SMEs entrepreneurs had high level needs of management accounting for planning, controlling and decision-making especially in profit planning, cash, cost of production, and selling and administrative expenses. This supported prior research, which stated that SMEs had independent ownership that kept close control as the principal decision maker taking part in every business action (Hill 2001; Chuang et al. 2007; Reijonen & Komppula 2007; Omerzel & Antoncic 2008; Nandan 2010).
Hypothesis H1 regarding the correlation between SMEs entrepreneurs‟ perception of and need for management accounting was tested using a correlation coefficient. The results show that SME perceptions had positive correlation with their needs in every aspect (Table 7).
The positive correlation between the entrepreneurs‟ perceived importance of and need for management accounting will stimulate a sense of enthusiasm for adopting