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Purpose: Considering the pressing need to mitigate carbon impacts, climate change performance has gained increasing significance in the business world. Despite being one of the most significant challenges facing humanity, discussions about climate change performance, particularly within SMEs, remain limited, especially in the context of emerging economies. As such, this study seeks to explore how stakeholder pressures influence climate change performance through the perspective of a CSR-oriented organisational culture. Design/methodology/approach: Grounded on stakeholder and legitimacy theories, data were collected from 127 Malaysian SMEs and analysed via Partial Least Squares (PLS) path modelling. Findings: The findings indicate that a CSR-oriented organisational culture is essential, as it acts as a mediator in the positive relationship between stakeholder pressure and climate change performance. Research limitations/implications: To address environmental challenges, it is imperative for organisations to adopt socially responsible practices in response to stakeholder demands. This study recommends that businesses enhance their environmental performance by fostering a CSR-oriented organisational culture internally. Practical implications: These findings are crucial for policymakers and SMEs, providing valuable insights into effective climate change business practices. Originality/value: This study enriches climate change literature by demonstrating how the internalisation of a CSR-oriented organisational culture can improve environmental performance within the SME sector. Keywords: Climate change performance, stakeholder pressure, organisational culture, corporate social responsibility, SMEs., Classification: Research paper Introduction Global warming and climate change have emerged as critical challenges for humanity (HowardGreenville et al., 2014; Adeneye et al., 2021; IPCC, 2023). In recent years, numerous [...]

Purpose: An understanding of alumni behavioural intention is essential if public universities intend to outsource the alumni contribution fund. This study explores the predicting factors that affect alumni giving intention to Malaysian public universities. Design/methodology/approach: This conceptual study aimed to present a novel alumni behavioural intention concept. By adopting and extending the theory of planned behaviour, an in-depth explanation of alumni intention to give, university reputation, attitude towards giving, and the facilitating condition is provided. Findings: New insights into the important factors related to alumni donor behavioural intention determinants were obtained by introducing four predictive factors (university reputation, attitude towards giving, subjective norms, and facilitating condition) that might influence alumni giving intention to their alma mater. Research limitations/implications: The suggested model should be further examined. Practical implications: The findings presented suggestions for Malaysian public university management by constructing an alumni behavioural intention model as a basic guide to formulate a comprehensive and sustainable strategy that attracts more alumni to donate to their alma mater in the future. Originality/value: The findings contribute to the understanding of alumni donor behavioural intention in Malaysia. Keywords: Alumni giving intention, theory of planned behaviour, university reputation, attitude towards giving, subjective norms, facilitating condition, Introduction Government allocations are the main source of higher education funding globally (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD], 2020; Singh, 2014). The recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused [...]

Purpose: The retail sector is currently one of the most prominent areas in which IoT applications are being utilised. This paper intends to provide a basic understanding on the deployment of IoT in retailing from the perspective of retailing organisations as well as end consumers. Design/methodology/approach: Sourced from established databases, this study reviewed and discussed relevant and key published studies which have been published within the period of 2013 to 2022 on the use of IoT in retailing. Findings: Generally, the benefits of implementing IoT in retail be centred around 4 main themes, which are customer experience, supply chain performance, data management, and revenue streams. Factors that can either enable or inhibit retail organisations to successfully deploy IoT in their retail operations include the cost of deployment, privacy and data security, standards and regulations, and talents and workers. For consumers, ease of use (simplicity) of the IoT application, its utility or functionality, the pleasure or enjoyment it provides, its presence, the user's right to privacy and security affect customer's decision to adopt IoT in their shopping behaviour. Research limitations/implications: An important implication to be considered in IoT implementation is whether IoT would be capable of making in-person shopping safer or more hygienic, as well as whether or not IoT would be able to improve the experience of shopping online through a web or mobile application. Originality/value: This study has uncovered important themes regarding the adoption of IoT in retail while raising new concerns that emerged in IoT's implementation in light of Covid-19's impact. Keywords: IoT; Internet; Retailing; Mobile app; Industry 4.0, Introduction Businesses and everyday life in the modern era have been thrust into the throes of a profound technological upheaval as a direct result of the advent of Industry 4.0. [...]

Purpose: This study aims to examine the relationship between financial inclusion, CO2emissions and financial sustainability across 17 African countries. Design/methodology/approach: Data were sourced from the World Development Indicators for the period 2004-2021. The study performs the principal component analysis, panel fixed effects model and quantile regression estimations to investigate the relationship between financial inclusion, CO2emissions and financial sustainability. Findings: The study finds that an increase in automated teller machine (ATM) penetration rate, savings and credits increases CO2emissions. Findings also reveal that financial sustainability reduces financial inclusion, with significant negative effects on the conditional mean of CO2emissions and the conditional distribution of CO2emissions across quantiles. Originality/value: This study is beneficial for policymakers, particularly in the age of digitalization and drive for low-carbon emissions, to develop green credits for energy players and investors to take up renewable and green energy projects characterized by high levels of carbon storage and carbon capture. Further, the banking sector’s credits and liquid assets should be used to finance alternative banking energy-related equipment and services, such as solar photovoltaic wireless ATMs, and fewer bank branches.