Faridatulazna Ahmad Shahabuddin

The importance of basic factors in innovation processes and their effects on innovation capability of Malaysian-owned manufacturing companies

Innovation is the core ingredient in the competitiveness of today’s businesses. Any company that cannot innovate will be losing its competitiveness. While the study on innovation at conceptual level is widely available, there is still lack of deep understanding of how innovation factors impact each stage of the processes of innovation that happen in Malaysian companies. This process-factor approach and understanding may help the government focuses its assistance on relevant factors at relevant process according to the size of the company. This study examines how companies are affected by fundamental factors needed in innovation. Based on results of MYTIC Study 2012 on the level of Technological Innovation Capability (TIC) of Malaysian companies using the RDCB framework, the significance of each innovation factor in each innovation process is determined. This study shows that human resource factor gives more impact than other factors in most processes. Also, financial and human resource factors are likely ...

Water quality study at Skudai River, 2002 – 2006

Assessing the level of river water quality periodically is important in ensuring that the river water is safe for consumption. This study investigates the level of water quality at Skudai River from year 2002 to 2006. Twenty parameters were identified and used in this analysis. These twenty parameters are recorded at nine monitoring stations located along the Skudai River. Multivariate statistical techniques i.e. factor and cluster analysis were used in this analysis. From this analysis we managed to group the monitoring stations into three categories: seriously polluted, moderately polluted and clean.

Level of understanding of innovation among the Malaysian executives

Innovation is among the most frequently used word in the business world today. While many businessman and executives agree that innovation is needed to sustain their long term business success, many struggle to understand the concept of innovation. This study aims to measure the understanding level of innovation among the Malaysian executives using a survey questionnaire. Questions regarding innovation were posted to the respondents and they were requested to answer either it was True or False. Each respondent was given scores for their correct answers. The score of the right answers were then categorized into low, moderate and high understanding level. Results of the survey revealed that the understanding level of innovation among the Malaysian Executives is still at moderate level thus leading to the failure of many initiatives introduced by the organization or the government.