Antecedents of the Internationalization and the Relationship between Internationalization and Performance of Malaysian Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises (SMEs)

Despite the importance of SMEs and the increased in knowledge in the area of internationalization, empirical research on Malaysian SMEs in the area of internationalization has been limited. In an attempt to investigate the antecedents of internationalization that influence the performance of SMEs, t...

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Main Author: Chelliah, Shankar
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2004
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description Despite the importance of SMEs and the increased in knowledge in the area of internationalization, empirical research on Malaysian SMEs in the area of internationalization has been limited. In an attempt to investigate the antecedents of internationalization that influence the performance of SMEs, this study focuses on SMEs in the Malaysian manufacturing sector. The conceptual framework is developed based on previous literature gaps on SME internationalization and firm performance.
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spelling usm-257222018-05-17T02:34:29Z http://eprints.usm.my/25722/ Antecedents of the Internationalization and the Relationship between Internationalization and Performance of Malaysian Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises (SMEs) Chelliah, Shankar HF5001-6182 Business Despite the importance of SMEs and the increased in knowledge in the area of internationalization, empirical research on Malaysian SMEs in the area of internationalization has been limited. In an attempt to investigate the antecedents of internationalization that influence the performance of SMEs, this study focuses on SMEs in the Malaysian manufacturing sector. The conceptual framework is developed based on previous literature gaps on SME internationalization and firm performance. 2004 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/25722/1/ANTECEDENTS_OF_THE_INTERNATIONALIZATION_AND_THE_RELATIONSHIP_BETWEEN_INTERNATIONALIZATION_AND_PERFORMANCE_OF_MALAYSIAN_SMALL_AND_MEDIUM_MANUFACTURING_ENTERPRISES_%28SMEs%29.pdf Chelliah, Shankar (2004) Antecedents of the Internationalization and the Relationship between Internationalization and Performance of Malaysian Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises (SMEs). Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
spellingShingle HF5001-6182 Business
Chelliah, Shankar
Antecedents of the Internationalization and the Relationship between Internationalization and Performance of Malaysian Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises (SMEs)
title Antecedents of the Internationalization and the Relationship between Internationalization and Performance of Malaysian Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises (SMEs)
title_full Antecedents of the Internationalization and the Relationship between Internationalization and Performance of Malaysian Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises (SMEs)
title_fullStr Antecedents of the Internationalization and the Relationship between Internationalization and Performance of Malaysian Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises (SMEs)
title_full_unstemmed Antecedents of the Internationalization and the Relationship between Internationalization and Performance of Malaysian Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises (SMEs)
title_short Antecedents of the Internationalization and the Relationship between Internationalization and Performance of Malaysian Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises (SMEs)
title_sort antecedents of the internationalization and the relationship between internationalization and performance of malaysian small and medium manufacturing enterprises (smes)
topic HF5001-6182 Business
url http://eprints.usm.my/25722/
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