Drivers to Go Global- Evidence from Malaysian Small and Medium Enterprises

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine how Export Commitment and E-commerce break the export barriers and improve Malaysian SMEs' export performance. 97 sets of questionnaires from present and potential SME exporters of Malaysia have been collected and analysed using SmartPLS. The study revealed that Export commitment and E-commerce are significant in breaking export barrier and breaking Export barrier is significant in improving Firm performance. The findings of this study contribute to the owners and managers of the Malaysian SMEs to improve their firm performance by having more export commitment by using E-commerce.