Market Orientation for Better Accountability of Government-Linked Companies

This study assesses the status of the current level of market orientation among the Government-Linked Companies (GLCs) in Malaysia. This study collected primary data based on a set of questionnaire survey among 134 executives and managers of GLCs in Malaysia. The data were collected based on opinions of the ten factors of market orientation practices by using the five-point Likert scale. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics. On an average, 86.6% of the respondents agreed that they focus on these factors of market orientation. The federal owned GLCs place more emphasis on market orientation than the state owned GLCs. This study suggests improving the practices of market orientation of GLCs in Malaysia by emphasizing on providing close attention to after-sales service, responding rapidly to the threats of competitive actions, regularly discussing the competitors’ strengths and strategies by top management, and freely communicating successful and unsuccessful customer experiences across all business functions. It is suggested that Malaysian GLCs should serious invest in market orientation to deliver higher accountability outcomes.

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Organizational Learning Orientation and Sustainable Competitive Advantage: Towards More Accountable Government-Linked Companies

10.31235/osf.io/yt4xd ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Nur Nadiah Zulkarnain ◽

Md. Mahmudul Alam ◽

Nik Herda Nik Abdullah ◽

Jamaliah Said

Keyword(s):

Organizational Learning ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Primary Data ◽

Learning Orientation ◽

Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽

Normality Test ◽

The Status ◽

The Government ◽

Employee Learning ◽

Executives And Managers

Government-Linked Companies (GLCs) are expected to show competitive performance in order to reflect the accountability of taxpayers’ money. Therefore, this study is an attempt to assess the status of the current level of organizational learning orientation among the Government-Linked Companies (GLCs) in Malaysia. This study collected primary data based on a set of questionnaire survey among 134 executives and managers of GLCs in Malaysia. The data were collected based on opinions of the ten factors of organizational learning practices by using the five-point Likert scale. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics. Further, the reliability of the data was tested using Cronbach’s alpha test, the validity of the data was tested by checking the normality test through skewness and kurtosis, and the consistency of the data was tested using factor analysis. On an average, 74.6% of the respondents agreed that they focus on these factors of organizational learning. The federal owned GLCs place more emphasis on organizational learning than the state owned GLCs. This study suggests improving the practices of organizational learning within the GLCs in Malaysia by emphasizing on the consideration that employee learning is an investment rather than an expense, employees should view themselves as partners in charting the direction of the organization, employees should not be afraid of critically reflecting on the shared assumptions about the ways of managing the organization, and by analyzing unsuccessful organizational endeavours and communicating the lessons learned widely among the employees.

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ASSESSING THE STATUS OF BUILDING COLLECTIVE MARKS FOR CRAFT VILLAGE PRODUCTS IN THUA THIEN HUE PROVINCE

HUE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT ◽

10.26459/hueuni-jed.v128i5c.5134 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 128 (5C) ◽

pp. 169

Author(s):

Le Van Phuc ◽

Nguyen Hoang Ngoc Linh

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Property ◽

Secondary Data ◽

International Markets ◽

Descriptive Statistics ◽

Primary Data ◽

The Status ◽

Deep Integration ◽

Collective Mark ◽

Depth Interviews ◽

Collective Marks

Abstract: Thua Thien Hue is a locality with many potentials to develop craft village products. In the context of deep integration, the use of intellectual property tools, namely collective mark, is one of the prerequisites for craft villages to show their strength and value of brands and better export products to international markets. This study clarifies the status of building collective marks for craft village products in Thua Thien Hue province. The research analyzes the secondary data, uses the descriptive statistics of primary data obtained from in-depth interviews with 5 experts and surveys 28 collective mark owners in the locality. The results reflect the status of collective marks for craft products in Thua Thien Hue province through two aspects: (i) the status of collective mark registration and (ii) support activities for building and managing collective marks for craft village products of management agencies in Thua Thien Hue province. Thereby, the study points out outstanding issues and proposes solutions to building and developing collective marks for craft village products in Thua Thien Hue.Keywords: collective mark, craft village product, Thua Thien Hue

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ANALISIS FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI STATUS PENERIMAAN BERAS KELUARGA MISKIN MENGGUNAKAN REGRESI LOGISTIK BINER DI KECAMATAN LANGSA BARAT

BAREKENG JURNAL ILMU MATEMATIKA DAN TERAPAN ◽

10.30598/barekengvol14iss2pp181-192 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 181-192

Author(s):

Amelia Amelia ◽

Fitra Mulyani ◽

Ulya Nabilla

Keyword(s):

