This thesis investigates the processes and influential factors affecting the internationalisation of SMEs in manufacturing industries in Malaysia. Internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has been widely researched but little is known of how and why internationalisation...

This thesis reports on a study investigating the role of strategic human resource management (SHRM) within the Indonesian context. This study is significant for two important reasons. The first is that the link between strategy and HR management in Indonesia appears to have excited little...

This study explores the Malaysian understanding and definition of the concept and terminology of organisational learning (OL) as well as the learning strategies and practices Malaysian organisations use to implement learning. As part of Malaysia's Vision 2020, the government has made a...

Malaysian Government procurement plays an important role as a catalyst to economic development. However, as a rapidly developing countries, due consideration must be given to environmental conservation during the development process to avoid environmental degradation. For this reason, Malaysian...

In simple terms, Government procurement refers to the acquisition of supplies, services and works in accordance with current rules and regulations of the Government to ensure that tax payers’ money is spent efficiently, wisely and best value for money. Similar to other countries, Government...

Rapid growth of tourism industry is negatively affected mother nature as record shows that this industry contributes 5% of global greenhouse gases (GHGs) emission. In realizing this worrying fact, Green Tourism has gained its popularity as one of the measures to address the issue. Moreover,...

Many countries have realized that unsustainable patterns of consumption and production could hinder sustainable development. For this reason, sustainable consumption and production (SCP) concepts have gained international prominence since 1992 and become one of a tool in achieving sustainable...

This study has examined the knowledge required for the publication of an Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation (E&BI) focused teaching text. The research design was based on a constructivist, interpretive paradigm, and utilised a qualitative methodology to support the development of a...

Employee retention is one of the challenges facing many business organisations today. For many organisations, strategic staffing has become a concern because the ability to hold on to highly talented core employees can be crucial to future survival. This empirical study examined the current...

This thesis critically assesses the literature on strategic management accounting that is budgeting and corporate governance and also the managerial decision-making literature (primarily in the areas of strategic planning and change management). It is essentially a theory building and analytical...