Analysis of expenditure and income patterns of households in Malaysia that focuses on income, expenditure, loan, and saving is important. This study analyzes the impact of post global economic crisis on the income and expenditure patterns of Malaysian households. The study identifies major...

Okun’s Law has present in most of the European countries. It explained the negative relationship between output growth and unemployment rate. It has been a norm for the existence of the negative relationship between output growth and unemployment. The impact of high unemployment rate is...

The study shows that there is a need for riba-free banks in all countries where Muslims live. However, most countries operate under conventional banking laws, and it is futile to expect the situation to change; and it does not need to change. The interaction between the traditional Islamic and...

Enterprise risk management (ERM) is a new management concept fast ascending the corporate agenda globally. Its relevancy and popularity as a management technique are abetted by the changing business practices and burgeoning regulatory requirements on risk management. The shift in paradigm in...

Given that SMEs have been identified as main growth engines under Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP), there is now a pertinent need to provide SMEs with the necessary management skills and know-how in order to compete, sustain and succeed in today’s challenging business environment. This paper is based...

Leadership is a critical element in ensuring the sustainability of an organization. Research in the field of leadership has never been saturated with theoretical and conceptual quests for leadership styles that work with any situation and followers’ condition. Bernard Bass, for instance has...

Recent unstable oil prices and continuing concerns of global warming have reignited interest in understanding the demand for residential electricity consumption by households. Given the declining tariff block that characterizes electricity demand, understanding households’ responsiveness to...

There are lack of studies that discuss the importance of owner’s gender and age with firm performance. Thus, the objective of this study is to examine the relationship between owner’s gender and age with the business performance, which is measured using Tobin’s Q (Q) and Earnings Per Share...

The occurrences of workplace bully among practicum training students especially in the hospitality industry seem to be a never ending episode and each semester the same issue has been raised by the affected students. Practicum training students were identified to be the main target by bullies...

This paper attempts to identify the major constraints on the Egyptian economic growth performance during the period 1998-2008, in comparison with those of the Malaysian experience. The paper compares with Malaysia since it is one of the successful emerging markets which share certain...