A Study On The Role Of Working Capital Management On Public Listed Companies In Malaysia

A steady increase in the office property vacancy rate has been detected in the previous years, resulting in a lot of underutilised and abandoned offices. This study analyses the relationship...

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Main Author: Sivapooranee, Chanasarkaren
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Language:eng
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Published: 2022
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spelling my-uum-etd.111072024-05-27T02:48:00Z A Study On The Role Of Working Capital Management On Public Listed Companies In Malaysia 2022 Sivapooranee, Chanasarkaren Mazlan, Ahmad Rizal School of Economics, Finance & Banking School of Economics, Finance and Banking HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management. Employment A steady increase in the office property vacancy rate has been detected in the previous years, resulting in a lot of underutilised and abandoned offices. This study analyses the relationship between the macroeconomic variables and the office property vacancy rate from the year 1992 to 2018. The macroeconomics variables are represented by the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), interest rate, inflation rate and unemployment rate. The data for the macroeconomics variables were collected from Bank Negara Malaysia, World Bank, Jabatan Penilaian dan Perkhidmatan Harta and the Department of Statistics Malaysia. EViews software was used to run the panel regression analysis on the relationships of the variables. The finding was that only one macroeconomic variable was significant in positively affecting the office property vacancy rate and it is the FDI. This result suggests that an injection of inward Foreign Direct Investment could increase the vacancy rate, although it technically brings more demand for office space. Based on this study, it is recommended that for future studies to include a breakdown of the sub-sectors within the office property, meaning to see which types of offices and business are more affected by the macroeconomics variables. 2022 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/11107/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/11107/1/DEPOSIT%20PERMISSION.pdf text eng staffonly https://etd.uum.edu.my/11107/2/s827898-01.pdf text eng staffonly other masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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language eng
eng
advisor Mazlan, Ahmad Rizal
topic HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management
Employment
spellingShingle HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management
Employment
Sivapooranee, Chanasarkaren
A Study On The Role Of Working Capital Management On Public Listed Companies In Malaysia
description A steady increase in the office property vacancy rate has been detected in the previous years, resulting in a lot of underutilised and abandoned offices. This study analyses the relationship between the macroeconomic variables and the office property vacancy rate from the year 1992 to 2018. The macroeconomics variables are represented by the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), interest rate, inflation rate and unemployment rate. The data for the macroeconomics variables were collected from Bank Negara Malaysia, World Bank, Jabatan Penilaian dan Perkhidmatan Harta and the Department of Statistics Malaysia. EViews software was used to run the panel regression analysis on the relationships of the variables. The finding was that only one macroeconomic variable was significant in positively affecting the office property vacancy rate and it is the FDI. This result suggests that an injection of inward Foreign Direct Investment could increase the vacancy rate, although it technically brings more demand for office space. Based on this study, it is recommended that for future studies to include a breakdown of the sub-sectors within the office property, meaning to see which types of offices and business are more affected by the macroeconomics variables.
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title A Study On The Role Of Working Capital Management On Public Listed Companies In Malaysia
title_short A Study On The Role Of Working Capital Management On Public Listed Companies In Malaysia
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url https://etd.uum.edu.my/11107/1/DEPOSIT%20PERMISSION.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/11107/2/s827898-01.pdf
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