Determinants of profitability: evidence from listed plantation companies / Muhamad Ameer Haziq Zakaria

British colonizers were first to establish plantation sector in Malaysia. Their focused during pre-independence period is on rubber and spices. At that time, Malaysia emerged as the world's top producers of rubber and currently Malaysia is known as the second largest palm oil producers. Over th...

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Main Author:	Zakaria, Muhamad Ameer Haziq
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	Economics Agricultural industries Rubber industry and trade SB Plant culture
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/60071/1/60071.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.600712022-06-24T00:51:23Z Determinants of profitability: evidence from listed plantation companies / Muhamad Ameer Haziq Zakaria 2018-06 Zakaria, Muhamad Ameer Haziq Economics Agricultural industries Rubber industry and trade Profits. Corporate profits SB Plant culture British colonizers were first to establish plantation sector in Malaysia. Their focused during pre-independence period is on rubber and spices. At that time, Malaysia emerged as the world's top producers of rubber and currently Malaysia is known as the second largest palm oil producers. Over the years, this sector has been the backbone of Malaysian economy by specializing in crops planting and provides major employment for people, especially from the rural areas. Besides, plantation sector is an integral part of the country's Economic Transformation Program as rubber and oil palm are included among important driver of economic activities that potentially and directly contributes towards the Malaysian economic growth based on National Gross Income (GNI) indicator. Malaysian economy is expected to strengthen by 2020 with an increase about RM230.9 billion in GNI contribute by export revenue of palm oil and rubber. The plantation commodity exports contributed an amount of RM 785.93 billion for the year ending 2017 which is 15.5% from the total exports of Malaysia. In this study, we examine the factors that determine the profitability of plantation companies using firm size, debt, liquidity, exchange rate and GDP. The data of 41 plantation companies listed on the Bursa Malaysia between the year 2013-2017 has been used to conduct the study. 2018-06 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/60071/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/60071/1/60071.pdf text en public degree UiTM Cawangan Johor Faculty of Business Management Rahim, Kamal Fahrulrazy Misman, Faridah Najuna
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advisor	Rahim, Kamal Fahrulrazy Misman, Faridah Najuna
topic	Economics Agricultural industries Rubber industry and trade Economics SB Plant culture
spellingShingle	Economics Agricultural industries Rubber industry and trade Economics SB Plant culture Zakaria, Muhamad Ameer Haziq Determinants of profitability: evidence from listed plantation companies / Muhamad Ameer Haziq Zakaria
description	British colonizers were first to establish plantation sector in Malaysia. Their focused during pre-independence period is on rubber and spices. At that time, Malaysia emerged as the world's top producers of rubber and currently Malaysia is known as the second largest palm oil producers. Over the years, this sector has been the backbone of Malaysian economy by specializing in crops planting and provides major employment for people, especially from the rural areas. Besides, plantation sector is an integral part of the country's Economic Transformation Program as rubber and oil palm are included among important driver of economic activities that potentially and directly contributes towards the Malaysian economic growth based on National Gross Income (GNI) indicator. Malaysian economy is expected to strengthen by 2020 with an increase about RM230.9 billion in GNI contribute by export revenue of palm oil and rubber. The plantation commodity exports contributed an amount of RM 785.93 billion for the year ending 2017 which is 15.5% from the total exports of Malaysia. In this study, we examine the factors that determine the profitability of plantation companies using firm size, debt, liquidity, exchange rate and GDP. The data of 41 plantation companies listed on the Bursa Malaysia between the year 2013-2017 has been used to conduct the study.
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author	Zakaria, Muhamad Ameer Haziq
author_facet	Zakaria, Muhamad Ameer Haziq
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title	Determinants of profitability: evidence from listed plantation companies / Muhamad Ameer Haziq Zakaria
title_short	Determinants of profitability: evidence from listed plantation companies / Muhamad Ameer Haziq Zakaria
title_full	Determinants of profitability: evidence from listed plantation companies / Muhamad Ameer Haziq Zakaria
title_fullStr	Determinants of profitability: evidence from listed plantation companies / Muhamad Ameer Haziq Zakaria
title_full_unstemmed	Determinants of profitability: evidence from listed plantation companies / Muhamad Ameer Haziq Zakaria
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Determinants of profitability: evidence from listed plantation companies / Muhamad Ameer Haziq Zakaria

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