax and service tax. While sales tax is levied on goods at the point of import or at the point of the goods manufactured, service tax is imposed on selected services including services provided by professionals. The non-mention of the GST in Budget 2006 is a clear indication that the Government is all set for its implementation come January 1 2007. Malaysia is amongst a small handful of countries, which has yet to introduce a broad-based consumption tax such as goods and service tax (GST) or value added tax (VAT)... |
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The Effectiveness of Training and its Implications for Job Satisfaction : A Study of Malaysian Public Service
By Halila Faiza Zainal Abidin, 2009. University Tun Abdul Razak
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Training and development are essentials in Human Resource Management. The effectiveness of training programs needs to be evaluated to ensure that the outcomes meet the targeted organizational goal. This project examined the effectiveness of training programs conducted in Malaysian Public Service and its implications on employees job satisfaction.
The evaluation of training was conducted on the basis of 16 questions that required respondents assessment on their training experience and the training course design... |
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Employee Satisfaction: A Case Study at Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad
By Ahmad Zulkarnain Bin Abdullah, 2009. University Tun Abdul Razak
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This research aim to examine the employee satisfaction in an organization. With the hope to provide to the management team on understanding the employees opinions, values, expectations and needs. This is to perform some application based on the survey results in order to provide better decision making, planning and identify priorities for employees from the management team. We will be able to compare the employees opinion and benchmark to track the employee satisfaction to identify the main contributors towards employee satisfaction... |
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