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Exporting and Technological Innovation: Evidence from Southeast Asia
No full textExporting is imperative for a contemporary business as it enhances firm competitiveness and performance. Previous studies have focused on the link between exporting and innovation. Firms’ innovation is enhanced after entering the export market by absorbing the knowledge of these markets. Nevertheless, there is little evidence in developing economies. In the Southeast Asian context, this relationship has not yet been explored. Thus, this study investigates the role of exports in firm-level technological innovation (product and process innovations) in Southeast Asia. Using a sample of 4,416 manufacturing firms in 2015 and 2016 and a multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression to deal with the hierarchies of the data set, the study finds empirical evidence that involvement in exporting activities can spur corporate technological innovation. The practical implication emphasizes the support of Southeast Asian governments to encourage exporting activities.
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Keywords: Exporting; Process innovation; Product innovation; Southeast Asia
Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Doan, T. N. T., & Chang, C. H. (2022). Exporting and Technological Innovation: Evidence from Southeast Asia. Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics, 10(1), 277–293
A Bibliometric Review on Esports Participation: View from Malaysia
No full texteSports is a novel digital sport that has millions of admirers worldwide. Researchers have begun looking into eSports player behaviour due to the sport's recent surge in popularity. However, few researchers have studied the factors influencing Malaysians' intention to participate in eSports. This paper reviews the existing literature on user behaviours in participation in eSports to fully understand the elements that affect users' intention to participate in eSports and to serve as a resource for researchers in future research. First, we conducted a literature search using the databases Era, MyCite, Scopus, and SpringerLink, and we found 31 articles that satisfy the requirements. Second, we carried out a descriptive analysis-focused bibliometric evaluation. Finally, to lay a foundation and generate fresh ideas for future study, this work anticipates potential research-based future research topics.
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Keywords: eSports; Participation; Behavioural Intention
Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Lim, C. N,m Goh, Y. N., Mod Isa, S., Thurasamy, R., & Mohd Suki, N. (2022). A Bibliometric Review on Esports Participation: View from Malaysia. Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics, 10(2), 139–171
Application of Artificial Intelligence in FinTech: The Decision of Youth Investors to use Robo-Advisor Platform as Micro-investing Alternative
No full textIn light of the emergence of artificial intelligence in financial technology and the fourth industrial revolution, this study aims to propose a research framework on the decision of youth investors in Malaysia to use robo-advisors. This study will examine the youth investor characteristics and robo-advisor characteristics that may influence youth investors' usage of robo-advisor platforms. Technological advances and knowledge-intensive activities increasingly drive economic growth; therefore, research on factors affecting the use of robo advisors should be performed to understand why more young people are investing in digital platforms. This objective will be answered using logistic regression throughout the study.
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Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Financial Technology, Logistic regression, Micro-investing, Robo-advisor
Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Ruslan, R. A. H. M., Ibrahim, M. A., Abd Hamid, N. H. (2022). Application of Artificial Intelligence in FinTech: The Decision of Youth Investors to use Robo-Advisor Platform as Micro-investing Alternative. Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics, 10(2S2), 38–54.  
Does US Stock Market affect Malaysia Stock Market during Covid-19 Pandemic?
No full textThe purpose of this study is to explore the possibility of spillovers in return from the US Stock market return to the Malaysia Stock market. VAR models, Granger causality tests, and Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedastic (GARCH) models are conducted in this study. This research considers the daily closing price of the Malaysian stock market indexes (FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI), spanning from February 4 2020 to 21st Mac 2022. The period of this research allows the empirical analysis during the period of the hike Covid19 cases. The empirical result concludes that return spillover is found to be unidirectional from the US stock market to the Malaysia stock market. The results of this investigation may have important implications regarding international investment, portfolio diversification, and risk management.
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Keywords: COVID-19, GARCH, Financial Markets, Malaysian Stock Markets
Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Binti Nizar, N., Bahrudin, N. Z., Che Yahya, N., Mohd Rashid, S. N., & Tehubijuluw, F. K. (2022). Does US Stock Market affect Malaysia Stock Market during Covid-19 Pandemic?. Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics, 10(2S1), 124–143
Factors Predicting Environment-Friendly Consumer Behavior: Reducing Plastic Consumption in Oman
No full textEnvironment-friendly behavior is the need of the hour. The United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have placed a collective burden on countries around the globe to undertake measures to safeguard the planet by starting with their own territories and water bodies. The Sultanate of Oman is an example of a country where there is top-down participation in environmental initiatives. Nevertheless, it appears that the initiatives have to be current and on-going, accompanied by stringent monitoring and evaluation. In this context, the present study undertakes a scoping review of literature related to the factors that influence environment-friendly behavior in different individual and social contexts. The use of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), a popular theoretical framework in recent studies on environment-friendly behavior, to identify the factors of environment-friendly behavior was utilized as the basis for the review. A set of 50 empirical studies from 2012-till February 2022 were included in the scoping review. Academic and managerial implications are offered based on the findings. Overall, it could be seen that despite considerable research in the area, environmental awareness was a significant contributor to environment-friendly behavior and the study recommends governmental, public and private attention to increasing environment-friendly behavior among citizens.
