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An Overview of Government Business Support Programmes For Micro and Small Businesses in Malaysia During the Covid -19 Crisis

The largest number of business establishments in Malaysia is micro and small businesses. Although micro and small businesses make a great contribution to the country’s economic development, they are vulnerable and easily affected by any changes occurring within the business environment. Therefore, t...

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Main Authors: Salmah Topimin, Siti Rahayu Mohd Hashim
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Language:English
English
Published: Penerbit UMS 2021
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HB3711-3840 Business cycles. Economic fluctuations
HC10-1085 Economic history and conditions
RA421-790.95 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine
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spelling my.ums.eprints.327252022-06-09T02:02:14Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32725/ An Overview of Government Business Support Programmes For Micro and Small Businesses in Malaysia During the Covid -19 Crisis Salmah Topimin Siti Rahayu Mohd Hashim HB3711-3840 Business cycles. Economic fluctuations HC10-1085 Economic history and conditions RA421-790.95 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine The largest number of business establishments in Malaysia is micro and small businesses. Although micro and small businesses make a great contribution to the country’s economic development, they are vulnerable and easily affected by any changes occurring within the business environment. Therefore, to ensure the survival of micro and small businesses in Malaysia, various business support programmes have been introduced by the government. It is believed that a conducive intervention programme is significant in ensuring the survival, competitiveness and growth of micro and small businesses. However, the effectiveness of business support programmes in facilitating the business survival of micro and small businesses have been debated. With the emergence of the current COVID-19 crisis, the issue of the effectiveness of the programmes become more critical. Based on a literature review, this study explores the issues and challenges concerning the access to, utilisation and delivery of micro and small business support programmes. The reviewed literature shows that the ineffectiveness of business support programmes is related to issues and challenges in the implementation of the programmes. Penerbit UMS 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32725/1/An%20Overview%20of%20Government%20Business%20Support%20Programmes%20For%20Micro%20and%20Small%20Businesses%20in%20Malaysia%20During%20the%20Covid%20-19%20Crisis.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32725/2/An%20Overview%20of%20Government%20Business%20Support%20Programmes%20For%20Micro%20and%20Small%20Businesses%20in%20Malaysia%20During%20the%20Covid%20-19%20Crisis1.pdf Salmah Topimin and Siti Rahayu Mohd Hashim (2021) An Overview of Government Business Support Programmes For Micro and Small Businesses in Malaysia During the Covid -19 Crisis. Malaysian Journal of Business and Economics (MJBE), 8. pp. 7-13. ISSN 2289-6856 (P-ISSN) , 2289-8018 (E-ISSN) https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/mjbe
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topic HB3711-3840 Business cycles. Economic fluctuations
HC10-1085 Economic history and conditions
RA421-790.95 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine
spellingShingle HB3711-3840 Business cycles. Economic fluctuations
HC10-1085 Economic history and conditions
RA421-790.95 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine
Salmah Topimin
Siti Rahayu Mohd Hashim
An Overview of Government Business Support Programmes For Micro and Small Businesses in Malaysia During the Covid -19 Crisis
description The largest number of business establishments in Malaysia is micro and small businesses. Although micro and small businesses make a great contribution to the country’s economic development, they are vulnerable and easily affected by any changes occurring within the business environment. Therefore, to ensure the survival of micro and small businesses in Malaysia, various business support programmes have been introduced by the government. It is believed that a conducive intervention programme is significant in ensuring the survival, competitiveness and growth of micro and small businesses. However, the effectiveness of business support programmes in facilitating the business survival of micro and small businesses have been debated. With the emergence of the current COVID-19 crisis, the issue of the effectiveness of the programmes become more critical. Based on a literature review, this study explores the issues and challenges concerning the access to, utilisation and delivery of micro and small business support programmes. The reviewed literature shows that the ineffectiveness of business support programmes is related to issues and challenges in the implementation of the programmes.
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author Salmah Topimin
Siti Rahayu Mohd Hashim
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title An Overview of Government Business Support Programmes For Micro and Small Businesses in Malaysia During the Covid -19 Crisis
title_short An Overview of Government Business Support Programmes For Micro and Small Businesses in Malaysia During the Covid -19 Crisis
title_full An Overview of Government Business Support Programmes For Micro and Small Businesses in Malaysia During the Covid -19 Crisis
title_fullStr An Overview of Government Business Support Programmes For Micro and Small Businesses in Malaysia During the Covid -19 Crisis
title_full_unstemmed An Overview of Government Business Support Programmes For Micro and Small Businesses in Malaysia During the Covid -19 Crisis
title_sort overview of government business support programmes for micro and small businesses in malaysia during the covid -19 crisis
publisher Penerbit UMS
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