The Development Of Young Entrepreneurs’ Global Propensity Index

The main purpose of this study is to identify theentrepreneurial spirits among Bumiputera youth in Malaysia.The researchers intend to develop an index measuringBumiputera youth’s intention to become born-global. Theindex is known as Young Entrepreneurs Global PropensityIndex or YES@GPI. YES@GPI index is a yardstick inidentifying, grooming and assessing essential characteristicsamong Bumiputera youth to become global entrepreneursafter establishing their business. Bumiputera youth wereselected to participate in this study. A survey methodology wasemployed in which questionnaire instruments were distributedto the respondents. A total of 202 questionnaires weredistributed. The respondents answered the variable whichmeasures on personality traits, entrepreneurial orientation,motivation, hierarchy of needs, business environment andintention to go into global business. The data gathered wereanalyzed using SPSS. The results revealed that the relationshipwas almost moderate, except with BEV which showed a weakrelationship

Entrepreneurship Intention Among Malaysian Business Students

Research on entrepreneurship intention has and continues to be of interest to researchers due to its importance to the development for many countries. The literature on entrepreneurship intention has examined various issues with many focusing on the factors that influence entrepreneurship intention. However, most of these studies were conducted in a non-Malaysian setting. This study examines entrepreneurship intention among Malaysian Business Students. Using a questionnaire survey on undergraduate business students in a Malaysian public university, this study examines whether business students have an intention to pursue entrepreneurship. It also examines whether personality traits and environmental factors influence the students to become entrepreneurs. The results indicate that more than half of the respondents have an intention to become entrepreneurs and their decisions are attributed by the influence from their family members, academics and attending courses on entrepreneurship. The results also show that out of the two factors: personality traits and environmental, personality traits play an important role in influencing the students’ decision to become entrepreneurs. The findings implicate that academics need to play a significant role in encouraging more students to become entrepreneurs by providing more awareness on the benefits of becoming entrepreneurs and in turn, contributing to the growth of the country’s economies and global competitiveness. Keywords: Entrepreneurship intention; business students; perceived desirability; personality traits; environmental factors; MalaysiaRésumé: La recherche sur l'esprit d'entreprise a et continue d'avoir des intérêts pour les chercheurs en raison de son importance pour le développement de nombreux pays. Des études sur l'esprit d'entreprise ont examiné de diverses questions en mettant l'accent sur les facteurs qui influencent l'esprit d'entreprise. Cependant, la plupart de ces études ont été menées dans un cadre non malaisien. Cette étude examine l'esprit d'entreprise chez les étudiants en commerce malaisiens.En utilisant l'enquête par questionnaire sur les étudiants de premier cycle dans une université publique de Malaisie, cette étude examine si les étudiants en commerce ont l'intention de poursuivre l'esprit d'entreprise. Il examine également si les traits de personnalité et les facteurs environnementaux influencent les étudiants qui veulent devenir entrepreneurs. Les résultats indiquent que plus de la moitié des répondants ont l'intention de devenir entrepreneurs et leurs décisions sont attribuées par l'influence des membres de leur famille, des universitaires et de la participation à des cours sur l'entrepreneuriat. Les résultats montrent également que, parmi les deux facteurs: les traits de personnalité et l'environnement, les traits de personnalité jouent un rôle important en influençant la décision des étudiants à devenir entrepreneurs. Les résultats impliquent que les universitaires doivent jouer un rôle important en encourageant davantage les étudiants à devenir entrepreneurs en leur offrant une plus grande sensibilisation sur les avantages de devenir entrepreneurs et à leur tour, contribuent à la croissance de l'économie du pays et à la compétitivité mondiale.Mots-clés: esprit d'entreprise; étudiants en commerce; opportunités perçues; traits de personnalité; facteurs environnementaux; Malaisi

Macroeconomic variables and corruption in Malaysia / Zahariah Mohd Zain … [et al.]

