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This book aims to identify the determinants of international
portfolio capital investment flows into Malaysia during 1991 to
2002. Specifically, the determinants of portfolio capital flows are
investigated by distinguishing the push (external)and pull
(internal) factors. Push factors include economic conditions
outside the host country such as world interest rate and growth
rate, while pull factors include various economic and financial
conditions of the host country. The effects of each determinant of
portfolio capital investment (PCI) are examined by analyzing the
time series data. The multi-regression analysis was conducted to
identify the type of relationship between the dependent and
independent variables. The findings show that both push and pull
factors are significant in determining the portfolio capital
investment flows into Malaysia. The results provide strong evidence
that the world (U.S) real interest rate, Malaysian inflation rate
(CPI) and the growth rate of the stock price index (KLSE CI) are
significant in determining the portfolio capital flows to Malaysia.
The main objective of this work is to contribute to the management
literature by comprehensively reviewing and exploring the
management theories from the management science theory up to the
current management theories. This book hopes to stimulate and
generate dynamic and contemporary ideas among the new management
researchers in a more systematic way to further identify,
conceptualize, extend or even build new management theories and
perspectives. This book, which consists of essays on management
theories, discusses the current development of management theories
and opportunities for further conceptual and empirical research.
New researchers will find this book interesting and useful as it
deliberates on the meaning of theory, the theory building process
and subsequently discusses on how they could contribute to the
expansion and extension of management theory.
The main objective of this work is to contribute to the management
literature by comprehensively reviewing and exploring the
management theories from the management science theory up to the
current management theories. This book hopes to stimulate and
generate dynamic and contemporary ideas among the new management
researchers in a more systematic way to further identify,
conceptualize, extend or even build new management theories and
perspectives. This book, which consists of essays on management
theories, discusses the current development of management theories
and opportunities for further conceptual and empirical research.
New researchers will find this work interesting and useful as it
deliberates on the meaning of theory, the theory building process
and subsequently discusses on how they could contribute to the
expansion and extension of management theory.
To increase global competitiveness, technological capabilities, and
potential for local innovation, organizations in the developing
countries are striving hard to collaborate, learn and internalize
their foreign partner's technological knowledge by forming
strategic alliances and international joint ventures (IJVs). The
inter-firm technology transfer characteristics have become the
vital factors in determining the success or failure of inter-firm
technology transfer within IJVs. Since the current issue on
inter-firm technology transfer (TT) in the developing countries is
centered on the efficiency and effectiveness of the transfer
process; therefore the success is strongly associated with the
amount or degree of technology that has been transferred to local
partners.
Strategic supply chain management can be considered as a tool to
enhance organizational performance. Based on knowledge-based view
of the firm perspectives, Knowledge management (KM) is a crucial
requirement for the organizations to leverage their knowledge in
today's turbulent business environment. Therefore a strategically
managed supply chain which concerns knowledge acquisition and
application can boost organizations' success opportunity. This book
highlights the importance of supply chain learning and applied
supply chain process knowledge, as well as the relationship between
these factors with organizational performance enhancement. Hence,
it is the supply chain managers' responsibilities to establish a
learning environment both within the organization and beyond the
borders in order to exchange the information easily. They also have
to ensure that acquired knowledge from learning processes, are
properly applied in order to create or improve the products,
processes or systems.
Efficient supply chain management (SCM) is recognized as a
strategic tool for companies to enhance performance in terms of
quality, time, speed and reliability while minimizing total costs.
Based on resource-based view (RBV) and knowledge-based view of the
firm (KBV) perspectives, supply chain can be considered as an
organization's strategic asset to achieve competitive advantage.
Knowledge management (KM) is a crucial requirement for the
organizations to leverage their knowledge in today's turbulent
business environment. Knowledge acquisition and knowledge
application are two important dimensions of knowledge management
that should seriously be taken into consideration by all
organizations. The present work investigates the linkage between
SCM and KM. This work was carried out to examine the relationships
between supply chain process knowledge and organizational
performance. Supply chain learning also has been investigated as
another factor which affects organizational performance.
The inter firm technology transfers (TT) in collaborative joint
ventures (JVs) often involve trade offs between the willingness of
technology supplier to transfer a considerable amount of
technologies to technology recipient and degree of protection of
the proprietary technology, knowledge and competencies as the
source of the supplier's competitive advantage. Thus, technology
transfers through JVs have frequently involved various
facilitators, actors and complex relationship between partners;
which eventually have direct impact on the degree of technology
transfer in JVs. Therefore, building on the integrated
knowledge-based view and organizational learning perspectives, and
previous TT models, this book proposes a holistic TT model in
providing explanations on the relative and simultaneous effects of
technology transfer characteristics (TTCHARS) on degree of
technology transfer (TTDEG). The holistic TT model also
conceptualizes the effect of TTDEG on local firms' performance
dimensions namely corporate and human resource performance, and the
moderating effects of MNCs' firm size, age of JV, MNCs' country of
origin, and types of industries in the TTCHARS-TTDEG relationship.
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