Challenges and successful factors of SME Bumi Women Entrepreneurs in Melaka / Norbaiti Tukiman and Rafidah Abd. Karim

The purpose of this research is to identify problems, internal and external challenges and also factors that influence the success of Small Medium Enterprise (SME) Bumi Women Entrepreneurs in Melaka. Besides, the research is also to identify and measure the relationship between business performance...

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Main Authors: Tukiman, Norbaiti, Abd. Karim, Rafidah
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Published: Division of Research, Industrial Linkages and Alumni, UiTM Cawangan Melaka 2011
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description The purpose of this research is to identify problems, internal and external challenges and also factors that influence the success of Small Medium Enterprise (SME) Bumi Women Entrepreneurs in Melaka. Besides, the research is also to identify and measure the relationship between business performance and successful factors of women entrepreneurs. Questionnaires and interviews were used as the research instruments in collecting the data and distributed to 110 SME Bumi Women Entrepreneurs in three districts in Melaka which are Alor Gajah, Melaka Tengah and Jasin. SME sector has been divided into five sectors which are manufacturing, servicing, retailing, general business and agriculture or livestock. The methodology used in this research is a combination of quantitative and qualitative method. The data was analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) 16.0 presented in the form of frequency tables, charts and mean scores. To identify the relationship between business performance and successful factors, the test of Pearson correlation has been used. The findings of this research showed that the main problems faced by SME Bumi Women Entrepreneurs were the competitiveness, lack of capital sources and the problem of using IT in business. The main internal challenge faced by women entrepreneurs is high level of confidence while the main external challenge faced by women entrepreneurs is close relatives’ barrier. The main factor that influences successful women entrepreneurs is high self-interest. The research also showed that the relationship between business performance and successful factors was weak and therefore business performance was not influenced or fully dependent on the successful factors defined.
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spelling my.uitm.ir-773232023-05-26T00:28:12Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/77323/ Challenges and successful factors of SME Bumi Women Entrepreneurs in Melaka / Norbaiti Tukiman and Rafidah Abd. Karim Tukiman, Norbaiti Abd. Karim, Rafidah Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty Leadership in women. Women executives The purpose of this research is to identify problems, internal and external challenges and also factors that influence the success of Small Medium Enterprise (SME) Bumi Women Entrepreneurs in Melaka. Besides, the research is also to identify and measure the relationship between business performance and successful factors of women entrepreneurs. Questionnaires and interviews were used as the research instruments in collecting the data and distributed to 110 SME Bumi Women Entrepreneurs in three districts in Melaka which are Alor Gajah, Melaka Tengah and Jasin. SME sector has been divided into five sectors which are manufacturing, servicing, retailing, general business and agriculture or livestock. The methodology used in this research is a combination of quantitative and qualitative method. The data was analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) 16.0 presented in the form of frequency tables, charts and mean scores. To identify the relationship between business performance and successful factors, the test of Pearson correlation has been used. The findings of this research showed that the main problems faced by SME Bumi Women Entrepreneurs were the competitiveness, lack of capital sources and the problem of using IT in business. The main internal challenge faced by women entrepreneurs is high level of confidence while the main external challenge faced by women entrepreneurs is close relatives’ barrier. The main factor that influences successful women entrepreneurs is high self-interest. The research also showed that the relationship between business performance and successful factors was weak and therefore business performance was not influenced or fully dependent on the successful factors defined. Division of Research, Industrial Linkages and Alumni, UiTM Cawangan Melaka 2011 Book Section NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/77323/1/77323.pdf Challenges and successful factors of SME Bumi Women Entrepreneurs in Melaka / Norbaiti Tukiman and Rafidah Abd. Karim. (2011) In: Across Borders. Division of Research, Industrial Linkages and Alumni, UiTM Cawangan Melaka, Alor Gajah, Melaka. ISBN 9789671135419
spellingShingle Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty
Leadership in women. Women executives
Tukiman, Norbaiti
Abd. Karim, Rafidah
Challenges and successful factors of SME Bumi Women Entrepreneurs in Melaka / Norbaiti Tukiman and Rafidah Abd. Karim
title Challenges and successful factors of SME Bumi Women Entrepreneurs in Melaka / Norbaiti Tukiman and Rafidah Abd. Karim
title_full Challenges and successful factors of SME Bumi Women Entrepreneurs in Melaka / Norbaiti Tukiman and Rafidah Abd. Karim
title_fullStr Challenges and successful factors of SME Bumi Women Entrepreneurs in Melaka / Norbaiti Tukiman and Rafidah Abd. Karim
title_full_unstemmed Challenges and successful factors of SME Bumi Women Entrepreneurs in Melaka / Norbaiti Tukiman and Rafidah Abd. Karim
title_short Challenges and successful factors of SME Bumi Women Entrepreneurs in Melaka / Norbaiti Tukiman and Rafidah Abd. Karim
title_sort challenges and successful factors of sme bumi women entrepreneurs in melaka / norbaiti tukiman and rafidah abd. karim
topic Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty
Leadership in women. Women executives
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/77323/1/77323.pdf
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