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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Humanities, Science and Engineering (CHUSER), 2011 IEEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
Penang
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0021-6
DOI :
10.1109/CHUSER.2011.6163808