The earlier article has given a short introduction and background history of the MSC.

This article seeks to explain the type of companies eligible for MSC Status and the respective criteria or condition to comply with.

Basically, companies include the following:

· Institutions […]

Operational Head Quarter (OHQ) incentives has earlier been mentioned in an earlier article.

Reported in the Edge Malaysia 13/10/06, Global consulting company Frost & Sullivan has announced to set up a third global innovation centre in Malaysia so as to expand in the Asia-Pacific region. Frost & Sullivan further mentioned the important […]

During the course of M & A exercise, we often encounter the needs to value the securities of the acquired company.
As we know there are various methods of valuing securities and the more common ones are as follows:

Based on stock market quotation;
Net assets or Balance Sheet […]

Append below some useful which might of interest to those who wish to seek franchising opportunities:
Linked to The Malaysian Franchise Association (articles, members,etc)
http://www.mfa.org.my/
Linked to Matrade which assists Malaysian Franchisors to go overseas:
http://www.matrade.gov.my/msianproducts/msianServFranchise.htm
Sources of funding for franchising:
http://www.smebank.com.my/franchise.asp
Linked to the Global Franchise Association:
http://www.franchisehandbook.com/associations/
Linked to the Global scene of franchising
http://www.entrepreneurs.com

What does it take to set up a franchising business. Well, besides the unquantifiable “sweats of hard work” by the franchisees, we need to consider the initial set up costs and recurring costs to be paid to the franchisor or to its direct affiliates.
Some of the most typical costs and fees include paying:

a one time […]