Despite the government’s effort to eradicate corruption, it is still impossible to combat it as long as individuals with no integrity and sense of responsibility exists in organizations. ca This study is to investigate the relationship between several macroeconomics variables with corruption. The macroeconomics variables include government spending, human capital, investment and trade openness. This study uses time series data from the year 1994-2016. The data were obtained from Political Risk Service (PRS) and World Development Indicator from World Bank. Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method is used to examine the relationship between all the macroeconomic variables and corruption. The macroeconomic variables found to be significantly related to corruption in Malaysia were human capital and trade openness. However changes in the corruption in Malaysia may not necessarily be influenced by government spending and investment. Furthermore, all variables are found to have a positive relationship with corruption. The general findings of this paper strongly suggested that corruption in Malaysia is increasing continuously. Therefore efforts by the Malaysian government and policy makers are badly needed to fight corruption in order to foster better economic growth through improved business operations, employment and investments

Determinants of internationalization of SMEs using partial least square / Zahariah Mohd Zain, Azurin Sani and Ahmad Shazeer Mohamed Thaheer

Internationalization provides various strategic benefits to the SMEs. It might increase the firm’s sales and revenue and be able to sustain in the economy for a longer period. However, the lack of information may become a challenge to the business, thus it is not easy to carry out the internationalization successfully due to limited resources and capabilities. On the other hand, influential factors on SMEs internalization have been discussed in developed countries, yet some developing countries are still struggling for empirical evidence. Some SMEs are facing difficulties in entering the global market as they have zero or less information on it while some of them successfully entered the market and can compete internationally. This indicates that every SMEs has the opportunity to internationalize their goods or services with proper understanding and better information about the global market. Prior studies have been carried out on factors influencing internationalization of SMEs however this study has been done specifically on internationalization of the SMEs in Malaysia. The determinants of internationalization investigated are internal factors, external factors, and networking, using partial least square method. The outcome of this study indicated that external factors, internal factors, and networking do not have any significant relationship with SMEs decision to internationalize

Determinants of household debt in Malaysia from the year 2010 to 2017 / Zahariah Mohd Zain, Nurul Ainun Ahmad Atory and Sarah Amirah Hanafi

Household debt has become an issue in the Malaysian economy as it affects the country socially and economically.This study aims to examine the determinants of household debt from the year 2010 until 2017. This study employs the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method and the macroeconomic variables used in this study are Gross Domestic Product (GDP), base lending rate, unemployment and housing price as independent variables. The results indicate that the trend of household debt in Malaysia has shown a continuous rise from the year 2010 to 2017. GDP, base lending rate and housing price indicate a positive relationship towards household debt while unemployment shows a negative relationship to household debt in Malaysia. All explanatory variables have shown a significant relationship except for GDP. Housing price has been found to be the most significant factor and positively related to household debt. The findings indicate that the higher the price of houses, the higher the household debt will be

Determinants of household debt in Malaysia from the year 2010 to 2017 / Zahariah Mohd Zain, Nurul Ainun Ahmad Atory and Sarah Amirah

Household debt has become an issue in the Malaysian economy as it affects the country socially and economically.This study aims to examine the determinants of household debt from the year 2010 until 2017. This study employs the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method and the macroeconomic variables used in this study are Gross Domestic Product (GDP), base lending rate, unemployment and housing price as independent variables. The results indicate that the trend of household debt in Malaysia has shown a continuous rise from the year 2010 to 2017. GDP, base lending rate and housing price indicate a positive relationship towards household debt while unemployment shows a negative relationship to household debt in Malaysia. All explanatory variables have shown a significant relationship except for GDP. Housing price has been found to be the most significant factor and positively related to household debt. The findings indicate that the higher the price of houses, the higher the household debt will be

Assessing Student Approaches to Learning: A Case of Business Students at the Faculty of Business Management, UiTM

