An Exploratory Study of Factors Affecting Shrimp Aquaculture Production in Brunei Darussalam /

By Vivi Nabilah Binti Shaya . Bandar Seri Begawan: Universiti Teknologi Brunei, 2024 . xv, 413 pages : , Dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy | ABSTRACT The study aims to investigate factors affecting shrimp aquaculture production. The issue of low shrimp aquaculture production faced by a nation urgently needs to be studied as this issue may limit various economic opportunities. Moreover, the lack of comprehensive frameworks to explore this research area has led this study to investigate how entrepreneurial, organisational, and external factors would affect shrimp aquaculture production. Investigating these factors is crucial to provide comprehensive insights into the problems that previous studies failed to address. The study embedded the basis of a Resource-Based View and Dynamic Capabilities to provide an overall framework and strong underpinnings to understand the interaction of the discussed factors towards shrimp aquaculture production performance. A qualitative case study approach and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 shrimp aquapreneurs and relevant government officers. Thematic, within-case, and cross-case analyses were applied to identify and explain the research findings in detail. The study discovered two entrepreneurial factors (culture and ability to network), four organisational factors (shrimp production factors, research and development, human resources and species selection), and seven external factors (government management, government assistance, customer acceptance, community collaboration, supplier power, competitive rivalry and substitute products) that affect shrimp aquaculture production, which are discussed in detail in the thesis. This study contributes to the role of factors in shaping organisational performance, providing empirical evidence from the under-researched context of shrimp aquaculture production. The theses contributed to the existing body of knowledge, particularly to the Resource Base View and Dynamic Capabilities theories, by incorporating them into shrimp aquaculture production. Likewise, the study offers several implications and suggestions to policymakers and practitioners in improving shrimp aquaculture production. A Bruneian model of the factors affecting shrimp aquaculture production is derived. Nevertheless, the limitations of this study include a small number of samples due to the difficulty of recruiting more research participants and the limited ability to transfer the research findings to other industries, such as agriculture and processing. 30 cm..

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The Role of Ecosystem Builders in Enhancing Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Innovations in Brunei Darussalam /

By Mohammad Afiq bin Mohammed . Bandar Seri Begawan : Universiti Teknologi Brunei, 2025 . viii, 189 pages : , Thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science (by research) in Management | Abstract Brunei Darussalam demonstrated modest improvements in economic performance but continued to face challenges in innovation. As reported by the Department of Economic Planning and Statistics, the national GDP grew by 4.2% in 2024, following a slower growth rate of 1.1% in 2023, marking a recovery from consecutive contractions of -1.6% in both 2021 and 2022. However, innovation outcomes remained limited, as evidenced by Brunei's decline in the Global Innovation Index, where it ranked 88th out of 133 countries in 2024, a slight drop from 87th in 2023. This reflects a broader downward trend from 71st in 2020, indicating persistent structural challenges in fostering innovation. The economy's health is an indicator to measure the striving of the Bruneian ecosystem. With a low growth, it indicates Brunei's limitations in various areas such as less diversification and start-up creation for local businesses, scarce foreign direct investment (FDI) and local investments, lack of access to foreign market access and stagnant infrastructure for businesses. This brings to perspective the importance of the role of the ecosystem builders in Brunei Darussalam's entrepreneurial ecosystem. The purpose of the study is to analyse entrepreneurial ecosystem builders in how they can support entrepreneurship and innovation especially in the startup development in the Brunei Darussalam ecosystem. The research adopts a qualitative research approach with a total of 15 respondents that were interviewed from various backgrounds, 7 of which are ecosystem builders and 8 of which are entrepreneurs. The interviews were conducted online via Zoom. The data were analysed using thematic analysis. Based on the findings, ecosystem builders in Brunei Darussalam's contribution do not have a direct impact on the entrepreneurs but are a necessary support in the economy and innovation. Entrepreneurs and ecosystem builders are all seeking economic growth. Entrepreneurs contribute to the economy by growing their business and will seek for resources and support that can stimulate growth. There were several limitations with the primary issue that these research samples were collected and conducted during COVID-19 Pandemic and it gives limitations to get more respondents during the period of 2020 to 2022. 30 cm..

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An Exploratory Study of Factors Affecting Shrimp Aquaculture Production in Brunei Darussalam /

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