Cross-border entrepreneurship: a preliminary study on informal entrepreneurs in Sebatik Island

Cross-border entrepreneurship contributes a positive spill-over effect to socio-economic growth in border regions through employment opportunities, wealth creation, better infrastructure, thus improving the standard of living in the border communities. Nevertheless, economic activities in a small bo...

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Main Authors: Noor Fzlinda Fabeil, Kamarul Mizal Marzuki, Arif @ Kamisan Pusiran
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spelling my.ums.eprints.275492021-06-30T13:00:13Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27549/ Cross-border entrepreneurship: a preliminary study on informal entrepreneurs in Sebatik Island Noor Fzlinda Fabeil Kamarul Mizal Marzuki Arif @ Kamisan Pusiran HB Economic theory. Demography HC Economic history and conditions Cross-border entrepreneurship contributes a positive spill-over effect to socio-economic growth in border regions through employment opportunities, wealth creation, better infrastructure, thus improving the standard of living in the border communities. Nevertheless, economic activities in a small border rural area tends to be less formal, which have been contended by many researchers due to several diplomatic issues, such as unclear demarcation of international borders and unequal pace of democratic development between neighbouring countries. Therefore, the study aims to explore the entrepreneurial activities in Sebatik Island, through preliminary site visits and informal conversations with local communities in two of the island’s borderline villages, i.e. Kampung Sungai Melayu and Kampung Aji Kuning by employing Rapid Ethnographic (RE) approach. The site visits provide interesting remarks about the prospects for crossborder entrepreneurship on the island. The study presents the current state of entrepreneurial activities in Sebatik Island and several emerging issues in relation to economic potential, such as the rise of informal business activities, business infrastructure, and government initiatives to support cross-border entrepreneurship on the island. This study provides valuable insights to relevant agencies responsible for rural entrepreneurial development, thus suitable measures or programs can be implemented in promoting formal cross-border entrepreneurship on the island. European Publisher 2020 Proceedings PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27549/1/Cross-border%20entrepreneurship.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27549/2/Cross-border%20entrepreneurship1.pdf Noor Fzlinda Fabeil and Kamarul Mizal Marzuki and Arif @ Kamisan Pusiran (2020) Cross-border entrepreneurship: a preliminary study on informal entrepreneurs in Sebatik Island. https://www.europeanproceedings.com/files/data/article/1023/11137/article_1023_11137_pdf_100.pdf
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topic HB Economic theory. Demography
HC Economic history and conditions
spellingShingle HB Economic theory. Demography
HC Economic history and conditions
Noor Fzlinda Fabeil
Kamarul Mizal Marzuki
Arif @ Kamisan Pusiran
Cross-border entrepreneurship: a preliminary study on informal entrepreneurs in Sebatik Island
description Cross-border entrepreneurship contributes a positive spill-over effect to socio-economic growth in border regions through employment opportunities, wealth creation, better infrastructure, thus improving the standard of living in the border communities. Nevertheless, economic activities in a small border rural area tends to be less formal, which have been contended by many researchers due to several diplomatic issues, such as unclear demarcation of international borders and unequal pace of democratic development between neighbouring countries. Therefore, the study aims to explore the entrepreneurial activities in Sebatik Island, through preliminary site visits and informal conversations with local communities in two of the island’s borderline villages, i.e. Kampung Sungai Melayu and Kampung Aji Kuning by employing Rapid Ethnographic (RE) approach. The site visits provide interesting remarks about the prospects for crossborder entrepreneurship on the island. The study presents the current state of entrepreneurial activities in Sebatik Island and several emerging issues in relation to economic potential, such as the rise of informal business activities, business infrastructure, and government initiatives to support cross-border entrepreneurship on the island. This study provides valuable insights to relevant agencies responsible for rural entrepreneurial development, thus suitable measures or programs can be implemented in promoting formal cross-border entrepreneurship on the island.
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author Noor Fzlinda Fabeil
Kamarul Mizal Marzuki
Arif @ Kamisan Pusiran
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Kamarul Mizal Marzuki
Arif @ Kamisan Pusiran
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title Cross-border entrepreneurship: a preliminary study on informal entrepreneurs in Sebatik Island
title_short Cross-border entrepreneurship: a preliminary study on informal entrepreneurs in Sebatik Island
title_full Cross-border entrepreneurship: a preliminary study on informal entrepreneurs in Sebatik Island
title_fullStr Cross-border entrepreneurship: a preliminary study on informal entrepreneurs in Sebatik Island
title_full_unstemmed Cross-border entrepreneurship: a preliminary study on informal entrepreneurs in Sebatik Island
title_sort cross-border entrepreneurship: a preliminary study on informal entrepreneurs in sebatik island
publisher European Publisher
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url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27549/1/Cross-border%20entrepreneurship.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27549/2/Cross-border%20entrepreneurship1.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27549/
https://www.europeanproceedings.com/files/data/article/1023/11137/article_1023_11137_pdf_100.pdf
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