Logistic Regression ◽

Economic Status ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Binary Logistic Regression ◽

Primary Data ◽

Binary Logistic Regression Analysis ◽

Binary Logistic Regression Model ◽

The Status ◽

Rice Consumption ◽

The Government

Poverty is an inability to meet basic needs measured by expenditure, including rice consumption. Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), as much as 95% of Indonesia's population consumes rice as the main food, with an average rice consumption of 102 kg/person/ year (BPS, 2013). Furthermore, BPS stated that almost 1/4 of them or around 25.95 million people were included in the category of the poor population as of March 2018. So the government made a policy to tackle the problem through the program of giving poor family rice (Raskin), namely subsidized rice assistance to households poor. However, in the implementation of the Raskin program, there was a deviation of around 40% of Indonesia's population with a middle-upper social-economic status receiving Raskin and 12.5% of the population with a socio-economic status upon receiving Raskin. Therefore this study aims to analyze the significant factors that affect the status of rice in poor families using binary logistic regression analysis. The location of the study was conducted in the District of West Langsa because the district was one of the districts receiving the most Raskin in the City of Langsa. The data used in this study are primary data and secondary data. The results of the analysis show that the factors that influence Raskin's acceptance status are the level of education, type of floor, type of fuel, expenditure for food, and frequency of purchasing new clothes. The binary logistic regression model obtained is

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EFFECT OF MICROFINANCE ON SMALLHOLDER FARMERS’ LIVELIHOOD IN RWANDA: A CASE STUDY OF NYAMAGABE DISTRICT

AGROFOR ◽

10.7251/agreng2001085m ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Eularie MUTAMULIZA ◽

Edouard MUSABANGANJI

Keyword(s):

Propensity Score ◽

Propensity Score Matching ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Nearest Neighbor ◽

Smallholder Farmers ◽

Descriptive Statistics ◽

Primary Data ◽

Microfinance Institutions ◽

Nearest Neighbor Matching ◽

The Government

Microfinance in Rwanda is considered as one of the most crucial mechanisms in the implementation of the Government program to reduce poverty and to increase economic growth. However, despite the effort made by the Government of Rwanda to put in place microfinance institutions in rural areas, little is known about the effects of microfinance on smallholder farmers’ income in Nyamagabe District of Rwanda. This study aimed at examining the contribution of microfinance services to the income of smallholder farmers in Nyamagabe District. Primary data were collected from 240 respondents randomly selected in 3 sectors of Nyamagabe District using structured questionnaires. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics to describe the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents and Propensity Score Matching was used to assess the effect of microfinance on smallholder farmers’ livelihood. The results from descriptive statistics showing that 117 respondents were participants in microfinance services and 123 were nonparticipants and more men were committed to participate and to access microfinance services than women. Results from Propensity Score Matching Model using both Kernel Based Matching and Nearest Neighbor Matching showed that the households participating in microfinance services increased their total annual income by 256,674 Rwandan francs and 228,246 Rwandan francs more than non-participants, respectively. The study recommended that smallholder farmers should be encouraged to participate in microfinance services to increase their income and agricultural productivity. The use of SACCOs and microfinance services needs to be promoted in order to provide an instrument for mobilizing savings and extending credit.

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KONDISI PEKERJA SENIOR PASCA PENSIUN SETELAH DIKARYAKAN KEMBALI DALAM PERUSAHAAN MANUFAKTUR JEPANG

IZUMI ◽

10.14710/izumi.5.1.40-46 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 40

Author(s):

Dewi Saraswati Sakariah

Keyword(s):

Additional Data ◽

Logical Consequence ◽

Economic Recession ◽

Primary Data ◽

Manufacturing Companies ◽

Employment Sector ◽

The Status ◽

The Government ◽

Number Of Parties ◽

Work Contract

This study discusses about the condition of the re-employed senior workers after retirement in Japan’s manufacturing companies. Since experiencing demographics problems, Japan faces many obstacles, one of them in the employment sector. Meanwhile, the government more incentive to make efforts to make Japan's rise from the stagnant economic situation after the economic recession since the 1990s. One of them by employing returning senior workers who have retired. The age of workers in Japan's pensions set by the government at the age of 60 years and the government is trying to raise the limit. Policies readmission of senior workers in the manufacturing companies of Japan after retirement is the type of work contract system. With a logical consequence of the creation of a number of different conditions with the conditions of the workers before retirement. The most prominent difference is the condition of the status of work and reduced the salary given up to 50% as a result of the worker's status has changed. However, there are still some conditions such as the number of hours worked, the same job. And on the part of senior workers have a good respon to their readmission policies in the company to support the employment sector in Japan. To obtain primary data, the authors distributed questionnaires to employees of manufacturing companies who are above the age of 60. In addition, the authors also conducted interviews to a number of parties for additional data.

