{"title":"The Moderating Role of Access to Finance on the Impact of Entrepreneurial Awareness on Nigerian SMEs’ Performance","authors":"S. Kabir, Y. Ooi, Haslinda Hassan","doi":"10.32890/jbma2017.7.1.8827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32890/jbma2017.7.1.8827","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims at examining the moderating role of access to finance on the relationship between entrepreneurial awareness and SMEs performance in north-western Nigeria. Literature suggested many factors as determinants of SMEs performance. But, few studies have been attempted to consider the influence of entrepreneurial awareness on SME performance in Nigeria. These few studies came up with mixed findings. Hence, this study aims to fill up the gap that exists in the extant literature by employing quantitative survey method. Using 354 owner/managers of SMEs in Kano, Kaduna and Sokoto State in north-western Nigeria. PLS-SEM was used for data analysis. It was found that entrepreneurial awareness is positively related to SME performance and access to finance is negatively and significantly related to SME performance. Additionally, access to finance moderates the relationship between entrepreneurial awareness and SME performance. Implication of the finding and suggestion for future research were also discussed","PeriodicalId":410080,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Management and Accounting","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131669311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Examining the Current Status of International Education Standards Compliance in ASEAN Countries","authors":"A. Majid","doi":"10.32890/jbma2017.7.1.8823","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32890/jbma2017.7.1.8823","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the IES compliance behaviour of IFAC members from the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries after ten years of International Education Standards (IES) implementation. The content analysis approach was employed. Data were collected from IFAC’s Member Compliance Program and websites of member bodies from ASEAN countries. Findings show that only three out of ten IFAC member bodies from ASEAN fully complied with the pre-qualifications standards of accounting education programme. Noncompliance are mainly in the content of accounting education programme specifically IT competences in IES 2 and the mentoring aspects in IES 5. This study recommends sustainable monitoring and supervision of IES implementation and compliance to achieve the intended IFAC IES objectives. Collaborative arrangements between universities regarding capacity building for academic staff, implementation of adequate accounting curricula and potentially joint degree programs could be put in place to push for IES full compliance among ASEAN countries to reduce regional accounting education differences while encouraging accountants’ mobility within the region","PeriodicalId":410080,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Management and Accounting","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115458893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social Community Engagement: The Evidence of the Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (ABIM)","authors":"N. M. Abdul Aziz","doi":"10.32890/jbma2017.7.1.8828","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32890/jbma2017.7.1.8828","url":null,"abstract":"The social engagement by the Non-Governmental Organisation (henceforth, NGO) reflects social accountability to the public. With this in mind, the paper examines the role of social disclosures in articulating NGO accountability relations in ABIM. The conceptual framework of this paper delineates social accountability, which can be explained from the perspective of financial accountability into social actions that are delineated from verbal conversations, conducts and body language. In line with this, the paper addresses an initial exploration by framing moral positioning within NGO accountability relations through a social context in accounting. The empirical contribution is obtained from a case study of ABIM, employing interpretive methodology, through a series of in-depth interviews and documentary reviews. The empirical evidence reveals the accounting mechanisms by highlighting the values of a well-defined Islamic community in public policy debate. The NGO’s actions, include accounting disclosures, emphasises the moral imperatives underpinning plural rationalities for humanitarian assistance and social movements provided by ABIM.","PeriodicalId":410080,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Management and Accounting","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127608999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effect of Seasonal Flood on Agricultural and Industrial Land Values in Malaysia: A Hedonic Pricing Model (HPM) Approach","authors":"N. Ismail, A. Karim, Bakti Hasan Basri","doi":"10.32890/jbma2017.7.1.8826","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32890/jbma2017.7.1.8826","url":null,"abstract":"Flood disasters have raised critical issues for landowners as they might affect land values. The argument of possible decline in the value of land located in flood-liable areas has been discussed in previous literature. However, existing studies on flood impact in Malaysia are few and do not focus on land property as a main issue of study. Therefore, in this study, we investigate the effect of flood on agricultural and industrial land property values in Malaysia by using the Hedonic Pricing Model (HPM). The results of this study suggest that flood duration significantly reduced the value of agricultural and industrial land property. The results from this study has benefits for landowners in terms of understanding the effect of flood duration on agricultural and industrial land values and factors responsible for decreasing land value. This will help the landowners to make contingency arrangement on the property assets to ensure that loss due to flood is minimized.","PeriodicalId":410080,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Management and Accounting","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115484283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Company Readiness towards e-Procurement Adoption: A Case of Gemilang Trader","authors":"M. Ibrahim","doi":"10.32890/jbma2016.6.1.8837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32890/jbma2016.6.1.8837","url":null,"abstract":"The Malaysian Government has been taking many initiatives to upgrade and enhance the e-Procurement system in Malaysia in order to increase the online transactions adoption and sustain the quality of bidding transactions among suppliers. Based on Malaysian Public Sector Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Strategic Plan (2016-2020), one of the main targets is to increase the online e-Procurement system to above 90% of transactions via online by 2016 onward. The objective of this paper is to explore the readiness towards e-Procurement adoption by Gemilang Trader. The case finding is expected to be of help to further enhance and increase the e-Procurement adoption rate among company’s management and staff. Among the major problems regarding company readiness towards e-Procurement adoption are the lack of financial resources, technical compatibility, lack of staff readiness towards e-procurement complexity and lack of technical competence among employees. Data for this study was collected using interview and survey.","PeriodicalId":410080,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Management and Accounting","volume":"194-199 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130699366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A