Entrepreneurial Orientation among Bumiputera Small and Medium Agro-Based Enterprises (BSMAEs) in West Malaysia: Policy Implication in Malaysia

Resurgence in agricultural-based sectors in Malaysia recently has prompted this study to explore the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) patterns as an indicator to explain Malaysian agro-based enterprises. The study is based on 615 observations of Bumiputera small and medium agro-based enterprises (BSMAEs) in three regional growth corridors (RGCs) throughout the Peninsular. Item analysis were done for all items in all regions and based on regions to describe their central tendency shown in mean and standard deviation value. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was run to segregate EO items into specific factor based on regions under study. Subsequently, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and discriminant analysis were run to indicate significant difference in some EO dimensions explaining the RGCs under study. EO dimensions of proactiveness and autonomy orientations were found significantly explained the RGCs. The findings suggest remodification of present policy formulation for small an medium enterprises development at regional level.