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19 current Malaysian jobs including:
Research Director, Malaysia, c.$US 30,000 - (posted Feb 7 2012)
Client Development Executive / Manager, Malaysia, Up to $US 1,700 monthly, paid in local currency equivalent - (posted Jan 20 2012)
Junior Research Director, Qual, Kuala Lumpur, MYR 6000 - 9000 per month, Flexible / part time role! - (posted Jan 13 2012)
Senior Research Executive, Panel Studies, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, $ Flexible - (posted Jan 12 2012)
» All jobs in Malaysia
Latest research news for Malaysia:
Three New Asian Offices for Mintel
Market intelligence company Mintel has today announced the opening of three offices in the Asia Pacific region. Already open for business, the three are located in Mumbai, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. - (Jan 16 2012)
 Media Monitors Buy Continues Asian Expansion
Hot on the heels of its acquisition of China Clipping on Tuesday, Media Monitors Group has acquired South East Asia-based media intelligence and quant analysis company MediaBanc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. - (Dec 15 2011)
» All recent news for Malaysia
Country Profile
Malaysia is a federation that consists of thirteen states and three federal territories in Southeast Asia, separated into two regions – Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo – by the South China Sea. The country shares borders with Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei and the Philippines.
Malaysia as a unified state did not exist until 1963. Previously, a set of colonies were established by the United Kingdom from the late 18th century, and the western half of modern Malaysia was composed of several separate kingdoms. British Malaya was dissolved in 1946 and after experiments with two other structures the country gained independence on 31 August 1957. Rapid growth during the 1980s and 1990s, averaging 8% from 1991 to 1997, has transformed Malaysia into a newly industrialised country. International trade plays a large role in its economy. Malaysia has a biodiverse range of flora and fauna, and is also considered one of the 18 biologically megadiverse countries.
Further information:
Lonely Planet Guide
BBC Country Profile
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Some business and general information |
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GDP (PPP): $381.1 billion (2009 est.), ($14,800 per capita) |
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Religions: Muslim 60.4%, Buddhist 19.2%, Christian 9.1%, Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 2.6%, other or unknown 1.5%, none 0.8% (2000 census)
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Currency: Ringgit (MYR) (1 MYR = 0.2 EUR) |
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Telephone code:+60
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All this and a lot more detail at the CIA's World Factbook |
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Towering above the rest... - Kuala Lumpur is home to the Petronas Twin Towers, the tallest twin buildings in the world. They were previously the world's tallest buildings, until Taipei 101 was completed.
Research Industry
MR Association: Marketing Research Society of Malaysia.
Chamber of Commerce: www.micci.com
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The Market Research Industry in Malaysia - Overview (from Esomar's Global Market Research Report, 2009) |
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Malaysia's MR industry had a turnover of $USD 73m ($USD 2.66 per capita) in 2008, meaning it is ranked 40th in the world by countries ranked by market size.
Ad spend in the same year was $1,589m ($USD 58.21 per capita): MR as a percentage of ad spend therefore stands at 4.6%.
Source: ESOMAR
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Trade and Industry in Malaysia - Overview |
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Singapore (14.94%), US (12.4%), China (10.19%), Japan (9.13%), Thailand (4.93%), Hong Kong (4.75%) are the main export partners (2009), and the main exports are electronic equipment, petroleum and liquefied natural gas, wood and wood products, palm oil, rubber, textiles, chemicals (total export est. at US$157.6 bn in 2009). Imports are Electronics, machinery, petroleum products, plastics, vehicles, iron and steel products, chemicals (2009: US$119.3 bn), the main import partners being Singapore (20.16%), China (12.31%), Japan (11.02%), US (9.41%), Thailand (6.15%) and South Korea (4.21%).
Key industries in Malaysia include rubber and oil palm processing and manufacturing, light manufacturing, electronics, tin mining and smelting, logging, timber processing (in Peninsular Malaysia) and logging, petroleum production; Sarawak - agriculture processing, petroleum production and refining, logging (in Sarawak).
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Views from Malaysia
- from researchers based in the country.
Malaysia has seen fantastic times this decade. The GDP of Malaysia has seen unprecedented growth which has increased the buying power of the average Malaysian and hence we have an exponential increase in marketing activities and market research.
Julius Augustine, Associate Director, Acorn Marketing and Research Consultants Bhd, Malaysia
For a comparatively small market of around 28 million, Malaysia keeps us researchers busy, due to its great cultural and linguistic diversity. There are four broad race / language segments that can display distinctly different behaviour and attitudes and each of these needs to be factored into sample design before other standard considerations such as age, gender or brand usage. It is particularly hard to design qualitative studies that cover the full range of the target population without running up big samples and big budgets.
Ben Webb, Managing Director of Kadence International Malaysia
For many years, the very well known tag line for Malaysia targeting incoming tourists has been: "Malaysia, truly Asia". This captures the essence of Malaysia very well and would be just as appropriate to position Malaysia as a key strategic market for the overall market research industry.
Steve Murphy, Managing Director, Ipsos Malaysia
Read more from these researchers on MR in Malaysia.
If you are a researcher in Malaysia, in whatever capacity, then we would love to hear from you!
email me: laurence@mrweb.com
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