Entrepreneurial competencies and microenterprises sustainability

• Main Authors: Al Mamun, Abdullah, Fazal, Syed Ali, Ahmad, Ghazali, Al-Shami, Sayed Samer Ali
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications Ltd 2022
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/26784/2/2.PDF; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/26784/; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0972262920983997

In this article, we report a study undertaken to measure the effects of selected competency dimensions on the microenterprise sustainability in Malaysia under the premise of the resource-based view (RBV). We adopted a cross sectional approach. Quantitative data were collected from 300 micro-entrepreneurs in Malaysia who were selected using a random sampling technique. Commitment, conceptual, opportunity recognizing, organizing and relationship competencies had significant positive impacts on microenterprise sustainability. The empirical evidence forwarded in this article extends the current micro-entrepreneurship literature in Malaysia and recommends that relevant policy measures need to be enforced for improving microenterprise sustainability based on key entrepreneurial competencies.