Business failures and problems in Malaysia / Law Kuan Kheng and Wan Irham Ishak

Entrepreneurship has become a common issue to be discussed by many people today. Curran and Stanworth (1989) perceived entrepreneurship as a process of creating something new in the market while Low and MacMillan (1988) defined it as the set up a new business. To start a new business is not an easy...

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Main Authors: Law, Kuan Kheng, Ishak, Wan Irham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Business & Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Cawangan Kedah 2021
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/49862/1/49862.pdf
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/49862/
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara
Language: English
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Summary:Entrepreneurship has become a common issue to be discussed by many people today. Curran and Stanworth (1989) perceived entrepreneurship as a process of creating something new in the market while Low and MacMillan (1988) defined it as the set up a new business. To start a new business is not an easy task. As an entrepreneur, they need to face a lot of challenges. To be successful in the business, the entrepreneur needs to possess characteristic of risk- taking ability, need for achievement, locus of control, desire for autonomy, deviancy, creativity and opportunism (Kirby, 2004).