Service quality remains a focal issue in banking industry as banking institutions are providing heterogeneous products, including Islamic banks. Particularly when the competition becomes more intense, providing superior service quality provided competitive advantage to the organizations in order to remain relevant in the industry. Accordingly, the

As Malaysia aims to become a high-income country by the year 2020, where the small medium enterprises (SMEs) play critical roles, this chapter focuses on profiling the SMEs and the challenges that they are currently fac-ing. This finding confirms that the majority of Malaysian SMEs is of micro and small size where the issues of financial accessibil

This chapter examined the extent to which MSMEs have accessibility to their financing in the current situation. Primary data was collected by self-administered questionnaires with a sample of 250 respondents from selected MSME owners in six different regencies in East Java. Descriptive statistics was employed in the analysis. The study revealed tha

Malaysia is a tropical country that experiences rainy and hot weather throughout the year. The higher rainfall intensity leads to higher landslide occurrences in Malaysia. Landslides that occur nearby human settlements increase the risk and hazard to the public and properties that lead to significant economic losses. There are various methods in su

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) had introduced a policy document of Financial Reporting for Islamic Banking Institutions, which came into effect on 1st January 2018. This policy aimed to facilitate the assessment of Islamic financial institutions’ financial positions, performance, and Shariah compliance. However, the disclosure of Shariah committee re

Introduction: Breastfeeding is recommended to provide sufficient nutrition source to infants. Although adverse reactions to allergenic food in exclusively breastfed infants have been identified yet the assessment among lactation mothers is still lacking. Hence, this study aims to review the effects of food allergens manipulation in maternal diet to

Health is a basic requirement to improve the quality of life. Providing effective health care is an essential component towards the social and economic development of a country. In Asian country, chronic diseases accounted for 71% of all deaths in 2002. The WHO in its report Preventing Chronic Disease: A Vital Investment has highlighted the inactio

This study was set out to determine social media addiction and its influence on mental health among university students in Cambodia. The research paper identified the most used social media platform, level of social media addiction, and the relationship between social media addiction and mental health, in particular, depression, anxiety, and loss o

The research aims to highlight the theme of positive thinking and good faith in God and His will in light of Prophetic guidance. The research is based on inductive and analytical method through studying Hadith collection, its commentaries and other important sources which contained significant hadith on this theme, that further explain the topic an

Ongoing discussion about sustainable building construction problems such as high initial cost caused by ―green cost premium‖ supported by long-term and uncertain of return on investment (ROI) as well as long-term and low profitability, lead to passive involvement of construction practitioners to construct sustainable building even many benefits