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Beyond The Brochure: Finding The Real Sarawak

by Professor Brian Wong Kee Mun Through a longhouse morning, a river journey and the objects that carry Sarawak’s history, this article argues that authentic tourism, built on community-based tourism principles, earns visitor loyalty that staged performances cannot. The Morning …

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AI Adoption for SMEs: Building Competitive Advantage in Sarawak

Friday, 16 October 2026

by Dayang Arfahiza Binti Abang Junaidi, Postgraduate Student, Faculty of Business, Design and Arts Sarawak SMEs can gain sustainable competitive advantage by adopting AI strategically

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How Sarawak Businesses Can Capture New Opportunities through Foreign Investment

Friday, 9 October 2026

by Dr Lorna Liew Siew Ling Foreign investment in Sarawak creates openings for local SMEs, but only the ones that build capability, form partnerships and

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Turning Sarawak’s Economic Investments into SME Growth Opportunities

Friday, 2 October 2026

by Aamir Ashfaq Khan Sarawak’s investments in business events, advanced manufacturing and digital technology open real openings for SMEs, but only those that identify their

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Malaysian SMEs: A Practical ESG Perspective

Friday, 25 September 2026

by Donna Barclay As listed companies, lenders and overseas buyers ask for ESG information, Malaysian SMEs can protect their market access and costs by tracking

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Thinking Global. Designing Local: How Sustainable Design Can Help SMEs Grow

Friday, 18 September 2026

by Dr Swetha Madhusudanan For SMEs, sustainable design is a practical growth strategy that connects decisions about energy, materials and people with lower operating costs

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The Side Hustle Trap: Balancing Growth, Profitability and Sustainability

Friday, 11 September 2026

by Ashley Esther Binti Holek A business only turns growth into lasting success when scalability and profitability grow together, not when one is sacrificed for

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Sustainability Delivers Value When It Becomes a Business Decision

Friday, 4 September 2026

by Tanya Singh, Postgraduate Student, Faculty of Business, Design and Arts Sustainability drives the most business value when companies embed sustainable business decisions into everyday

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Why Getting It Right the First Time Could Be an SME’s Simplest Sustainability Strategy

Friday, 28 August 2026

by Lisa Ngui Lee Hua “Right First Time” order accuracy is one of the simplest, most overlooked sustainability strategies Small and Medium-sized Enterprises can adopt,

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Innovation, Technology and Marketing: Practical Insights for MSMEs in the Digital Era

Friday, 21 August 2026

by Dr Cynthia Phang Su Chen AI marketing for MSMEs means combining AI-generated advertising, AI-driven search and carbon tracking with human judgement to build trust

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