Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- Accidental and Intentional Exporters: Comparing Indonesian and Malaysian MSMEs / Yean, Tham Siew / Tambunan, Tulus -- OVERVIEW OF MSMEs IN INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA -- DISCUSSIONS OF FINDINGS

Malaysia established the Digital Free Trade Zone (DFTZ) to facilitate the development of e-commerce and the country's small and medium enterprises' (SMEs') exports. The data revealed thus far indicates an increasing number of SMEs coming on board the DFTZ e-commerce platforms. The publicly...

Regardless of the size of the domestic economy, there are ample reasons for firms to extend their markets beyond home shores. These include increasing sales, improving profits, diversifying risks, reaping economies of scale, matching the moves of competitors, enhancing competitiveness or...