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PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN THE MALAYSIAN MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY

International Journal of Economics, Management and Accounting

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Title PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN THE MALAYSIAN MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
 
Creator Mohamad, Noorihsan; Lecturer, Department of Economics, Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, Jalan Gombak, 53100 Kuala Lumpur (e-mail: noorihsan@iiu.edu.my)
 
Description This paper analyzes the changes in productivity of Malaysian mobile telecommunications industry from 1996 to 2001. The data consist of a panel of five mobile service providers in Malaysia, namely Celcom, DiGi, Maxis, TimeCel and TM Cellular. Productivity is measured by the Malmquist index, using a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique. The Malmquist productivity measures are decomposed into two components: efficiency change and technical change index. The results showed that Total Factor Productivity (TFP) has increased significantly for the whole industry in which technical change has been the most important source of productivity growth to the mobile telecommunications industry. A low level of efficiency change in the industry indicates a great potential for the industry to increase its productivity through higher utilization of technology as well as technological knowledge dissemination. Continuous training programs to familiarize and improve technical expertise appear to offer better prospects for the mobile telecommunications industry to achieve greater productivity growth.JEL classification: D24, L96Key words: Total factor productivity, Telecommunication industry, Data envelopment analysis
 
Publisher Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences
 
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Date 2013-03-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
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Identifier http://journals.iium.edu.my/enmjournal/index.php/enmj/article/view/101
 
Source International Journal of Economics, Management and Accounting; Vol 12, No 2 (2004)
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://journals.iium.edu.my/enmjournal/index.php/enmj/article/view/101/84