Inward FDI in Malaysia and its policy context

Malaysia is still perceived as an important destination for foreign direct investment (FDI). Deregulation by the Malaysian government in 1986 with a new round of Pioneer status tax holidays, tax allowances for expansion projects, liberal rules for firms operating in free trade zones (FTZs), and tax exemptions are encouraging stronger FDI inflows (IFDI). IFDI flows reached a peak in 1988-1993 as export-oriented foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs) relocated manufacturing production operations to Malaysia to benefit from cheap labor, government incentives and liberal conditions for manufacturing FDI. After 1996, due to the Asian financial crisis in 1997-1998, IFDI flows into Malaysia decreased and subsequently recorded the lowest level in 2001 as a result of the world trade recession. Following steady growth in 2002-2007, IFDI in Malaysia fell dramatically in 2008 and 2009 due to the global economic crisis. However, a strong resumption in the first quarter of 2010 and government efforts, including continued liberalization of manufacturing and services, the Government Transformation Programme, promoting new key economic areas, and the active role of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), contributed to an increase in inward FDI flows in the second quarter of 2010

University-industry collaboration in the automotive, biotechnology, and electronics firms in Malaysia

This paper seeks to examine existing explanations of drivers of university-industry collaboration. The Probit regression results support prevailing theory on the importance of R&D intensity, partner diversity and access to wider channels of information matter for university-industry collaboration. However, categorizing size as a dichotomous dummy variable of SME and large firms showed an inverse relationship, while actual employment size was not statisti- cally significant. Size was inversely correlated with university- industry collaboration. Separate Probit estimations for the specific industries of automotive, biotechnology and electronics indicate the following as the important drivers. First, R&D intensity, importance of university as a source of knowledge and age were important in automotive firms. Second, R&D intensity, channels of R&D information and R&D partner diversity were important in biotechnology firms. Third, the channels of R&D information and R&D partner diversity were important in electronics firms. Size was statistically significant in automotive and electronics firms but the coefficients were negative when a dummy was used and not statistically significant when the actual employment was used. Closer examination showed higher university-industry collaboration means among medium size firms

The compounded role of e-commerce in achieving supply chain excellence in manufacturing perspective

Hitherto, there has been little research on the consumption of mobile technologies in Malaysia. A clear definition allows telcos to focus on the most crucial part of their business and prevent them from repeating the costly mistakes of the recent past by entering and subsequently exiting, non-core businesses and markets.This paper seeks to address the current state of telcos in Malaysia by presenting constructive evidence as recent as second quarter of 2004.This paper offers a compilation of mobile services consumption in a number of leading countries in order to map possible future scenarios on the use of mobile technologies locally. It is only recently that industry has begun to broaden its views of the mobile consumers to include deeper understanding of users’ behaviour.Predictions of increasing revenue from mobile services in the future depend ultimately on the successful development and the satisfaction of an end-user market rather than technical development.This paper serves as foundation for further studies concerning the factors influencing the adoption of mobile entertainment services

A Bibliometric Analysis of Fuel Subsidy: A Call For Action

Fuel subsidies play a vital role in mitigating inflation and lowering fuel production expenses, particularly during periods of surging global crude oil prices. The study's objectives involve a comprehensive assessment, mapping research studies to understand current trends, publication impact, research productivity in fuel subsidy studies, and identifying the most influential countries, institutions, and authors in this field. This research conducts a bibliometric analysis of fuel subsidies and their trends, utilizing data and academic literature from the Scopus database retrieved on October 4, 2022, with the keywords "fuel" and "subsidy" in the title string. Examining 168 articles spanning 1978 to 2022, quantitative data analysis employed Microsoft Excel, VOSviewer, and Harzing’s Publish or Perish. Results reveal a rising trend in article publication since 2014, peaking at 23 articles in 2017. The United States (USA), the United Kingdom (UK), and China emerge as the most productive countries in fuel subsidy studies, with the USA playing a crucial role in international collaboration. The most cited paper garnered 164 citations. Future research is encouraged to explore broader areas, linking fuel subsidies with low carbon societies, environmental policy, renewable energy, or the blue economy, given their global significance. The study's findings aim to guide researchers in planning future investigations, offering relevant literature and critical issues to address, ultimately enhancing the quality of knowledge in this domain

Inward and Outward FDI Country Profiles, Second Edition

This second edition contains a series of 77 standardized country profiles dealing with the inward and outward foreign direct investment (FDI) performance of 40 economies. The profiles have been peer-reviewed by a global network of experts. The publication is intended to contribute to the analysis of trends in foreign direct investment and policy issues related to them. More specifically, the individual profiles discuss FDI trends and developments (country-level developments, the corporate players); effects of the recent global crises; and the policy scene. Each profile contains a standard set of tables, including on FDI stocks and flows, sectoral and geographical FDI distributions, the largest M&As and greenfield investments, the principal foreign affiliates (for inward FDI), and the principal multinational enterprises (for outward FDI). The standardized template used to produce the profiles allows cross-country comparisons. The volume is meant to be a reference tool for anyone interested in foreign direct investment

R&D commercialization challenges for developing countries : the case of Malaysia

The table of contents for this item can be shared with the requester. The requester may then choose one chapter, up to 10% of the item, as per the Fair Dealing provision of the Canadian Copyright ActThis paper attempts to draw some lessons for the R&D commercialization efforts of developing countries by analyzing the current policies, institutions and programs and the success of commercialization activities in Malaysia. The paper also illustrates the potential barriers of commercialization. The findings suggest that a more proactive approach is needed in any attempt of commercialization in developing countries. Crucial factors limiting commercialization success includes availability of commercialization funds, greater government, industry and university linkages, better internal structure and intellectual property management systems and effective institutional supports

University-industry collaboration in the automotive, biotechnology, and electronics firms in Malaysia

The study identifies important drivers of university-industry collaboration in automotive, biotechnology, and electronics firms in Malaysia. Results indicate that R&D intensity has a significant relationship with university-industry collaboration. The research tends to support the view that only those firms engaged in R&D activities are willing to collaborate with universities. The highest likelihood of collaboration is with medium-sized firms. The positive image created by universities could attract more industrial collaboration

Economic growth and government spending in Malaysia: a re-examination of Wagner and Keynesian views

ARDL bounds approach, Spending on education, GDP growth, Malaysia, Government spending, H52, C22, O23, E62,

University-industry R&D collaboration in the automotive, biotechnology and electronics firms in Malaysia

Presented at GLOBELICS 2009, 7th International Conference, 6-8 October, Dakar, Senegal.Parallel session 2: University-industry linkagesThis paper seeks to examine the drivers of R&D collaboration between firms and universities and research institutes using a sample of automotive, biotechnology and electronics firms from Malaysia. The Probit regression results indicate that R&D intensity, openness to R&D as measured by partner diversity, access to wider range of channels of information, and size matter for university-industry collaboration in the overall sample. Size was inversely correlated with the probability of R&D collaboration between firms, and universities and research institutes in all the industry samples. At the industry-level R&D intensity and importance of university as a source of knowledge were important in automotive firms, R&D intensity, channels of R&D information and partner diversity were important in biotechnology and the channels of R&D information and R&D partner diversity were important in electronic