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Export Incentives And International Entrepreneurship In Malaysian Firms, Zafar U. Ahmed, Craig C. Julian, Abdul J. Mahajar Mar 2010

Export Incentives And International Entrepreneurship In Malaysian Firms, Zafar U. Ahmed, Craig C. Julian, Abdul J. Mahajar

Dr Craig C Julian

This study explores Malaysian entrepreneurs' incentives to export when engaging in international business. The data gathered were based on a survey of 214 Malaysian manufacturing firms. Statistical analysis was carried out using one-way analysis of variance. With the exception of a 'decline in the value of currency relative to foreign markets', the results indicate no significant differences in the perceptions of exporters and non-exporters towards the various incentives to export. Thirteen of the export incentives tested in this study were deemed to be significant to Malaysian entrepreneurs. These were: reduction of tariffs in target countries; attractive export incentives provided by …


The Impact Of The Asian Economic Crisis In Thailand, Craig C. Julian Feb 2010

The Impact Of The Asian Economic Crisis In Thailand, Craig C. Julian

Dr Craig C Julian

Traces the economic development of Thailand since 1945, referring to relevant research, and analyses the reasons why it was the first Southeast Asian country to collapse in the 1997 economic crisis: large current account deficits, excessive external debt, a collapse in the property sector, exchange rate mismanagement and political instability. Considers its future prospects and shows statistics on economic growth and inflation for the world as a whole and various countries and groups within it.