Involvement of rural Malay youth in Malaysian herbal entrepreneurship

Citation

Paul, Kamal Chandra and Hamzah, Azimi and Abu Samah, Bahaman and Ismail, Ismi Arif and Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva (2013) Involvement of rural Malay youth in Malaysian herbal entrepreneurship. In: International Conference on Youth 2013 (ICYOUTH 2013), 29-31 Oct. 2013, Mines Wellness Hotel, Sri Kembangan, Selangor. (pp. 1-7).

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.

Download File

Text
ICYOUTH2013-24.pdf
Restricted to Repository staff only
Download (43kB)

Additional Metadata

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Divisions:	Institute for Social Science Studies
Publisher:	Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Keywords:	Rural entrepreneurship; Small medium enterprise (SME); Qualitative research methodology; Case study; Herbal industry
Depositing User:	Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited:	03 Sep 2018 04:52
Last Modified:	03 Sep 2018 04:52
URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/65072
Statistic Details:	View Download Statistic

Actions (login required)

View Item