Cluster of Religion and Education for Agromaritime Society

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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze the research trends of halal food small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and provide an overview of future research directions. The halal food industry has seen exponential growth over the past few decades, driven by increasing demand from Muslim consumers worldwide. SMEs play a crucial role in the halal food sector. With the halal food industry, the largest halal industry sector and SMEs the dominant business actor, future research directions that are particularly relevant to halal food SMEs will have major impact for the halal industry as a whole. Design/methodology/approach: This investigation used bibliometric analysis, using data from the Scopus database spanning the decade 2013–2022. This study incorporated data visualization and network analysis techniques, implemented through various software tools, including VOSviewer, Scimago Graphica, Bibliometrix and Microsoft Excel. Findings: Research on halal SMEs from 2013 to 2022 has consistently increased. Malaysia has conducted the majority of research on halal SMEs. The Journal of Islamic Marketing produced the highest number of research documents in this field. Universiti Utara Malaysia has emerged as the leading institution for research on halal SMEs. Ali MH is the author with the most significant contribution to this area of study. Future research directions in halal SMEs may include topics related to sustainability, social aspects, innovative technology, productivity enhancement and competitiveness. The Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia is the primary funding institution for research and publications on halal food SMEs. Originality/value: This study serves as a comprehensive reference and analytical overview of current and prospective research trends in the domain of halal food SMEs. This study aims to provide substantive guidance to scholars, practitioners and government officials regarding the requisite steps to advance research and development in the halal sector. By elucidating the key areas of focus and potential growth, this study seeks to foster a more profound understanding and encourage collaborative efforts to enhance the halal food industry.

Further reading: https://doi.org/10.1108/JIMA-08-2024-0349

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Purpose: This study aims to explore the country’s contribution to research on halal food small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) taken from the Scopus database for 10 years from 2013 to 2022 so that it can provide an overview of the effort that needs to be made by the government to improve research in this field. Design/methodology/approach: The method used in this study was bibliometric analysis. The data comes from the Scopus database over the past 10 years (2013–2022). To create data visualization and network analysis using VOSviewer, Scimago Graphica, Bibliometrix and MS Excel. Findings: Research on halal food SMEs has grown by almost 25%, with Malaysia leading with 447 publications. The UK is the leading country in publishing research articles with 44 journals. Malaysia has the most institutions (40 institutions for 25% globally). Malaysia has most research funding agencies (22 for 14% globally). Malaysia has the highest number of citations in halal food SMEs, with 3547 citations, followed by China and Indonesia. Malaysia has also the highest number of collaborating researchers and the most invitations. Future research focuses on sustainability, social issues, Internet of Things technologies, innovative technologies and strategies to increase productivity and competitiveness. Originality/value: This research is a reference and overview of future research in halal food SMEs with the perspective of a country contribution angle. It provides input to the government on what needs to be done to develop research in the halal field in line with the goal of a country becoming the center of the global halal industry.

Further reading: https://doi.org/10.1108/JIMA-02-2024-0061

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This study aimed to evaluate the effects of innovative learning methods in the Islamic education (ISE) subject on learning motivation, learning activity, and learning achievement of students in the elementary and secondary schools in Indonesia. This study employed the meta-analysis method which is among the quantitative research approach. There were 47 literatures that eligible to be included in the database. Results revealed that, for the learning motivation variable, effect size value in the form of odds ratio was significantly higher than 1.0 (average 3.008 [2.020-4.480]; P<0.001). For the learning activity variable, effect size value was significantly higher than 1.0 (average 2.905 [2.113-3.994]; P<0.001). For the learning achievement variable, effect size value was significantly higher than 1.0 (average 4.941 [4.136-5.903]; P<0.001). These indicated that innovative learning methods were able to elevate learning motivation, activity and achievement. There were no significant differences among the categories within most of the sub-groups, except for the sub-group of cycle, in which cycle 2 showed higher learning achievement than that of cycle 1 (P<0.05). It can be concluded that innovative learning methods are able to elevate learning motivation, learning activity, and learning achievement of students at elementary and secondary schools to study the Islamic education subject. Future work should address the interaction between each particular innovative learning method and the ISE specific topic.

Further reading: https://doi.org/10.11591/ijere.v13i2.26364