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Liberalization of retail sector and the economic impact of the entry of foreign hypermarkets on local retailers in Klang Valley, Malaysia

The primary purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of liberalization of retail sector via the presence of foreign hypermarkets in Malaysia on local retailers. Both quantitative and qualitative methods (survey and interviews) were used to collect and analyze the data. A total of 135 qu...

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Main Authors: Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee, Alavi, Rokiah, Abdullah, Kalthom, Zakaullah, Muhammad Arif
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Published: Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2008
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39436/1/39436.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.394362015-08-03T04:06:49Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39436/ Liberalization of retail sector and the economic impact of the entry of foreign hypermarkets on local retailers in Klang Valley, Malaysia Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee Alavi, Rokiah Abdullah, Kalthom Zakaullah, Muhammad Arif The primary purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of liberalization of retail sector via the presence of foreign hypermarkets in Malaysia on local retailers. Both quantitative and qualitative methods (survey and interviews) were used to collect and analyze the data. A total of 135 questionnaires were completed. The findings from the survey reveal that the entry of foreign hypermarkets in a town often affects the business environment of the local retail businesses. It is found that the newly established foreign hypermarkets tend to acquire much larger market share from the existing local businesses. The survey found that some businesses benefited from the presence of foreign hypermarkets (especially complementary type of retail businesses) while others do not (specifically those retail businesses that are related to groceries). Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2008-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39436/1/39436.pdf Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee and Alavi, Rokiah and Abdullah, Kalthom and Zakaullah, Muhammad Arif (2008) Liberalization of retail sector and the economic impact of the entry of foreign hypermarkets on local retailers in Klang Valley, Malaysia. International Journal of Economics and Management, 2 (2). pp. 323-342. ISSN 1823-836X http://econ.upm.edu.my/ijem/vol2_no2.htm
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description The primary purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of liberalization of retail sector via the presence of foreign hypermarkets in Malaysia on local retailers. Both quantitative and qualitative methods (survey and interviews) were used to collect and analyze the data. A total of 135 questionnaires were completed. The findings from the survey reveal that the entry of foreign hypermarkets in a town often affects the business environment of the local retail businesses. It is found that the newly established foreign hypermarkets tend to acquire much larger market share from the existing local businesses. The survey found that some businesses benefited from the presence of foreign hypermarkets (especially complementary type of retail businesses) while others do not (specifically those retail businesses that are related to groceries).
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author Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee
Alavi, Rokiah
Abdullah, Kalthom
Zakaullah, Muhammad Arif
spellingShingle Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee
Alavi, Rokiah
Abdullah, Kalthom
Zakaullah, Muhammad Arif
Liberalization of retail sector and the economic impact of the entry of foreign hypermarkets on local retailers in Klang Valley, Malaysia
author_facet Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee
Alavi, Rokiah
Abdullah, Kalthom
Zakaullah, Muhammad Arif
author_sort Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee
title Liberalization of retail sector and the economic impact of the entry of foreign hypermarkets on local retailers in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_short Liberalization of retail sector and the economic impact of the entry of foreign hypermarkets on local retailers in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_full Liberalization of retail sector and the economic impact of the entry of foreign hypermarkets on local retailers in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_fullStr Liberalization of retail sector and the economic impact of the entry of foreign hypermarkets on local retailers in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Liberalization of retail sector and the economic impact of the entry of foreign hypermarkets on local retailers in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_sort liberalization of retail sector and the economic impact of the entry of foreign hypermarkets on local retailers in klang valley, malaysia
publisher Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2008
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39436/1/39436.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39436/
http://econ.upm.edu.my/ijem/vol2_no2.htm
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