Information technology and survival of SMEs: an emprical study on Malaysian manufacturing sector

Information technology and survival of SMEs: an emprical study on Malaysian manufacturing sector

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Article ID: iaor201526089
Volume: 16
Issue: 2
Start Page Number: 79
End Page Number: 95
Publication Date: Jun 2015
Journal: Information Technology and Management
Authors: , ,
Keywords: computers: information, economics, management, statistics: empirical, statistics: regression
Abstract:

This study focuses on the impact of information technology on the survival rate of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector in Malaysia. It analyses the effects of information technology on survival of SMEs in 2000 and 2005, based on two separate groups of firms. It sets out to show that information technology has positive and significant effect on survival of the firms, besides other factors such as minimum efficient size, market and firms attributes, transaction cost, uncertainty, opportunism, information asymmetry and atmosphere, profitability and learning have impact on the survival of SMEs. With using Cox proportional hazard regression model, we found that factors such as profits, R&D, location, ownership, market size, entry rate, industry growth and capital–labor ratio affect the survival of SMEs. Of equal importance is the expenditure on information technology, which is said to have an impact on the viability of firms. The results further demonstrate that being in certain stage of maturity of firms could be important in the effect of information technology on survival of SMEs.

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