Comparing better performing companies from lesser performing companies in successful new product development by Wan Jusoh, Wan Jamaliah

“…Data collected from 185 Malaysian manufacturing companies by way of a large scale mail survey revealed that there are significant differences exist between the better performing and lesser performing companies with regards to their strategic orientation, marketing knowledge, production skills and resources, ability to develop unique, superior and technologically innovative products that were market driven. The findings suggested that factors that have strong influence on new product development success are all within the control of management and could provide guidance for companies seeking for ways to improve their new product performance record. …”
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Family management from Islamic perspective: an application of quality function deployment and analytic hierarchy process by Islam, Rafikul, Islam, Muhummad Khairul

“…The QFD exercise provides the prioritized ‘technical’ requirements (‘hows’). The findings are expected to provide guidelines for having a strong family institution that can contribute towards developing a healthy society. …”
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Women development and environment: Perspective from Malaysia by Mustafa, Maizatun, Mohamad, Nor Asiah

“…At present, research literature on women's issues in Malaysia, especially those on the relationship between women and environment, has been limited in scope. It is hoped that findings on this paper will help increase awareness about the important role women play in societal development, environmental protection and help to promote the integration of environmental agenda within policy and strategies pertaining to women in Malaysia.…”
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Science teaching styles and student intrinsic motivation: validating a structural model by Syed Hassan, Sharifah Sariah, Rajab, Mohamed

“…400 samples from selected secondary schools students in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia have been collected to provide the responses for self constructed questionnaires in the structural equation modeling analysis. The findings provide the implications toward empirical evidence of theory, teaching practice and appropriate interventions that can be addressed and analysis procedure for future research.…”
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A snapshot of information-seeking behavior literature in health sciences: a bibliometric approach by Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri, Ibrahim Harande, Yahya

“…Bibliometric analysis was conducted to explore growth of the literature, authorship patterns, and Bradford distribution of the literature and language of dispersion of the literature. The findings indicate that there is a rapid growth of information-seeking behavior in health sciences from 2004 onward. …”
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Confessions under Malaysian and Islamic law: A comparative evaluation by Shair Mohamad, Mohd Akram

“…It uses many case laws, verses of the Qur’an and Sunnah of the Prophet (s.a.w.) and opinions of scholars to make the legal evaluation. It finds that though both systems have different approaches to confessions, the hallmark of admissibility of confessions in the two systems is its voluntariness.…”
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Towards a sustainable environment: an analysis on courtyards microclimate in the tropical region by Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita, Sapian, Abdul Razak, Denan, Zuraini

“…The field experiments have indicated the conditions at shaded and non-shaded conditions of the outdoors. The findings from the analysis of the climatic parameters suggested that shaded conditions are most favorable. …”
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Employee motivational factors: a comparison between Malaysia and Sultanate of Oman by Abdullah, Muhammad Madi, Islam, Rafikul

“…A detailed comparison has been made on the findings of the motivating factors with regard to the two countries. …”
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Quality Benchmarking for Online Writing Course: A Malaysian Case Study by Mat Daud, Nuraihan, Farrah, Mohammed Hakim

“…This paper discusses an evaluation conducted on an online English for Academic Writing course offered by a public university in Malaysia and the reaction of the institution to the findings. The adapted version of the Institute of Higher Education Policy (IHEP 2000) benchmarks was used to determine if the course met the quality benchmarks for online learning. …”
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Exploring factors influencing financial planning after retirement: structural equation modeling approach by Jalil, Md. Abdul, Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri, Azam, Ferdous

“…The study provides implications of the findings in the concluding section.…”
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Problem-based learning in the English language classroom by Othman, Normala, Ahamed Shah, Mohamed Ismail

“…The syllabus, textbook, and instructor were controlled for both groups. The findings of the study showed that in terms of course content, both groups improved but in terms of language the PBL group showed more improvements. …”
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A low-cost PC-based range finder system by Motakabber, S. M. A., Ibrahimy, Muhammad Ibn

“…Sound navigation and ranging (SONAR) is a modern ultrasonic range finding technique used for collecting the information about a distant object without any physical contact. …”
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The challenges of implementing gold dinar in Kelantan: An empirical analysis by Yusuf, Muhammad-Bashir, Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi, Meera, Ahamed Kameel Mydin

“…All our measurement items were also found to be practical. Though the findings of the study indicate the challenges are not statistically significant, they nevertheless must be addressed if gold dinar is to be adopted in the future. …”
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Incorporating Arabic words in English language teaching: teachers’ perspective by Othman, Khairiah, Abdul Hamid, Zuridah Hayati

“…Based on al-Faruqi’s framework on Islamic English for Islamic vocabulary to be retained in their Arabic form in an effort to maintain the original meanings, a set of questionnaires was distributed to teachers who were teaching English in an Islamic institution to gather their perspectives as to whether there was a need for Islamic English to be incorporated in the teaching of English to Muslim learners. The findings indicated that although half of the teachers did not know what was meant by Islamic English, they have been using Arabic words in their classes. …”
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Measuring the optimal government size that contribute to economic growth of the Muslim countries by Duasa, Jarita

“…It also attempts to identify optimal size of government (role of state) that maximise the economic growth of the countries by applying static and dynamic panel estimations on a widely used ‘growth model’ for assessing the impact of government size on economic growth. The findings indicate that small size of government contributes more on the economic growth of the countries. …”
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Developing a model for pre-action dispute resolution for strata dispute management in Malaysia by Mohamad, Nor Asiah

“…The author highlights the practice of other jurisdiction, for example, Victoria, Australia as well Hong Kong. The findings of the research show that Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) methods such as mediation or conciliation are suitable to be adopted within and outside Tribunal process.…”
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OSORS: how do students read online? by Jusoh, Zailani, Abdullah, Liza

“…As such, this paper, based on a study conducted on students in a particular university in Malaysia, was written to explore the extent of the use of strategies when reading online, in an academic setting and also to investigate whether differences in the use of the strategies between male and female students exist. Findings suggest that students are all users of strategies and gender has no bearing on the type of strategies preferred. …”
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SECI process and its predictors: behavioral Intention from socio technical perspective by Mohamed Razi, Mohamed Jalaldeen, Abdul Karim, Nor Shahriza, Mohamed , Norshidah

“…Data analysis was conducted using the partial least square technique by utilizing smart PLS version 2.0. The findings and its implications were discussed in the later part of the paper.…”
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University of the Future by Ahmad Dahlan, Abdul Rahman, Shihab Ahmed, Ahmed, Yao, Li Yao

“…As the data and information are collected in limited basis, the finding might not be comprehensive in certain extent.…”
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Assessment on the relationship between housing design and Malay culture pertaining to privacy, community intimacy, segregation and hospitality by Abdul Rahim, Zaiton

“…Survey interview was employed involving 432 respondents living in three different housing typologies in Kuala Lumpur. Findings indicate that the traditional Malay cultural aspects are still considered as important among the urban Malays but the importance is diminishing except for privacy which is given more importance. …”
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