Assessing the Relationship Between Factors and Strategies Used by Entrepreneur in the Internationalization of Malaysian Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

This dissertation investigates the relationship between influential factors and the strategy used by entrepreneur in the internationalization of SMEs in manufacturing industries in Malaysia. Internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has been widely researched but little is k...

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Main Author:	Shahrul Nizam, Mohd Zain
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng
Published:	2011
Subjects:	HD Industries Land use Labor.
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/2706/1/Shahrul_Nizam_Mohd_Zain.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/2706/2/1.Shahrul_Nizam_Mohd_Zain.pdf
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spelling	my-uum-etd.27062016-04-24T00:51:57Z Assessing the Relationship Between Factors and Strategies Used by Entrepreneur in the Internationalization of Malaysian Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) 2011-02-17 Shahrul Nizam, Mohd Zain Nik Abdullah, Nik Ab Halim College of Business (COB) College of Business HD Industries. Land use. Labor. This dissertation investigates the relationship between influential factors and the strategy used by entrepreneur in the internationalization of SMEs in manufacturing industries in Malaysia. Internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has been widely researched but little is known of how and why internationalization takes place in developing countries and this lack of evidence in the literature provides strong grounds for this study. Investigation on internationalization in this study focused on the three main internationalization theories which are Uppsala Model, Network Theory and International Entrepreneurship Theory. These perspectives examine the influential factors relevant to SMEs internationalization upon the strategy used by entrepreneur including the mode of foreign market entry and market selections were investigate. A quantitative approach were employed in this study where 250 Malaysian-based CEOs and/or key executives from SME manufacturing industries using a survey questionnaire as well as some basic statistical analyses were conducted. Result shows that, there is a significant relationship between entrepreneurial orientations with strategies used by entrepreneur in the internationalization of Malaysian SMEs while psychic distance & market orientations and network relationships does not influence strategies used by entrepreneur. 2011-02 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/2706/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/2706/1/Shahrul_Nizam_Mohd_Zain.pdf application/pdf eng validuser https://etd.uum.edu.my/2706/2/1.Shahrul_Nizam_Mohd_Zain.pdf application/pdf eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
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advisor	Nik Abdullah, Nik Ab Halim
topic	HD Industries Land use Labor.
spellingShingle	HD Industries Land use Labor. Shahrul Nizam, Mohd Zain Assessing the Relationship Between Factors and Strategies Used by Entrepreneur in the Internationalization of Malaysian Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
description	This dissertation investigates the relationship between influential factors and the strategy used by entrepreneur in the internationalization of SMEs in manufacturing industries in Malaysia. Internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has been widely researched but little is known of how and why internationalization takes place in developing countries and this lack of evidence in the literature provides strong grounds for this study. Investigation on internationalization in this study focused on the three main internationalization theories which are Uppsala Model, Network Theory and International Entrepreneurship Theory. These perspectives examine the influential factors relevant to SMEs internationalization upon the strategy used by entrepreneur including the mode of foreign market entry and market selections were investigate. A quantitative approach were employed in this study where 250 Malaysian-based CEOs and/or key executives from SME manufacturing industries using a survey questionnaire as well as some basic statistical analyses were conducted. Result shows that, there is a significant relationship between entrepreneurial orientations with strategies used by entrepreneur in the internationalization of Malaysian SMEs while psychic distance & market orientations and network relationships does not influence strategies used by entrepreneur.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	masters
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Shahrul Nizam, Mohd Zain
author_facet	Shahrul Nizam, Mohd Zain
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title	Assessing the Relationship Between Factors and Strategies Used by Entrepreneur in the Internationalization of Malaysian Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
title_short	Assessing the Relationship Between Factors and Strategies Used by Entrepreneur in the Internationalization of Malaysian Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
title_full	Assessing the Relationship Between Factors and Strategies Used by Entrepreneur in the Internationalization of Malaysian Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
title_fullStr	Assessing the Relationship Between Factors and Strategies Used by Entrepreneur in the Internationalization of Malaysian Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
title_full_unstemmed	Assessing the Relationship Between Factors and Strategies Used by Entrepreneur in the Internationalization of Malaysian Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
title_sort	assessing the relationship between factors and strategies used by entrepreneur in the internationalization of malaysian small medium enterprises (smes)
granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department	College of Business (COB)
publishDate	2011
url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/2706/1/Shahrul_Nizam_Mohd_Zain.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/2706/2/1.Shahrul_Nizam_Mohd_Zain.pdf
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Assessing the Relationship Between Factors and Strategies Used by Entrepreneur in the Internationalization of Malaysian Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

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