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Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleTurning Risks into Opportunities in Contract Management: A Case Study in the Health Care IndustryElizabeth McVickerProblem statement: This case study presented students with a situation based in the healthcare industry, highlighting the importance of contract review, clear communications and interestbased negotiations in order to avoid the costly consequences that could be associated with contract related disputes. The case allowed students to understand how clearly written contracts play a deciding role in the success of business … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 7 Apr 2011 · 7,344 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleThe Attitude, Belief, Support and Knowledge Level of the Youth and their Acceptance towards Agriculture Contract FarmingJegak Uli, Jeffrey L. D’Silva, Hayrol Azril Mohamed Shaffril, Bahaman Abu SamahProblem statement: Agriculture sector in Malaysia has been intensified through the Eight and Ninth Malaysian Plan. In order to further develop this sector, contract farming activities such as leech rearing, worm rearing, herbs and mushroom have been introduced to the community. But do the communities especially the youth have a positive acceptance towards this activity? Approach: This was a quantitative … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2010 · 8,627 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleAttitude Towards Contract Farming Among Malaysian Agriculture Learning Institution StudentsBahaman Abu Samah, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva, Hayrol Azril Mohamed Shaffril, Jegak UliProblem statement: The government’s effort in enhancing agriculture productivity cannot be argued. The introduction of contract farming is one of the ways. Contract farming includes a number of new agriculture activities such as leech rearing, worm rearing, vanilla farming, herbs, catfish and many more. However, is the youth who are the pillar of this industry have a positive attitude towards … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 2, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2010 · 8,145 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleAcceptance and Sustainability of Contract Farming Among Youth in MalaysiaJeffrey Lawrence D'Silva, Hayrol Azril Mohamed Shaffril, Jegak Uli, Bahaman Abu SamahProblem statement: Contract farming is one of the agriculture branches that is ready to be discovered for its huge potential and it is perceived as a new dimension which offers agricultural sustainability. But do the youth as the pillar of this sector do accept agriculture? Thus, this study would like to discover factors that affect acceptance of youth towards contract … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2010 · 8,684 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleThe Practices of Contract Farming Among Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Suppliers in MalaysiaNorsida Man, Nolila Mohd NawiProblem statement: Contract Farming (CF) concept is an agreement between buyers and producers, where by producers agree to produce and supply agriculture products according to the agreed quantity, quality, variety, grade, type of packaging and time of delivery. The two parties will mutually agree on the pricing of product, either on a contract price or a market price. Therefore, CF … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2010 · 9,992 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleGender Issue in Contract Farming: The Case of Malaysian StudentsHayrol Azril Mohamed Shaffril, Jeffrey Lawrence D’Silva, Jegak Uli, Bahaman Abu SamahProblem statement: Agriculture has been proved to be a significant impetus for development in Malaysia. Agriculture offers a number of profitable activities, contract farming is one of it and it is still in infancy stage. Besides being a developed sector in Malaysia, it still has a number of problems to be solved. Gender issue is one of it. Gender issue … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2010 · 8,316 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleSocio-Demography Factors that Influence Youth Attitude Towards Contract FarmingJeffrey Lawrence D’Silva, Hayrol Azril Mohamed Shaffril, Jegak Uli, Bahaman Abu SamahProblem statement: Malaysia is one of the developing countries that rely on agriculture to boost its economy sector. This can be proved through The Ninth Malaysia Plan where agriculture is planned to be the third income generator of the country. Contract farming is one of the potential agriculture activities that proffers propel maximization of production and enhancing economic and social … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2010 · 8,320 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleOptimal Bidding Strategies for a Small Generation Company in a Day-Ahead Electricity Market with Bilateral Contracts Taken into AccountAzmi Saleh, Takao Tsuji, Tsutomu OyamaProblem Statement: Deregulation power systems have been force to change their structures, from vertically integrated to open market systems. Each generation company (Genco) is required to compete with rivals through bidding in a pool market and making a bilateral contract with a distribution company (Disco) or consumers to maximize its own profits. A unit commitment becomes responsible for each Genco … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2009 · 7,708 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleSome Generalized Fixed Point Theorems of Contraction Type Mappings in Quasi Metric SpacesSahar Mohamed Ali Abou BakrThis paper adjusts conditions on new defined given the name {a, d, c; r} ctype of contraction mappings on complete quasi metric space, confirms that there is only one fixed of any of these mappings with these adjustments, extends and generalizes results given in some previous research papers, and then builds a convergence theorem for a sequence of fixed points … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 13, Issue 4 · 16 Oct 2017 · 7,203 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleFixed Point Theorems for Mappings Satisfying Weak Nonexpansivity Condition (Weak Contractivity Condition) into (from) Cartesian Products Normed SpacesSahar Mohamed Ali Abou BakrThis paper suggests new types of weak nonexpansive mappings defined from normed space X into its Cartesian product X × X, studies the main features of the fixed points for those mappings and extends the concept of (C)-contractivity condition introduced in some previous research papers. On other side, it introduces new types of contraction mappings with a mixed monotone property; … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 13, Issue 2 · 11 Apr 2017 · 6,961 accessesView PDFCite