Functional life of a zinc oxide arrester block is largely dependent on its energy absorption capability which is an important characteristic in ensuring enhanced reliability of a surge protection system. An arrester block is usually cylindrical in shape with two flat surfaces. Injected energy from the stroke of transient electrical surge into the a

The 2nd International Conference on Islamic Economics and Economies of the OIC countries (ICIE 2013) was convened in Kuala Lumpur, 29-30 January 2013. It was jointly organised by the Department of Economics (College of Economics and Management Sciences) of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), the Malaysian Ministry of Finance and t

In Malaysia, there has been a tremendous effort in implementing e-government as a national agenda with the aims to increase public transparency, improve the sector efficiency and effectiveness and reduce public expenditure through lower operational costs. One of the e-government applications is the ePerolehan, a government-to-business (G2B) system

Since the last few decades, Islamic finance industry has developed tremendously penetrating not only the Muslim countries but surprisingly the non-Muslim countries as well. It has been acknowledged by the scholars on the need for this development to cater for the Islamic banking, Takaful and Islamic capital market industries. These three main indus

Corporate governance issue emerged with the birth of the corporations. Similarly, the need for Shari’ah corporate governance is given attention by the regulators, industrial players, Shari’ah advisors and researchers with the bloom of Islamic finance. There are limited literature and Shari’ah governance guidelines available for Islamic financ

The development and advancement of electronic banking (e-banking) had raised the level competitiveness in the market for financial products and services. More and more banks and other financial institutions adopted such technology to improve service quality and enhance customer satisfaction and loyalty. Despite the increasing number e-banking users

With the continuing emphasis placed on higher education institutions in many countries to produce knowledge workers for the next generation, there has been a continuous demand to strengthen the provision and delivery of higher education systems. This has resulted in an extraordinary expansion and intensification of internet use - “between the end

This research tries to investigate bilateral relationship between the two sister countries in terms of economic cooperation. Although Turk-Malay relations goes back to the 13th century and have great deal of relationship in terms of cultural, political and social, the current economic cooperation is not the desired level. We emphasize that Turkey a

In the recent years, hundreds to thousands of people have been killed in many calamities across Asian region, such as tsunami, floods, earthquake and so on. These natural disasters have become great challenges, particularly to those developing countries as many are lacking of an efficient disaster management system and disaster recovery plan that w

Issue of the corporate governance has emerged with the birth of the corporation. However, it became an attractive issue due to the financial crisis. Similarly, the issue of Shari’ah compliance in Islamic finance is given the attention when the Islamic finance industry arose. Therefore, renowned international organizations such as Accounting, Audi