Purpose

This study aims to provide a foundation for the performance-focused micro-entrepreneurship development program; hence, this study is designed to investigate the effect of selected entrepreneurial competencies on micro-enterprise income and assets in Malaysia.

Design/methodology/approach

This study adopts the cross-sectional design, and the quantitative data was collected from 300 randomly selected micro-entrepreneurs from the list of participants of several micro-enterprise development programs offered in Peninsular Malaysia.

Findings

Findings revealed that micro-entrepreneur’s commitment competency and opportunity recognition competency have a significant positive effect on micro-enterprise income, whereas only opportunity recognition competency has a significant positive effect on the net worth of micro-enterprise assets.

Originality/value

This study examined the effect of key elements of entrepreneurial competencies on micro-enterprise income and asset, which provides the foundation for a performance-focused micro-entrepreneurship development program designed to enhance the performance of micro-enterprises in Malaysia.

中文翻译：

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创业能力对马来西亚微型企业收入和资产的影响

目的

这项研究旨在为注重绩效的微型创业发展计划提供基础。因此，本研究旨在调查选定的企业家能力对马来西亚微型企业收入和资产的影响。

设计/方法/方法

本研究采用横断面设计，从马来西亚半岛提供的几个微型企业发展计划的参与者名单中，从300个随机选择的微型企业家中收集了定量数据。

发现

研究结果表明，微型企业家的承诺能力和机会识别能力对微型企业的收入具有显着的积极影响，而只有机会识别能力对微型企业资产的净值具有显着的积极影响。

创意/价值

这项研究考察了企业家能力的关键要素对微型企业收入和资产的影响，这为以绩效为导向的微型企业家发展计划提供了基础，该计划旨在提高马来西亚微型企业的绩效。