The Capital Structure of Venture Capital Firms in Indonesia

Venture capital (VC) is an important fund source for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and start up, particularly to deliver its main product of equity participation. Therefore, capital structure and factors that affect it are very crucial. This study aims to analyze the capital structure of VC firms in Indonesia using econometric model of panel data regression. This study utilizes secondary data of six years period (2009-2014) monthly financial statements of 27 samples out of 58 VC firms to form 1,944 observations. The study reveals that capital structure of VC firms in Indonesia is dominated by debt/loan rather than capital with DER on average is 136.95%. In addition, the research confirms that VC firms\u27 capital structure is affected simultaneously by financial aspects which are asset size, profitability, liquidity, asset/investment quality, and earning asset structure. The attentions to financial aspects that affect the VC firms\u27 capital structure as well as other initiatives related to capital increases are necessary so that the VC firms could carry out its role effectively

Hubungan Pengetahuan, Uang Saku, Dan Peer Group Dengan Frekuensi Konsumsi Makanan Cepat Saji Pada Remaja Putri

Latar Belakang : Salah satu penyebab peningkatan obesitas di kalangan remaja perkotaan adalah adanya peningkatan frekuensi konsumsi makanan cepat saji. Hal ini dikarenakan makanan cepat saji bersifat cepat, mudah, dan menarik untuk remaja serta faktor Kenyamanan yang mendukung. Remaja yang mengkonsumsi makanan cepat saji akan mengkonsumsi energi, lemak, dan gula secara berlebihan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah terdapat hubungan pengetahuan, uang saku, dan peer group serta promosi dan motivasi dengan frekuensi konsumsi makanan cepat saji pada siswi di SMA Theresiana 1 Semarang. Metode : Studi cross sectional pada 95 siswi kelas X dan XI di SMA Theresiana 1 Semarang. Subjek diambil dengan metode consecutive sampling yang memenuhi kriteria inklusi. Data frekuensi konsumsi makanan cepat saji, pengetahuan, uang saku, dan peer group diperoleh dari pengisian kuisoner, sedangkan data motivasi dan promosi diperoleh dengan FGD (focus group discussion). Data kebiasaan makan sehari-hari diperoleh melalui FFQ (food frequency questionnaire). Uji normalitas menggunakan Kolmogorof-Smirnov. Data berdistribusi tidak normal pengujian menggunakan korelasi Rank spearman. Hasil : Frekuensi konsumsi makanan cepat saji subjek sebagian besar termasuk jarang (1-2x seminggu) yaitu 83,2%. Terdapat korelasi positif antara frekuensi konsumsi makanan cepat saji dengan uang saku (r = 0,279; p = 0,006). Tidak ditemukan korelasi antara frekuensi konsumsi makanan cepat saji dengan pengetahuan (r = 0,066; p = 0,527), dan frekuensi konsumsi makanan cepat saji dengan peer group (r = -0,005; p = 0,958). Informasi mengenai makanan cepat saji sebagian besar subjek dapatkan melalui iklan televisi. Sebagian besar subjek mengkonsumsi makanan cepat saji karena faktor praktis dan ingin mencoba rasanya. Kesimpulan : Terdapat hubungan bermakna antara frekuensi konsumsi makanan cepat saji dengan jumlah uang saku (p=0,006)

Dampak Perubahan Nilai Tukar Mata Uang Terhadap Ekspor Indonesia

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah (1) menganalisis dampak Perubahan nilai tukar uang terhadap volume ekspor agregat dan komoditas Crude palm oil (CPO), karet, dan batu bara Indonesia, (2) menganalisis faktor yang mempengaruhi volume ekspor agregat dan komoditas CPO, karet, dan batu bara Indonesia, (3) menganalisis respon ekspor Indonesia terhadap guncangan variabel yang mempengaruhinya. Metode analisis data yang digunakan VAR/VECM, impulse-response function, dan fixed-effects vector decomposition. Ekonomi dunia menunjukkan hasil yang sesuai prediksi berpengaruh positif dan signifikan pada volume ekspor pada seluruh model. Harga relatif memberikan hasil sesuai dengan prediksi negatif dan signifikan pada seluruh model. Depresiasi nilai tukar hanya menunjukkan hubungan positif signifikan pada model CPO. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa pergerakan nilai tukar tidak memiliki dampak pada volume ekspor Indonesia walaupun model komoditas hanya memiliki sedikit bagian impor pada barang akhir untuk ekspor

