scholarly journals Doing Business Economy Profile 2017: Brunei Darussalam

10.1596/25439 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Afzaal H. Seyal

E-banking has become a new way of doing business and an important alternative for many banks and their customers. The acceptance of e-banking is affected by several factors, including the personal attitude of the users that influences normality and the context in which it is used. This study examines 150 customers of four major banks in Brunei Darussalam to explore the behavioral intent of the corporate customers toward e-banking through their attitudes. The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) is used as a reference framework to understand the intention toward using e-banking. The data is analyzed using PLS smart graph; analysis suggests that customers’ attitudes toward e-banking are a significant predictor of behavioral intention, whereas subjective norms and perceived behavioral control are insignificant. The causal link between perceived behavioral control and behavior (use of e-banking) is also insignificant. However, use of e-banking is further supported by the behavioral intention. The implications of these findings are discussed and conclusions are drawn.


1996 ◽  
Vol 04 (03) ◽  
pp. 287-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.A. WIMALATISSA

This study focuses on the emerging ’women entrepreneurship’ and ’womenowned businesses’ in Brunei Darussalam. It first examines the demographic background, personal competency, reasons behind the choice of ’selfemployment career,’ and management style of the businesswomen. Secondly, it looks into the main sources of finance, lines of merchandise, size of the work force, and problems of the women-owned enterprises. The sample consists of 50 businesswomen. In manufacturing, retail, and service businesses. These businesswomen have gone through the formal education process and are in their thirties. Their reasons for doing business are independence and an opportunity to use their knowledge and experience. The popular types of business activities for these businesswomen are retailing and services. They practise a centralised decision making style. Their businesses are generally in the start-up stage and the predominant source of capital is personal savings. Most of the businesses employ less than 10 workers and the major problems of the businesses are labour shortage and strong competition.


Author(s):  
Afzaal H. Seyal

E-banking has become a new way of doing business and an important alternative for many banks and their customers. The acceptance of e-banking is affected by several factors, including the personal attitude of the users that influences normality and the context in which it is used. This study examines 150 customers of four major banks in Brunei Darussalam to explore the behavioral intent of the corporate customers toward e-banking through their attitudes. The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) is used as a reference framework to understand the intention toward using e-banking. The data is analyzed using PLS smart graph; analysis suggests that customers’ attitudes toward e-banking are a significant predictor of behavioral intention, whereas subjective norms and perceived behavioral control are insignificant. The causal link between perceived behavioral control and behavior (use of e-banking) is also insignificant. However, use of e-banking is further supported by the behavioral intention. The implications of these findings are discussed and conclusions are drawn.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Tareq Hossain ◽  
Zubair Hassan ◽  
Sumaiya Shafiq ◽  
Abdul Basit

This study investigates the impact of Ease of Doing Business on Inward FDI over the period from 2011 to 2015 across the globe. This study measures ease of doing business using starting a business, getting credit, registering property, paying taxes and enforcing contracts. The research used a sample of 177 countries from 190 countries listed in World Bank. Least square regression model via E-views software used to examine causal relationship. The study found that ease of doing business indicators ‘Enforcing Contracts’ was found to have a positive significant impact on Inward FDI. Nevertheless, ‘Getting Credit’ and ‘Registering Property’ were found to have a negative significant impact on Inward FDI. However, ‘Starting a Business’ and ‘Paying Taxes’ have no significant impact on Inward FDI in the studied timeframe of this research. The findings of the study suggested the ease of doing business enables inward FDI through better contract enforcements, getting credit and registering property. The findings of the research will assist international managers and companies to know the importance of ease of doing business when investing in foreign countries through FDI.


2010 ◽  
pp. 58-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Oleinik

In the article two types of rent are differentiated: resource rent and administrative rent. The latter is linked to restrictions on the access to the field of interactions. The contribution of the theory of public choice and the theory of rent-seeking and directly-unproductive activities is further developed by shifting the emphasis from individual decision-making to interactions between three actors: C, who controls access to the field, A, who gets a competitive edge as a result, and B, who assumes a subjacent position with regard to both A and C, yet still receives a positive gain from transacting. Domination by virtue of a constellation of As, Bs, and Cs interests is illustrated with the help of an in-depth case study of a Russian region. This study combines quantitative and qualitative methods, as well as their triangulation.


2009 ◽  
pp. 100-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Yakovlev

The paper considers the behavior of Russian enterprises during the current crisis using the data of the latest survey of 1000 manufacturing firms. Special attention is paid to features of firms planning big investment for the next 12 months. The links between current investment plans, previous investment in 2005-2008 and other factors are shown. Finally we analyze the most important barriers for doing business from the point of view of investors.


Author(s):  
Amirulloh Sain Asari

This paper describes the history and development of tafsir in Southeast Asia, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei Darusalam, Singapore and Thailand, aimed at providing a new discourse to the academic world, that Islam has another treasure in Far Asia, which is known as a pluralistic country because Islam entered in those countries without any wars. And to provide information related the books, author influence, and method of their tafsir in general.Keyword: History, Development Tafsir, and Southeast Asia 


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