Methodology for analyzing the level of international entrepreneurship development

Purpose: The purpose of this article is the development of a methodology for analyzing the level of international entrepreneurship development and how to introduce and test this methodology in the non-financial enterprises in Poland. Design/Methodology/Approach: The proposed methodology consists of three stages. At the first stage, the indicators are analyzed, allowing revealing the level of participation of business structures in the national economy system. At the second stage, indicators characterizing the degree of investment activity and the efficiency of business structures functioning, as well as their activity in international markets, are examined. The third stage is devoted to the calculation of the final index of enterprises’ participation in international entrepreneurship. The research methodology is based on the use of the following methods: a descriptive statistics method; the method of grouping statistical data; the method of correlation analysis, as well as the regression analysis method. Findings: The proposed methodology makes it possible to comprehensively assess the level of entrepreneurial structures development and the degree of their involvement in international business processes. Practical Implications: The authors’ methodology can be the scientific rationale for the process of development of international entrepreneurship. Originality/Value: The methodology proposed the total index of participation of enterprises in international entrepreneurship as a comprehensive indicator of entrepreneurial activity in international markets, based on volumes and efficiency of export operations of business structures.peer-reviewe

The Analysis of Entrepreneurship Education Profile For Educatioanal Institutions of Hihger Education in Yogyakarta

ABSTRACT Purpose: This study aims to describe entrepreneurship education profile (EE Profile) of the five LPTKs in DIY. The research based on strategic role of EE in generating creative entrepreneurs who meets 21st century skills. The main target of the study was to describe; (1). Characteristics of lecturers and students, (2) Competencies to be developed, (3). Learning process, (4). Assessment to be used, (5). Needs of improvement. Methods: The study used quantitative approach this type of survey. The populations were lecturers and students participating in the course come from five LPTK. Data was collected by questionnaire and group discussions (FGD). This study used primary and secondary data collected from 48 lecturers of enterpreneurship and 246 students who joined in the entrepreneurship course. Data was analyzed using simple frequency analysis technique for quantitative data and descritive analysis for the qualitative data. Findings: The results revealed that: (1). Lecturers have minimum teaching experience (on average, 3.45 years). Most of the lecturers hold master degree but 33% of the total lecturers said not match to teach entrepreneurship related with their qualification. Only half of them who have had a certificate in entrepreneurship, but the training was less than 33 % of the total lecturers. Majority of the students (78%) has had appropriate background to be trained on entrepreneurship; unfortunately there are only a few who got training seriously. A few of students (19%) hold a certificate on entrepreneurship but most of them felt less adequate (2). Competencies tend to more focused on creativity and innovation, but less concerned to 21st centuryespecially on collaboration and communication. (3). Majority of students felt impressed that the learning occur innovatively, but students said the learning material was still out of date. ICT was not sufficiently integrated in the learning process to enrich learning materials and process. EE was still taught separately between theory and practice in an average composition of about 57% of theory and 43% of practice, (4). Assessments were still dominated by written tests, even used to assess skills as creativity and innovation that were not appropriate (5). Lecturers and students expressed need to learning model that emphasizes the practice more and reduces the theory. Project based learning tended to be developed and raised as alternative model for EE

Innovative activities of SMEs in Russia : constraints and growth factors

Puprose: The article is aimed at comprehensive study of small enterprises’ innovative activity in Russia and highlights the key constraints factors as well as factors promoting small business innovative activity. Design/Methodology/Approach: We conduct a review of modern domestic and foreign studies on innovative development of SMEs their components and factors to give a comparative description of the innovation activity of SMEs in Russia and the EU countries. We also consider the factors of innovation activity of SMEs in Russia, to identify their regional differences, and to determine the prospects for the innovation activity of small businesses in Russia. The methodological approach is based on the exploration analysis procedures, principal component analysis (PCA), multidimentional classification and logicitic regression. Findings: This analysis revealed that Russian small enterprises are characterized by lower indicators of innovation activity than in many developed countries. The constraints to the growth of the innovation activity of small businesses in Russia are the insufficient level of development of credit financing and the backlog of the production and technological bases. Practical implications: This approach could be used in the development of promotion measures for new innovative process participants, taking into account the regional context. Originality/Value: The main contribution of this study is that the approach can be used in the course of the study to confirm regional differences in the innovative development of small enterprises and allows to identify three clusters with different indicators of the innovative activity of small businesses.The research was supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project № 18-01000960).peer-reviewe

