Many nations, states, and geographic regions have focused on tourism as a means to economic growth. Most recently, East Asia has experienced a huge influx in tourist dollars as demand grew more than twice as fast as world averages. Tourist often follows the recommendation of others who have had...

Purpose of this Paper - Despite the spread in usage and ownership of credit cards, few studies have examined its affect on consumer debt in developing nations. The main purpose of this study is to understand consumers' attitude and spending behavior using credit cards.Design/Methodology/Approach...

This paper presents a comparative analysis on the outsourcing of logistics services by manufacturing organisations in the Malaysia and Saudi Arabia. The study addresses key issues relating to extent of usage of third party logistics services, implementation issues, obstacles and plans of current...

This paper examines the current trends in the perceptions of career influences on academic staff in and reports on an empirical research that was carried out in Malaysia to study the influences of selection, training, promotion, work and career development and family issues in forming a...

Purpose – The aim of this research is to undertake a comparative analysis on the use of third party logistics (3PL) services by manufacturing firms in Singapore and Malaysia.Design/methodology/approach – This study is based on a questionnaire survey conducted in Singapore and Malaysia in...

Malaysia is an Asian country with a multi-ethnic population that includes native Malays, and people of Chinese and Indian ethnicity. Malaysia has identified tourism as a priority sector and is aggressively promoting the country. Consequently, restaurants in Malaysia operate with an increasingly...

This paper examines and compares the Total Quality Management (TQM) practices and performances of the manufacturing sector in Malaysia. Empirical research is used to determine the difference, if any, in the issues related to TQM implementation and organisational performances. Results based on...

This study examines the country of origin effect of products made in Japan. The study focuses on the questions of the 'sources of information in evaluating products; the evaluation of specific product dimensions by Malaysian consumers; and consumers' assessment of different product categories....