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Entrepreneurial Competencies and Microenterprises Sustainability

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  • Syed Ali Fazal
  • Abdullah Al Mamun
  • Ghazali Bin Ahmad
  • Sayed Samer Ali Al-Shami

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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.

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  • Syed Ali Fazal & Abdullah Al Mamun & Ghazali Bin Ahmad & Sayed Samer Ali Al-Shami, 2022. "Entrepreneurial Competencies and Microenterprises Sustainability," Vision, , vol. 26(1), pages 39-47, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:vision:v:26:y:2022:i:1:p:39-47
    DOI: 10.1177/0972262920983997
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