Cover Image

The predisposition of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) to penetrate international market: a focus on Agro based sector / Nur Hafizah Jaafar

The study was done between December 2008 and April 2009 to identify the predisposition of SME in penetrating international market by focusing in the manufacturing agro based sector. Fifty SMEs Company comprising in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur were selected using the method of random sampling. The prob...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jaafar, Nur Hafizah
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: 2009
Subjects:
Small business. Medium-sized business
International economic relations
Competition. International competition
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32598/1/32598.pdf
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32598/
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.uitm.ir.32598
record_format eprints
spelling my.uitm.ir.325982020-10-30T04:25:20Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32598/ The predisposition of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) to penetrate international market: a focus on Agro based sector / Nur Hafizah Jaafar Jaafar, Nur Hafizah Small business. Medium-sized business International economic relations Competition. International competition The study was done between December 2008 and April 2009 to identify the predisposition of SME in penetrating international market by focusing in the manufacturing agro based sector. Fifty SMEs Company comprising in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur were selected using the method of random sampling. The problem statement here is to find the factors that affecting predisposition of Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia to penetrate international market by focusing on the manufacturing (agro based) sectors. The Objectives are to identify the predisposition of SMEs in penetrating international market, to study the most influencing factors that influence SMEs in penetrating international market and the relationship between independent variable and dependent variable. A descriptive analysis of the data was done using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and correlation model was used to analyze the relationship between dependent variable and independent variable. The results showed that five variables are significant with the dependent variable. Some recommendations emanating for financial aid, government should provide business advice, training and finance to small business enterprises. For adoption of technology, government should encourage the development of websites. Then, for managerial competitiveness, government should introduce the programme in collaboration with Malaysia Institute of Management, for the programme as every organization needed the great managers. For MNCs competitiveness, government will provide support for example legal documentation to establish relationships with clients in international markets. Lastly for the conducive government policies, government should establish evaluation frameworks by sustaining, reconsidering and increasing levels of support. 2009 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32598/1/32598.pdf Jaafar, Nur Hafizah (2009) The predisposition of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) to penetrate international market: a focus on Agro based sector / Nur Hafizah Jaafar. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
institution Universiti Teknologi Mara
building Tun Abdul Razak Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Teknologi Mara
content_source UiTM Institutional Repository
url_provider http://ir.uitm.edu.my/
language English
topic Small business. Medium-sized business
International economic relations
Competition. International competition
spellingShingle Small business. Medium-sized business
International economic relations
Competition. International competition
Jaafar, Nur Hafizah
The predisposition of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) to penetrate international market: a focus on Agro based sector / Nur Hafizah Jaafar
description The study was done between December 2008 and April 2009 to identify the predisposition of SME in penetrating international market by focusing in the manufacturing agro based sector. Fifty SMEs Company comprising in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur were selected using the method of random sampling. The problem statement here is to find the factors that affecting predisposition of Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia to penetrate international market by focusing on the manufacturing (agro based) sectors. The Objectives are to identify the predisposition of SMEs in penetrating international market, to study the most influencing factors that influence SMEs in penetrating international market and the relationship between independent variable and dependent variable. A descriptive analysis of the data was done using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and correlation model was used to analyze the relationship between dependent variable and independent variable. The results showed that five variables are significant with the dependent variable. Some recommendations emanating for financial aid, government should provide business advice, training and finance to small business enterprises. For adoption of technology, government should encourage the development of websites. Then, for managerial competitiveness, government should introduce the programme in collaboration with Malaysia Institute of Management, for the programme as every organization needed the great managers. For MNCs competitiveness, government will provide support for example legal documentation to establish relationships with clients in international markets. Lastly for the conducive government policies, government should establish evaluation frameworks by sustaining, reconsidering and increasing levels of support.
format Student Project
author Jaafar, Nur Hafizah
author_facet Jaafar, Nur Hafizah
author_sort Jaafar, Nur Hafizah
title The predisposition of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) to penetrate international market: a focus on Agro based sector / Nur Hafizah Jaafar
title_short The predisposition of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) to penetrate international market: a focus on Agro based sector / Nur Hafizah Jaafar
title_full The predisposition of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) to penetrate international market: a focus on Agro based sector / Nur Hafizah Jaafar
title_fullStr The predisposition of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) to penetrate international market: a focus on Agro based sector / Nur Hafizah Jaafar
title_full_unstemmed The predisposition of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) to penetrate international market: a focus on Agro based sector / Nur Hafizah Jaafar
title_sort predisposition of small and medium scale enterprises (smes) to penetrate international market: a focus on agro based sector / nur hafizah jaafar
publishDate 2009
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32598/1/32598.pdf
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32598/
_version_ 1685650946291400704
score 13.211869

Similar Items