• DocumentCode
    3482910
  • Title

    Exploring intellectual capital of Malaysian small and medium entrepreneurs

  • Author

    Hilmi, Mohd Faiz ; Thurasamy, Ramayah ; Mustapha, Yanti ; Pawanchik, Shahrier

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Distance Educ., Univ. Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, Malaysia
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    5-6 Dec. 2011
  • Firstpage
    626
  • Lastpage
    631
  • Abstract
    Intellectual capital is one of the important resources for small and medium entrepreneurs. Proper manipulation of intellectual capital will become a source of sustained competitive advantages for the entrepreneur. This study explores the level of intellectual capital of Malaysian small and medium entrepreneurs. Furthermore this study also compare for any significant differences in the level of intellectual capital between micro, small and medium entrepreneurs. Based on a survey of 115 SMEs, this study found that Malaysian SMEs does exhibit a high level of intellectual capital. The survey also reveals that micro, small or medium entrepreneurs exhibit similar level of intellectual capitals.
  • Keywords
    industrial property; small-to-medium enterprises; Malaysian small-and-medium entrepreneur; SME; intellectual capital; sustained competitive advantage; Companies; Customer services; Electronic mail; Humans; Knowledge management; Malaysia; intellectual capital; small and medium entrepreneurs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Humanities, Science and Engineering (CHUSER), 2011 IEEE Colloquium on
  • Conference_Location
    Penang
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0021-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CHUSER.2011.6163808
  • Filename
    6163808