Background Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are vital to Malaysia's economy, comprising a significant portion of all businesses. However, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in the SMEs' digital readiness to operate remotely. To remain competitive, SMEs must adopt digital...

Together with Singapore, Malaysia is one of the successful cases in Asia achieving rapid economic growth. However the issues of poverty still being discussed today. Amanah Ikthiar Malaysia (AIM) is one of the dominant players contributing to the poverty eradication program in Malaysia engaging...

Current industrialization has generated many challenges, including ecological hazards, climate change, and overuse of non-renewable natural resources creating an increasing demand for achieving the goal of Triple Bottom Line (TBL). In this regard, Industry 4.0 can contribute to the the...

This study employs a cross sectional design with stratified random sampling method to examine the effect of Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia's (AIM) microcredit program on hardcore poor households' microenterprise assets in Peninsular Malaysia. So far no known study has been conducted to measure the...