§16§§Despite being the third largest economy in Southeast Asia, Malaysian entrepreneurial activity §16§repreneurial behaviours, this contributed volume presents the first opportunity to reflect on both the success stories and systemic problems related to effective entrepreneurial behaviour in a South East Asian context. §02§§ Paul Jones is Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Swansea University's School of Management, UK. §§ Louisa Huxtable-Thomas is Associate Professor and a founder of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership at Swansea University's School of Management. Combining theories and empirical knowledge from the business, social science, education and psychology disciplines, her work revolves around building resilient leaders and organisations.§§ Syahira Hamidon is Senior Director in the Ministry of Entrepreneur Development, Malaysia. Her role is to formulate, update, implement and coordinate the national entrepreneurship policy of Malaysia. She is also in charge of matters pertaining to social entrepreneurship development, vendor programmes of key public corporations as well as entrepreneur development and capacity building. §§ Paul Hannon is Professor and Direc §02§tor of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership at Swansea University, UK. He has helped shape entrepreneurial development as a Chief Executive, Government Adviser, Academic Director and Professor. §§ Norngaoiny Binti Mohd Tawil is an Associate Professor at Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, UKM with a PhD in Property Finance from University of Malaya. § §04§see entrepreneurship play its role in economic development. §§ §3. Entrepreneurship policy and its development in Malaysia: Public sector activity and the policy context including SME bank and the key Government policies. Having set out the wider context, this chapter will explain how entrepreneurship policy has developed in Malaysia since independence and the formation of the federation. This will include an account of key policies and the bodies which have been set up to enforce them as well as a review of their impact.