HOW A DOMESTIC MARKET OBLIGATION POLICY AFFECTING THE COMPANY FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: CASE STUDY OF COAL MINING INDUSTRY IN INDONESIA

Indonesia has a great potential in natural resources in term of coal resources. The average ratio of the nation’s coal production being exported from 2000 to 2014 is 75.4%. With a high ratio of national coal production being exported rather than for domestic market, Indonesia is currently leading the global coal exporters with a total contribution to global coal exports of 28.59%. In March 2018 the government are issuing the DMO price policy written in Government Regulation No. 8/2018 and Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Regulation No. 19/2018 related to guidance of the determination of the coal price for electricity that is supplied in the public interest protect domestic market needs. This research aims to obtain empirical evidence about the differential in the financial performance of Indonesian Public Listed Coal Companies before and after the Domestic Market Obligation price policy issuance represented with Return on Assets ratio. This research will be using 17 Indonesian Public Listed Coal Companies and using difference-in-difference method with Return on Asset ratio using 2 period of event window which was 2 quarter before and after the regulation was issued. To validate the result from difference-in-difference analysis, this research will be analyzed with Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test. The analysis indicates that the short term effect of the Domestic Market Obligation price policy issued by the government did not give a significant impact towards the financial performance of Indonesian Public Listed Coal Companies represented with Return on Assets ratio.Keywords: Financial Performance; Coal Industry; Profitability Ratio; Difference-in-Difference

Pengaruh Kinerja Brand Equity dan Trust terhadap Customer Loyalty (Survei Kepada Pelanggan Alat Berat Excavator Merek Kobelco di Kota Bandung )

Persaingan yang kompetitif di industri alat berat yang ditandai dengan turunnya loyalitas pelanggan. Loyalitas pelanggan menjadi suatu hal yang tidak bisa diabaikan begitu saja dalam sebuah Perusahaan. Solusi utama yang harus dilakukan Perusahaan adalah dengan meningkatkan loyalitas pelanggan dan mempertahankan hidup Perusahaannya dengan cara berbagai strategi salah satunya brand equity dan trust. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran tingkat brand equity pada pengguna alat berat excavator merek Kobelco di Kota Bandung, mengetahui gambaran tingkat trust pada pengguna alat berat excavator merek Kobelco di Kota Bandung, mengetahui gambaran tingkat customer loyalty pada pengguna alat berat excavator merek Kobelco di Kota Bandung, dan memperoleh temuan besarnya pengaruh brand equity dan trust terhadap tingkat customer loyalty pada pengguna alat berat excavator merek Kobelco di Kota Bandung. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif verifikatif, dan metode yang digunakan adalah explanatorysurvey dengan teknik uji populasi dengan jumlah populasi sebanyak 35 Perusahaan pengguna alat berat sebagai responden. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah Partial Least Square dengan alat bantu software komputer SmartPLS 3.0. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian secara keseluruhan nilai perhitungan yang diperoleh melalui Partial Least Square lebih besar dibandingkan dengan yang terdapat pada tabel. Artinya secara keseluruhan terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan dari brand equity dan trust terhadap customer loyalty. Dalam upaya meningkatkan loyalitas pelanggan, pihak Perusahaan harus senantiasa meningkatkan kepercayaan pelanggan terhadap Perusahaan. Brand equity dan trustsebagai variabel yang berpengaruh dominan harus tetap dapat dikendalikan secara langsung oleh Perusahaan

London Creative and Digital Fusion

date-added: 2015-03-24 04:16:59 +0000 date-modified: 2015-03-24 04:16:59 +0000date-added: 2015-03-24 04:16:59 +0000 date-modified: 2015-03-24 04:16:59 +0000The London Creative and Digital Fusion programme of interactive, tailored and in-depth support was designed to support the UK capital’s creative and digital companies to collaborate, innovate and grow. London is a globally recognised hub for technology, design and creative genius. While many cities around the world can claim to be hubs for technology entrepreneurship, London’s distinctive potential lies in the successful fusion of world-leading technology with world-leading design and creativity. As innovation thrives at the edge, where better to innovate than across the boundaries of these two clusters and cultures? This booklet tells the story of Fusion’s innovation journey, its partners and its unique business support. Most importantly of all it tells stories of companies that, having worked with London Fusion, have innovated and grown. We hope that it will inspire others to follow and build on our beginnings.European Regional Development Fund 2007-13

