Electric drive vehicle uses one or more electric motors or traction motors for a propulsion. A multispeed electric vehicle (EV) transmission adds weight, complicacy, and friction reduce the vehicle traction efficiency. Among epicyclic transmission (ET) with a single motor gear shifter or manual transmission or automatic transmission (AT) and contin

Salacca zalacca (salak fruit) is a species of palm tree native to South west Java and North Sumatra in Indonesia. It has a reddish-brown scaly skin with pleasant pineapple, pear, and banana-like aromas combined. Due to its pleasant aroma, S .zalacca has potential in the halal perfumery and pharmaceutical industries. The volatile aromas of plants ar

Money laundering and terrorism financing are financial crimes which affect the economic stability and integrity of the country. In this respect, the relevant regulator has a duty to preserve and protect the financial stability of the country. This duty is in line with the concept of the protection of wealth (hifz al-mal) under the maqāsid al-Shar�

Purpose –This study develops a hierarchical model based on Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) that enables ranking of a number of quality dimensions for achieving business excellence in the hotel industry of Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach – The study adopted a sequential mix method approach wherein semi-structured intervie

This study aims to provide empirical evidence on the Maqasid al-Shari’ah performance of Islamic banks in Indonesia for the period from 2012 to 2016. The Simple Additive Weighting (TSAW) is employed to obtain the performance of IBs according to the Maqasid al-Shari’ah. This study found that the Maqasid Index for Indonesia IBs within the range be

This paper aims to investigate the degree of financial integration by employing Markov Switching (MS) technique. It further examines the influence of financial integration on the real sectors by employing GMM approach. The finding indicates following outcomes; (1) the financial markets of ASEAN+3 economies are weakly integrated during pre-agreement

The paper aims to analyse the validity of practicing umra and ruqba concepts in disbursement of family takaful benefit from the shariah perspective. In the current practice of takaful, the disbursement of family takaful benefit is subject to the demise of takaful certificate holder. Upon maturity of the certificate, if the certificate holder is ali

Productivity is a very important concern now a day for an industry. Productivity improvement is a vital factor for continuous economic growth and increase in standard of living. Productivity can be improved through time and motion study. Time and motion study plays a very important role to improved productivity of an industry or any production sect

The rise of equity-based crowdfunding is expected to offer a new gateway for Muslim entrepreneurs given its similarity with risk-sharing concept as per the Shariah principles. Malaysia is the first country in Southeast Asia to legislate and award equity-based crowdfunding licences in June 2015. Accordingly, this study aims to propose a Shariah-comp

This research studies the real meaning of Shariah-compliant crowdfunding (SCF) and how it could benefit Muslim entrepreneurs particularly in Malaysia. The rise of equity-based crowdfunding is expected to offer a new gateway for Muslim entrepreneurs given its similarity with risk-sharing concept as per the Shariah principles. Malaysia is the first c