Factors contributing to the business failure of a construction firm : a case of Suprawell Sdn Bhd / Azarudin Berudin and Daphne Gayle Manggala

The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors contributing the business failure of a construction firm and ways to minimize its continuous losses. The construction industry is one of the most competitive and highly risk businesses when compared to other economic areas due its complex nature....

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Main Authors: Berudin, Azarudin, Gayle Manggala, Daphne
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/74218/1/74218.pdf
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spelling my-uitm-ir.742182023-03-13T00:16:25Z Factors contributing to the business failure of a construction firm : a case of Suprawell Sdn Bhd / Azarudin Berudin and Daphne Gayle Manggala 2015 Berudin, Azarudin Gayle Manggala, Daphne Construction industry Business Success in business. Performance The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors contributing the business failure of a construction firm and ways to minimize its continuous losses. The construction industry is one of the most competitive and highly risk businesses when compared to other economic areas due its complex nature. A study was conducted on a construction firm, Suprawell Sdn. Bhd., local based company which has been operated since 1993. For the past eight (8) years, the company has gain no tender awards resulting in no profit. The result from this study found that the factors contributing to the business failures of a firm are lack of managerial skills, lack of marketing knowledge, education level of the top management and its employees as well as the company's Return on Assets (ROA). Based on findings as well as interviews from the top management and its employees, a conclusion and recommendation have been provided in order to minimize its continuous losses. 2015 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/74218/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/74218/1/74218.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sabah Faculty of Business and Management Mohammed, Rozita @ Uji
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language English
advisor Mohammed, Rozita @ Uji
topic Construction industry
Business
Construction industry
spellingShingle Construction industry
Business
Construction industry
Berudin, Azarudin
Gayle Manggala, Daphne
Factors contributing to the business failure of a construction firm : a case of Suprawell Sdn Bhd / Azarudin Berudin and Daphne Gayle Manggala
description The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors contributing the business failure of a construction firm and ways to minimize its continuous losses. The construction industry is one of the most competitive and highly risk businesses when compared to other economic areas due its complex nature. A study was conducted on a construction firm, Suprawell Sdn. Bhd., local based company which has been operated since 1993. For the past eight (8) years, the company has gain no tender awards resulting in no profit. The result from this study found that the factors contributing to the business failures of a firm are lack of managerial skills, lack of marketing knowledge, education level of the top management and its employees as well as the company's Return on Assets (ROA). Based on findings as well as interviews from the top management and its employees, a conclusion and recommendation have been provided in order to minimize its continuous losses.
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author Berudin, Azarudin
Gayle Manggala, Daphne
author_facet Berudin, Azarudin
Gayle Manggala, Daphne
author_sort Berudin, Azarudin
title Factors contributing to the business failure of a construction firm : a case of Suprawell Sdn Bhd / Azarudin Berudin and Daphne Gayle Manggala
title_short Factors contributing to the business failure of a construction firm : a case of Suprawell Sdn Bhd / Azarudin Berudin and Daphne Gayle Manggala
title_full Factors contributing to the business failure of a construction firm : a case of Suprawell Sdn Bhd / Azarudin Berudin and Daphne Gayle Manggala
title_fullStr Factors contributing to the business failure of a construction firm : a case of Suprawell Sdn Bhd / Azarudin Berudin and Daphne Gayle Manggala
title_full_unstemmed Factors contributing to the business failure of a construction firm : a case of Suprawell Sdn Bhd / Azarudin Berudin and Daphne Gayle Manggala
title_sort factors contributing to the business failure of a construction firm : a case of suprawell sdn bhd / azarudin berudin and daphne gayle manggala
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sabah
granting_department Faculty of Business and Management
publishDate 2015
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/74218/1/74218.pdf
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