Halal Entrepreneurship Components For Halal Food Business in Thai SMES: Empirical Evidence From Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the components of Halal entrepreneurship for the halal food business in Thailand. Data were collected from 615 samples, namely small and medium Halal food business entrepreneurs in Thailand that is certified with the Halal Mark of the Central Islamic Committee of Thailand or the Provincial Islamic Committee. The tool used in the research was a data questionnaire which was used in the confirmatory factor analysis. The questionnaire had a coefficient of Cronbach as 0.988. From the results of this research, was found that the Halal entrepreneurship components for Halal food business in Thailand have four components which are innovative thinking, risk-taking, proactiveness and religious responsibility.