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The challenges faced by Malaysian small medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) in export initiatives / Melissa Wee … [et al.]

The increasing number of SMEs in Malaysia indicate that there is a large potential for export opportunities. Realizing the 37% contribution to GDP by SMEs, it is essential to understand the challenges and hurdles faced by these entities when exporting products to other countries. The significance of...

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Main Authors: Wee, Melissa, Mohd Zaki, Khaulah, Sadik, Mohd Zaki, Marmaya, Najihah Hanisah, Abdul Razak, Noraznira
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam: Malaysian Academy of SME and Entrepreneurship Development (MASMED) 2019
Subjects:
Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty
Small business. Medium-sized business
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43848/1/43848.pdf
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43848/
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spelling my.uitm.ir.438482021-03-19T06:46:21Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43848/ The challenges faced by Malaysian small medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) in export initiatives / Melissa Wee … [et al.] Wee, Melissa Mohd Zaki, Khaulah Sadik, Mohd Zaki Marmaya, Najihah Hanisah Abdul Razak, Noraznira Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty Small business. Medium-sized business The increasing number of SMEs in Malaysia indicate that there is a large potential for export opportunities. Realizing the 37% contribution to GDP by SMEs, it is essential to understand the challenges and hurdles faced by these entities when exporting products to other countries. The significance of this, study is that, it looks into the three main challenges faced by Malaysian SMEs, which are distribution access, human capital and market attractiveness as the exogenous variables of this study. A total of 70 questionnaires responded to by SME owners and managers, were utilised for this study and a two-stage analysis of PLS-SEM consisting of measurement and structural analysis were applied to this study. Results shown that only human capital is found to be a challenge for SMEs in Malaysia in matters pertaining to export. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam: Malaysian Academy of SME and Entrepreneurship Development (MASMED) 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43848/1/43848.pdf Wee, Melissa and Mohd Zaki, Khaulah and Sadik, Mohd Zaki and Marmaya, Najihah Hanisah and Abdul Razak, Noraznira (2019) The challenges faced by Malaysian small medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) in export initiatives / Melissa Wee … [et al.]. ASEAN Entrepreneurship Journal (AEJ), 5 (2). pp. 14-19. ISSN 2637-0301 (e-ISSN)
institution Universiti Teknologi Mara
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topic Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty
Small business. Medium-sized business
spellingShingle Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty
Small business. Medium-sized business
Wee, Melissa
Mohd Zaki, Khaulah
Sadik, Mohd Zaki
Marmaya, Najihah Hanisah
Abdul Razak, Noraznira
The challenges faced by Malaysian small medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) in export initiatives / Melissa Wee … [et al.]
description The increasing number of SMEs in Malaysia indicate that there is a large potential for export opportunities. Realizing the 37% contribution to GDP by SMEs, it is essential to understand the challenges and hurdles faced by these entities when exporting products to other countries. The significance of this, study is that, it looks into the three main challenges faced by Malaysian SMEs, which are distribution access, human capital and market attractiveness as the exogenous variables of this study. A total of 70 questionnaires responded to by SME owners and managers, were utilised for this study and a two-stage analysis of PLS-SEM consisting of measurement and structural analysis were applied to this study. Results shown that only human capital is found to be a challenge for SMEs in Malaysia in matters pertaining to export.
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author Wee, Melissa
Mohd Zaki, Khaulah
Sadik, Mohd Zaki
Marmaya, Najihah Hanisah
Abdul Razak, Noraznira
author_facet Wee, Melissa
Mohd Zaki, Khaulah
Sadik, Mohd Zaki
Marmaya, Najihah Hanisah
Abdul Razak, Noraznira
author_sort Wee, Melissa
title The challenges faced by Malaysian small medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) in export initiatives / Melissa Wee … [et al.]
title_short The challenges faced by Malaysian small medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) in export initiatives / Melissa Wee … [et al.]
title_full The challenges faced by Malaysian small medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) in export initiatives / Melissa Wee … [et al.]
title_fullStr The challenges faced by Malaysian small medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) in export initiatives / Melissa Wee … [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed The challenges faced by Malaysian small medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) in export initiatives / Melissa Wee … [et al.]
title_sort challenges faced by malaysian small medium entrepreneurs (smes) in export initiatives / melissa wee … [et al.]
publisher Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam: Malaysian Academy of SME and Entrepreneurship Development (MASMED)
publishDate 2019
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43848/1/43848.pdf
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