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The environmental impact from activities related to palm oil plantations has been a debatable issue worldwide. The Plantation industry in Malaysia, which comprises mostly palm oil companies, is becoming aware of the need to pursue a sustainable palm oil production to remain relevant. The aim…

The dramatically increasing rates of mobile users worldwide, and the amazing quantity and quality of enhancements and capabilities embedded in modern mobile devices, lead to developing tremendous numbers of mobile services and applications. Therefore, utilizing mobile services in the best way does not depend only…

Social Media has become part of our daily life. Facebook with its more than one billion monthly active users could play an important role to any government. In this paper, we look into the initiative by Jakarta City government to adopt social media to improve…

The aim of this paper is to present the possibility of employing DeTreex inductive knowledge acquisition system in project risk assessment. DeTreex from AITECH Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is a system for knowledge acquisition implementing the inductive machine learning method. Induction in the knowledge acquisition system…

Recently, the emergence of advanced technology has impacted on all aspects of our lives; it has had both positive and negative consequences. As can be seen currently, the evolving technology can have a strong impact on people’s lives, and especially if they are teenagers, as…

Today, if many admit the convergence of the two notions that are Corporate Governance and CSR, one can still wonder if CSR is a matter of governance and question the exact role that administrators play in this context.We tried to answer these questions in this…

To understand the web design principles in a Digital Social Space (DSS) that can attractmultiple national cultures into one SNS platform, Internet communication users from different cultures were chosen as targets for this investigation, using questionnaires to collect user preferences on a digital social space. Social network…

Purpose: This study explores the possible effects of Corporate Governance (CG) on Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosures (CSRD) practices, based on four CSR key dimensions, amongst publicly listed companies in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach: The study considers corporate governance mechanisms which include board independence, board size, board meetings…

Electronic resources are no more alien in this era of globalization.  Information and knowledge provided in electronic resources is vital and play important elements for survival in information and knowledge society. In achieving the vision of 2020, Malaysians are moving forward to become a knowledge-based…

The number of devices running the Android operating system is increasing with over 900 million Android devices currently registered. As the Android operating system grows, security becomes increasingly important. While the current Android operating system protects against system compromising viruses, it does not provide full…