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Article
Publication date: 7 June 2011

CSR disclosures and its determinants: evidence from Malaysian government link companies

Nor Hawani Wan Abd Rahman, Mustaffa Mohamed Zain and Norashfah Hanim Yaakop Yahaya Al‐Haj

The main aim of this study is to assess the level of corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure of 44 government‐linked companies (GLCs) listed on Bursa Malaysia and…

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Purpose

The main aim of this study is to assess the level of corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure of 44 government‐linked companies (GLCs) listed on Bursa Malaysia and to ascertain the relationship of certain company characteristics; namely size, age, profitability and leverage on the total CSR disclosure from the year 2005 to 2006.

Design/methodology/approach

Content analysis is deployed to determine CSR disclosure. A disclosure index consisting of 16 items was developed based on four general themes: human resource, marketplace, community and environment to assess the disclosure level. The relationship between company characteristics and total disclosure was examined using multiple linear regression analysis.

Findings

The major finding of this study is that the theme of disclosure has shifted from human resource to marketplace. This is followed by human resource, community and, finally, environment. Ironically, companies are not only disclosing good news, but also bad/negative news. This study provides further evidence that is, to a certain extent, some GLCs have influenced other companies' practices to disclose CSR information. Company size was found to be positively significant associated with the total disclosure. The remaining variables were found to be insignificant in explaining the total disclosure.

Originality/value

This is the first paper that looks into CSR activities, extent, themes and the determinants of CSR disclosure in the annual reports of Malaysian GLCs. The Malaysian Government, Bursa Saham, Security Commission and other relevant parties could take heed of the findings to further improve CSR awareness, practices and disclosures and quality in GLC.

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Social Responsibility Journal, vol. 7 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/17471111111141486
ISSN: 1747-1117

Keywords

  • Malaysia
  • Organizations
  • Government agencies
  • Corporate social responsibility
  • Disclosure

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Book part
Publication date: 7 February 2013

Beyond Theory and Practice: A Malaysian Case Study

Jamilah Ahmad and Suriati Saad

The goal of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is to ensure that organisations embrace social responsibility and cultivate activities that provide positive impact on…

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The goal of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is to ensure that organisations embrace social responsibility and cultivate activities that provide positive impact on the environment, society, consumers, employees, communities and all other members of the public sphere. Therefore, it is highly important to enhance and augment the teaching of CSR across various disciplines in higher learning institutions. Since 2006, most organisations in Malaysia have been highly encouraged to carry out their Social Responsibility activities, with the government providing support for CSR policies through its tax reduction incentives. Various CSR awards and acknowledgement of the awards provide high value and positive reputation to the organisations that implement CSR-related activities. As a result there is an increasing awareness among businesses to focus beyond compliance with laws in order to respond to the dynamic economic, societal and environmental changes.

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Education and Corporate Social Responsibility International Perspectives
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S2043-0523(2013)0000004014
ISBN: 978-1-78190-590-6

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Article
Publication date: 1 September 2005

Performance measures - time to rethink: reflections from Malaysia

Suresh Kumar Krishnan

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Measuring Business Excellence, vol. 9 no. 3
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/mbe.2005.26709caf.003
ISSN: 1368-3047

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Publication date: 27 April 2012

The impact of knowledge sharing and Islamic work ethic on innovation capability

Naresh Kumar and Raduan Che Rose

The purpose of this paper is to present an in‐depth analysis of the knowledge sharing enablers and the moderating role of Islamic work ethic (IWE) on the relationship…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to present an in‐depth analysis of the knowledge sharing enablers and the moderating role of Islamic work ethic (IWE) on the relationship between knowledge sharing and innovation capability in the public sector organizations.

Design/methodology/approach

The foundations of knowledge sharing capability, IWE and innovation capability were assessed using a validated survey instrument. A total of 472 Administrative and Diplomatic Service Officers from the Malaysian public sector organizations participated in the survey.

Findings

The empirical results indicate that the intrinsic motivation to share knowledge is significant in the public sector organizations. The relationship between knowledge sharing capability and innovation capability of employees in the public sector organizations was found to be contingent on IWE.

