The effect of business incubator components towards the performance of entrepreneurs in early start-up companies in Malaysia: The moderating effect of risk-taking propensity

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of business incubator components in influencing the performance of entrepreneurs in early start-up companies in Malaysia with the moderating role of risk-taking propensity. After graduating from business incubator, early start-up must survive the ch...

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Main Author:	Mohd Noor Hidayat Jimainal
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2022
Subjects:	HD28-70 Management Industrial management
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spelling	my-ums-ep.407312024-10-10T03:59:22Z The effect of business incubator components towards the performance of entrepreneurs in early start-up companies in Malaysia: The moderating effect of risk-taking propensity 2022 Mohd Noor Hidayat Jimainal HD28-70 Management. Industrial management The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of business incubator components in influencing the performance of entrepreneurs in early start-up companies in Malaysia with the moderating role of risk-taking propensity. After graduating from business incubator, early start-up must survive the challenges in the first few years. The timeline to investigate the performance of early start-up is three years after graduating from business incubator. However, it was found that among early startups, there are those who cannot perform well and fell out of business. This is due to some components of business incubator are inadequate in promoting early start-ups performance. As a result, question arise on whether business incubator components fulfilled its mission in promoting early start-ups performance. Moreover, many components were highlighted by previous researchers, and it has inevitable need to seek the most relevant business incubator components that shall be applied for early start-up. Due to these circumstances, graduated entrepreneurs from business incubator in Malaysia becomes the respondents for this study. Hence, to better understand the situation, it is important to determine the effect of business incubator components towards the performance of entrepreneurs in early start-up companies in Malaysia. In this study, the independent variables represent the components of business incubator which are selection process, infrastructure, business support, mediation, and graduation policy while the performance of entrepreneurs in early start-up companies in Malaysia as the dependent variable. Meanwhile, the moderator of this study is the risk-taking propensity. This study adapted the Resource-based View (RBV) as the underpinning theory to investigate and understand business incubator components that influence the performance of entrepreneurs in early startup companies in Malaysia. Samples for this study were collected from the states of Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Johor, Sabah, and Sarawak due to most of public business incubator concentrated on these states. A total of 221 valid questionnaires were used for the analysis carried out in this study. Data were analysed using the Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) technique using Partial Least Squares (PLS). The results of this study contribute to the body of knowledge namely business incubator literature whereby the analysed data revealed that business incubator components namely business support and graduation policy positively influence the performance of entrepreneurs in early start-up companies in Malaysia. Meanwhile, risk-taking propensity acting as a moderating variable which strengthens the relationship between infrastructure and mediation towards the performance of entrepreneurs in early start-up companies in Malaysia. The results obtained can similarly be used by other scholars as guidelines in their future research for the same field of study. Moreover, the study’s outputs may serve as guidelines for the Malaysian policymaker and government agencies, and business incubators to have a better picture on the entrepreneurs in business incubator. 2022 Thesis https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/40731/ https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/40731/1/24%20PAGES.pdf text en public https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/40731/2/FULLTEXT.pdf text en validuser dphil doctoral Universiti Malaysia Sabah Faculty Of Business, Economics And Accountancy
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description	The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of business incubator components in influencing the performance of entrepreneurs in early start-up companies in Malaysia with the moderating role of risk-taking propensity. After graduating from business incubator, early start-up must survive the challenges in the first few years. The timeline to investigate the performance of early start-up is three years after graduating from business incubator. However, it was found that among early startups, there are those who cannot perform well and fell out of business. This is due to some components of business incubator are inadequate in promoting early start-ups performance. As a result, question arise on whether business incubator components fulfilled its mission in promoting early start-ups performance. Moreover, many components were highlighted by previous researchers, and it has inevitable need to seek the most relevant business incubator components that shall be applied for early start-up. Due to these circumstances, graduated entrepreneurs from business incubator in Malaysia becomes the respondents for this study. Hence, to better understand the situation, it is important to determine the effect of business incubator components towards the performance of entrepreneurs in early start-up companies in Malaysia. In this study, the independent variables represent the components of business incubator which are selection process, infrastructure, business support, mediation, and graduation policy while the performance of entrepreneurs in early start-up companies in Malaysia as the dependent variable. Meanwhile, the moderator of this study is the risk-taking propensity. This study adapted the Resource-based View (RBV) as the underpinning theory to investigate and understand business incubator components that influence the performance of entrepreneurs in early startup companies in Malaysia. Samples for this study were collected from the states of Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Johor, Sabah, and Sarawak due to most of public business incubator concentrated on these states. A total of 221 valid questionnaires were used for the analysis carried out in this study. Data were analysed using the Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) technique using Partial Least Squares (PLS). The results of this study contribute to the body of knowledge namely business incubator literature whereby the analysed data revealed that business incubator components namely business support and graduation policy positively influence the performance of entrepreneurs in early start-up companies in Malaysia. Meanwhile, risk-taking propensity acting as a moderating variable which strengthens the relationship between infrastructure and mediation towards the performance of entrepreneurs in early start-up companies in Malaysia. The results obtained can similarly be used by other scholars as guidelines in their future research for the same field of study. Moreover, the study’s outputs may serve as guidelines for the Malaysian policymaker and government agencies, and business incubators to have a better picture on the entrepreneurs in business incubator.
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title	The effect of business incubator components towards the performance of entrepreneurs in early start-up companies in Malaysia: The moderating effect of risk-taking propensity
title_short	The effect of business incubator components towards the performance of entrepreneurs in early start-up companies in Malaysia: The moderating effect of risk-taking propensity
title_full	The effect of business incubator components towards the performance of entrepreneurs in early start-up companies in Malaysia: The moderating effect of risk-taking propensity
title_fullStr	The effect of business incubator components towards the performance of entrepreneurs in early start-up companies in Malaysia: The moderating effect of risk-taking propensity
title_full_unstemmed	The effect of business incubator components towards the performance of entrepreneurs in early start-up companies in Malaysia: The moderating effect of risk-taking propensity
title_sort	effect of business incubator components towards the performance of entrepreneurs in early start-up companies in malaysia: the moderating effect of risk-taking propensity
granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Sabah
granting_department	Faculty Of Business, Economics And Accountancy
publishDate	2022
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The effect of business incubator components towards the performance of entrepreneurs in early start-up companies in Malaysia: The moderating effect of risk-taking propensity

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