Developments in the performance of the Malaysian banking sector: opportunity cost of regulatory compliance by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…By using bank-level data, this paper examines how regulation and supervision affects the profitability of the Malaysian banking sector over the period 1992–2003. The empirical findings suggest that Malaysian banks with higher liquidity levels, credit risk and overhead expenses exhibit lower profitability level. …”
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Student perceptions on the implementation of Learning Management System (LMS) in teaching of English for academic writing course. by Ismail, Zuraidah

“…This paper is a report on the findings of student perceptions on the implementation of Learning Management System (LMS) in the teaching of English for Academic Writing (EAW) Course. …”
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Environmental colour impact upon human behaviour: a review by Ab Jalil, Nurlelawati, Mohd Yunus, Rodzyah, S. Said, Normahdiah

“…This paper analyses 40 previous colour studies selected from various disciplines discussing previous methods and colour effects in order to find its significant impact on humans. It reviews factors such as type of setting, method of assessment, instruments and type of colours. …”
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Determinants of target capital structure: evidence on South East Asia countries by Mat Nor, Fauzias, Haron, Razali, Ibrahim, Khairunisah, Ibrahim , Izani, Alias, Norazlan

“…Our findings contribute to the existing literature by documenting strong evidence that firms in the selected countries do pursue target capital structure. …”
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Metacognitive strategies of ESL learners with different listening abilities: a case study by Abdul Malik, Faridah

“…To find evidence of these metacognitive Strategy use, four sets of think-aloud protocols were analysed. …”
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Impact of environment, culture, and sports tourism on the economy: a mediation-moderation model by Sonia Lohana, Sonia Lohana, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Imran, Ahmed Harouache, Ahmed Harouache, Aysha Sadia, Aysha Sadia, Zahoor Ur Rehman, Zahoor Ur Rehman

“…The findings of this research have important implications for policymakers and can be helpfully used in the tourism industry. …”
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Impact of environment, culture, and sports tourism on the economy: a mediation-moderation model by Sonia Lohana, Sonia Lohana, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Imran, Ahmed Harouache, Ahmed Harouache, Aysha Sadia, Aysha Sadia, Zahoor Ur Rehman, Zahoor Ur Rehman

“…The findings of this research have important implications for policymakers and can be helpfully used in the tourism industry. …”
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Impact of environment, culture, and sports tourism on the economy: a mediation-moderation model by Sonia Lohana, Sonia Lohana, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Imran, Ahmed Harouache, Ahmed Harouache, Aysha Sadia, Aysha Sadia, Zahoor Ur Rehman, Zahoor Ur Rehman

“…The findings of this research have important implications for policymakers and can be helpfully used in the tourism industry. …”
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Pricing efficiency of the 3-month KLIBOR futures contracts: An empirical analysis by Razak, Marina Abdul, Bacha, Obiyathulla Ismath

“…The study spans the contract's entire 10-year history, June 1996 to June 2006. In line with findings in other markets, we find a pre-ponderance of overpricing. …”
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Perception of voicing in English word-final consonants: examining the perceptual assimilation model by Pilus, Zahariah

“…The paper then discusses some of the implications of the findings on the model.…”
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An exploration of women’s experiences of cognitive-behaviour therapy for the treatment of bulimia nervosa by Hallikainen, Kati

“…The implications of the findings to clinical practice, and suggestions for future research will be discussed.…”
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Using a computer simulation to enhance students' conceptual development : a pilot study by Gossett, Roger

“…Within Higher Education (HE) the ability to understand, interpret and evaluate quantitative research findings is an essential skill. Students need to understand how data are gathered and analysed, how results and findings are derived and how to analyse and critically evaluate their own research findings and those from the literature. …”
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Health and safety performance of UK universities and how to improve it by Kuzmina, Olga, Searle, Douglas

“…Health and Safety professionals in the universities may find it useful to reflect on these findings and the identified best practices in order to improve the H&S performance in their own organisations.…”
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Determining root cause of construction waste generation: a global context by Kaliannan, Suaathi, Nagapan, Sasitharan, Abdullah, Abd Halid, Sohu, Samiullah, Ahmed Jhatial, Ashfaque

“…The rapid growth of this sector directly produces a huge amount of construction waste. Hence, to find out the main root causes of the generation, this paper aimed to determine root causes of the construction waste generation in the construction sector. …”
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Differences in depression, anxiety and stress among low-and high-achieving students by Md Yassin, Md Aris Safree, Dzulkifli, Mariam Adawiah

“…The findings of the study will be useful in assisting educators, counsellors, psychologists, and researchers to develop strategies to enhance students’ psychological well-being…”
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Differences in depression,anxiety and stress between low and high-achieving students by Md. Yasin, Md. Aris Safree, Dzulkifli, Mariam Adawiah

“…The findings of the study will be useful in assisting educators, counsellors, psychologists, and researchers to develop strategies to enhance students’ psychological well-being. …”
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Undergraduates' perception on ethics and integrity in the construction sector by Abdul Rashid, Khairuddin

“…In addition, the findings indicated that some undergraduates have the inclination to be involved in un-ethical practices in the future. …”
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Are rating agencies' assignment opaque? Evidence from international banks by Bellotti, Tony, Matousek, Roman, Stewart, Chris

“…Although support vector machines can identify significant determinants we argue that ordered choice models are more reliable for this. Our findings suggest that ratings reflect a bank’s financial position, the timing of rating assignment and a bank’s country of origin. …”
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Banking efficiency and Economic growth in the MENA region by Ghannouchi, Walid, Radić, Nemanja

“…We apply a causality analysis between cost efficiency and financial deepening using the Generalized Methods of Moments and our findings show a significant and positive causality and reverse relationship between financial deepening and banking productivity. …”
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Price Discovery and Trade Fragmentation in a Multi-Market Environment: Evidence from the MTS System by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Girardi, Alessandro

“…The implications of these empirical findings are discussed in the light of the debate about the possible restructuring of the regulatory framework for the Treasury bond market in Europe.…”
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