The Role of Government Funding in the Effort to Enhance Organisational Performance: A Conceptual Framework

Nadeem  Khalid; Noor Azizi Ismail; Syed Soffian Sued Ismail; Marlin Marissa Malek

The Role of Government Funding in the Effort to Enhance Organisational Performance

A Conceptual Framework

Authors

Nadeem Khalid Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia
Noor Azizi Ismail Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia
Syed Soffian Sued Ismail School of Accounting, Universiti Utara Malaysia
Marlin Marissa Malek Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia

Keywords:

public entrepreneurship factors, entrepreneurial orientation, entrepreneurial training on innovation, public higher education institutes, organisational performance

Abstract

The present article seeks to advance the theoretical knowledge of entrepreneurship by reviewing and synthesizing available research into a conceptual framework that explains the process of how higher education institutes can achieve sustainable performance by adopting entrepreneurial mind set. The framework identifies impact of public entrepreneurial factors, e entrepreneurial training on innovation and entrepreneurial orientation on organisational performance of Higher Education Institutions. This research also proposes the moderating effect of government funding to enhance the organisational performance in general and university performance in particular.

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The Role of Government Funding in the Effort to Enhance Organisational Performance