The effect of macroeconomic factor toward the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) output to the economic growth in Malaysia / Mohamad Hazren Mansur

Mansur, Mohamad Hazren (2020) The effect of macroeconomic factor toward the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) output to the economic growth in Malaysia / Mohamad Hazren Mansur. Degree thesis, UiTM Cawangan Johor.

Abstract

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) sectors play an important role to economic growth in MalaysiƦ It is substantially contributed to income, employment and output. SMEs are a business that maintains sales, assets or a number of workers below a certain range. The main objectives of SMEs are to reduce unemployment and to increase the income of poor people through SMEs development. Other than that SMEs also generate a purchasing power and help to stabilize the flow of money supply. However, due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, SMEs business has been difficult to survive. People tend to save their money rather than spending thus this will decrease the profit of the business, gross domestic product and import of goods and services. Due to that circumstance, this study aims to investigate the effect of GDP, interest rate, labour force and unemployment rate. To conduct this study, SMEs output is used as a dependent variable, while the gross domestic product, unemployment rate, interest rate, and labour force is used as independent variables. Data are collected from 1987 until 2018 a yearly basis. The Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method is used to test the effect and relationship between the variables. Results from this study shows that SMEs output have a significant relationship with macroeconomic variables.

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Item Type: Thesis (Degree)
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Mansur, Mohamad Hazren
2019530343
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Mohamed Yousop, Nur Liyana
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Roslan, Shashazrina
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Mohamad Shafi, Roslina (Dr.)
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Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory. Demography > Macroeconomics
H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions > Income. Income distribution. National income. Including gross national product, gross domestic product, and gross state product
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Small business. Medium-sized business
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Small business. Medium-sized business > Malaysia
H Social Sciences > HG Finance > Money supply
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Johor > Segamat Campus > Faculty of Business and Management
Programme: Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) Investment Management
Keywords: Small and medium enterprises; SMEs; Economic growth; Employment; Money supply; Macroeconomic
Date: November 2020
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/61459
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