Abstract
Technoprenuership is a combination of technology and entrepreneurship. High-technology context has been apply in this type of entrepreneur. The purpose of this study is to identify technopreneurial intention among Bumiputera university students in Malaysia. This study specifically examined the direct influence of contextual elements on technopreneurial intention through individual entrepreneurial orientation (IEO). Quantitative research method has been applied and 150 respondents has been take part in this study. Simple random sampling method has been employed to obtain data from the respondents and the data were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 25. The results indicated that contextual element positively and significantly related to technopreneurial intention. Moreover, the results also showed a significant partially mediating role of individual entrepreneurial orientation and technopreneurial intention. Thus, this study contributed a few vital factors in technology based entrepreneurship intention or known as technopreneurial intention as well promoting young entrepreneurship towards university students in Malaysia.
Highlights
Entrepreneur play an important role in economic development in developing countries by creating jobs, new technologies, increasing productivity as well increase of economic growth of the country
According to Global Entrepreneur Monitor (GEM) report in 2017, it recorded that Malaysian still low intentions to start up new business where only 3.82% compare to 4.70% in 2016 and low and declining early-stage of entrepreneurship rate
The findings found in this study support the previous study that individual entrepreneurial orientation is main factor of entrepreneurial intention (Luthje & Frank, 2003; Duijn, 2009; Awang et al, 2016)
Summary
Entrepreneur play an important role in economic development in developing countries by creating jobs, new technologies, increasing productivity as well increase of economic growth of the country. An entrepreneur whose business involves in advanced technology or intensive technology context are known as technopreneur This type entrepreneur plays a major role in the new era of industrial revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0). The number of Malaysian businesses which use and adopt digital technology in operation and services is still low. When this happen, a lot disadvantages for Malaysia government to be develop country in the world. A lot disadvantages for Malaysia government to be develop country in the world This was supported from the report of Earnest & Young, (2019) where the majority of SME in Malaysia are in early stages of digital maturity which is 62.7% versus Southeast Asia which is 54.9%. Adopting digitalisation in business operations in Malaysia still big challenging
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