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Malaysian SMEs: A Practical ESG Perspective

by Donna Barclay As listed companies, lenders and overseas buyers ask for ESG information, Malaysian SMEs can protect their market access and costs by tracking data from records they already hold and by avoiding unsupported green claims. Malaysian SMEs: A …

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Thinking Global. Designing Local: How Sustainable Design Can Help SMEs Grow

Friday, 18 September 2026

by Dr Swetha Madhusudanan For SMEs, sustainable design is a practical growth strategy that connects decisions about energy, materials and people with lower operating costs

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The Side Hustle Trap: Balancing Growth, Profitability and Sustainability

Friday, 11 September 2026

by Ashley Esther Binti Holek A business only turns growth into lasting success when scalability and profitability grow together, not when one is sacrificed for

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Sustainability Delivers Value When It Becomes a Business Decision

Friday, 4 September 2026

by Tanya Singh, Postgraduate Student, Faculty of Business, Design and Arts Sustainability drives the most business value when companies embed sustainable business decisions into everyday

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Why Getting It Right the First Time Could Be an SME’s Simplest Sustainability Strategy

Friday, 28 August 2026

by Lisa Ngui Lee Hua “Right First Time” order accuracy is one of the simplest, most overlooked sustainability strategies Small and Medium-sized Enterprises can adopt,

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Innovation, Technology and Marketing: Practical Insights for MSMEs in the Digital Era

Friday, 21 August 2026

by Dr Cynthia Phang Su Chen AI marketing for MSMEs means combining AI-generated advertising, AI-driven search and carbon tracking with human judgement to build trust

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Global Industrial Transformation Towards Industry 5.0: In Context of Port Infrastructure and Development

Friday, 14 August 2026

by Dr Kashveenjit Kaur A/P Sirendar Singh As Industry 5.0 reshapes global ports through Port 5.0, Malaysian SMEs that build digital foundations now will compete

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Beyond Compliance: Why Legal Readiness Is a Competitive Advantage

Friday, 7 August 2026

by Jacob Ting Legal readiness turns compliance as competitive advantage rather than a background formality, strengthening credibility, investor trust and long-term business resilience. Entrepreneurs often

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The Circular Economy: Turning Sarawak’s Waste-to-Value Opportunity

Friday, 31 July 2026

by Wong Kai Lu Sarawak businesses can boost profitability by treating waste as a measurable financial asset and adopting circular economy practices to recover, reuse

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Is Your Management Style Already Obsolete? AI Isn’t Replacing Managers – It’s Redefining Leadership

Friday, 24 July 2026

by Dr Khalid Farooq AI won’t replace middle managers, but it will replace administrative busywork, pushing leaders to become context-setters, energy managers, and stronger humanists

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