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The Perception of Micro-Entrepreneurs towards the Adoption of an Islamic Equity-Based Financing: Evidence from Malaysia

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  • Siti Hajar Binti Mohd Abd Khar
  • Muhammad Pisol bin Mohd Mat Isa
  • Maran Marimuthu
  • Amin Jan

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This paper aims to explore the perception of micro-entrepreneurs towards the adoption of equity-based financing models in Malaysia. The investigation has covered the following characteristics of equity-based financing such as fairness, partnership, risk sharing, business size, and MFI. The current micro-financial products in Malaysia are focusing more on debt-based financing, which is holistically increasing the financial risk level of entrepreneurs in the case of defaults. There is a dire need to identify the relevancy and viability of equity-based financing in Malaysia, it will ultimately reduce the financial risks of entrepreneurs in case of default. The Islamic financial concept offers a solution to this problem, Musharakah and Mudarabah are among the other Islamic products that offer equity-based micro-financing to entrepreneurs. However, its practical implementation is still vague. In relation to this, the study adopts a cross-sectional study with a sample size of 700 micro-entrepreneurs from the state of Selangor Malaysia. The results of this study found that micro-entrepreneurs tend to register a positive perception of the characteristics of equity-based financing and risk-sharing score as the highest factor towards the adoption of the proposed equity-based PLS model in Malaysia.

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  • Siti Hajar Binti Mohd Abd Khar & Muhammad Pisol bin Mohd Mat Isa & Maran Marimuthu & Amin Jan, 2019. "The Perception of Micro-Entrepreneurs towards the Adoption of an Islamic Equity-Based Financing: Evidence from Malaysia," Business Management and Strategy, Macrothink Institute, vol. 10(2), pages 97-107, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:mth:bmsmti:v:10:y:2019:i:2:p:97-107
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