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Perbedaan Persepsi Generasi X & Y Atas E-Filing

Jurnal Riset Akuntansi & Perpajakan (JRAP) ◽

10.35838/jrap.2019.006.01.11 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (01) ◽

Author(s):

Teguh Kurniawan ◽

Theresia Woro Damayanti

Keyword(s):

Positive Attitude ◽

Jel Classification ◽

Descriptive Statistics ◽

Primary Data ◽

Directorate General ◽

The Government

ABSTRACT E-filing usage as a means of tax obligation fulfillment is a convenient service provided by the government, specifically the Directorate General of Taxes. But in reality, e-filing usage is not considered optimal, especially at this time when most of the Y generation who can be said to be accustomed and able to use technology have become taxpayers. So, this research aims to analyze the perceptions of Y generation by comparing the perceptions of X generation to e-filing usage as a means of tax obligations fulfillment. This research uses primary data obtained directly from individual taxpayers in Salatiga city who use e-filing. The method of this research are descriptive statistics and Mann Whitney U test. The research shows that there are differences perception between X and Y generations to e-filing usage as a means of tax obligations fulfillment. Where the most of Y generations is easier, shows their positive attitude and has no difficulty in using e-filing compared to X generations. But both generations show their satisfaction tend to be the same towards the use of e-filing as a means of tax obligation fulfillment. ABSTRAK Penggunaan e-filing sebagai sarana pemenuhan kewajiban perpajakan, merupakan bentuk fasilitas dan kemudahan yang diberikan Pemerintah dalam hal ini Direktorat Jendral Pajak. Namun pada kenyatannya penggunaan e-filing dinilai belum optimal, terlebih pada saat ini sebagian besar Generasi Y yang dapat dikatakan terbiasa dan mampu menggunakan teknologi sudah menjadi Wajib Pajak. Sehingga, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis persepsi generasi Y dengan membandingkan persepsi generasi X terhadap penggunaan e-fiing sebagai sarana pemenuhan kewajiban perpajakan. Penelitian ini menggunakan data primer yang diperoleh langsung dari Wajib Pajak orang pribadi di kota Salatiga yang menggunakan e-filing. Desain penelitian yang digunakan ialah statistik deskriptif dan uji beda. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan persepsi antara generasi X dan Y terhadap penggunaan e-filing sebagai sarana pemenuhan kewajiban. Dimana sebagian besar generasi Y lebih mudah, menunjukkan sikap positif dan tidak mengalami kesulitan dalam menggunakan e-filing dibandingkan dengan generasi X. Namun baik generasi X dan Y menunjukkan kepuasan mereka yang cenderung sama terhadap penggunaan e-filing sebagai sarana pemenuhan kewajiban perpajakan. JEL Classification: M41, F38

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The Free Senior High Policy: An Appropriate Replacement to The Progressive Free Senior High Policy

International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies ◽

10.7575/aiac.ijels.v.6n.2p.26 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 26

Author(s):

Nurudeen Abdul-Rahaman ◽

Abdul Basit Abdul Rahaman ◽

Wan Ming ◽

Abdul-Rahim Ahmed ◽

Abdul-Rahaman S. Salma

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Financial Burden ◽

School Policy ◽

Descriptive Statistics ◽

Primary Data ◽

The World ◽

Funding Programs ◽

The Government ◽

Access And Quality ◽

Financial Burdens

Governments all over the world have been improving their educational sector through funding programs aimed at reducing the financial burden on parents, increasing access and quality to education. The government of Ghana in 2017 switched policy to a free senior high school policy to reduce poverty by finally eliminating the financial burdens parents face in paying their children’s fees. This study seeks to evaluate the appropriateness of the free senior high policy in replacing the pre-existing progressive free policy. The questionnaire survey was used to collect primary data for this study. The descriptive statistics were used in analyzing the data of this study. A total number of Two hundred (200) responses were retrieved, and out of those retrieved, 57 were females, and 143 were males. All 200 responses were usable in this study. The free senior high policy proved to put more butts on seats in helping to reduce financial burdens on parents than the pre-existing progressive free policy since nothing is paid by parents or guardians.

