Issues and research agenda for Malaysian SMEs revisited

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent an important part of the Malaysian business system. Notwithstanding their economic importance, research on SMEs is still limited and neglected. The literature review indicates SML in Malaysia have attracted minimal theoretical as well as empirical...

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Main Authors: Hashim, Mohd Khairuddin, Ahmad, Sa'ari
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia Press 2005
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/3877/1/Mohd.pdf
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description Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent an important part of the Malaysian business system. Notwithstanding their economic importance, research on SMEs is still limited and neglected. The literature review indicates SML in Malaysia have attracted minimal theoretical as well as empirical research attention from researchers as a field of study.Based on the review of the small business literature, this paper initiates an attempt to provide a research agenda for studying SMEs in Malaysia stressing the shortcomings of past studies as well as well as highlighting the major issues and research areas that have yet to be explored and benefited by future researchers.
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spelling uum-38772012-02-13T03:08:24Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/3877/ Issues and research agenda for Malaysian SMEs revisited Hashim, Mohd Khairuddin Ahmad, Sa'ari HB Economic Theory Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent an important part of the Malaysian business system. Notwithstanding their economic importance, research on SMEs is still limited and neglected. The literature review indicates SML in Malaysia have attracted minimal theoretical as well as empirical research attention from researchers as a field of study.Based on the review of the small business literature, this paper initiates an attempt to provide a research agenda for studying SMEs in Malaysia stressing the shortcomings of past studies as well as well as highlighting the major issues and research areas that have yet to be explored and benefited by future researchers. Universiti Utara Malaysia Press Hashim, Mohd Khairuddin 2005 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/3877/1/Mohd.pdf Hashim, Mohd Khairuddin and Ahmad, Sa'ari (2005) Issues and research agenda for Malaysian SMEs revisited. In: Small and medium-sized enterprises in Malaysia challenges in the new economy. Universiti Utara Malaysia Press, Sintok, pp. 1-18. ISBN 9833282229 http://lintas.uum.edu.my:8080/elmu/index.jsp?module=webopac-l&action=fullDisplayRetriever.jsp&szMaterialNo=0000233987
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