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Keywords: Theory of Planned Behavior, Oman, Consumer Behavior, Environment-Friendly Behavior Factors
Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Al Salmi, H., Ali, A., & Ahmad, F. S. (2022). Factors Predicting Environment-Friendly Consumer Behavior: Reducing Plastic Consumption in Oman. Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics, 10(2S1), 170–215
Adoption and Benefit of Industrial Revolution 4.0 in Logistics Industry: A Conceptual Paper
No full textThe adoption of Industry 4.0 in logistics is a new and critical subject with a need for more research. A few studies have started reviewing the existing works on Industry 4.0; however, they do not focus on its adoption and practices in the logistics sector. This paper presents a conceptual study on Industry 4.0 and its relation to the logistics industry. Current literature on Industry 4.0 in logistics brings out some interesting practices in the adoption of Industry 4.0 in logistics, which will be helpful for the academic and industry, especially top managers. In this paper, some reflections regarding the adequate requirements and issues enabling logistics organizations to be efficient, and fully operational in an industry 4.0 context were discussed. This work identifies several adoption and Industry 4.0 practices in the logistics industry from various selected organizations which are reflected as the highest contributor toward the adoption of a logistics firm in adopting Industry 4.0. Finally, it is evidence that defining a clear organizational vision and strategy is important to help drive logistics business efficiencies which is crucial for future competitive survival.
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Keywords: Industry 4.0; Logistics; Innovation; Technology; Malaysia
Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Sivan, S., Ghadiri, S. M., Rajagopal, P., Bahrin, A. S., & Sundram, V. P. K. (2022). Adoption and Benefit of Industrial Revolution 4.0 in Logistics Industry: A Conceptual Paper. Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics, 10(2S1), 79–94
Shaping the Skills and Styles of Future Innovative Women Leaders: The Moderating Roles of Self Efficacy and Personal Initiative
Full text linkInnovative leaders are crucial in the 21st century. In order to effectively manage the rising demands for innovation in many aspects of business organisations, innovative leaders must exhibit multiple skills and styles, particularly in promoting creativity and innovation. This paper critically analyses past literature on the skills and styles of innovative women leaders. Studies in this direction suggest that the boardroom presence of women leads to more innovative performance. Innovative women leaders play a crucial part in closing a significant gap between a stated desire for innovation and capabilities in order to optimise organisational innovativeness to attain business sustainability. Innovative women leaders will bring different perspectives, skills, and innovative ideas to the table, but the combination of these three will help create new perspectives that will lead to better decision-making for the business as a whole. Moreover, an innovative woman leader can bring out the best abilities in team members and motivate them to work together to achieve a shared innovative opportunity by identifying the appropriate skills and style. For this reason, the paper provides a holistic framework that conceptualises the six main variables as the skills and style in shaping innovative women leaders. This will provide new insights for organisations and an edge to utilise innovative women's leaders' resources in penetrating markets faster and provide a better connection to developing markets. Clearly, it could also investigate emerging opportunities and unleash human capital potential, resulting in more innovative female leaders and a greater impact on innovation.
