An Investment Framework To Help Equity Financiers Select Tech SMEs In Malaysia

The research is geared towards understanding the development cycle of technology based companies especially in the small and medium sized sector and refer to a model to help private investors in Malaysia evaluate business proposals to make funding decisions. There is always confusión when technology entrepreneurs want to evaluate the right investors to approach for fund, becuase not all specialize in funding start-ups and risky ventures. Indept investigation of past research indicates that not much have been written on venture capital financing of small and medium sized companies in Malaysia, and this work aims to shed more light and to add to literature on venture capital. Past research have failed to recommend appropriate and a simplified framework for growth firms.However, there is need to understand the relationship between investment evaluation criteria and the development cycle.The research focusses on secondary sources available from literatures on venture capital activities. Findings from this research will be of interest to investors, investees, academics and government

Pemetaan Kompetensi, Sikap, Tanggung Jawab, Dan Jumlah Jam Guru Bersertifikat Pendidik Dalam Mengelola Pembelajaran Di SMK Se-Malang Raya

Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mendiskripsikan pemetaan profil kompetensi, sikap, tanggung jawab, dan jumlah jam mengelola pembelajaran guru bersertifikat pendidik pada SMK Negeri se-Malang Raya. Penelitian ini menggunakan rancangan penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif, metode yang digunakan teknik sampling dengan subyek penelitian guru bersertifikat pendidik SMK N se-Malang Raya. Instrumen penelitian yang digunakan adalah lembar pengamatan, lembar observasi berupa angket dan studi dokumentasi. Data dianalisis dengan persentase. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa: profil kompetensi pedagogik, kepribadian,sosial, professional termasuk kategori “kompeten”, profil sikap kognitif, konatif termasuk kategori “baik” dan profil sikap affective termasuk kategori “sangat baik”, Profil tanggung jawab melaksanakan pengembangan kurikulum memenuhi kategori “sangat tinggi”, melaksanakan pembelajaran termasuk katagori “sangat Tinggi”, membimbing siswa termasuk kategori “sangat tinggi”, dan profil jumlah jam mengelola pembelajaran termasuk kategori “memenuhi” ditinjau dari Undang-Undang No.14 tahun 2008 tentang Guru dan Dosen

The Vertical Profile of Phosphate on the Baru Lake in Buluh Cina Village Siak Hulu Subdistrict Kampar District

This research has been done on the Baru Lake Buluh Cina Village Siak Hulu SubdistrictDistrict Kampar from March - April 2013. This research aims to understand the vertical profile ofphosphate in this lake. The researh used survey method. Sample were taken horizontally in threestation and vertically in three sampling point. The water quality parameters measured were pH,dissolved oxygen (DO), based on transparancy, temperature and depth.The concentration of phosphate was 0,016 - 0,113 mg/l. The value of pH was 6. Theconcentration of dissolved oxygen (DO) was 2,6 – 5,47 mg/l. Based on transparancy was 47,0 -55,8 cm. Temperature was 29 – 30,3ºC. Depth was 346 – 409 cm. Phosphate consentration insurface was 0,016 – 0,037 mg/l, while in bottom was 0,063 – 0,113 mg/l. The vertical profile ofphosphate in bottom was higher than in the surface. The parameters of water quality were observedstill sustain the aquatic organism life

Problem Based Learning, Motivasi Belajar, Kemampuan Awal, Dan Hasil Belajar Siswa Smk

: Problem Based Learning, Learning Motivation, Prior Ability, and Learning Outcomes of SMK Students. The present study examines the influence of Problem Based Learning (PBL), learning motivation, and the prior ability of vocational school students. The study employed nonequivalent control group quasi exsperimental design. 75 eleventh graders in the academic year of 2012/2013 were randomly assigned into the experiment and control groups. A test was administered to assess the prior ability (entry behavior) and learning outcomes, and self-inventory was used to elicit the students\u27 learning motivation. The three-way analysis of variance shows that there was a significant difference between the students taught using the problem-based learning and those taught using the conventional method, between those with high learning motivation and those with low motivation, and between those with higher prior ability and those with low ability. Additionally, there was significant interaction among teaching-learning models, learning motivation, and prior ability

Pengaruh Model Pembelajaran Problem Based Learning (Pbl) Dan Bakat Mekanik Terhadap Hasil Belajar Siswa Kelas X Mata Pelajaran Sistem Bahan Bakar Sepeda Motor Program Keahlian Teknik Sepeda Motor Di Smk PGRI 3 Malang

The learning about motorcycle fuel system is emphasizing on the understanding on the procedure of a work process. Students are expected to understand and to implement a process based on raw material. Therefore, students are assigned into two groups, which are: students who follow problem-based learning (PBL) model and those who consider conventional model. Each group is divided again into two sub-groups, which are students which high and low mechanical talent. The objective of research is to examine the significance of the difference of learning result of fuel system between students with PBL model and students with conventional learning by considering the mechanical talent as the characteristic of students. Method of research is quasi-experiment, while research design is non-equivalent control group design. Experiment group and control group are taken from the existing class with assignment random sampling. Data are collected with observation and test. It is analyzed using two-way ANOVA

Technology Based Firm's Financing: An Operational Model For Malaysia

Venture capital (VC) as a method of funding technology based firms (TBFs) is a concept which emerged from the United States of America since over 30 years and has spread tremendously across the world. This concept has gained considerable awareness in Malaysia since the early 1990’s when goverment established the first venture capital company to promote and accelerate the development of the venture capital concept and also encourage the commercialization of technology based products through the management of the technology transfer funds. Due to the difficulty technology based firms owners go through in the process of growing their innovations particularly during the initial phase of growth of their businesses their is need to encourage financial managers to take up equity stakes and help nurture technology based firms to maturity. As a result of the perception in some quarters that their is a dearth of investments in the Malaysian VC industry which they opined has contributed to the slow pace of growth recorded in the industry despite huge government financial support. This study adopts a grounded theory approach (within-method triangulation) to collect data from 34 respondents in the industry. The model proposed in this study will benefit stakeholders to evaluate technology based firms