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This paper aims to analyze the impact of infrastructure spending on economic growth in Indonesia, which includes investment in road, port and irrigation infrastructure. The period of observation was 2011-2018, which covered 29 provinces with consideration of data availability. This study employed the growth model with a panel data analysis, which analyze the relationship between the economic growth and government investment in infrastructure in the long run. The most essential finding in this study is that the economic growth is positively influenced by government investment in road, port and irrigation infrastructure. Road infrastructure investment has a significant positive impact and the effect occurs in the fourth year after infrastructure development. In comparison, port and irrigation infrastructure investment have a positive but not significant impact to other variables. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From the mid-2010s, the Indonesian government began to strengthen its direct participation in the economy by investing significantly in and via state-owned enterprises. Since the ownership reorganisation of state enterprises has been slow in the past, the government continues to hold a large portfolio of companies in diverse industries. Fiscal space was created after reducing fuel subsidies, enabling the government to inject a large amount of capital into state enterprises. The government's control over the financial industry has also contributed to state enterprises' expansion. However, state capitalism looks quite different now than the period before the Asian economic crisis. Economic and political changes of the past two decades have resulted in various domestic forces keeping the government's aggressive mobilisation of state enterprises in check. Therefore, the recent state enterprise-centred development strategy in Indonesia can be described as "restrained state capitalism." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• The diffusion process of biogas technology among Mixed Crop and Livestock (MCL) farm households is evaluated. • Duration analysis is used to model the diffusion rate of biogas technology among MCL farmers. • Technological benefits, as well as the experience testing technologies, support the acceleration of individual adoption. • Technical assistance in the field is required to manage information and communicate biogas technical difficulties to farmers. Research on biogas technology adoption lacks information of the diffusion process in which included the acceleration of the adoption. In this paper, a duration analysis model is employed to model the speed of biogas technology adoption among small mixed crop and livestock farmers in Indonesia. A duration approach can model the adoption in a timely process to determine the biogas technology diffusion. Findings from this study indicate that there is an overall slow rate of biogas diffusion among farmers. There are however several ways to support the diffusion. It is revealed that 1) longer education, 2) higher farm income, 3) women involvement in the diffusion process and 4) access to financial support significantly accelerate the diffusion process. Farmer's perception of the relative advantages of biogas technology and their experience from testing the biogas technology also support the uptake of technology at the farm level. In addition, a technology dissemination strategy of stakeholders, especially local government is essential since the different regional regulations and policies have an important role to accelerate the diffusion process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The policy importance of non-core liabilities (bank liabilities other than equity and retail deposits) has risen to prominence in recent years with a number of studies highlighting it as a useful indicator of financial procyclicality and vulnerability. In this paper, we look at non-core liabilities in relation to its role in the transmission of monetary policy, particularly by examining how the interest rate channel of monetary policy is affected by non-deposit liabilities. We analyse this issue in the context of an emerging economy experience of Indonesia, which in recent years, has seen an increased reliance of its banking sector on non-core funding. Our investigation employs available bank-level data on non-core liabilities and lending rates in Indonesia over the period October 2011 to July 2016. We find that including non-core liabilities in the estimation has an effect, relative to the baseline, of stronger overall and immediate pass-through, albeit with a more sluggish adjustment towards the correction of disequilibrium in the next period. The overall effect is that non-core liabilities make the duration longer for the monetary policy rate to transmit to bank lending rates in Indonesia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The intense discussions on how inflation affects the growth have triggered many studies to empirically investigate it. This paper is not an exception. The previous research in Indonesia focusing on how inflation and growth are correlated, and various thresholds of inflation suggested have provided puzzling indicators. Therefore, this paper aims to examine the impact of inflation on the growth in Indonesia by employing Autoregressive Distributive Lag (ARDL) technique, Threshold Regression (TR), and quadratic regression. ARDL is applied to reveal the nexus in the short-run and long-run whereas the TR and quadratic regression are employed to find the threshold of inflation. In the short-run and long-run time frame, the relationships are found to be a negative interaction between inflation and growth. Moreover, this paper empirically proves that the inflation threshold exists at the level of 14.31% after comparing two different approaches' results. Eventually, the finding of this paper suggests a room for less tight monetary policy that can be applied. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this research is to examine and analyze the association betwen audit adjustment and earnings quality. Samples used in this research are banking companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the period 2012-2016, a total of 358 samples from 42 companies. This research examined the effect of audit adjustment on earnings quality with a focus on banking companies in Indonesia and measurements that were adjusted to the nature of banking companies.The analysis of this research employs Ordinary Least Square Regression, and T-test processed with STATA 14 software. This study finds that audit adjustment helps to reduce earnings management. The result indicates that audit adjustment has an impact on earnings quality in highly regulated industry, especially in the banking industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research aimed to predict to what degree dynamic capabilities, user ethics, and top management support influence management accounting information systems and the impact on quality decision making. Data in this research was collected through a questionnaire distributed to 128 municipalities and districts throughout West Java and Bali, Indonesia. The data analysis used for hypothesis testing was an approach using structural equation modelling with partial least