Purpose -This paper aims to investigate the relationship between team learning, top management support (TMS) and new product development (NPD) success. Design/methodology/approach -This is a quantitative research by nature. A questionnaire derived from previous studies and covered by 27 NPD projects in the high-tech semiconductor industry in Malaysia. Stepwise regression was adopted to test hypothesis. Findings -Out of the four independent variables, knowledge acquisition and information interpretation were found to have a signification relationship with NPD success. The findings also confirmed that TMS is a moderator in the relationship between team learning and NPD success.Research limitations/implications -The relationships investigated in this research deserve further investigation. Because the data analyzed were collected from the high-tech semiconductor industry in Malaysia. More studies are required before general conclusion can be drawn. Practical implications -It is reasonable to conclude, on these findings, that NPD can be successful in the high-tech semiconductor industry with given emphasis on team learning and TMS. Originality/value -The paper reinforces the body of knowledge relating to NPD in the high-tech semiconductor industry.

This study examines the relationship between institutional investment (II) and corporate social performance (CSP) of public listed companies (PLCs) in Bangladesh using cross-sectional data. The sample includes 152 firms as listed in Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). Structured questionnaires, annual reports, CSR reports, websites, regulatory notifications, and newspaper articles were used for data collection.The results of the study indicate that CSP has a positive but insignificant relationship with institutional investment in Bangladesh. This would also improve the investment climate by encouraging the institutional investors to make their investment decisions based on long-term sustainability. To the best of our knowledge, the paper investigates, for the first time, the linkage between institutional investment and CSP in the context of a developing country like Bangladesh. In the process, this paper attempts to develop the first known comprehensive CSP Index in the context of Bangladesh.Based on the review of relevant literatures and theoretical understanding, CSP can be viewed as a risk-reducing mechanism. Adding with the efficient market theory assumption that risk averse investors will choose the company having less risk given the same expected return, the following testable hypothesis can be proposed:Hypothesis: Better corporate social performance leads to increased institutional investment 4 S. U. Ahmed et al.

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The purpose of this research is to examine the changes in the relationship between institutional investment (II) and corporate social performance (CSP) of the public listed companies in Bangladesh between 2008 and 2012. A sample of 152 listed companies from the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) was used and information was derived from knowledge-based questionnaires, annual reports, various websites, newspaper articles, government and industry-based regulations and policies, and CSR reports. The data collected are used to measure the CSP index patented by Ahmed, Islam, Mahtab and Hasan (2012). Moreover, statistical analyses (i.e., correlation and regression) are performed to examine relationship between II and CSP where industry, leverage, profitability and size were considered as control variables in the study. This article ascertained that II has increased slightly from an average of 13.73 per cent in 2008 to 14.94 per cent in 2012. The values of CSP also improved from a mean of –52.30 to –13.71 during the same period. Despite these positive changes, the findings from this study show that though a positive relationship between II and CSP exists in Bangladesh, it is still not significant. This article revealed that new regulations did have a positive impact in the levels of CSP in the public listed companies in Bangladesh.

BackgroundHealthcare in Bangladesh is riddled with problems despite making impressive gains in many of the MDGs 1 . With a highly pluralistic healthcare system of just five physicians and two nurses per 10,000, Bangladesh has both a shortage and an imbalance in health workforce distribution between urban and rural areas.