Research limitations/implications

While the study was salient and confined to the Malaysian public sector organizations, it has considerable implications for the development of an optimistic workforce in other regions and across sectors. Cross‐sectional studies are encouraged to further confirm the results.

Practical implications

An understanding of the pledge of the workforce to knowledge sharing, IWE and its consequences for innovativeness facilitates public sector organizations in designing and implementing modernization initiatives.

Originality/value

In response to the substantial need to examine IWE and workplace outcomes in a non‐Western environment, the paper embraces the extent to which IWE sways the link between knowledge sharing and innovation capability in the public sector organizations. Both scholars and practitioners will find the study valuable.

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Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal, vol. 19 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/13527601211219847
ISSN: 1352-7606

Keywords

  • Malaysia
  • Public sector organizations
  • Employees behaviour
  • Knowledge sharing
  • Knowledge sharing capability
  • Islamic work ethic
  • Innovation capability

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Publication date: 1 April 2019

Battling corruption in Malaysia: What can be learned?

Nur Shafiqa Kapeli and Nafsiah Mohamed

Corruption is a serious problem in Southeast Asian countries. Based on the average ranking of Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index, Malaysia is ranked…

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Purpose

Corruption is a serious problem in Southeast Asian countries. Based on the average ranking of Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index, Malaysia is ranked as the second least corrupt country among Southeast Asian countries. However, this country is still facing problems in its fight against corruption, in which efforts undertaken to prevent corruption have been said to be “unsatisfactory.” The purpose of this paper is hence to examine previous literature for the possible factors affecting the success of anti-corruption efforts in Malaysia.

Design/methodology/approach

This study analyzes previous studies conducted on Malaysia’s experiences in its fight against corruption.

Findings

The findings of this paper indicate four attributes that lead to the failure of anti-corruption efforts in Malaysia.

Originality/value

This paper will be useful for scholars, policymakers and anti-corruption practitioners who are interested in Malaysia’s experiences in fighting corruption.

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Journal of Financial Crime, vol. 26 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JFC-04-2018-0044
ISSN: 1359-0790

Keywords

  • Malaysia
  • Corruption
  • Southeast Asian
  • Anti-corruption initiatives
  • Financial criminology

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Article
Publication date: 11 November 2014

Mutual benefits of transferring stock risks to dividend policy

Tarek Ibrahim Eldomiaty, Ola Atia, Ahmad Badawy and Hassan Hafez

The literature on the relation between dividends and stock risks include mixed results. The related studies have reached either insignificant, or positive, or negative…

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Purpose

The literature on the relation between dividends and stock risks include mixed results. The related studies have reached either insignificant, or positive, or negative results. The authors offer a mathematical structure that addresses potential mutual benefits of dividends signaling under conditions of stock risks (systematic and unsystematic). The mathematical structure demonstrates explicitly a case of risk transfer. The purpose of this paper is to examine the potential benefits to firms and stockholders when financial managers adjust dividends per share (DPS) using percentage change in the explanatory power of systematic and unsystematic risks. This perspective is derived from a practical consideration that dividends are part of stock returns that can be adjusted to take stock risks into account.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper utilizes the specifications of the two-stage (simultaneous) regression and partial adjustment model. The sample includes quarterly data for firms listed in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and NASDAQ for the period December 31, 1989-March 31, 2011.

Findings

The authors have reached general results based on hypotheses developed from related literature. The results show that: first, benefits of risk transfer can be realized. That is, firms as well as stockholders achieve benefits when the DPS are adjusted using percentage change in the explanatory power of systematic risk only; second, dividend growth rates are affected positively by changes in systematic risks; third, the highest stock returns in the market are reached with sharp decreases in dividend growth rates; fourth, in the highest returns quartile, firm size and time do not matter but the industry type does; and fifth, the associations between dividend growth rates, systematic, unsystematic risks, and stock returns are intrinsically nonlinear.