Sero Survei dan Analisa Pengetahuan Sikap Penjamah Unggas terhadap Penyakit Flu Burung di Indonesia Tahun 2008

The bird flu in Indonesia actually is Avian Influenza Virus H5N1 type. Is known bird flu virus in Humans occur if direct contact with infected poultry or through contact with environmental enclosure, and the carcasses of infected poultry products. The absence of the data if the handlers of poultry in the cases of bird flu virus has been exposed to the research conducted sero survey of bird flu antibody titers in handlers poultry attitudes and knowledge of poultry against bird flu incident. The research objective measure antibodies against respondents tirer AI H5N1 virus, assess knowledge and attitudes against bird flu handlers through the interview. The study design was cross sectional. Handlers of poultry population in the region is ever going Extraordinary Cases of bird flu. Samples were responders/poultry handlers venous blood taken for H5N1 antibody titer by Ellisa, H5N1 conducted interviews using a questionnaire. The study used the respondents informed consent agreement. Research time in February to November 2007 in the island of Java. The number of samples of 80 samples of respondents. The results obtained are not found of H5N1 avian influenza antibody titer in responders. The results of the interview most of the handlers to wash Their hands after doing Their job (82.1%). A total of 52.9% residential handlers is more than a mile from where the management of poultry, (69%) lived outside market handlers/Abattoir of poultry.Handler to act entered correctly (53.3%%) and almost all handlers (97%) would bring the patient/patient ill with signs of bird flu infection to health facilities. Keywords: poultry handlers, bird flu virus, knowledge and attitudes of poultry handlers Abstrak Yang dimaksud Flu burung di Indonesia sebetulnya adalah Virus Avian Influenza dengan tipe H5N1. Selama ini diketahui penularan virus flu burung pada manusia terjadi jika kontak langsung dengan unggas yang terinfeksi atau melalui kontak dengan lingkungan kandang, karkas dan hasil produk unggas yang terinfeksi. Belum adanya data apakah penjamah unggas di daerah kasus sudah terpapar virus flu burung maka dilakukan penelitian sero survei titer antibodi flu burung dan pengetahuan sikap pada pejamah unggas terhadap kejadian flu burung. Tujuan penelitian mengukur tirer anti bodi responden terhadap virus AI H5N1, menilai pengetahuan dan sikap penjamah terhadap penyakit flu burung melalui wawancara. Desain penelitian adalah cross sectional. Populasi adalah penjamah unggas di daerah yang pernah terjadi Kasus Luar Biasa flu burung. Sampel adalah responden/penjamah unggas yang diambil darah vena untuk mendapatkan titer antibodi H5N1 dengan cara Ellisa, 5N1H5 juga dilakukan wawancara dengan menggunakan kuesioner. Penelitian menggunakan persetujuan inform consent pada responden. Waktu penelitian pada bulan Febuari sampai Nopember 2007 di daerah Pulau Jawa. Jumlah sampel sebanyak 80 sampel responden. Hasil yang diperoleh tidak ditemukan titer antibodi Avian Influenza H5N1 pada responden. Hasil wawancara sebagian besar penjamah melakukan cuci tangan setelah melakukan pekerjaannya (82,1%). Sebanyak 52,9 % tempat tinggal penjamah berjarak lebih dari satu km dari tempat pengelolaan unggas, (69%) penjamah tinggal diluar pasar/tempat pemotongan unggas.Hampir semua penjamah melakukan tindakan dengan benar (53,3%) dan hampir semua penjamah (97%) akan membawa pasien/penderita sakit dengan tanda terinfeksi flu burung ke sarana kesehatan. Kata kunci : penjamah unggas, virus flu burung, Pengetahuan dan sikap penjamah unggas

