Foreign direct investment inflows in agriculture, agriculture growth, and poverty in selected sub-organization of Islamic cooperation countries

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows are used to address the economic problems, such as poverty and agriculture growth. Encouraging the FDI inflows in agriculture is the most effective way to address poverty and food deficit issues in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Generally, this study attempts to examine the three-way relationships among FDI inflows in agriculture, agriculture growth and poverty. Specifically, the objectives of the study are to investigate the role of agriculture growth and poverty to increase FDI inflows in agriculture; to determine the impacts of FDI inflows in agriculture and poverty on agriculture growth; to examine the influences of FDI inflows in agriculture and agriculture growth on the poverty levels; and to test the relationships among FDI inflows in agriculture, agriculture growth and poverty. The Fixed Effects Model and the system Generalized Method of Moments were used to empirically analyze the variables of interest. This study used panel data of 31 selected OIC countries for the period of 2000-2015. The framework of the study is based on the Keynesian and liberal framework, the Cobb–Douglas production framework and the Dunning Ownership, Location, and Internationalization (OLI) framework. The findings of the study show that agriculture growth and poverty have a significant relationship with the FDI inflows in agriculture; FDI inflows in agriculture and poverty influence agriculture growth; and agriculture growth and FDI inflows in agriculture have a negative significant relationship with the poverty. Moreover, FDI inflows in agriculture have bi-directional causal relationships between agriculture growth and poverty. Agriculture growth has a significant effect on FDI inflows in agriculture and poverty. There is a bi-directional causal relationship from poverty to agriculture growth. The findings of this study suggest a new trade policy recommendations for attracting FDI inflows in agriculture, whether it is targeting on agriculture growth or poverty reduction

The performance of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB): based on the profitability analysis / Intan Maizura Abdul Rashid

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the financial performance of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) in term of profitability, to recognize the gap between theory and practice of company profitability management and to provide suggestions to improve the company profitability. A secondary data was used to evaluate the profitability ratios included in PNB annual reports from year 2001 until 2005. Profitability ratios consist of net profit margin, gross profit margin, operating profit margin, return on asset and return on equity. The results reveal that profitability performance of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) is not efficient due to low on sales and high on cost for the years 2001 to 2005. For better performance in future, PNB need to focus merely on operational efficiency and operational effectiveness which might directly influence the survival of a company (Chien and Song, 2004)

Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Agriculture Sector based on Selected High-income Developing Economies in OIC Countries: An Empirical Study on the Provincial Panel Data by Using Stata, 2003-2012

Abstract This research endeavours to set out to empirically examine the determinants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Agriculture Sector based on selected high-income developing economies in OIC countries. The agriculture sectors react as important keys in the expansion of any economy growth to eliminate the poverty issues. Therefore, it reviews the experiences of agriculture investment in selected member countries with a view to identify potential roles for countries seeking FDI and their development partners in nurturing FDI intra OIC especially in the agriculture new investment. In this study, the FDI in Agriculture Sector react as dependent variable and the independent variable economic determinant, list of market size, inflation, poverty, exchange rate and infrastructure in selected OIC Countries (Malaysia, Oman and Brunei)

Fundamental of zero trust among digital employees in migration to industry 4.0: Cyber security and movement to iot in Malaysian perspectives

Malaysia is now approaching towards Industrial 4.0. Many initiatives are taken by the government to improve in this digital era. 18.2% contribution towards country’s growth domestic product was achieved in 2016 through digital economy which was targeted in 2020 (Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation, 2018). This showed a positive sign that the world is accepting the era of digital technologies in many of the industries including in healthcare. The objective of this research is to determine the factor influencing zero-trust among employees in using technologies in healthcare sector. This research proposed a conceptual framework on Zero trust model for digital employees. The contribution in this research is that it may help Malaysian Productivity Corporation have some information that will be useful to Industry4WRD Readiness Assessment. Furthermore, this research hopes will give insight for Malaysia’s National Applied Research and Development Centre (MIMOS) for National Internet of Things Strategic Roadmap

Employee socialization process and engagement in Malaysian hotel industry

Employee in the organization always the core of the activities implemented in the company. without engaged employee, organization would remain constants and there are slim chances for organization to survive in the future. Our world has viewed the importance of employee engagement in the organization that act as energy to empower all employees to boost productivity and overall performance. However, to obtain engaged employees, requires certain level of work understanding. although research on employee engagement has been growing since 90’s, however, little was known to study on the understanding before employee could engaged. This research contributes the gap by using Socialization Theory to explain the theoretical concept of employee engagement. Respondents are from selected hotel employee in northern region in Malaysia. Findings conclude that socialization proses phase 3 which is element of acquire shows significant relationship towards employee engagement of absorption and dedication (P-value1.645). This research is importance for researcher in the field of human resource to understand better on the construct of employee engagement and its antecedent

Development and validation of a new questionnaire assessing women perception on Malaysian road environment (WPRE)

High mobility rate among women has made them more vulnerable in the road environment. Lifestyle changes have urged many women to increase their mobility due to accommodate current demand. Therefore, women are exposed to the risk of accidents as many of them are populated in the road environment. However, most studies and instrumentation on-road environments are universal and not specifically targeting women's perception and anticipation preventing road accidents. Hence, the current study is developing and validating instrumentation of women's perception in Malaysia Road Environment. The sample of this study is 93 women with various age numbers. Out of 7 constructs, 6 were found most reliable and valid with the Cronbach Alpha value > 0.75. The present research provides details of factor analysis results, composite reliability, average variance extract, and reliability analysis which all concluded that the internal consistency of WPRE was not violated. Results reveal items developed are suitable to be adapted in future research with some modification. Finally, this research contributes to developing and validating women’s perception in a road accident which is reliable and valid for measuring WPRE

Teaching similarities and differences between non directive teaching and enhancing self esteem of special education students

The world of education is rich in teaching strategies that involve a variety of methods and resources. Each teaching strategy has its own characteristics and is determined based on the situation and circumstances of students. This diversity of teaching strategies makes the implementation of teaching by teachers is not static and always dynamic according to current needs. Teachers who are creative and sensitive to current changes will be able to adapt the right teaching strategies to students. Teaching strategies are not fixed, they can be modified as needed. This statement is in line with the existing needs in special education. With different levels of ability of students with special needs, then teaching strategies should also be different and creative. Of course, the appropriate strategy must be chosen to ensure that students receive the knowledge that is presented well. This review article discusses two selected teaching strategies, namely non directive teaching (NDT) and enhancing self esteem (ESE) which are seen to be suitable for special education. The discussion in this article is hoped to provide a brief overview to subsequent researchers in conducting further studies

The Importance of Perceived Leadership Elements in Strategic Planning at Public University

AbstractLeader always play as an integral part in our daily life. No matter where on earth we are living the elements of leadership always exists in one's community. The purpose of this study is to investigate the importance of perceived leadership elements which is leadership decision making, leadership style, and leadership change flexibility. The study was done among the academic staff at one of public university in Malaysia. 150 questionnaires were administered among various levels of academic staff. Correlation analysis and regression analysis were perform, thus the result indicates that leadership decision making (r=0.55, p=0.001,) shows the highest of positive significant result toward strategic planning compared with other two variables. This research warrant more investigation upon strategic planning and other variables