Paper Title
Exporing the Success Factors of Small Business Women Entrepreneurs in Central Region of Sarawak
Abstract
The right personality, environment, financial support, business commitment and cultural influence are
said to be some of the factors in creating successful entrepreneurs. Therefore, the present study aimed to present
the factors or variables that led to the success of women entrepreneurs’ in the Central Region of Sarawak. This
study was conducted on entrepreneurs who received micro credit assistance from AIM (Amanah Ikhtiar
Malaysia). The questionnaire is used as a data collection method that involves a total of 111 women entrepreneurs
in the central region of Sarawak. Data collected were analysed using SPSS version 2.0.The analysis revealed
that the above factors (the environment, financial support, business commitment and culture) are some of the
main factors or variables that influence business success of women entrepreneur in that region. In this regard, it
is hoped that the findings of this study can help the parties concerned in the design and implementation of the
agenda to stimulate the performance of entrepreneurs to a much higher level.
Index Terms- business commitment, culture, environment, micro finance, success factors