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The purpose of this study is designed to achieve the learning process in producing studies involving economic issues and scenarios in business management in Malaysia. In addition, this study will provide exposure to the integration of managerial skills by using both microeconomics and macroeconomics concepts and theories to aid decision-making in a business environment.

The research method comprised qualitative methodology of literature review, case study and quantitative methodology of multiple linear regression (MLR). In this case, seven microeconomics and macroeconomics factors which are believed to significantly affect house price index (HPI) are taken into consideration which includes gross domestic product, consumer price index (CPI), government tax and subsidy on housing, overnight policy rate, unemployment rate (UNEMP), the median income (INC) and cost of production index.

This research has resulted in three significant factors affecting HPI from MLR, which include CPI, UNEMP and INC where the increase of these factors will cause a high increment of HPI. The other four factors are not significant.

Malaysia has been facing the stagnancy in house market these recent years due to issues such as massive oversupply, impacting Malaysia’s economy specifically focusing on domestic direct investment. To avoid oversupply issues, the vitality of future house demand and pricing forecast should be comprehended by involved bodies for more effective planning for the house development industry. To make a better and bigger impact, this research is intended to analyse the microeconomic and macroeconomic factors affecting the HPI to better understand the significance of each of these factors to the changes of HPI to resolve these economic issues.

This article analyzes the incentives for a vertically‐integrated producer (VIP) to engage in “self‐sabotage”. Self‐sabotage occurs when a VIP intentionally increases its upstream costs of production. This article explains why self‐sabotage may be profitable for a VIP even though it raises symmetrically the cost of the upstream product to all downstream producers. Identifies conditions under which self‐sabotage enables a VIP to disadvantage downstream rivals differentially without violating parity requirements.

Reports on the results of a research study which sought to investigate the impact of quality management systems (QMS) based on BS5750 on construction productivity of UK building contractors specializing in the housing sector. The main variables of the study (quality and productivity) have been operationalized as follows: quality, the companies were classified as having a formal quality system if they were registered to BS5750; productivity of a construction project was defined and measured in terms of the utilization of resources used by the contractors in every project. Owing to the heterogeneity of construction output in general, it was necessary to use the monetary value of resources in an effort to standardize output and apply a certain measure of harmony to it; such that useful comparison may be made. Data were drawn from priced bills of quantities and the productivity of QMS and non‐QMS contractors was modelled through utilization of the theory of isoquants. Results pointed towards the acceptance of the hypothesis that there is a relationship between the implementation of QMS and productivity on site.

Describes the 1989 Building Control Act in Singapore, which requires most building owners to commission periodic structural inspections, offering opportunities for establishing a sound basis for national corporate whole‐life property asset management. Outlines the background to this legislation and its main provisions, and suggests how the survey process and data which will be available could benefit the government policy‐makers and individual owners in formulating and implementing planned maintenance strategies for Singapore′s largely new‐built stock.

This chapter provides a survey of alternative methodologies for measuring and comparing productivity and efficiency of airlines, and reviews representative empirical studies. The survey shows the apparent shift from index procedures and traditional OLS estimation of production and cost functions to stochastic frontier methods and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) methods over the past three decades. Most of the airline productivity and efficiency studies over the last decade adopt some variant of DEA methods. Researchers in the 1980s and 1990s were mostly interested in the effects of deregulation and liberalization on airline productivity and efficiency as well as the effects of ownership and governance structure. Since the 2000s, however, studies tend to focus on how business models and management strategies affect the performance of airlines. Environmental efficiency now becomes an important area of airline productivity and efficiency studies, focusing on CO₂ emission as a negative or undesirable output. Despite the fact that quality of service is an important aspect of airline business, limited attempts have been made to incorporate quality of service in productivity and efficiency analysis.

The librarian and researcher have to be able to uncover specific articles in their areas of interest. This Bibliography is designed to help. Volume IV, like Volume III, contains features to help the reader to retrieve relevant literature from MCB University Press' considerable output. Each entry within has been indexed according to author(s) and the Fifth Edition of the SCIMP/SCAMP Thesaurus. The latter thus provides a full subject index to facilitate rapid retrieval. Each article or book is assigned its own unique number and this is used in both the subject and author index. This Volume indexes 29 journals indicating the depth, coverage and expansion of MCB's portfolio.

ORGANIZATIONS operating in a city which earned the phrase ‘Shipshape and Bristol fashion’ have a formidable reputation to maintain. So much is expected of them. One at least need have no fears on those grounds if a first visit to its Annual Conference is typical of previous ones. It is the Department of Work Study and Staff Training of the Engineering Employers' West of England Association.

Briefly reviews previous literature by the author before presenting an original 12 step system integration protocol designed to ensure the success of companies or countries in their efforts to develop and market new products. Looks at the issues from different strategic levels such as corporate, international, military and economic. Presents 31 case studies, including the success of Japan in microchips to the failure of Xerox to sell its invention of the Alto personal computer 3 years before Apple: from the success in DNA and Superconductor research to the success of Sunbeam in inventing and marketing food processors: and from the daring invention and production of atomic energy for survival to the successes of sewing machine inventor Howe in co‐operating on patents to compete in markets. Includes 306 questions and answers in order to qualify concepts introduced.