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Analysis of the performance of courier companies in selected listed counters in Malaysia / Suhaily Maizan Abdul Manaf, Nur Shafini Mohd Said and Nur Dalila Adenan

Over the past few years, the logistics industry has been growing exponentially since the presence of ecommerce. The development of online sales has played a vital role in increasing the number of courierservice providers across the region. It is interesting to explore the aspects that affect the suc...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Manaf, Suhaily Maizan, Mohd Said, Nur Shafini, Adenan, Nur Dalila
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perlis 2022
Subjects:	Business logistics Organizational effectiveness. Performance measurement Express service
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/67373/1/67373.pdf https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/67373/ https://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/intelek
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spelling	my.uitm.ir.673732022-09-26T02:11:51Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/67373/ Analysis of the performance of courier companies in selected listed counters in Malaysia / Suhaily Maizan Abdul Manaf, Nur Shafini Mohd Said and Nur Dalila Adenan Abdul Manaf, Suhaily Maizan Mohd Said, Nur Shafini Adenan, Nur Dalila Business logistics Organizational effectiveness. Performance measurement Express service Over the past few years, the logistics industry has been growing exponentially since the presence of ecommerce. The development of online sales has played a vital role in increasing the number of courierservice providers across the region. It is interesting to explore the aspects that affect the success of courier firms, which can have a greater impact on the profitability of the companies. As a result, the primary objective of this study is set to examine the elements that affect the companies’ profitability in the logistics industry over an eight-year period (2014-2020). There are six publicly traded companies in Malaysia’s logistics industry that have been included in the sample. Considering that logistics is a critical component of the companies’ competitiveness and profitability, and that logistics is one of the most profitable businesses, this study has used the Random Effects Model to analyse profitability. The variables involved in this investigation are firm size, liquidity, leverage, inflation rate, and unemployment rate. The obtained results have shown that firm size, liquidity, and leverage are the positive and significant variables, while inflation is positive but not significant towards profitability. However, the unemployment factor is negative but significant towards the profitability of the selected Malaysian courier companies. Given that an efficient planning system and managing and controlling the logistics system as the significant determinants of the profitable business operations, the findings provide guidance for boosting profitability and enhancing the performance of the logistics organisations Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perlis 2022-08 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/67373/1/67373.pdf Analysis of the performance of courier companies in selected listed counters in Malaysia / Suhaily Maizan Abdul Manaf, Nur Shafini Mohd Said and Nur Dalila Adenan. (2022) Jurnal Intelek, 17 (2): 9. pp. 91-101. ISSN 2231-7716 https://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/intelek 10.24191/ji.v17i2.18170 10.24191/ji.v17i2.18170 10.24191/ji.v17i2.18170
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description	Over the past few years, the logistics industry has been growing exponentially since the presence of ecommerce. The development of online sales has played a vital role in increasing the number of courierservice providers across the region. It is interesting to explore the aspects that affect the success of courier firms, which can have a greater impact on the profitability of the companies. As a result, the primary objective of this study is set to examine the elements that affect the companies’ profitability in the logistics industry over an eight-year period (2014-2020). There are six publicly traded companies in Malaysia’s logistics industry that have been included in the sample. Considering that logistics is a critical component of the companies’ competitiveness and profitability, and that logistics is one of the most profitable businesses, this study has used the Random Effects Model to analyse profitability. The variables involved in this investigation are firm size, liquidity, leverage, inflation rate, and unemployment rate. The obtained results have shown that firm size, liquidity, and leverage are the positive and significant variables, while inflation is positive but not significant towards profitability. However, the unemployment factor is negative but significant towards the profitability of the selected Malaysian courier companies. Given that an efficient planning system and managing and controlling the logistics system as the significant determinants of the profitable business operations, the findings provide guidance for boosting profitability and enhancing the performance of the logistics organisations
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title	Analysis of the performance of courier companies in selected listed counters in Malaysia / Suhaily Maizan Abdul Manaf, Nur Shafini Mohd Said and Nur Dalila Adenan
title_short	Analysis of the performance of courier companies in selected listed counters in Malaysia / Suhaily Maizan Abdul Manaf, Nur Shafini Mohd Said and Nur Dalila Adenan
title_full	Analysis of the performance of courier companies in selected listed counters in Malaysia / Suhaily Maizan Abdul Manaf, Nur Shafini Mohd Said and Nur Dalila Adenan
title_fullStr	Analysis of the performance of courier companies in selected listed counters in Malaysia / Suhaily Maizan Abdul Manaf, Nur Shafini Mohd Said and Nur Dalila Adenan
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title_sort	analysis of the performance of courier companies in selected listed counters in malaysia / suhaily maizan abdul manaf, nur shafini mohd said and nur dalila adenan
publisher	Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perlis
publishDate	2022
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Analysis of the performance of courier companies in selected listed counters in Malaysia / Suhaily Maizan Abdul Manaf, Nur Shafini Mohd Said and Nur Dalila Adenan

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