Non-Communicable diseases (NCDs) are rising as the prime cause of death worldwide as well as in Malaysia. This is the result of evolutions occurring in social and economic factors in health. Some of these factors include a proliferation of business and promotion, improved style of living, change in socio-demographics, enhanced financial affordability, effortless travel and mobility, financial evolution, and import-export of unhealthy goods, causing high-risk behavioural deviations and spike metabolic hazards. Elderly people have a high chance of having NCDs because of poor sickness opposition, the impact of progressing lifestyle, terrible eating routine, and reduced amount of physical activities. At the end of the year 2020, individuals matured by 60 years of age and above in Malaysia are anticipated to be 9.7% of the entire populace. With the arrival of numerous wearable gadgets and smart devices, the IoT (Internet of Things) gadgets are transforming the conventional medical management system into a further customised and smart one. Therefore, the objective of this study is to identify the factors that influence the actual behaviour towards IoT adoption based on the underlying concept of the “theory of planned behaviour”. This study is expected to provide meaningful outcomes in creating awareness of the use of IoT among elderly NCD patients in Malaysia and understanding their behavioural intentions and actual behaviour that can help to maximise the utilisation of the available healthcare resources.

The defence industry is considered an important element of the overall defence capability of any country. Due to this, developing nations across the world have acknowledged the benefits of building a defence industrial base. Hence, there is rising interest in the defence sector to develop a strategic alliance for analysing the role, effect and nature of different types of cooperative behaviour among transnational companies. Hence, this paper intends to explore the antecedents that can help to assess the alliance outcomes for Malaysia-Japan defence companies. The study was based on RBV (resource based view), to discuss the alliance outcomes for both of these countries’ defence manufacturing companies that can help to gain access to their resources for the purpose of increasing their value through a suitable combination of resources. Moreover, four organizational success factors of alliance management are also discussed as a part of the framework explored in this study. This study provides meaningful insights for the defence manufacturing company managers and administrators to plan their current and future investments in building up the organizational success factors for alliance performance discussed in this study to achieve competitive advantage and sustainability in the long run.

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