AbstractThe main aim of the study is to investigate the approaches to learning, motives and strategies of the business students at the Faculty of Business Management, UiTM. The study is also to explore the impact of age, gender, academic programmes, working experience and CGPA on the learning approaches. All these variables are selected because they bring quality of the learning outcomes on a more realistic basis. Today, there is an increasing emphasis on quality of learning in higher education. The literature identifies the approaches to learning as a significant factor affecting the quality of student learning. It is necessary to look at approaches to learning practiced by students because students might rote learn and therefore not be engaged in meaningful learning. This involves students acquiring skills and strategies, which allow them to learn effectively throughout their lives and become lifelong learners. It is important for educators to understand student learning in order to achieve the desired high quality learning outcomes. A survey is conducted in this study and the sample of this study consists of the business students (N=477) enrolled at the Faculty of Business Management, UiTM Shah Alam. Data are obtained using the Biggs’ Study Process Questionnaire (SPQ) as a diagnostic tool for measuring students’ self-reported study processes in terms of six subscales (Surface Motives and Surface Strategies, Deep Motives and Deep strategies, and Achieving Motives and Achieving Strategies), three derived Scales (Surface Approaches, Deep Approaches and Achieving Approaches) and a composite derived Scale (Deep-Achieving Approaches). The key findings provide inputs to the current scenario on the learning process specifically for the Faculty of Business Management, UiTM and will act as a basis for improvement in learning approaches of students

TEACHING ECONOMICS USING COOPERATIVE LEARNING APPROACH: ACCOUNTING STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE AND ATTITUDE

Using experimental and post experimental setting, this study examines whether different learning approach influence students’ behaviour. Specifically, this study examines whether using cooperative learning approach could improve students’ performance in economics course better than the conventional approach. This study also examines the students’ attitude towards economics subject, communication skill and social skill upon reliance on the learning approach used in the experiment. Sixty one undergraduate accounting students in a public university in Malaysia participated in this study. The results show that although there is a difference in performance between students using cooperative learning approach and students using conventional approach, the result is not significant. However, the students’ attitude toward economic subject, communication skill and social skill is more positive among the cooperation learning approach group compared to the conventional approach group. The findings of this study provide some understanding to academics and universities on the use of different learning approaches in teaching economics subject to accounting students. Keywords: economics; undergraduate students; cooperative learning approac

Internal, External, Networking Factors and Challenges of Small Medium Enterprise (SMES) Internationalization / Nur Zania Azurin Abdullah Sani, Ahmad Shazeer Mohamed Thaheer and Zahariah Mohd Zain

Internationalization procedure of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is part of the increasing economy. The study aims to identify relationships between the factors influencing the SMEs to internationalize and identifying the most impactful factor that affects the internationalization of SMEs. The factors affecting internationalization of SMEs identified were external, internal, networking as well as barriers and challenges. The study focusses on SMEs in the service sector in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The methods used to conduct the survey is by distributing the questionnaire through email. There are 100 selected SMEs in the service sector which are listed in SME Corp Malaysia website and MATRADE website. Regardless of whether the SME’s are practising international business or not, they will still be one of the potential respondents. The data were examined and obtained using the statistical software SPSS. The analysis used is reliability analysis, correlation analysis and regression analysis to meet the research objectives. The expected outcome from this research is to analyze the factors that will impact the internationalization of SMEs. The results of the analysis show that all the variables have a low positive correlation. The most influential factors that effects SMEs decision to go international are barriers and challenges

Wireless temperature sensor network

Sensor networks are being widely deployed for measurement, detection and surveillance applications. Today, humidity becomes very important in many aspects especially in manufacturing industry. Therefore, the use of tools or systems that can monitor the humidity level is very significant. Sensor networks can be used to identify larger trends in temperature which could be used to report energy usage, HVAC problems, computer failures based on high temperatures and fire evacuation route reporting. This project presents a design of Wireless Temperature Sensor Network that capable to monitor the humidity level. This Wireless Temperature Sensor Network comprises of two parts; temperature detection and monitoring. The detection section will sense the temperature and transmit the signal to the monitoring section. All the sensors are connected mote to mote to ensure that each mote can communicate and exchange the data with each other. The collection of temperature data would be obtained by a sensor network. The data was collected using a temperature sensor network connected to a stand-alone computer. This approach can makes the monitoring process becomes more efficient and cost effective. The data (temperature level) will be display by using GUI. In the case of mote to mote system, the GUI capable to display the overall level of temperature