indicators of continuous improvement. Large companies experience fewer challenges when implementing benchmarking projects … practices in Malaysia, particularly within the contexts of SMEs. The outcomes of this study provide a basis for further …

Purpose In Malaysia, globalization has increased the number of multinational hotel chains and independent five …-star hotels employing foreign professionals, interns and labourers. This study aims to explore the benefits and challenges for … hotels of the many foreigners working in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were conducted with …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the poverty rates of Indonesia, Malaysia and Pakistan, representing … a Muslim majority population, whereas in Pakistan only the HDI variable has significant influence. Meanwhile (like … Malaysia) in India, the variable of Dynamic model of Ibn Khaldun does not influence significantly. Research limitations …

overall development of women entrepreneurship. This is of great value to an SME-dominated economy such as Malaysia where the … entrepreneurship development in Malaysia is provided, drawing on the extant literature. The issues comprise cultural barriers, lack of … understanding of the gender aspect on issues related to the development of women entrepreneurship in Malaysia is required if policy …

/methodology/approach A survey of 74 employees of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the northern region of Peninsular Malaysia was …

gain an understanding of the common terminologies used by SME owners/manager/directors in a developing country, namely … Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach – This is a quantitative study which used a sample of 100 small businesses is its survey …. Most of the investigated SMEs were based in Northern states of Malaysia. Findings – This study showed that the most common …

medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in India, Malaysia, and Iran Design/methodology/approach – The survey design uses a sample of …

Pakistan. A list of SMEs was obtained from the federal government organization responsible for the development of SMEs in … Pakistan. A self-administered structured questionnaire was distributed and 239 randomly selected SMEs responded to the survey … results and, potentially, better findings. Practical implications SME managers/owners can design HR function in such a way …