03134ntm a2200373 i 4500 0 0 lcc 0 1 REF 10000 10000 2023-04-06 0 FIM .I43 2022 r Thesis T000002137 2023-04-06 00:00:00 1 2023-04-06 THESIS 0 0 lcc 0 6 10000 10000 2023-04-06 0 CD13235 T000002138 2023-04-06 00:00:00 2023-04-06 THESIS 99325 99331 MY-KuUP 20251125110725.0 a||||fr|||| 000 0 ta 230406t20222022my a|||fr|||| 000 0 eng d THE0009570 (Local) Hardback UMP eng UMP rda FIM .I43 2022 r Thesis Imaduddin Bin Abidin author. University-industry collaborations and its impact on firm performance Imaduddin Bin Abidin Kuantan, Pahang : UMP, 2022 ©2022 xiv, 163 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. + 1 CD-ROM rdacontent text rdacontent text rdamedia unmediated rdamedia computer rdacarrier volume rdacarrier computer disc rda text file PDF Faculty of Industrial Management Thesis (Doctor of Philosophy) -- Universiti Malaysia Pahang – 2022 Includes bibliographical references SMEs in Malaysia share a very worrying situation. The SME Master Plan 2012 to 2020 states that 42% of SMEs that started business in 2000 failed to continue their business in 2005. It is believed that one of the solutions to this problem is collaboration between SMEs and universities. The purpose of this research is to provide an improved understanding of how university-industry collaborations (UIC) are measured and how they can give impact to the issues of graduate competency, knowledge transfer, technology transfer, and innovation on firms’ competitive advantage and performance. This research will discuss Resource-Based View (RBV) as a main theory. This research is mainly a quantitative study that consists of descriptive analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) followed by Partial Least Square approach to Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) procedure to answer the research questions. 151 firms had responded to the survey. Overall, two (2) UIC dimensions which are graduate competency, and innovation are supporting firm competitive advantage as well as firm performance whereas another two (2) dimensions are not supporting which are knowledge transfer, and technology transfer. The structure model of this study gives an understanding that there are still variables out there that can help explain the role of UIC to SME firm performance. In addition, considering the unit of analysis of this study that puts SMEs, researchers also are recommended to take large companies as a unit of analysis in future studies and it is expected that the conceptual model will change. This model can also be used to view UIC's impact on universities or academics instead of impact on firms. Additionally, impact towards firm may be moderated by any other variables that are possible such as university classification, level of development of a country and company size. Faculty of Industrial Management Dissertations Universities and colleges Dissertations Theses lcc THESIS