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Kelantan and Terengganu have the highest number of hardcore poors in Malaysia. Over the years entrepreneurship is one of the means that has been propagated by the government to address this inherent problem. While women hitherto involve in usual business activities, recently more and more women in the said states dare to jump into a new domain of businesses which usually monopolized by men - recycling. This phenomenon warrants empirical research to unearth pertinent questions of the inroad of female entrepreneurs in a new territory of business which overwhelmingly dominated by male entrepreneurs. Yet at present not many researchers and relevant government agencies look into recycling as an alternative business but for men entrepreneurs, not women. This paper is a part of a larger study that investigated entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in recycling business in the both states. Results of the study found that women entrepreneurs in this business are matured, married, and received full support from their families – husband and children. In terms of education majority of them only study until secondary school. Highlighting women entrepreneurs' profiles is deemed important because interested parties including future ntrepreneurs, researchers as well as relevant government agencies gain some understanding of characteristics of women entrepreneurs have made a dent in the socalled male dominant business.

PurposeThis research attempts to assess the role of green intellectual capital components with respect to the sustainability business performance of manufacturing SMEs in Malaysia.Design/methodology/approachEmpirical data for this study were gathered through structured questionnaire forms, from entrepreneurs, managers, and decision-makers of manufacturing, small and medium enterprises. A sample of 500 individuals from 170 manufacturing SMEs from Malaysia was participated. Partial Least Squares (PLS) Structural Equation Modelling technique was used to examine the impact of green intellectual capital on the sustainability business performance of SMEs.FindingsResults expressed that green intellectual capital has a positive significant impact on the sustainability business performance of manufacturing SMEs in Malaysia. Results also posited that the three components such as green customer capital, green technological capital, and green spiritual capital were supported while green human capital, green structural capital, and green social capital were not supported.Practical implicationsThe present study inspects how entrepreneurs, managers, and policymakers should practice the concept of green and sustainability to attain maximum benefits from green intellectual capital to increase the sustainability business performance of their organizations.Originality/valueThis pioneering research produces a comprehensive theoretical model of green intellectual capital, supporting the current literature where similar works have been yet. This theoretical model will guide entrepreneurs and managers of SMEs to measure green intellectual capital in SMEs. Despite the significant contribution, this study offers insights to researchers, academicians and practitioners to mitigate environmental destruction and to achieve the sustainable business performance of SMEs in Malaysia and developing countries.

Over the past three decades, studies on entrepreneurship reveal its main components, particularly for new venture creation processes and have been widely discussed by the researchers. An entrepreneur is the main actor in entrepreneurship who is responsible for a new ventures creation. Most of the previous researchers had studied aspects of entrepreneurial cognitive and motivation have approached the process of new ventures creation in general, but overlooked on the e-commerce ventures. The past studies paid the least focus on entrepreneurial competencies which lead to e-commerce new venture creations. In order to fill the lacunae, this study aims to identify the role of cognitive, motivation and competencies that contribute to the creation of new e-commerce ventures in Malaysia. The case study approach was used by interviewing a total of 12 e-commerce entrepreneurs from May 2013 until December 2014. The findings revealed that personal background, work and business skills are among the important factors in the creation of new e-commerce ventures in Malaysia. As entrepreneurs are motivated internally and externally, findings from this study identified 2 types of entrepreneurial motivation which are related to internal motivation; (i) need for achievement and (ii) interest. On the other hand, external motivation as a result of interactions with conducive environment such as customers, family members and industries have increased entrepreneur's motivation that gives impact to business success. Research findings also have found that entrepreneurial competencies in both computer and communication skills are largely contribute to the creation of new e-commerce ventures. Hence, the government plays an important role in entrepreneurial activities through the encouragement of entrepreneurs' cognitive ability, motivation, and improve their entrepreneurial competencies. It is certainly that entrepreneurship is among the vital business market that boosts the economic development of the country through the emergence of new ventures in the future. Research paper Keywords: Entrepreneurship; New Venture Creation; Psychology; Competencies; E-Commerce Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Fadzil, A. F. M., Hashim, U. J., Yaacob, M. R., Sallehudin, H., Muhayiddin, M. N., Mukhtar, D., Salleh, F., & Mohamad Ibrahim, R. (2019). Entrepreneurial Psychology and Competencies: Some Perspectives from E-Commerce Entrepreneurs in Malaysia, Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics, 7(2),31–79