The factors impacted to local contractor from Foreign Direct Investment in advancing economic hub development in Iskandar Malaysia

[摘要] Iskandar Malaysia is an advanced economic hub which is rapidly growing in the State of Johor. It has been an attractive place for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to invest. Many sectors are affected by the presence of FDI including the construction sector. This paper highlights the investigation on the effects of FDI to the local contractor in the Iskandar Malaysia Development. In this study, a questionnaire survey was carried out to gain the information on problems from internal factors and external factors that caused the limitation on involvement in FDI project by local contractors. 73 numbers of local contractor registered under CIDB in class G5, G6 and G7 are the respondents. Frequency analysis and Average Index Analysis are used for the results. This study provides the factors that impacted local construction players in Iskandar Malaysia Development. This study has portrayed that FDI plays a vital and significant role in spearheading the active involvement of local contractors in an urban sustainable development.

[发布机构] Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia^1

[效力级别] 运输工程

[关键词] Construction sectors;External factors;Foreign direct investments;Frequency Analysis;Internal factors;Local contractors;Questionnaire surveys;Urban sustainable development