Liberalization of retail sector and the economic impact of the entry of foreign hypermarkets on local retailers in Klang Valley, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee, Alavi, Rokiah, Abdullah, Kalthom, Zakaullah, Muhammad Arif
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2008
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39436/1/39436.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39436/; http://econ.upm.edu.my/ijem/vol2_no2.htm

The primary purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of liberalization of retail sector via the presence of foreign hypermarkets in Malaysia on local retailers. Both quantitative and qualitative methods (survey and interviews) were used to collect and analyze the data. A total of 135 qu...