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Pelaksanaan amalan pembuatan mampan telah membawa banyak keuntungan dan manfaat bukan sahaja kepada industri pembuatan itu sendiri malah kepada persekitaran. Antara manfaat tersebut ialah meningkatkan produktiviti, membawa imej yang baik, menghasilkan produk mesra alam. Walaubagaimanapun, masih terdapat banyak organisasi pembuatan yang masih tidak melaksanakan amalan pembuatan mampan oleh faktor kos yang tinggi dan budaya organisasi yang tidak menerima amalan tersebut. Justeru, kajian ini bertujuan mengenalpasti hubungan di antara amalan pembuatan mampan (SMP) dan prestasi mampan organisasi pembuatan. Data dikumpulkan berdasarkan kaedah kuantitatif dengan menggunakan borang soal selidik. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah persampelan rawak mudah dan SPSS digunakan untuk menganalisis data deskriptif dan korelasi. Sampel sebanyak 51 syarikat pembuatan di Johor digunakan untuk analisis bagi kajian yang akan dijalankan. Amalan pengeluaran bersih dan hubungan pekerja menunjukkan hubungan yang signifikan dengan prestasi mampan. Amalan eko efisiensi menunjukkan tiada hubungan terhadap kemampanan ekonomi, namun terdapat hubungan yang signifikan terhadap kemampanan persekitaran dan kemampanan sosial. Faedah daripada kajian ini ialah organisasi pembuatan dapat melihat beberapa SMP yang bertindak sebagai pemacu untuk meningkatkan prestasi mampan organisasi kerana manfaat jangka panjang yang ditawarkannya.

In an effort to foster the innovation and commercialization ecosystem in Malaysia, the government has introduced various tax mechanisms such as the allocation of funds from tax incentives to provide financial assistance to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). As against large corporations which have substantial research and development budgets to start with, limited capital and financial constraints in SMEs companies hinder their capabilities to fund their own R&D which in turn affect their innovation capabilities. This paper reviews various tax mechanisms and initiatives used by other countries to facilitate the SMEs’ innovation capabilities and how universities collaborate the R&D efforts with industries through grants and incentives. The findings are later compared to the research ecosystem in Malaysia, the government, the policy, and the challenges of implementation. It is concluded that SMEs could benefit from the spill over of funds from tax mechanisms to finance their R&D collaboration. This government-university-industry symbiotic triple helix linkage could create a conducive research ecosystem and benefit the SMEs in innovation capabilities and product commercialization.

Problem-based learning (PBL) was known as the student-centered pedagogy where it involves the student to experience solving complex real-world problems and the teacher acts as a facilitator in crafting trigger materials to promote the learning concepts. This study aims to investigate and identify the level of usefulness and challenges as well as the level of student achievement through the perception of academic staff’ on the implementation of PBL in classrooms in Malaysia. A quantitative study was conducted, and the data was collected through a survey questionnaire on 98 lecturers all over Malaysia. The findings from the analysis indicate that lectures in Malaysia have a high perception of PBL implementation in the classroom. Overall, the findings enhance the understanding of higher institution lecturers’ perception of PBL in terms of the usefulness of PBL as one dynamic and active approach that transforms dramatically the routine lecture-based learning. Findings also suggest that sufficient training to learners is required in implementing PBL effectively, thus indirectly facilitate the focus of students that lead to the achievement of course learning outcomes.