Malaysian SMEs Development: Future and Challenges on Going Green

Musa, Haslinda; Chinniah, Muruga

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.05.457

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“…Meanwhile, SMEs in Sabah and Sarawak only represents 12.9% of the total SMEs in Malaysia [28]. It was determined by [69] that most manufacturing companies in Malaysia are located on the West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. We also determined that the key respondents must be the business owners or managers who are actively managing the businesses.…”

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confidence: 99%

Entrepreneurial Leadership and Sustainable Performance of Manufacturing SMEs in Malaysia: The Contingent Role of Entrepreneurial Bricolage

2020

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The purpose of this research is to delve into the effect of entrepreneurial leadership (EL) on the economic, environmental, and social aspects of sustainable performance; the research also focuses on the contingency role of entrepreneurial bricolage (EB). The increasing concern focused on the triple bottom line (TBL) issues has triggered enthusiasm and inspiration in the field of sustainable entrepreneurship, especially amongst the small medium enterprise (SME) owners or leaders who are directly responsible for organizational sustainable performance. This research examines the relationships between EL and economically sustainable performance (ECSPF), environmentally sustainable performance (ENSPF), and social sustainable performance (SOSPF); these relationships are contingent upon EB through the lens of Upper Echelons Theory (UET) and Effectuation Theory (ET). A total of 146 responses from a cross-sectional survey from Malaysian manufacturing SMEs were investigated using Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The findings reveal that EL has significant effects on ENSPF and SOSPF, but has an insignificant effect on ECSPF. Meanwhile, EB does not play the contingent role in strengthening the relationships between EL and ECSPF, EL and ENSPF, and EL and SOSPF. This research highlights the importance of EL and shows that SME owners or leaders should embrace and develop their skills as a crucial step towards achieving sustainable performance for their companies. The implications and limitations of the research are discussed and recommendations for future research are also presented.

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Entrepreneurial Leadership and Sustainable Performance of Manufacturing SMEs in Malaysia: The Contingent Role of Entrepreneurial Bricolage

2020

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“…At that stage, Singapore had earned or exploited managerial and technological experiences being as partners or sub-contractors, and the service provider of MNCs and TNCs. Similarly, the local SMEs in Malaysia are now the suppliers of the MNCs led global value chain [66].…”

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“…Many studies cited the low productivity level of SMEs and a pivotal challenge for remaining competitive in the global market [32,39,66,90]. Thus, linking with the value chain of large-scale companies, particularly the MNCs, provide an opportunity to learn the productivity-enhancing technologies in addition to other gains [4,50].…”

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Sustainability of SMEs in the Competition: A Systemic Review on Technological Challenges and SME Performance

Prasanna

Jayasundara

Gamage

et al. 2019

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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In the era of economic globalization, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are recognized as an engine of sustainable economic development in both the developed and developing world. In literature, three competitive challenges-the sustainability challenge, the global challenge and the technological challenge-faced by industrial entities in the current globalized economy, are categorized. Of them, this paper undertakes a systemic review of the literature covering the theme of SMEs and technology in order to identify how technological progress in the SMEs, correlates with SMEs survival improvement in the global competition. The review identified six driving forces-social capital, link with Multi-National Corporations (MNCs) and Transnational Corporations (TNCs), innovation, sharing and networking, information technology, and adoption of productivity-enhancing technology-influencing technological upgrade in the SMEs. The review also identified two conditions for successful technological adaptation in the SME sector-availability of technologically skillful workforce in the economy, and identification of opportunities of new technologies in the competition. These conditions could be viewed in the macro environment and emphasize the need for the economies' readiness towards SMEs' success.

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“…In Malaysia, the government introduces energy policy to ensure the sustainability of energy, environment, economy and social. Besides, firms need to implement firm-oriented green innovation as well as customer-oriented green innovation in order to increase their performance [3][4][5]. Although many studies agree that performance of an organization is very much depending on its characteristics of innovation adopted [6][7][8], green technology application has been regarded as a strategic industry in the 21st century which will accelerate more of its success.…”

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Green technology awareness: A case of Malaysia

Rahim

Musa²

2018

Environ Soc Psychol

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Abstract:In the context of technology, the organization should be well fitted to implement green practice. Environmental practices have been well studied but only a few studies have presented the green innovation practices of corporate firms in Malaysia. This study focused on the awareness of green practices which were concerted upon organizational (Training Program), environment (Government Regulation & Policies) and individual context (Knowledge). A total of 108 questionnaires were returned out of 200. Reliability analyses were applied to test reliability of the instrument. Meanwhile, regression analysis was applied to determine the predicted factors for green practices towards the awareness of green practices. The results of the analysis indicated knowledge of employees as the most influencing factors to the awareness of green practices. For the practicality of this study, green technology is anticipated to be well implemented when these practices are understood.

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Malaysian SMEs Development: Future and Challenges on Going Green

Cited by 85 publications

References 8 publications

Entrepreneurial Leadership and Sustainable Performance of Manufacturing SMEs in Malaysia: The Contingent Role of Entrepreneurial Bricolage

Entrepreneurial Leadership and Sustainable Performance of Manufacturing SMEs in Malaysia: The Contingent Role of Entrepreneurial Bricolage

Sustainability of SMEs in the Competition: A Systemic Review on Technological Challenges and SME Performance

Green technology awareness: A case of Malaysia

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