THE ISLAMIC BANKING AND THE ECONOMIC INTEGRATION IN ASEAN

The efficiency level of the banking industry is the most important indicator to identify the soundness of banking system. This paper use non parametric frontier approach, DEA, to analyze the Islamic bank efficiency in ASEAN. We use price of deposit from customers, deposits and placements of banks, labor, and others operational expenditures as control variabel, and using financing, deposits and placements on other insitution, securities, others investment as output variabel. We found that the mix bank is the most efficient group within the observation period. Furthermore, the average Islamic banking efficiency in Indonesia, on intermediation approach, is lower than the average of ASEAN, unless they can reduce the cost of labor and other operational expenses. This paper also examines the determinant of efficiency of the Islamic Banking in ASEAN. Internal factors are Total Aset, ROA, BOPO, and ETA, and external faktor are Market Power and Inflation. Using Tobit regression, the result shows the factors that most influence to the Islamic banking efficiency in Indoneisa is the total size of the bank or its assets, OPEX/OR, and Market Power

TEXTBOOK EVALUATION OF BAHASA INGGRIS: BASIS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SUPPLEMENTARY LEARNING MATERIAL IN ENGLISH

Textbook is a universal element of teaching, used by many teachers around the world in different level of education. It is important for teachers to be careful in selecting a textbook that match with the students’ needs and characteristics, such as age of the students and also the learning style of students. Textbook evaluation can be used by teachers to help them in selecting textbook that suitable with students’ need in order to facilitate them to accomplish the learning objectives effectively. This study attempts to evaluate the Bahasa Inggris textbook as a textbook for Grade XI senior high school and vocational school students. Specifically, it aims to find out the result of textbook evaluation along the general attributes and the learning-teaching content, the strengths and weaknesses of the textbook, and also the supplementary learning material in English that can be designed based from the findings of the study. The descriptive-evaluative method was used in this study. The data collected through textbook evaluation checklist and written document analysis such as curriculum and syllabus. The findings indicate that the result of evaluation shows that the general weighted mean of all criteria is 2.43 interpreted as strength. There are eight criteria namely pronunciation, reading, writing, speaking, vocabulary, general, and methodology are evaluated as strengths. Meanwhile, three criteria namely exercises, physical and utilitarian attributes, and listening are evaluated as weaknesses. Based from the findings of the study, a supplementary learning material in English can be designed. The supplementary learning material is intended to support the Bahasa Inggris textbook used by Grade XI senior high school and vocational school students. Keywords: Textbook, Textbook Evaluation, General Attributes, Learning-teaching conten

Analisis Postur Kerja Karyawan Menggunakan Metode Evaluación Del Riesgo Individual (ERIN) Dan Loading On The Upper Body Assessment (LUBA)

Currently there are still many industries that involve human labor directly, one of them is Boyolali tile SMEs using the role of humans in the activity of Manual Material Handling (MMH) which can cause disruption in musculoskeletal. This study aims to identify and evaluate unsafe work postures for workers and recommend the design of assistive devices. Data processing using 2 methods, Evaluación del Riesgo Individual (ERIN) is a measurement of 7 variables namely the trunk, shoulders / arms, hands / wrists, neck, duration of work, intensity of effort and self-assessment. The Loading on the Upper Body Assessment (LUBA) method is a code of sitting or standing posture by giving additional weight to the posture that matches the experimental results felt by the joints in the upper body. Both methods are used in order to get the results of work postures on dangerous stations, then redesigned using CATIA Software. The results of data processing obtained as many as 3 work stations with 9 work postures where the ERIN method has 4 postures in the medium category, 5 postures in the high category. LUBA has 1 work posture in category II, 4 posture in category III, and 4 posture in category IV which needs immediate improvement. Then the need for ergonomic aids and PPE to reduce risk so that the creation of health safety while working. Keywords: Musculoskeletal, Ergonomics, ERIN, LUBA, CATI