Initial impacts of the Asian currency crisis on local SMEs with import & export activities : July 97 to June 98

• Main Authors: Gan, Calvin Hsiao Ping, Lee, Chun Fai, Tey, Ban Seng
• Other Authors: Han-Wong, Soke Yin
• Format: Final Year Project
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::General::Economic and business aspects
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10672
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We hypothesised that the currency crisis might have affected the local SMEs through the crisis’s effects on three variables: forex fluctuation, increase in interest rates, and economic slowdown. Secondary to testing the above hypotheses, we seek to assess whether the extent of the SMEs’ reaction to...