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Keywords: Skills; Styles; Innovation; Innovative Women Leaders; Human Capital Development; Top-Management Team; Female Board Members; Malaysia
Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Chellappan, Y., & Muthuveloo, R. (2022). Shaping the Skills and Styles of Future Innovative Women Leaders: The Moderating Roles of Self Efficacy and Personal Initiative. Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics, 10(1), 177–211
Conceptualizing the Smart Holistic Growth Paradigm for Small and Medium Businesses: An Integrative Perspective
No full textRecognizing the multifaceted nature of firm growth, the search for a sustainable growth paradigm for small and medium-sized enterprises is prominent in academic debate. Despite the government's many assistance programs, small and medium enterprises are struggling to survive in the long run. Interestingly, sustainability reinforced by spirituality is viewed as a new strategic imperative and long-term objective for businesses. Recently, the adoption and usage of advanced technology have also enabled new capabilities, such as the ability to focus on fast-changing business opportunities. Thus, the study attempts to conceptualize an effective growth direction founded on the business perspectives of sustainability, advanced technology, and spirituality. A systematic analysis of literature has been executed to analyze the sustainable growth configuration triggered by recent business perspectives, in which over 369 publications are read and reviewed by the authors. It has also established the reliability and validity of literature analysis. Also, a short form of qualitative investigation has been used to support the conceptualization of the study. The outcomes of the study successfully established a new growth paradigm-the SHG (Smart Holistic Growth). Here, the strategic convergence of social, economic, environmental, technological, and spiritual performance has the potential to enable SMEs to survive in the long term. Each of these growth antecedents work interdependently with each other to strengthen the firms’ strategic objectives. On this note, the outcomes of the study can enhance business differentiation and competitiveness to endure environmental uncertainties. Also, this may be useful to promote the responsible use of advanced technology, which is key to creating active and informed citizens in the public sphere. This study is a unique attempt to extend the current understanding of the sustained form of growth of SMEs considering the integration of the mentioned business perspectives.
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Keywords: Advanced Technology; Corporate Spirituality; Digital Performance; Innovation; SME; SDGs; Sustainable Growth; VUCA
Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Islam, A., Maideen, M. B. H., Abd Wahab, S., Ya’akub, N. I., & Abdul Latif, A. S. (2022). Conceptualizing the Smart Holistic Growth Paradigm for Small and Medium Businesses: An Integrative Perspective. Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics, 10(1), 212–265.  
Enforced Remote Work During the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Relationship between Remote Working Intensity and Employee Motivation Using A Structural Equation Modelling Approach
No full textSince the time corona virus disease (COVID-19) outbreak was first reported in December 2019, the world has never been the same. With rapid spread of the disease, individuals, organisations and governments took steps to curtail the damage that followed including travel restrictions, social distancing and remote working. Little is known based on empirical evidence of the relationship between remote working and employee motivation. This study employed survey research design, and analysed data using structural equation modelling. Using self-determination approach, the study found that, although remote working saved commuting time for employees and improved work-life balance for most, it did not improve employee motivation. One reason for this was that remote working took employees by surprise and many saw it as forced flexibility because they had no other option and had no input in the decision to work remotely. The negative relationship between remote working and employee motivation is also connected to lack of face-to-face collaboration, inadequate peer support and social isolation. Building digital competencies require time and effort, and the frequent interruption of work due to other demands at home negatively affected work, creating stress, mental health challenges and other psychosocial risk issues. These present an opportunity for organisations to formulate and implement policies that support remote working, and ultimately improve engagement and motivational outcomes in the new normal.
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Keywords: Remote working, COVID-19, work from home; basic psychological needs, self-determination, motivation
Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Nwoko, C., & Yazdani, K. (2022). Enforced Remote Work During the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Relationship between Remote Working Intensity and Employee Motivation Using A Structural Equation Modelling Approach. Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics, 10(2S2), 165–200
Banks Fragility: Does It Matter To Diversify Their Income? A Cross-Countries Evidence
No full textIncome diversification sounds like more invulnerable yet, it is not always the case. Income diversification in banking could be advantageous or disadvantageous. This is because at one hand, income diversification mitigates the risk exposure, and on the other hand, it exposes the banks to more vulnerable financial health. Using unbalanced panel data of cross-countries that spans from 2009 to 2018, the study aims (i) to investigate the factors that influence banks' fragility; (ii) to compare significant differences in banks' fragility levels between Islamic and conventional banks and; (iii) to assess the interaction effects of income diversification on the relationship between size and banks fragility. The study employs a random effect model with cluster standard error in order to rectify the heteroscedasticity and autocorrelation issues. The study discovers capital level, cost efficiency, credit risk and size are the driven factors for banks fragility. Higher capital level and credit risk hamper the banks fragility. Corroborating to the too-big-to-fail theory, larger banks are more exposed to vulnerable of banks fragility. Interestingly, it is proven that different level of income diversification interacts the relationship between size and banks fragility differently. It is proposed for smaller banks to less focus on diversifying their income. Instead, the smaller banks should focus on the traditional banking businesses in which, accepting deposits and providing financing. Meanwhile, the larger banks are proposed to follow portfolio theory by diversifying their income in order to mitigate the banks fragility exposure.
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Keywords: Bank, Diversification, Liquidity, Stability, Financial Risk
Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Amran, N. H., & Ahmad, W. (2022). Banks Fragility: Does It Matter To Diversify Their Income? A Cross-Countries Evidence. Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics, 10(2S1), 144–16