Exploring the effectiveness of export assistance programs on Malaysian SMEs

This article reports a research that focused on export assistance programs. More specifically, the study attempted to evaluate the effectiveness of 38 export assistance programs offered to Malaysian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The data for the study was collected from 76 SMEs in the m...

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Main Authors: Hashim, Mohd Khairuddin, Zakaria, Mustafa, Ahmad, Sa'ari
Other Authors: Hashim, Mohd. Khairuddin
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia Press 2005
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/3885/1/ohd_kh.pdf
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Summary:This article reports a research that focused on export assistance programs. More specifically, the study attempted to evaluate the effectiveness of 38 export assistance programs offered to Malaysian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The data for the study was collected from 76 SMEs in the manufacturing sector. The findings of the study indicated that the SMEs were not only aware of the programs, but they also found the export assistance programs to be helpful, and that they had benefited from using the programs.