title: Export competitiveness of Malaysia's processed food
creator: Lee,  Mun Sam
subject: HC Economic History and Conditions
subject: HD28 Management. Industrial Management
description: This study attempts to determine the competitiveness of Malaysia's  processed food using the Constant Market Share Analysis (CMS) and  Revealed Comparative Advantages (RCA) approaches. The types of  processed food which were examined were snacks, beverages, cookies,  sauces and spices. CMS analysis had shown that except beverages, snacks,  cookies, sauces and spices exports were due to market demand. Export of  beverages was due to competitive effect which implied that the beverages  industry players were sufficiently competent to be able to penetrate into this  market. Spices and cookies exhibited comparative advantage during the  study period, while beverages and sauces performances had been improving.  Snacks did not portray its comparative advantage during the study period.  However, it is exhibiting an upward trend in performance. Several policies  need to be addressed for most food categories, while understanding the  dynamism of industrial trend is recommended. Opportunities are vast, and it  is important for industrial players to formulate its growth strategy based on  this. For Malaysia, government will play an extensive role in facilitating trade,  while industrial players need to be focused on core competencies in order to  penetrate the global market.(Author's abstract)
date: 2007
type: Thesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: text
identifier: https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/271/1/export.pdf
identifier:   Lee, Mun Sam  (2007) Export competitiveness of Malaysia's processed food.  Masters thesis, Open University Malaysia (OUM).   
relation: https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/271/