TY - JOUR
T1 - Sustainable entrepreneurship practices in Malaysian manufacturing SMEs
T2 - The role of individual, organisational and institutional factors
AU - Ahmad, Noor Hazlina
AU - Rahman, Syed Abidur
AU - Afendi Rajendran, Noor Liyana Khairul
AU - Halim, Hasliza Abdul
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Universiti Sains Malaysia for funding this project under the Research University Grant Code No. 1001/PMGT/8016010.
Publisher Copyright:
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Copyright:
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PY - 2020/3/17
Y1 - 2020/3/17
N2 - Sustainability is an issue that has a profound effect on large companies and also among SMEs. The research framework for this study is built upon this triple bottom line agenda. The study integrates individual factors that consist of sustainable orientation, organisational factors that consist of intellectual capital (human, structural and relational capital) and institutional factors (government support and social norms) as the antecedents of sustainable entrepreneurship practices. Sustainable performance of SMEs is treated as the dependent variable in this research. A total of 203 responses were obtained and analyses were carried out using Smart-PLS software. The results show that five out of eight hypotheses were accepted. The result indicates that Malaysian SMEs entrepreneurs are clearly aware and understand the importance of sustainability concepts in their business performance. In addition, this study aims to provide insight and knowledge for designing policies and promote sustainable practices in Malaysian manufacturing SMEs.
AB - Sustainability is an issue that has a profound effect on large companies and also among SMEs. The research framework for this study is built upon this triple bottom line agenda. The study integrates individual factors that consist of sustainable orientation, organisational factors that consist of intellectual capital (human, structural and relational capital) and institutional factors (government support and social norms) as the antecedents of sustainable entrepreneurship practices. Sustainable performance of SMEs is treated as the dependent variable in this research. A total of 203 responses were obtained and analyses were carried out using Smart-PLS software. The results show that five out of eight hypotheses were accepted. The result indicates that Malaysian SMEs entrepreneurs are clearly aware and understand the importance of sustainability concepts in their business performance. In addition, this study aims to provide insight and knowledge for designing policies and promote sustainable practices in Malaysian manufacturing SMEs.
KW - Government support
KW - Human capital
KW - Intellectual capital
KW - Relational capital
KW - Structural capital
KW - Sustainable orientation
KW - Sustainable performance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85082514378&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1504/WREMSD.2020.105986
DO - 10.1504/WREMSD.2020.105986
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85082514378
VL - 16
SP - 153
EP - 171
JO - World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
JF - World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
SN - 1746-0573
IS - 2
ER -