The countryside in urbanized Flanders: towards a flexible definition for a dynamic policy

The countryside, the rural area, the open space, … many definitions are used for rural Flanders. Everyone makes its own interpretation of the countryside, considering it as a place for living, working or recreating. The countryside is more than just a geographical area: it is an aggregate of physical, social, economic and cultural functions, strongly interrelated with each other. According to international and European definitions of rural areas there would be almost no rural area in Flanders. These international definitions are all developed to be used for analysis and policy within their specific context. They are not really applicable to Flanders because of the historical specificity of its spatial structure. Flanders is characterized by a giant urbanization pressure on its countryside while internationally rural depopulation is a point of interest. To date, for every single rural policy initiative – like the implementation of the European Rural Development Policy – Flanders used a specifically adapted definition, based on existing data or previously made delineations. To overcome this oversupply of definitions and delineations, the Flemish government funded a research project to obtain a clear and flexible definition of the Flemish countryside and a dynamic method to support Flemish rural policy aims. First, an analysis of the currently used definitions of the countryside in Flanders was made. It is clear that, depending on the perspective or the policy context, another definition of the countryside comes into view. The comparative study showed that, according to the used criteria, the area percentage of Flanders that is rural, varies between 9 and 93 per cent. Second, dynamic sets of criteria were developed, facilitating a flexible definition of the countryside, according to the policy aims concerned. This research part was focused on 6 policy themes, like ‘construction, maintenance and management of local (transport) infrastructures’ and ‘provision of (minimum) services (education, culture, health care, …)’. For each theme a dynamic set of criteria or indicators was constructed. These indicators make it possible to show where a policy theme manifests itself and/or where policy interventions are possible or needed. In this way every set of criteria makes up a new definition of rural Flanders. This method is dynamic; new data or insights can easily be incorporated and new criteria sets can be developed if other policy aims come into view. The developed method can contribute to a more region-oriented and theme-specific rural policy and funding mechanism

Analisis Persepsi Virtual Brand Community Terhadap Kinerja Ekuitas Merek Disposable Diaper Merek Sweety (Survei Pada Anggota Fan Page Facebook Bunda Cermat)

Persaingan yang kompetitif dalam industri fast moving consumer good (FMCG) ditandai dengan turun naiknyaekuitas merek suatu produk, khususnya pada lini disposable diaper yang berasal dari Perusahaan PT. SoftexIndonesia dengan merek Sweety. Untuk dapat bertahan di tengah persaingan, Perusahaan dituntut untukmenciptakan strategi yang dapat memperkuat ekuitas merek karena hanya produk yang memiliki ekuitas merek yangkuat yang mampu bersaing untuk merebut dan menguasai pasar. Salah satu strategi yang dapat dilakukan adalahdengan strategi virtual brand community. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk 1) memperoleh temuan mengenai virtualbrand community diaper Sweety, 2) memperoleh temuan mengenai ekuitas merek diaper Sweety dan 3) memperolehtemuan mengenai seberapa besar virtual brand community dapat mempengaruhi ekuitas merek diaper Sweety.Dimensi virtual brand community antara lain consciousness of kind, ritual and tradition dan sense of moralresponsibility. Sedangkan dimensi ekuitas merek adalah brand saliance, brand performance, brand imagery, brandjudgment, brand feeling dan brand resonance.Objek penelitian ini adalah anggota komunitas Sweety di fan page Facebook Bunda Cermat. Variabel bebas (X)dalam penelitian ini adalah virtual brand community dan ekuitas merek (Y) sebagai variabel tidak bebas. Jenispenelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif, verifikatif, dan metode yang digunakan adalah explanatory surveydengan teknik simple random sampling, dengan jumlah sampel 100 responden di fan page Facebook Bunda Cermat.Teknik analisa data yang digunakan adalah analisis regresi linier sederhana dengan alat bantu software komputerSPSS 21.0.Hasil yang diperoleh dalam penelitian menyatakan bahwa virtual brand community berpengaruh terhadap ekuitasmerek pada diaper Sweety sebesar 81,3%. Dari hasil penelitian terhadap pengujian hipotesis dapat diketahuibahwa virtual brand community memiliki pengaruh yang positif terhadap ekuitas merek. Berdasarkan hasilpenelitian melalui analisis regresi linier sederhana terdapat pengaruh dari virtual brand community terhadap ekuitasmerek diaper Sweety. Penulis merekomendasikan agar Perusahaan lebih selektif dalam memilih media komunikasivirtual brand community sebagai salah satu strategi untuk meningkatkan ekuitas merek diaper Sweety