SWOT Analysis on Jasmine Used Book Store in Taiwan","authors":"Huey Soo Sze, Nee Goh Yen, Rosly Othman","doi":"10.32890/jbma2016.6.1.8841","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32890/jbma2016.6.1.8841","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this study is to perform a SWOT analysis on a used bookstore in Taiwannamed Jasmine. Semi-structured interviews, observations and documents review wereused for data collection. Jasmine used bookstore aims for better sales and higherprofits besides promoting a reading culture among the Taiwanese society throughcharitable activities. Employee hiring and training process are important to Jasmine’stop management in order to ensure customer satisfaction. Inventory management,independent business model and employee’s satisfaction/retention are acknowledgedto be Jasmine’s weaknesses. As for opportunities and threats, external threats fromglobalization and e-books transformation are foreseeable for a used book store likeJasmine albeit having a supportive government and strong reading culture among theTaiwanese society. This paper intends to provide an up-close and in depth examinationof SWOT analysis based on a real case perspective.","PeriodicalId":410080,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Management and Accounting","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123718805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Proton versus Rover: A Business History Approach","authors":"M. Sharif","doi":"10.32890/jbma2016.6.1.8836","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32890/jbma2016.6.1.8836","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this paper is to present some comparative findings on Proton, a carmanufacturer in Malaysia and Rover Group, a British automobile manufacturer. Thepaper used a ‘Business History’ methodology tracking the exploits of the two firmsfrom 1980 to 2000. Two in-depth interviews were conducted with two key informants– Nadzmi Salleh, former CEO of Proton and John Towers, the former CEO of RoverGroup. Apart from that, the study also utilized secondary documents from varioussources such British Aerospace and Honda Swindon. Proton and Rover are sources ofnational pride for Malaysia and England respectively. Yet their financial performanceover time were said to be poor. Some efforts by the respective governments and themanagement of the two firms to improve the performance in both firms were highlighted.In terms of the current status of both firms, Proton is still surviving but Rover has beendefunct since 2005.","PeriodicalId":410080,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Management and Accounting","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128241707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nornadia Matulidi, H. S. Jaafar, Ahmad Naqiyuddin Bakar
{"title":"Halal Governance in Malaysia","authors":"Nornadia Matulidi, H. S. Jaafar, Ahmad Naqiyuddin Bakar","doi":"10.32890/jbma2016.6.1.8838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32890/jbma2016.6.1.8838","url":null,"abstract":"Malaysia is in a strategic location in the South East Asia for the halal Industry, witha predominant Muslim population. The halal certificate by the Department of IslamicDevelopment (JAKIM) is recognized globally. The halal hub is confined within theparameters of governance support and cooperation, such as political will to improvein terms of public service, governance structure, policy and all related to systematicgovernance. This study discusses the halal governance issue and the halal governancein Malaysia. Data was collected through series of focus groups interviews whichmakes this study exploratory in nature. The study applies purposive sampling, asinformation is conveniently available from specific target groups. The paper shall servea reference for the government halal authority, higher institutions and researcherstoward development of halal industry in Malaysia and focussing on halal supply chainactivities which involves ministry, department and agency roles.","PeriodicalId":410080,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Management and Accounting","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132029517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Addressing Social Innovation in the Malaysian University- Industry-Community Knowledge Transfer Partnership: A Preliminary Empirical Insight","authors":"Muhamad Nizam Jali, Z. Abas, A. S. Ariffin","doi":"10.32890/jbma2016.6.1.8833","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32890/jbma2016.6.1.8833","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this paper is to give a preliminary empirical insight on the potential impactof strategic knowledge management processes, i.e. knowledge creation, knowledgetransfer and knowledge application, on social innovation as a new innovation outcomestrategy within the Malaysian university-industry-community knowledge transferpartnership. Based on survey of relevant literatures and the gaps discovered, a researchframework is then proposed. The processes of knowledge creation, knowledge transferand knowledge application is proposed as independent variables. Social innovation is thedependent variable of the study. The preliminary empirical data was generated throughstructured questionnaires. The project leaders of the selected samples of Malaysianuniversity-industry-community knowledge transfer partnership projects were chosen toanswer the questionnaires distributed. The findings of this study show that all variablesitems are well above the acceptable level of construct reliability which is determinedby the Cronbach’s Alpha value. Furthermore, the descriptive analysis also shows thatrespondents were consistent in their responses to the measurement items used as theindependent and dependent variables in the framework of this study.","PeriodicalId":410080,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Management and Accounting","volume":"121 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116835213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"University-Industry Collaboration in Research and Development in Malaysian Universities","authors":"N. Othman","doi":"10.32890/jbma2016.6.1.8834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32890/jbma2016.6.1.8834","url":null,"abstract":"The focus of this study is on types of university-industry collaboration in R&Dprojects in Malaysian universities. The study identified the benefits derived fromUniversity-Industry collaborations as it relates to performance of R&D project andthe characteristics of R&D projects that encourage industry to collaborate withuniversities. It also makes recommendations towards increasing performance of R&Dprojects based on the data collected and analysed. Exploratory approach was used inthis study. This approach explored the collaboration types and how it contributed toR&D performance. Quantitative analysis was used by analysing questionnaire data.The reliability of the questionnaire items was tested. The respondents were people withexperience in U-I collaborations. Data was analysed based on the five major elementsin the theoretical framework. These are: benefits, performance, characters, practiceand barrier. Based on the findings from the study, all of these five elements should becombined to ensure better R&D performance. The contribution of this study is thesuggestions to universities in Malaysia and the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE)to encourage increasing numbers of U-I collaborations.","PeriodicalId":410080,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Management and Accounting","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124495144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}