Firms financial performance from intellectual capital and capital structure perspectives: a comparative analysis into three industries in Malaysia / Hapsah @ Kalthom S. Mohammad

The world's economy has changed from an industrial economy, in which economic growth was determined by the employment of physical resources, towards a knowledge-based economy in which wealth creation is associated with the development and maintenance of intangible resources particularly knowled...

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Main Author: S. Mohammad, Hapsah@Kalthom
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Published: 2018
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spelling my-uitm-ir.709772024-03-08T09:01:20Z Firms financial performance from intellectual capital and capital structure perspectives: a comparative analysis into three industries in Malaysia / Hapsah @ Kalthom S. Mohammad 2018 S. Mohammad, Hapsah@Kalthom Intellectual capital. Creative ability in business Capital budget. Capital investments. Fixed capital The world's economy has changed from an industrial economy, in which economic growth was determined by the employment of physical resources, towards a knowledge-based economy in which wealth creation is associated with the development and maintenance of intangible resources particularly knowledge to create competitive advantages. The transition towards a knowledge-based economy is changing the business model and firms operating in the knowledge-based economy require interaction with their environment in order to sustain their business. Since knowledge is a source of competitive advantage, therefore, firms must employ a mechanism to identify, measure and manage it. Knowledge in firms is embedded in their employees, structural design, interaction with their environment and collectively they are referred to as intellectual capital. Due to the importance of intellectual capital capabilities as a driver of growth, more studies involving multiple industries and a model that can better reflect and measure the components of intellectual capital such as MVAIC are required. Meanwhile, capital structure decision as to how do firms choose their capital structure to finance their operations and how does the choice of capital structure financing affect the financial performance of the firm will also be examined in this study and to investigate the role of firm size in moderating the above relationships. 2018 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/70977/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/70977/2/70977.pdf text en public phd doctoral Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Business and Management Bujang, Imbarine
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language English
advisor Bujang, Imbarine
topic Intellectual capital
Creative ability in business
Intellectual capital
Creative ability in business
spellingShingle Intellectual capital
Creative ability in business
Intellectual capital
Creative ability in business
S. Mohammad, Hapsah@Kalthom
Firms financial performance from intellectual capital and capital structure perspectives: a comparative analysis into three industries in Malaysia / Hapsah @ Kalthom S. Mohammad
description The world's economy has changed from an industrial economy, in which economic growth was determined by the employment of physical resources, towards a knowledge-based economy in which wealth creation is associated with the development and maintenance of intangible resources particularly knowledge to create competitive advantages. The transition towards a knowledge-based economy is changing the business model and firms operating in the knowledge-based economy require interaction with their environment in order to sustain their business. Since knowledge is a source of competitive advantage, therefore, firms must employ a mechanism to identify, measure and manage it. Knowledge in firms is embedded in their employees, structural design, interaction with their environment and collectively they are referred to as intellectual capital. Due to the importance of intellectual capital capabilities as a driver of growth, more studies involving multiple industries and a model that can better reflect and measure the components of intellectual capital such as MVAIC are required. Meanwhile, capital structure decision as to how do firms choose their capital structure to finance their operations and how does the choice of capital structure financing affect the financial performance of the firm will also be examined in this study and to investigate the role of firm size in moderating the above relationships.
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qualification_name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
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author S. Mohammad, Hapsah@Kalthom
author_facet S. Mohammad, Hapsah@Kalthom
author_sort S. Mohammad, Hapsah@Kalthom
title Firms financial performance from intellectual capital and capital structure perspectives: a comparative analysis into three industries in Malaysia / Hapsah @ Kalthom S. Mohammad
title_short Firms financial performance from intellectual capital and capital structure perspectives: a comparative analysis into three industries in Malaysia / Hapsah @ Kalthom S. Mohammad
title_full Firms financial performance from intellectual capital and capital structure perspectives: a comparative analysis into three industries in Malaysia / Hapsah @ Kalthom S. Mohammad
title_fullStr Firms financial performance from intellectual capital and capital structure perspectives: a comparative analysis into three industries in Malaysia / Hapsah @ Kalthom S. Mohammad
title_full_unstemmed Firms financial performance from intellectual capital and capital structure perspectives: a comparative analysis into three industries in Malaysia / Hapsah @ Kalthom S. Mohammad
title_sort firms financial performance from intellectual capital and capital structure perspectives: a comparative analysis into three industries in malaysia / hapsah @ kalthom s. mohammad
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
granting_department Faculty of Business and Management
publishDate 2018
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/70977/2/70977.pdf
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