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Entrepreneurial Orientation for Sustainable Competitive Advantage and Risk Management: Evidence from Government-Linked Companies in Malaysia

10.31235/osf.io/wbq97 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Md. Mahmudul Alam ◽

Nur Nadiah Zulkarnain ◽

Nik Herda Nik Abdullah

Keyword(s):

Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽

Primary Data ◽

Individual Risk ◽

Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽

The Status ◽

New Ideas ◽

Positive Attribute ◽

Risk Takers ◽

The Government ◽

Risk Taker

This study is an attempt to assess the status of the current level of entrepreneurial orientation among the Government-Linked Companies (GLCs) in Malaysia. This study collected primary data based on a set of questionnaire survey among 134 executives and managers of GLCs in Malaysia. The data were collected based on opinions of the seven factors of entrepreneurial orientation practices by using the five-point Likert scale. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics. Further, the reliability of the data was tested using Cronbach’s alpha test, the validity of the data was tested by checking the normality test through skewness and kurtosis, and the consistency of the data was tested using factor analysis. On an average, 70.9% of the respondents agreed that they focus on these factors of entrepreneurial orientation. The federal owned GLCs place more emphasis on entrepreneurial orientation than the state owned GLCs. This study suggests improving the practices of entrepreneurial orientation of GLCs in Malaysia by emphasizing on recognizing individual risk takers for their willingness to champion new projects, whether it eventually turns out to be successful or not, encouraging employees to take calculated risks with new ideas, considering the term “risk taker” as a positive attribute for people in the organization, and supporting many small and experimental projects by realizing that some will undoubtedly fail.

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THE INFLUENCE OF LACK OF AWARENESS ON THE INCREASING INCIDENCES OF BURNS AMONG ADULT PATIENTS ADMITTED IN THE KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL BURNS UNIT

American Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing Practice ◽

10.47672/ajhmn.40 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 79-90

Author(s):

Nelly C Amakobe ◽

Dr. Makori Moronge

Keyword(s):

Descriptive Statistics ◽

Adult Patients ◽

Primary Data ◽

National Hospital ◽

Related Factors ◽

Kenyatta National Hospital ◽

Number Of Patients ◽

The Government ◽

Burns Unit ◽

Fire Outbreak

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to establish influence of lack of awareness on the increasing incidences of burns among adult patients admitted in the Kenyatta National Hospital Burns Unit.Methodology: The population of this research consisted of all patients in the burns unit at Kenyatta hospital. The study used primary data in particular used questionnaires. The questionnaire consisted of structured closed ended statements. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) mainly by use of descriptive statistics. Descriptive statistics included mode, mean, median, standard deviation. Data was presented by use of graphs, pie charts and tables.Results: The study findings indicated that there has been an increase in number of patients with burns which is associated with various knowledge related factors causing the increased incidences among the patients.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: From the study findings the researcher. The study also recommends that the Government through the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation should impart knowledge related to the burns especially on how people can take preventive measures and emergency measures against fire outbreak

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Risk Management and Value Creation: Empirical Findings from Government Linked Companies in Malaysia

Review of European Studies ◽

10.5539/res.v8n2p124 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 124 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jamaliah Said ◽

Md. Mahmudul Alam ◽

Nik Herda Nik Abdullah ◽

Nur Nadiah Zulkarnain

Keyword(s):

Value Creation ◽

Service Sector ◽

Manufacturing Sector ◽

The State ◽

Primary Data ◽

Brand Value ◽

Quality Development ◽

Average Return ◽

The Status ◽

The Government

This study is an attempt to assess the status of current level of value creation among the Government Linked Companies (GLCs) in Malaysia. This study collected primary data based on a set of questionnaire survey among 134 executives and managers of GLCs in Malaysia. The data were collected based on opinions of the ten factors of value creation practices by using the five-point Likert scale. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics. Further, the reliability of the data was tested using Cronbach’s alpha test, the validity of the data was tested by checking the normality test through skewness and kurtosis, and the consistency of the data was tested using factor analysis. On an average, 80.6% of the respondents agreed that they focus on these factors of value creation. Overall, the federal owned GLCs place more emphasis on certain elements of value creation than the state owned GLCs. Among the elements of value creation, the state owned GLCs emphasize the most on quality development and brand value creation, where the federal owned GLCs emphasized the most on reputation. The GLCs engaged in service sector emphasized the most on brand value and the GLCs engaged in manufacturing sector emphasized the most on customer satisfaction and quality development. This study suggest that GLCs in Malaysia improve the overall value creation by emphasizing on responsiveness, average return on investment, sales growth, profit growth and average return on sales.

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