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Rural Malay involvement in Malaysian herbal entrepreneurship


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Paul, Kamal Chandra and Hamazah, Azimi and Abu Samah, Bahaman and Ismail, Ismi Arif and Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva (2014) Rural Malay involvement in Malaysian herbal entrepreneurship. Asian Social Science, 10 (2). pp. 202-208. ISSN 1911-2017; ESSN: 1911-2025

Abstract

Rural entrepreneurship is recognized as a primary engine of economic growth. The government of Malaysia is trying to increase the number of successful rural Malay herbal entrepreneurs nationwide. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the involvement among rural Malay youth in herbal entrepreneurship in Malaysia. A qualitative approach using case study in-depth interview was used to gather data from ten rural herbal entrepreneurs. This study showed that in general Malay entrepreneurs are increasing gradually but technical based entrepreneurship is very low. It is suggested that the authorities of rural herbal development planners, government-link companies and other authorized agents need to focus on issues related to human capital, technical knowledge know-how and financial resources to increase the involvement of rural Malay youth herbal entrepreneurs.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Institute for Social Science Studies
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.5539/ass.v10n2p202
Publisher: Canadian Center of Science and Education
Keywords: Rural entrepreneurship; Small medium enterprise; Qualitative methodology; Case study; Herbal industry
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 18 Feb 2016 00:47
Last Modified: 31 Mar 2016 03:22
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35965
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