Originality/value

The study contributes to the literature in terms of first, providing practical insights on the financial strategies that help in the use of dividends to convey the right signals to stockholders, and second, empirically show the potential benefits of adjusting dividends growth rates according to systematic and unsystematic stock risks in a unified mathematical structure that adds to the current literature.

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Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, vol. 30 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JEAS-05-2013-0016
ISSN: 1026-4116

Keywords

  • Finance and banking
  • Stock market
  • Dividend signaling hypotheses
  • Systematic risk
  • Unsystematic risk
  • DJIA
  • NASDAQ
  • Stock returns
  • Two-stage (simultaneous) regression

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Article
Publication date: 11 September 2009

Institutional investors, political connection and audit quality in Malaysia

Effiezal Aswadi Abdul Wahab, Mazlina Mat Zain, Kieran James and Hasnah Haron

The purpose of this paper is to extend the audit pricing literature by examining whether institutional investors and political connection are associated with higher audit fees.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to extend the audit pricing literature by examining whether institutional investors and political connection are associated with higher audit fees.

Design/methodology/approach

Both descriptive and multivariate analyses are employed to address the research objectives. In addition, the authors use panel data to control for both heterocedasticity and contemporaneous correlations in each cross‐section.

Findings

Based on a panel analysis of 390 Malaysian firms from 1999 to 2003, a positive relationship between institutional ownership and audit fees is found, although the economic impact is minimal. Further, the authors find that audit fees are higher for politically connected firms.

Research limitations/implications

A thorough examination on the role of political connection is much warranted to provide a better understanding on such connection influences the audit market.

Originality/value

This paper provides an alternative view on the role of political connection, and on how they influence the audit market.

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Accounting Research Journal, vol. 22 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/10309610910987501
ISSN: 1030-9616

Keywords

  • Investors
  • Malaysia
  • Auditor's fees
  • Political systems
  • Organizations

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Article
Publication date: 1 May 2015

Political connections: a threat to auditor independence?

Effiezal Aswadi Abdul Wahab, Mazlina Mat Zain and Rashidah Abdul Rahman

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether political connections further impair auditor independence by investigating the relationship between non-audit fees and…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether political connections further impair auditor independence by investigating the relationship between non-audit fees and audit fees and as to whether political connections moderate such relationship.

Design/methodology/approach

This study employs panel regression analysis. The panel data set consists of 379 firm-year observations for three years from year 2001 to 2003.

Findings

Based on 379 firm-year observations for the period of 2001-2003, grounded on two proxies of political connections namely politically connected firms and the proportion of Bumiputras directors, the authors find a positive and significant relationship between non-audit fees and audit fees, and the relationship becomes weaker, only for Bumiputra-dominated firms connected firms.

Originality/value

This study contributes to the extant literature by examining the role of political connections in the context of auditor independence. In addition, this study is conducted in Malaysia, which provides a unique institutional environment with the existence of political connections that is built on ethnic grounds.

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Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies, vol. 5 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JAEE-03-2012-0013
ISSN: 2042-1168

Keywords

  • Audit fees
  • Non-audit fees
  • Political connections
  • G34
  • G38
  • M41
  • M42

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Case study
Publication date: 14 June 2016

Commercialization of the coconut dehusker and defibering machine: don’t lose your courage Md Akhir

Rozhan Abu Dardak and Farzana Quoquab

Entrepreneurship, Strategic Marketing, Innovation, New product development (NPD).

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Subject area

Entrepreneurship, Strategic Marketing, Innovation, New product development (NPD).

Study level/applicability

This case is suitable to be used in advanced undergraduate, and MBA/MSc.

