As Malaysia’s economy grows and flourishes, strong new links are being forged with other developing countries in the region and beyond. This book traces the ways in which age-old organizational, political, religious and trade networks between Nusantara, the Malay World, and Central Asia, East Africa and the Middle East have changed in recent years. The book argues that these old links are being revived by new forms of globalization, modernization and knowledge transfer that are developing and implementing non-western models of governance, often ...

This book examines the various economic, political and developmental policy challenges that Malaysia faces in her shift from a middle income to high-income economy. This issue is of great interest to academics, policy makers and development practitioners in the developing world, particularly in middle-income economies where there is a widespread concern about the challenges of managing such a transition.

The objectives of this study were: 1) to study the problems and management of accumulated waste in the disposal sites in Pathum Thani province; 2) to analyze factors affecting management of accumulated waste in the disposal sites; and 3) to suggest appropriate practices for better management of accumulated waste in the disposal sites in Pathum Thani province. The study was a qualitative research. Data were collected by document review and interviewing with key informants including administrators and officers of the disposal sites, local administrative ...

Dividends have long been acknowledged as profit-distributing mechanisms in classical corporate policy and are important in key investment and financial decision-making. Dividends have continued to be famously debated by scholars for almost a century. On various perspectives, many scholars have debated back and forth on their relevancy to firm performance and value.