The proceedings of the 1st AAGBS International Conference on Business Management 2014 (AiCoBM 2014), held in Penang, Malaysia, gathers 57 refereed papers. They cover areas relating to various aspects of business management and reflect the conference¿s three main themes (management and marketing, economics and finance, and entrepreneurship) and present original papers contributed by researchers, scholars, professionals and postgraduate students. They address a range of disciplines that encompass each of the main themes. Using basic and applied research findings together with case studies they provide valuable information on current research trends in business management, international business, marketing, economics, finance, Islamic finance and economics, and entrepreneurship.

Includes 57 refereed papers contributed by researchers, scholars, professionals and postgraduate students

Robustness and Resilience for Firm¿s Sustainability: Case Studies on Electronics Industry.- Chapter 17: Generation Y and Job Satisfaction-Work Styles, Professional Expectations and Career Concerns.- Chapter 18: Antecedents in Developing a Risk Culture in Public Listed Companies (PLCs): Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management (ERM).- Chapter 19: Factors Contributing to Paddy Farmers¿ Intention to Participate in Agriculture Takaful.- Chapter 20: Employee Prosocial Motivation and Interpersonal Citizenship Behavior: The Supervisor-Rating of Leader-Member Exchange Quality as a Mediator.- Chapter 21: Smartphone Product Appearance: What Drive Consumers¿ PurchaseDecision?.- Chapter 22: A Conceptual Framework on Determinants of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Adoption: A study in Manufacturing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).- Chapter 23: Criteria Selection for Halal Casual Dining Restaurant.- Chapter 24: Impact of Mindful Consumption (MC) on Investment Decision: a Study Within Malaysian Individual Investors.- Chapter 25: PADI Model: The Role of Malaysian¿s Emotional Experience on National Car.- Chapter 26: Corporate Image and Brand Identification of Islamic Banks: the Perspective of Customers'.- Chapter 27: Career Commitment and Intention to Leave Among ICT Professionals in Malaysia.- Chapter 28: Enhancing Business Performance Through Supply Chain Integration Strategy of Food Processing Industry in Malaysia: A Conceptual Paper.- Chapter 29: Work and Home Demands on Work-Family Conflict among Academicians in Achieving Work-Life Balance: A Conceptual Study.- Chapter 30: Evaluating Loyalty Intention through the Influence of Servicescapes >and Organizational Citizenship Behavior.- Chapter 32: Shareholder Activism in Malaysia: Exploring a Missing Parameter.- Chapter 33: Linking Superior Influence, Peer Influence, and Locus of Control to Ethical Behavior: A Conceptual Model.- Chapter 34: Measuring Walkability Attributes of Pedestrians Rail Commuter: A Pilot Study.- Chapter 35: Experiential Marketing Influence on Customers Lifetime Value of the Hotel Industry.- Chapter 36: The Effects of Indirect Experience of Hotel Customers on Brand Association and Loyalty in Iran.- Chapter 37: Information Technology and Competitive Advantages Among Small and Medium Enterprises in Malaysian Tourism Industry.- Chapter 38: Social Support, Academic Self-Concept, Education Goals, Academic Aspiration, and Decision to Study Among Residential Students of a Malaysian Public University.- Part III: Economics and Finance.- Chapter 39: Factors Affecting External Debt in Malaysia: An Empirical Investigation.- Chapter 40: Relationship Between Foreign Direct Investment and Financial Development Empirical Evidence From ASEAN-5.- Chapter 41: Short-run Performance of Malaysian Acquiring Firms in Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions.- Chapter 42: Preliminary Investigation on the Determinants of Household Debt Burden.- Chapter 43: An Examination of FDI in China, Singapore and Malaysia.- Chapter 44: Developing Primary Market Spread and Measuring Financial Performance of Staff Housing Government Loans.- Chapter 45: Financial Behavior of Credit Card Holders on the Implementation of Tiered Interest Rate.- Chapter 46: Non Linearity between Ownership Concentration and Firm Value.- Chapter 47: Standardization of Islamic insurance Models within the Shariah Parameter in Selected Countries.- Chapter 48: Bank Fragility and Its Determinants: Evidence From Malaysian Commercial Banks.- Chapter 49: Indirect Financial Distress Costs: Evidence From Trading and Service Sector.- Chapter 50: Determinants of Indirect Financial Distress Costs.- Chapter 51: Assessing of Malaysian Firms Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions Efficiency.- Chapter 52: Nonlinear Relationship Between Debt and Firm Value in Malaysian Firms.- Chapter 53: Factorial Validation of Salient Beliefs Pertaining To Islamic Financing Instrument.- Chapter 54: Gold Investment Account in Malaysia Comparative Review of Gold Investment Scheme between Maybank Bhd and Genneva Malaysia Sdn. Bhd..- Chapter 55: Who Consumes Fresh Fruits in Malaysia? Analysis on Socio-Demographic Influence.- Chapter 56: Impact of Demographic Factors and Work Environment on Fertility Rates in Malaysia.- Chapter 57: Transformational Leaders and Organizational Performance.