Case overview

This case illustrates the challenges related to commercializing an innovative product, the coconut dehusking machine in the Malaysian market. It revolves around the issues pertaining to the pre and post-lunch activities and bottleneck of the coconut dehusking and defibering (CDD) machine which was developed by Md Akhir in July 2003. Md Akhir, the senior research officer at Mechanization and Automation Research Centre, Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), believed that it was the first coconut dehusker in Malaysia. During 2000, farmers used to dehusk coconut manually, as there was no readily available machine to help them. Thus, Md Akhir felt the necessity to innovate such a machine that could help the farmers to dehusk efficiently in comparatively less effort and time. From 2003 to 2005, he presented his innovation in several national and international exhibitions and received accolades for such innovative product. In 2005, MARDI signed the memorandum of agreement of five years to license the CDD with Phytofolia Sendirian Berhad without having Md Akhir’s consent. Phytofolia was a comparatively new company owned by two entrepreneurs – Azmin Samin and Abd Hamid. During 2007, Phytofolia changed the specification of the CDD without informing to Md Akhir. Furthermore, two machines were sold to a company in Papua New Guinea, but no feedback was sought about the performance of the modified CDD. The price of CDD was set very high and thus the local farmers refused to buy it. In 2009, Hamid left Phytofolia due to disagreement with his business partner. He collaborated with Mr Sigiarno a venture capitalist from Indonesia and offer MARDI RM200,000 up-front to buy the IP of the CDD. At the end of the contract, Phytofolia failed to pay the royalty to MARDI and the contract ended in 2010. By seeing the fall of memorandum of agreement, MARDI asked Md Akhir to decide the next step whether to sign new agreement with Phytofolia, to sign agreement with Hamid’s newly formed company Kelapa Gading, to giving up commercialization and provide this machine to the farmers free of cost or to create a start-up company, fabricate and market the CDD. Md Akhir was really confused about which way to go!

Expected learning outcomes

Using this case, students can learn how a small and/or medium scale company can strategize its new product launch. Based on the given industry scenario, students can realize the potential challenges that are related to launching a new product. Furthermore, this case demonstrates that producing a high-quality product is not enough to succeed in the market; right strategy also plays an important role in making it successful. Finally, it can be also learned that proper marketing strategy, good coordination and communication with support companies as well as internal harmony are three important factors that contributes in any business success. Overall, entrepreneurship students will learn how to use the opportunity and manage the innovation. On the other hand, strategic marketing students will learn the importance of adopting proper strategy, while the students who are undertaking the new product development course will be benefited by seeing the practical situation of a new product launch, its rise and its fall.

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Subject code

CSS 3: Entrepreneurship

Details

Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, vol. 6 no. 2
Type: Case Study
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-06-2015-0107
ISSN: 2045-0621

Keywords

  • MARDI
  • Coconut dehusker
  • Defibering machine
  • Innovative product
  • Phytofolia

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Article
Publication date: 4 July 2019

Driving performance in the public sector: what can we learn from Malaysia’s service delivery reform?

Noore Alam Siddiquee

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which Malaysia’s most recent public service reform has improved service delivery and governmental performance. It…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which Malaysia’s most recent public service reform has improved service delivery and governmental performance. It also endeavors to identify critical success factors that explain reform performance and draw lessons based on the Malaysian experience.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper adopts a case study approach and draws on data from both primary and secondary sources. Besides a thorough review of official documents and existing literature, the author conducted 20 individual interviews with key informants representing government officials, academics and civil society organizations.

Findings

The study shows that despite some pitfalls and misgivings, the Government Transformation Program (GTP) has produced concrete improvements in service delivery areas where previous reforms failed. One of the factors that underpin GTP’s relative success is the detailed performance management framework, which helped foster inter-agency collaboration and enforce accountability for results at various levels.

Practical implications

The GTP success highlights the significance of adapting reform content to local situations especially when reforms are based on external models; sanctions from the highest political office; a dedicated unit to drive the implementation and an effective performance management framework through which individuals and agencies would be held to account for results achieved.

Originality/value

Despite many and varied reform initiatives attempted in the past, cases of successful reform are rare, especially in developing countries. Little is known on what makes a reform work, a gap exacerbated by notable absence of systematic research on this topic. The paper contributes to address this by reviewing Malaysia’s innovative approach to reform and the insights that the Malaysian experience offers.

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International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, vol. 69 no. 9
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-06-2018-0232
ISSN: 1741-0401

Keywords

  • Key performance indicators
  • Malaysia
  • Service delivery
  • Performance improvement
  • New public management

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