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Improving the Deployment of Broadband Content Delivery Using an Open Access Approach in a High Speed Broadband Environment in the Klang Valley
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Content delivery via High-Speed Broadband Fiber-to-the-Home Services in Malaysia has yet to improve the Quality of Experience of the average subscribers as static contents, program menus, and channel packages delivered cannot address relevant and personalized contents to diversified subscribers in their needs and goals. Furthermore there is no comm

Intellectual Property Protection for Agricultural Biotechnology: a Survey on the Malaysian Research Institutes’ Experiences and Legal Policy
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

This article focuses on the current legal protection for agricultural biotechnological inventions in Malaysia. As far as Malaysian IP system is concerned, there are two main regimes which are currently in force: patent law and plant variety protection law. Patent law in Malaysia refers to the Patents Act 1983, supplemented by the Patents Regulation

Reporting Practices of Malaysian Public Universities: the Extent of Accountability Disclosure
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

The study intends to evaluate the extent to which Malaysian public universities disclose accountability information in their annual report and on their website. It also compares the degree of annual report and website disclosure between established and new universities in Malaysia. Content analysis was undertaken using the disclosure index that was

Profitability of Major Private Sector Companies Involved in the Private Finance Initiative Scheme
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Private Finance Initiative (PFI) has become a widely used mechanism for delivering public services in the United Kingdom. Despite the extensive use of the PFI scheme and strong support from the private sector companies, it has often been controversial. One of the controversies is based on the claim that the private sector companies are making exces

Critical Success Factors of Public Private Partnership (Ppp)implementation in Malaysia
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Public Private Partnership (PPP) or Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is an increasingly popular choice for policymakers in implementing important public projects. PPP was officially announced in Malaysia in 2006 under the Ninth Malaysia Plan. Since then, many government projects were delivered via PPP. To ensure the ultimate objectives of PPP/PFI,

Improving Subscriber Viewing Experience via the Integration of Contents from Multiple Broadband Service Providers Based on Open Access Policy
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Present high-speed broadband services in Malaysia has yet to improve the Viewing Experience quality of the average subscribers as current single service provider channel packaging cannot address the specific needs and goals of diversified subscribers. Furthermore there is no common platform to integrate contents from licensed service providers and

Iprs for Agricultural Biotechnological Inventions : a Case of Malaysia : Patent and Plant Variety Rights for Agricultural Biotechnology
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

This book focuses on the current legal protection for agricultural biotechnological inventions in Europe, the U.S. and Malaysia. It has been a subject of debate whether plants and agricultural biotechnological inventions which includes plants, transgenic plants and plant varieties, can be the subject of patent protection, in addition to or as an al

Private Finance Initiative in the United Kingdom
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) has become a widely used mechanism for delivering public services in the UK. The crucial requirements for entering into a PFI scheme are that the scheme must offer better value for money (VFM) than conventional procurement and be affordable. Since it was first introduced in 1992, there has been much controversy

A Meta Analysis of Research on Private Finance Initiative (Pfi) or Public Private Partnership (Ppp)
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Purpose: The study aims to evaluate systematically the key characteristics of PFI/PPP research in top public-sector journals and to offer suggestions on the future direction of research on PFI/PPP. Methodology: A qualitative meta-analysis method is used to analyse 134 PFI/PPP published papers from twenty nine selected public sector journals from 19

Nation Building: Education for Elites: a Case Study of Residential Secondary Schools in Malaysia
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Education for Elites addresses the aspiration of the government in providing education for the future ethnic Malays leaders in Malaysia. The focus of the book is on the development of an "an elite education" for the ethnic Malays. In addition, the ethnic Malays' perceptions toward leadership will also be highlighted in the book. Indeed,

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