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Critical Success Factors of Implementing Shari’ah-Compliant Social Impact Bonds in Malaysia: a Survey of Stakeholders
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Carrying out Critical Success Factors (CSFs) analysis is necessary to ensure an organisation or product can be properly developed, sustained, and managed. This paper examines the CSFs of implementing Shari’ah-compliant SIBs (SC SIB) in Malaysia. In doing so, 22 SC SIB CSFs were identified from literature review, consultation with experts, and fee

Islamic Social Finance and the Imperative for Social Impact Measurement
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This paper aims to highlight the imperative of social impact measurements in Islamic finance by exploring the growing interest of Islamic social finance and social impact. From critical review of literature, the paper finds that despite the tremendous growth of the Islamic finance industry, little is known about how Islamic finance institutions mea

Does Doing Good Pay Off? Social Impact Bonds and Lessons for Islamic Finance to Serve the Real Economy
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the world’s first social impact bond (SIB) and the lessons that can be learned for the Islamic finance industry to fulfil its true objectives. Design/methodology/approach – The Peterborough SIB was recently announced to be successful in achieving its targeted social and investment outcomes, re

Achieving the Maqasid of Islamic Finance Through Social Impact Bonds (Sib) and Sustainable and Responsible Investment (Sri) Sukuk
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This paper looks into the underlying principles of Social Impact Bond (SIB) and Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) sukuk as compared to the values embodied within maqasid al-Shari‘ah and maslahah. Through a critical review of literature related to SIB, SRI sukuk, maqasid al-Shari'ah and maslahah, the paper attempts to delineate the

The Semenyih by-Election: Survey Findings on Voters and Issues
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The outcome of the Semenyih By-Election raised several questions on the strength of the political parties post General Election 14. The by-election was important for several reasons, among them was that it was contested in a Malay majority area amidst the growing movement of an UMNO-PAS cooperation to deny PH victory in the area of immediate conseq

Kajang by-Election: a Study of Voter Behaviour
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This paper evaluates the Kajang by-election held in 2014 from the perspective of the third person effect. The state seat of Kajang was considered important given the poor results obtained by the ruling party, Barisan Nasional, then, a party that lost for the second successive time its two-third parliamentary strength. The Kajang by-election was hel

Three Public Relations Practitioners in British Malaya
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The writing of history on the development of public relations has been attributed to specific personalities or events of particular countries that have been made universal and hence ignorant of the position in most of the other countries like Malaysia. The PR history in the US identifies specific personalities like Ivy Lee, Edward Bernays and Arthu

A Comparative Study on Work Surface Hardness Edmed by ta-C Powder Compacted and Copper Electrodes
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Abstract. Tantalum-carbide and solid copper electrodes were used to EDM mild steel. Current, spark on-time and off-time were taken as the machining variables. It was found that work surface hardness increases while machining with high current and on-time. However, increase in spark off-time results decrease in work surface hardness. It was also fou

Tool Wear Rate During Electrical Discharge Machining (Edm) with Eccentric Electrode
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Abstract. In this chapter the influence of spindle speed and feed rate on electrode wear rate has been described during EDM with an eccentric electrode. It was found that both spindle speed and feed rate causes increase in electrode wear rate.

Unfair Risk Allocation in Oil and Gas Upstream Service Contracts in Malaysia: the Necessity for Oilfield anti-Indemnity Act
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In Malaysia, the absence of a law to regulate imbalanced risk allocation and unfair indemnity and hold harmless clauses in oil and gas service contracts should be perceived as a serious problem. Such deficiency leads to the problem of inequality of bargaining power resulting from the dominant position of the operators over the contractors. Moreover

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