squares. The research shows that dynamic capability and top management support have a significant influence upon the quality of management accounting information systems, but user ethics has no significant influence. Quality of management accounting information systems, dynamic capability, user ethics, and top management support have a significant influence upon the quality of decision making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Indonesia's manufacturing sector has been transformed from being a driver of economic growth to a sector that is almost completely dependent on the growth of domestic demand. The commodity boom that took place between 2005 and 2012 has resulted in a Dutch disease situation in which the expansion of one sector has reduced the incentive for manufacturing to export, given that domestic demand is readily available. Recent data show that Indonesian manufacturing has been lagging behind its nearest neighbours in reaping the benefits of international value chains. Being more inward-looking, manufacturing now depends on other sectors to generate growth. While some industries such as textiles and automotive are still promising, in order to keep the momentum going on manufacturing exports, Indonesia needs additional reforms including: better logistics; fewer non-tariff barriers; and improved human resource quality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over the course of the past decade, Indonesia's economic planning has become increasingly developmentalist in orientation. While aspects of this model have deep roots in the country's history, a more self-conscious developmentalist agenda re-emerged during President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's second term in office (2009-14). This paper suggests that under President Joko Widodo a new developmentalism has crystallized further and, arguably, become a defining feature of Indonesia's political economy. To advance this argument, the paper draws upon studies of the "new developmentalism" in middle-income and emerging economies. This new developmentalism is characterized by a normative commitment to an activist state that can engineer fast economic growth, direct industrial upgrading, and ensure economic redistribution. However, developmental agendas should be distinguished from developmental outcomes. For Indonesia, state-led programmes for industrialization and inclusive economic growth have often fallen short. This study highlights some structural constraints upon the new developmentalism, with a particular focus upon politics. Specifically, it identifies patronage and clientelism as fundamental challenges to an effective state-led developmental model. Successive Indonesian governments, Jokowi's included, have taken a conservative approach to the political problems that undermine their developmental goals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses rising economic nationalism in Indonesia. The findings suggest that protectionism has started to make its way back into the country since the early 2000s. Despite some reform initiatives, economic nationalism has amplified under the current administration, and might continue to do so in the near future. The political-economic factors that explain the re-emergence of protectionist measures under Joko Widodo's presidency form the body of this study. Using the case studies of fuel and rice, it shows that while economic nationalism might prove to be politically rewarding, its detrimental impact on the poor cannot be ignored. It is therefore in Indonesia's best interest to resist the continuing push for protectionist policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research study aims to get information about the company monitoring analysis in manufacturing sector of Indonesia Stock Exchange. The sample used in the study was Indonesia Stock Exchange Manufacturers that were consisted of 100 respondents in 5 years observation. Probability sampling method and proportionate stratified random sampling, Statif, technique was employed in the study. The analysis model used in the study was SEM (Structural Equation Model) analysis, with partial least square alternative method by using SmartPLS software. The study found that simultaneously, monitoring and the quality of external auditor have significant effect on the quality of the market-based financial report. Whereas partially, monitoring has significant effect on the quality of the market-based financial report and the quality of external auditor does not have significant effect on the quality of the market-based financial report. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Indonesia possesses a vast amount of forest resources. However, this condition has degraded and has triggered ecological and social problems. Many researches, especially forest governance researches, have been conducted in Indonesia and these have covered wide aspects of forest governance. Research findings are suspected to be neither adopted nor implemented in the policy process because there is no summary of the research findings in a simple and an easy-to-understand form. A systematic review method enables a more comprehensive search and presentation of these research findings. This paper presents a protocol map in conducting researches related to forest governance. A data extraction template with 13 keywords was used to assess articles included in the study. Based on the findings, determining keyword/s is a crucial step in conducting a systematic review. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the intra‐household allocation of risk‐coping mechanisms by testing whether the Asian financial crisis affected married men and women differently in Indonesia. It estimates the effect of the district consumption shock during the crisis on the change in married men's and women's working status and assets. It finds that the regional shock is associated with a large increase in wives' employment and a large decrease in wives' business assets in urban areas, and not associated with change in husbands' working status or asset holdings in urban areas. In rural areas the regional shock is associated with a drop in women's business assets and not related to other outcomes of husbands or wives. Receiving government social safety net program aid during the crisis seems to substitute for the decrease in business assets of women as a coping strategy in both urban and rural areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Shipping industries are important pillars to develop Indonesia into a global maritime axis. However, the current tax policies formulated by the government for shipping industry show lack of support to the national shipping companies. The formulated policies tend to benefit international shipping companies more than national shipping companies. Some of these policies are among others: a) no VAT levies for use of containers by international shipping companies, b) non-equal VAT treatment on port services, and c) presumptive scheduler taxation rates based on old Income Tax regime which has relatively high income tax rates. The main objective of this research is to evaluate tax policy on the shipping industries in Indonesia. In addition, this research also does a comparative analysis aiming to increase the productivity of national shipping companies - using South