Entrepreneurs’ competencies and competitive advantages: A study on Malaysian microenterprises
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1-2022
Abstract
Considering the significance of relevant competencies towards business success and the dependency of socio-economical vulnerable micro-entrepreneurs on their enterprise income, this study examined the effect of entrepreneurs’ competencies (i.e., opportunity recognizing competency, strategic competency, organizing competency, relationship competency, conceptual competency and commitment competency) on the competitive advantage of microenterprises in Malaysia. This study adopted a cross-sectional research design and collected quantitative data from 300 randomly selected respondents from Peninsular Malaysia. The findings revealed significant positive effects of organizing and commitment competency on the competitive advantage with a significantly negative effect of relationship competency on the competitive advantage. Apart from enriching the current literature, this study offers significant policy implications for the government and socio-developmental organizations in Malaysia for improving the micro-entrepreneurship and uplifting large low-income groups from poverty. © 2019 International Management Institute, New Delhi.
Keywords
Entrepreneurial competency, Competitive advantage, microenterprise, Malaysia
Divisions
Faculty_of_Business_and_Accountancy
Funders
None
Publication Title
Global Business Review
Volume
23
Issue
1
Publisher
Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd