This paper presents a real-world, capacitated examination timetabling problem from Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), Malaysia. The problem has constraints which have not been modelled before, these being the distance between examination rooms and splitting exams across several rooms. These constraints provide additional challenges in defining a suitable model and in developing a constructive he...

We study a model of entrepreneurs who compete for venture capital (VC) funding in a setting where the VC can only finance the best entrepreneurs because of limited capital. With asymmetric information, VCs can only assess entrepreneurs by the progress of development, which, in equilibrium, reveals the quality of the new technology. Using an asymptotic analysis, we prove that in attractive indus...

We present a method for translating texts between close language pairs. The method does not require parallel data, and it does not require the languages to be written in the same script. We show results for six language pairs: Afrikaans/Dutch, Bosnian/Serbian, Danish/Swedish, Macedonian/Bulgarian, Malaysian/Indonesian, and Polish/Belorussian. We report BLEU scores showing our method to outperfo...

This study differentiates female entrepreneurs from male entrepreneurs using the Big-Five Personality Model. The five factors include adjustment, sociability, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and intellectual openness. Adjustment determines confidence versus instability. Sociability measures extraversion versus introversion. Conscientiousness determines impulsiveness versus cautiousness. Agree...

Women’s share in the business sector Malaysia and Indonesia lags behind their male counterpart. However, Information Communication Technology (ICT) could serve as a game changer to empower women startup entrepreneurs. The acceptance usage of Mobile ICT operations more women-led Micro, Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) grow fulfill customer needs wants. there is lack established models measure mo...

This study examines perceived entrepreneurial ability, perceived obstacles to important business relationships, and performance of firms in the Midwest using social learning and social identity theories. From a survey of 68 entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial self-efficacy reduced obstacles to key business relationships and enhanced business performance. Firm age and entrepreneur age did not affect ...

From a management accounting perspective, this study aims at examining the relations of entrepreneurial and market orientations SMEs satisfaction in terms financial non-financial performance. SEM was conducted on 107 responses including accountants from manufacturing Malaysia. The results reveal null relationship between orientation financial-performance satisfaction, while it shows positive im...

Abstract Renewable energy is one of the alternative resources in Malaysia to replace fossil fuel use, which an important issue that needs be established. Some possible renewable sources are wind, hydro and solar. Since 2019, various incentives announced by Malaysian Ministry Energy Natural Resources (KeTSA) enhance development line with Government policy. However, today, contrast participation ...

Sustainable entrepreneurship refers to the economic, social, and environmental value creation across enterprises in Malaysia. When examining sustainable Malaysian companies, small medium-sized (SMEs), which serve as backbone of economy account for 97.2% businesses generate 38.2% gross domestic product, cannot be overlooked. The research is first study Malaysia, extends entrepreneurial event mod...

Most studies on entrepreneurs’ networks incorporate social capital and networks as independent variables that affect entrepreneurs’ actions and its outcomes. By contrast, this article examines social capital of the Chinese and Russian entrepreneurs and venture capitalists as dependent variables, and it examines entrepreneurs’ social capital from the perspectives of institutional theory and cult...