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Diagnosing Business Incubation for Social Purpose: A Viable System Model Approach

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dc.contributor.authorAdham, KAen_US
dc.contributor.authorMuhamad, NSen_US
dc.contributor.authorSaid, MFen_US
dc.contributor.authorSarhadat, SAen_US
dc.contributor.authorIsmail, HAen_US
dc.contributor.authorNasir, MFAMen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-29T02:50:52Z
dc.date.available2024-05-29T02:50:52Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionSystemic Practice and Action Research Volume 32, Issue 2, 15 April 2019, Pages 219-238en_US
dc.description.abstractBusiness incubation is one of the means that promotes the overall business and economic growth of a particular location. However, to date, the role of business incubation as a social innovation, which has the aim to achieve concurrent development of firms, the economy and the society, is not yet understood. Using the systemic approach, specifically the viable system model (VSM) as the framework, the objective of this study is to diagnose the operation of an incubation programme that focuses on supporting business development for social purpose. This study utilized the qualitative methodology and selected an incubator, known as Kompleks Industri Makanan MARA (KIMAR), as the system-in-focus. KIMAR is a halal food industry complex established and operated by Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA); the latter a Malaysian government agency that aims to promote the socio-economic empowerment of the indigenous people of Malaysia including the Malays. Data for the diagnosis was collected through interviews with the executives responsible for the incubator operation, as well as the managers or entrepreneurs of the businesses located within it. Our analysis found cohesions among the functions of the incubator and their functionality to manage certain varieties in the environment, although more requisite varieties are needed to manage the high complexity of global halal business development. In managing these varieties, the incubation process receives financial sponsorship and other support from its social-based parent organization. The use of systems perspective highlights operational values of responsibility, long-term perspective as well as effective management of resources that drive the impact of a social incubator, thus enriches the concept of social innovation that typically focuses on the social impact of the outcome.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11213-018-9465-8
dc.identifier.epage238
dc.identifier.isbn1573-9295
dc.identifier.issn1094-429X
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.scopusWOS:000463658600005
dc.identifier.spage219
dc.identifier.urihttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11213-018-9465-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85051749669&doi=10.1007%2fs11213-018-9465-8&partnerID=40&md5=c6b2a73095fdcd841f00779ecbd4659c
dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/11122
dc.identifier.volume32
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSpringer New York LLCen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSystemic Practice And Action Researchen_US
dc.sourceWeb Of Science (ISI)
dc.subjectVSMen_US
dc.subjectSystemic approachen_US
dc.subjectBusiness incubationen_US
dc.subjectSocial innovationen_US
dc.subjectKIMARen_US
dc.subjectMARAen_US
dc.subjectHalalen_US
dc.subjectMalaysiaen_US
dc.titleDiagnosing Business Incubation for Social Purpose: A Viable System Model Approachen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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