Small Medium Enterprises (SME) are vital to economic growth in Malaysia and many emerging economies as they are
major contributors to the gross domestic product. It is therefore imperative for SME to strengthen its governance, risk and
control (GRC) system that is recommended by Corporate Governance (CG) code to support strong business performance.
Internal auditor is the right party to provide assurance and consultancy on GRC for a firm to stay competitive. There is
generally a lack of awareness among these enterprises regarding significance of internal audit and if there is awareness,
there is a general aversion to adopting these practices because of the cost of implementation. This paper was carried out
solely through analysis of extant literatures. We identified from reports and previous studies that SME failures are
contributed by several factors including low productivity, lack of financing as well as inadequate skills and capabilities. The
corporate governance literature posits that companies may achieve strategic, tactical and operational efficiency by
embracing good CG principles which include risk management and controls mechanism. Further, internal audit enhance CG
through assurance and consultancy work on GRC. Based on the findings from the review of extant literatures, it was found
that current status of CG in SMEs are not impressive at all, mainly because of lack of awareness as well as high cost of
implementation involved. However, good governance is still deemed important; hence we may argue that a separate set of
corporate governance framework may work better for SMEs, similar to the adoption of a separate set of IFRS for SMEs.
Small Medium Enterprises (SME) are vital to economic growth in Malaysia and many emerging economies as they are
major contributors to the gross domestic product. It is therefore imperative for SME to strengthen its governance, risk and
control (GRC) system that is recommended by Corporate Governance (CG) code to support strong business performance.
Internal auditor is the right party to provide assurance and consultancy on GRC for a firm to stay competitive. There is
generally a lack of awareness among these enterprises regarding significance of internal audit and if there is awareness,
there is a general aversion to adopting these practices because of the cost of implementation. This paper was carried out
solely through analysis of extant literatures. We identified from reports and previous studies that SME failures are
contributed by several factors including low productivity, lack of financing as well as inadequate skills and capabilities. The
corporate governance literature posits that companies may achieve strategic, tactical and operational efficiency by
embracing good CG principles which include risk management and controls mechanism. Further, internal audit enhance CG
through assurance and consultancy work on GRC. Based on the findings from the review of extant literatures, it was found
that current status of CG in SMEs are not impressive at all, mainly because of lack of awareness as well as high cost of
implementation involved. However, good governance is still deemed important; hence we may argue that a separate set of
corporate governance framework may work better for SMEs, similar to the adoption of a separate set of IFRS for SMEs.
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