Business opportunities and managerial skills in enhancing the involvement of entrepreneurship in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Mahajar, Abdul Jumaat, Mohd Yunus, Jasmani, Abd Razak, Ahmad Zainal Abidin
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: HD28 Management. Industrial Management
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/9987/1/I21.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/9987/; http://www.ifrnd.org/ConferenceDetail.aspx?ConferencelID=27

The objective of this study is to identify whether business opportunities and managerial skills are the two important factors in enhancing the involvement of entrepreneurs in small medium enterprise (SME) in Selangor.The researcher obtains 120 respondents who are involved in various businesses consisting of the manufacturing and service industries in the state of Selangor, Malaysia.The questionnaire were distributed to 200 entrepreneurs but only 120 questionnaires were returned.The researcher also conducted structural interview after respondents completed answering the questionnaire.The data were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA), frequencies, Pearson correlation and multiple regression.The instrument has a high reliability values.Findings indicated that the business opportunities and managerial skills are the two important factors in enhancing the involvement of entrepreneurs in small and medium sized enterprise.