What Drives Competitive Business Among Malay Entrepreneurs?: Stakeholders Views

This article aims to understand the views of experts (stakeholders) on the driving forces of competitive business among Malay entrepreneurs in Terengganu. As a state consisting of the most amount of Malay residents in Malaysia, in order to achieve this aim, information were collected from a group of six experts from top managements of agencies related to entrepreneurship that were matched by qualitative analysis. Research findings show positive results and strong connection between human capital development factors, marketing and financial access towards determinants of competitive business drivers for Malay entrepreneur in Terengganu. Understanding the determinants of competitive business drivers would give useful insight of government related agencies in strengthening strategies on entrepreneurship development program for Malay entrepreneurs in Malaysia.

KEYWORDS: Expert view, Competitiveness, Malay entrepreneur, State of terengganu.