Modeling transaction costs is of particular importance when analyzing price integration in developing countries. Spatial price integration among five major Bangladesh rice markets are examined over the post-liberalization period that covered a long time span from January 1999 to December 2021,...

The connection between ownership structure and firm performance has attracted much attention, especially in emerging markets, yet yielded many inconsistent empirical results. This paper presents an analysis of the association between eight categories of ownership, HHI Index, GINI index and firm...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of entrepreneurial competencies on competitive advantage and to investigate the effect of competitive advantage on the performance of informal microenterprises owned and managed by women micro-entrepreneurs in Kelantan, Malaysia....

Despite tons of studies on Islamic banking (IB) behavior, there is a lack of understanding of the Millennial generation's attitude to and subjective norms surrounding Islamic banking, as well as of their behavioral intention toward Islamic banking. Therefore, the present study investigates the...

We provide evidence regarding the relationship between director training programs and improved financial reporting. Director Training Programs (DTP) help directors better understand the specific context in which a firm operates, including its operations and environment; awareness of business...

This paper examines the impact of Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act across three main sectors of the financial services industry: commercial banks, insurance companies, and brokerage firms, taking account of the wealth effect associated with the announcement. We find that the law has a differential impact...

The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia’s (AIM) Urban Microfinance Program on their client’s quality of life in Peninsular Malaysia. Urban Microfinance Program was launched by AIM in 2008 and no-known study has been conducted so far to measure the...

The main objective of this study is to measure the impact of Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia's microcredit program on household assets possessed by clients of rural households in Peninsular Malaysia. This study utilized a cross-sectional design with a quasi-experimental approach. Findings of this study...

The objective of this study is to develop and validate an instrument to measure entrepreneurial motivation among the low-income households in Kelantan, Malaysia. The present study attempts to answer the call of existing studies, which reported inadequate entrepreneurship research within...