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    Skills Conditions Towards Sarawak 2030: Perspectives From Policy Actors
    (2024-01)
    Mohamad Ashari, Noratikah
    The primary purpose of this study is to explain the plausible futures of the Sarawak public sector’s skills conditions through policy actors’ perspectives towards 2030. The study seeks to a) describe the shared meaning of the current skills conditions for the Sarawak public sector, b) analyse the plausible futures on the skills conditions towards Sarawak 2030; and c) construct the plausible futures of skills conditions for Sarawak 2030.
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    The Aging-Inequality Nexus: The Domestic Savings Channel And Threshold Effects In Asia-Pacific Countries
    (2024-05)
    affarudin, Muhammad Raees Shaik S
    Income inequality has generally exhibited an increasing trend, albeit at varying rates among Asia-Pacific countries, during a concurrent boom in the elderly population. As such, the connection between the rising prevalence of the aging population and the slow progress in alleviating income inequality remains unclear. Moreover, there is a lack of empirical analysis focusing on domestic savings as a potential transmission mechanism within the aging-inequality nexus. To address these questions, this study sets forth three primary objectives. First, the study investigates whether a long-term relationship exists between aging and income inequality using the Augmented Autoregressive Distributed Lag (A-ARDL) bounds test. The key findings confirm that aging coexists with income inequality in advanced aging economies. Empirical evidence indicates that population aging exacerbates income inequality in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and China. Conversely, the aging process in Hong Kong appears to moderate inequality. The second objective explores the role of domestic savings as a transmission mechanism in the relationship between aging and income inequality, while also considering the effects of social globalization. The results reveal that aging significantly influences savings behaviors in aged and super-aged countries. Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and China display a negative relationship between aging and savings, whereas Hong Kong shows a positive correlation between the older dependency ratio and domestic saving.
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    Pembiayaan Mikro, Sosiodemografi, Sikap Keusahawanan Bumiputera Dan Prestasi Perusahaan Mikro Di Pulau Pinang: Kajian Terhadap Hubungan Dan Kesan Penyederhana
    (2023-09)
    Halim, Mat Hashim
    Pembiayaan kewangan, sikap keusahawanan dan faktor sosiodemografi dilihat memainkan peranan penting dalam membantu pertumbuhan perusahaan bersaiz mikro, kecil dan sederhana (PKS). Berdasarkan kepentingan faktor ini, kajian ini dijalankan bagi melihat sejauh manakah pengaruh ini memberikan kesan secara langsung dan tidak langsung terhadap prestasi perusahaan dengan tumpuan kajian diberikan kepada perniagaan bersaiz mikro Bumiputera yang terdapat di Pulau Pinang. Berdasarkan pertimbangan teoretikal, satu kerangka konseptual kajian telah dibentuk untuk meneliti hubungan faktor-faktor ini terhadap prestasi perusahaan mikro berdasarkan Teori Pandangan Berasaskan Sumber (RBV), Teori Sikap dan Teori Keusahawanan Shane. Sejumlah 350 orang usahawan Bumiputera bersaiz mikro di Pulau Pinang yang menerima pembiayaan kewangan mikro dari pelbagai agensi dan institusi kewangan telah dipilih sebagai sampel kajian. Data-data kajian diperoleh dengan menggunakan borang soal selidik dan dianalisis menggunakan perisian SPSS dan Eviews. Kaedah deskriptif digunakan bagi menjelaskan taburan responden kajian manakala kaedah regresi berbilang digunakan bagi menerangkan pengaruh faktor-faktor pembiayaan mikro, sikap keusahawanan dan sosiodemografi usahawan terhadap prestasi usahawan mikro Bumiputera di Pulau Pinang.
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    The Transformation Of Private Higher Education Institution In Post-Reformation Indonesia 1998-2018: Case Studies Of Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta And Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta
    (2022-03)
    Mudzakkir, Moh
    This thesis examines the organisational transformation in Muhammadiyah higher education in post-reformation Indonesia 1998-2018. Specifically, this research took a case-study approach in investigating the experiences of UMY and UMS. Arguably, the institutional high point was when the two universities received the highest recognition with an “A” accreditation by the National Accreditation Board of Higher Education. Against this background, this study has three objectives: (i) to examine the key events of changes throughout two decades of organisational transformation in the two Muhammadiyah universities; (ii) to reveal generative mechanisms contributing to the transformation of two Muhammadiyah universities and; (iii) to explain commonalities and differences between the organisational transformation of the two universities.
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