EFEK MEDIASI PARALEL INTERNAL LOCUS OF CONTROL DAN ADVERSITY INTELLIGENCE PADA PENGARUH PENGETAHUAN KEWIRAUSAHAAN TERHADAP MINAT BERWIRAUSAHA SISWA (SURVEI PADA SMK SE-KOTA MAKASSAR)

Tingginya jumlah pengangguran terbuka lulusan SMK di Indonesia menjadi masalah yang harus diselesaikan. Salah satu upaya yang dapat ditempuh yaitu dengan meningkatkan jumlah wirausaha lulusan, namun terlebih dahulu perlu dilakukan analisis aspek-aspek yang terkait dengan peningkatan minat berwirausaha siswa SMK, sehingga lulusan potensial untuk berwirausaha. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji Theory of Planned Behaviour dengan mengetahui dan menganalisis efek mediasi internal locus of control dan adversity intelligence pada pengaruh pengetahuan kewirausahaan terhadap minat berwirausaha siswa. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu Explanatory Survey Method dengan pendekatan kuantitatif. Responden sebagai sampel penelitian ini yaitu siswa SMK sebanyak 368 orang yang berasal dari 26 SMK di Kota Makassar. Teknik pengolahan data menggunakan Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA) dengan menggunakan software Macro PROCESS dari Hayes. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pengaruh pengetahuan kewirausahaan terhadap minat berwirausaha tidak memiliki pengaruh langsung, sebab secara positif dan signifikan pengaruh pengetahuan kewirausahaan terhadap minat berwirausaha dimediasi oleh variable internal locus of control dan adversity intelligence. Temuan ini mengindikasikan bahwa untuk meningkatkan minat berwirausaha, maka dalam proses transfer pengetahuan kewirausahaan melalui proses pembelajaran di SMK perlu ditekankan pada upaya peningkatan internal locus of control dan adversity intelligence siswa. Kata kunci : Pengetahuan kewirausahaan, internal locus of control, adversity intelligence dan minat berwirausaha. ABSTRACT Nur Amin MT (1707470), Parallel Effect of Internal Locus of Control and Adversity Intelligence on the Effect of Entrepreneurial Knowledge on Student Entrepreneurial Intention (Survey on Vocational Schools in Makassar). Advisor Lecturer Prof. Dr. H. Nanang Fattah, M.Pd and Dr. Kusnendi, M.S. The high number of open unemployment graduates of Vocational High Schools in Indonesia is a problem that must be resolved. One effort that can be taken is to increase the number of entrepreneurial graduates, but it is first necessary to analyze the aspects related to increasing the interest in entrepreneurship of vocational students, so that potential graduates become entrepreneurs. Theory Planned of Behavior by studying and analyzing the mediating effects of internal locus of control and adversity intelligence on understanding entrepreneurial knowledge on student entrepreneurial intention. The method used in this study is the Exploration Survey Method using quantitative. Respondents as the sample of this study were 368 vocational students from 26 vocational schools in Makassar. Data processing techniques using Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA) using Macro PROCESS software from Hayes. Research results about government leadership about companies affecting, positive levels and leadership about the personality is intended with the guideline of problems at the local level and our intellectual control. This finding increases entrepreneurial motivation, so in the process of entrepreneurship knowledge transfer through the learning process in Vocational Schools needs to be emphasized in efforts to increase internal locus of control and student adversity intelligence. Keywords: Entrepreneurial knowledge, internal locus of control, adversity intelligence and entrepreneurial intention