Study on the profile, needs and problems faces by small and medium industries (SMIS) entrepreneurs in Kedah

• Main Authors: Md Isa, Filzah, Chee, Hee Hoe, Othman, Siti Norezam
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: HB Economic Theory
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/18554/1/ICAW%202013%201-14.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/18554/
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

The state of Kedah which is the rice bowl of Malaysia realized that entrepreneurship is an important economic growth engine for the state. In order to further develop entrepreneurship in the state, the Economic Planning Unit of Kedah needs to develop an Action Plan for the Development of Entrepreneurs in the state.Hence, the objective of this study was to have a detailed demographic profiling of the small and medium industries (SMIs) in the state of Kedah which would provide the necessary inputs based on the information collected from this profiling study of the SMEs in Kedah.This study was able to identify and profile demographic details in terms of age, gender, level of education, marital status, age of the business venture, type of business ownership, who started the business, source of business seed capital, number of employees, profit levels, level of technology used and expansion of their business to overseas markets.Other important information collected were the problems faced by these entrepreneurs and what sort of assistance that they required for their business.