Does early phase of business cycle moderate small business success? Empirical evidence from Malaysia

The purpose of this research is to assess the moderating effect of enterprise early phase in financial practice towards business success in Malaysian small business. The early phase is defined via a length of operation of an enterprise. To achieve the research objectives, this study employed survey...

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Main Authors: Abdullah, Moha Asri, Azam, S. M. Ferdous
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spelling iium-643152018-07-04T00:45:45Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/64315/ Does early phase of business cycle moderate small business success? Empirical evidence from Malaysia Abdullah, Moha Asri Azam, S. M. Ferdous HF Commerce HF1040 Commodities. Commercial products HF5001 Business. Business Administration HF5735 Business records management The purpose of this research is to assess the moderating effect of enterprise early phase in financial practice towards business success in Malaysian small business. The early phase is defined via a length of operation of an enterprise. To achieve the research objectives, this study employed survey method where the enterprises with a different length of operation were considered for the analysis. In fact, a sample of 302 data was evaluated as the final sample size for the current research. Using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM), moderating effects were observed to test the hypotheses. The results indicate that the enterprise early phase does have different moderating roles in financial practice to guide the business success in Malaysian small business. Thus, this research conveys an understanding to the entrepreneurs regarding the differences of enterprise early phase to achieve the business success swiftly. Finally, this research brings some implications to the policymakers and regulators as well. Institute of Research and Journal 2016-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/64315/7/64315-Does%20early%20phase%20of%20business%20cycle.pdf Abdullah, Moha Asri and Azam, S. M. Ferdous (2016) Does early phase of business cycle moderate small business success? Empirical evidence from Malaysia. International Journal of Management and Applied Science, 2 (7). pp. 182-192. ISSN 2394-7926 http://www.iraj.in/journal/journal_file/journal_pdf/14-272-1471417111182-192.pdf
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topic HF Commerce
HF1040 Commodities. Commercial products
HF5001 Business. Business Administration
HF5735 Business records management
spellingShingle HF Commerce
HF1040 Commodities. Commercial products
HF5001 Business. Business Administration
HF5735 Business records management
Abdullah, Moha Asri
Azam, S. M. Ferdous
Does early phase of business cycle moderate small business success? Empirical evidence from Malaysia
description The purpose of this research is to assess the moderating effect of enterprise early phase in financial practice towards business success in Malaysian small business. The early phase is defined via a length of operation of an enterprise. To achieve the research objectives, this study employed survey method where the enterprises with a different length of operation were considered for the analysis. In fact, a sample of 302 data was evaluated as the final sample size for the current research. Using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM), moderating effects were observed to test the hypotheses. The results indicate that the enterprise early phase does have different moderating roles in financial practice to guide the business success in Malaysian small business. Thus, this research conveys an understanding to the entrepreneurs regarding the differences of enterprise early phase to achieve the business success swiftly. Finally, this research brings some implications to the policymakers and regulators as well.
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author Abdullah, Moha Asri
Azam, S. M. Ferdous
author_facet Abdullah, Moha Asri
Azam, S. M. Ferdous
author_sort Abdullah, Moha Asri
title Does early phase of business cycle moderate small business success? Empirical evidence from Malaysia
title_short Does early phase of business cycle moderate small business success? Empirical evidence from Malaysia
title_full Does early phase of business cycle moderate small business success? Empirical evidence from Malaysia
title_fullStr Does early phase of business cycle moderate small business success? Empirical evidence from Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Does early phase of business cycle moderate small business success? Empirical evidence from Malaysia
title_sort does early phase of business cycle moderate small business success? empirical evidence from malaysia
publisher Institute of Research and Journal
publishDate 2016
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/64315/
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