Promoting social entrepreneurship for sustainable of economic development: a study of social enterprises in Malaysia
The principal contribution of this research would potentially provide viable ideas on how competitive firms may consider the best or most appropriate solution(s) to enhance their company performance and support the growth of sustainability economic development in Malaysia as a result in maximising...
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| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/78018/1/Page%201-24.pdf http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/78018/2/Full%20text.pdf http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/78018/4/Mohd%20Rizam.pdf |
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| Summary: | The principal contribution of this research would potentially provide viable ideas on how competitive firms may consider the best or most appropriate solution(s) to enhance their company performance and support the growth of sustainability economic
development in Malaysia as a result in maximising the Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre (MaGIC) support programmes, rooted by one of the government initiatives. This research aims to examine how the strategy and policy influences social enterprise performance, or otherwise. It explores the financial and non-financial support such as awareness, legal recognition and supportive policy structure, quality talent, access to sizeable financial capital and bureaucracy of government agencies, provided by the said organisation. Arguments put forward on what constitutes a holistic social
entrepreneurship framework in Malaysia, particularly the precursors and the outcomes.
The proposed conceptual framework addresses an important consequence of social
entrepreneurship agenda by the year 2018. The agenda comprises social inclusion,
which is to increase the number to 1000 social enterprises social enterprises and for the
Malaysian social enterprise sector to be self-sustaining, equitable, and people-centric in
order to empower impact-driven entrepreneurs, which is in line with the aspiration of
the Malaysian New Economic Model (NEM). These derived from the Open Innovation
Theory of Chesbrough (2003). A qualitative case study, content analysis, comparative
analysis research serve as the main methodology for this research. Data collected from
thirteen respondents using a semi structured interview guide with open-ended questions
and probes about people‘s experiences, opinions, perceptions, feelings and knowledge.
As for the data analysis technique of this research, the researcher chooses to use
software Nvivo 10. The findings may benefit not only social enterprises, but also policy
maker and its agencies, private sectors and higher learning institutions for future
research. The study includes observations and suggests five possibilities for continuous
promotion initiatives in social entrepreneurship and future social entrepreneurship
development. |
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