Network Factor Impactto Muslim SMEs Success: Religious Practice as Moderator

Abstract

This study set out to presents the results of an empirical study of the the relationship betweennetworking to Muslim SMEs success and Islamic practice as moderator. Recent studies have not been able to establishIslamic practices as a moderator especially for Muslim SMEs success. Therefore, a study was conducted on 122 successful Muslim SMEs (business over three years) under PUNB (Perbadanan Entrepreneur Nasional Berhad) using simple random sampling method and data were analyzed using PLS software (Partial Least Squares). The results show that network factor have a relationship on the Muslim SMEs success and Islamic religious practice factor moderate this relationship. This finding has a significant impact on Muslim SMEs as network factors and religious practice factors need to be taken into consideration by entrepreneurs and agencies involved with SMEs