Korea tax policy as a comparison. The final goal of this research is to provide a policy outline for the government in formulating or reconstructing tax policies aimed to develop national shipping industry. State of the art of this research is to make the taxation politic as a new paradigm in analyzing problems. The benefit of this paradigm is in its ability to dissect the root causes on taxation substantial aspects, because actually a policy is a political product. The analysis results show absence of political platform (which should be clear and unequivocal) in the current taxation policies on shipping industry - which tend to be reactively constructed, is not supportive to the development of, or even in some instances discriminatory against, national shipping industries. It is recommended that the government immediately formulate the politic of taxation which is favoring national shipping industry. And, distorting taxation policy need to be revised in order not to impede competitiveness in the shipping industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Global brands have been dominating Indonesian market in these few last years. Indonesia itself is one of a unique and heterogeneous market which is supposed to be difficult to penetrate but the reality shows that Indonesian market has tendency to accept foreign products easily. In addition, Indonesian consumers were very open minded with global brand that was made these brands strong and dominated more than 50% Indonesian market. The global marketers demonstrate their strategic plan to integrate their messages and build good perception in Indonesia notwithstanding the variety of target consumers' characteristic. Perception itself is an important phase to create the next level of consumer behaviour, which is purchase and repurchase. This research tried to define the integrated marketing communication (IMC) strategy in developing perception in Indonesia and measure its effectivity on develop perception. From various strategy inside IMC, the research will try to quantify which one is more effective than others and also measure its possibility to adopt the strategy for another product, especially the local brand. Besides that, this research also measured the relation between demography and income to perception of global brand. Magnum Indonesia has been chosen based on their success in Indonesia ice cream market and change people's opinion about ice cream, from a product for kids into a lifestyle brand. The survey used as a tool in this research and focused on Generation Y as the biggest target market in the world right now and to dig more about their understanding and motivation to choose global brand than the local one. This research chooses Yogyakarta and Jakarta as the target cities which represents the divergence of respondents' characteristic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rapid development of information and technology in this globalization era has driven the transition of world economy, from previously labor and market economy to knowledge economy. Nation-states' global competitiveness is measured partly by the number of highly educated people within its society. By becoming "world-class", universities are believed to play an important role to boost a country's competitiveness level. This paper discusses the internationalization of higher education as one of important instruments in achieving the goal to create knowledge-based economy. This study identifies the internationalization initiatives of the Indonesian and South Korean governments from national level, and universities from institutional level. The objective of taking South Korea as comparison to Indonesia is because both countries are middle power and non-English speaking Asian countries, which started their internationalization in early 2000s with the same aspirations: higher education reform towards knowledge economy. The results show that both Indonesia and South Korea have a state-led internationalization, with more advance development and achievement in South Korean case. In the case of Indonesia, Indonesia still faces challenges such as the competitive regional arrangement in ASEAN; the dilemma between quantitative targets and quality assurance of internationalization initiatives such as international publication, patents, and international students; also the challenge to create more detail programs and strategies other than just financial supports from government to widen up the other aspects of internationalization efforts. However, with the internationalization agenda rising in many countries, Indonesia has the opportunity to take a lesson from other countries' experiences, including from South Korea. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Poverty in Jakarta is the highest in the past years. The Sub-district Community Economic Empowerment Program (Program Pemberdayaan Ekonomi Masyarakat Kelurahan/PEMK) as one of the ways to reduce poverty. It is one of the poverty reduction program for low-income people who have micro and small enterprise in Jakarta. It is carried out by the Revolving Fund Management Unit (Unit Pengelola Dana Bergulir/UPDB) in partnership with the Cooperative Financial Services (Koperasi jasa Keuangan/KJK) in each sub-district. However, the implementation of the program is not without challenges. One of the most significant challenges are the maintenance of the revolving fund. This study examines the factors influencing the regular or irregularity of repayment of revolving fund in KJK to UPDB. Using the Green and Haines framework of Asset-Based Community Development, three factors emerge as most significant in this study. They are social capital, financial capital and human capital. Based on this, I would like to argue that economic development has to be paired with social development before successful poverty reduction can take place. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study discusses the dispute between state and capitalist class. State consists of local government elite and central government elite. Local elite consists of 10 regents/mayors in Lake Toba region and Asahan River basin, while the central elite are President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Coordinating Minister for the Economy Hatta Rajasa, Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Dahlan Iskan, Minister of Industry MS Hidayat as well as Leaders and Members of Commissions VI & IX of the House of Representatives Republic of Indonesia. Meanwhile the capitalist class is represented by Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan and Association for Mineral Entrepreneur Indonesia (APEMINDO). This research aims to clarify underlying factors of dispute between state and capitalist class in the nationalization of PT. Indonesian Asahan Aluminum (Inalum) which implies to conflict among elites. This study uses qualitative method by analyzing research findings with the Theory of State Autonomy proposed by Ralp Miliband and Nicos Poulantzas as the main perspective. While the theory of conflict and consensus by Maswadi Rauf, authority of elite theory by C. Wright Mills, theory of decentralization by Vedi R. Hadiz, theory of oligarch's power by Jeffrey A. Winters, theory of patron-client by James C. Scott, and theory of rent seeking by Anne G. Krueger are applied as supporting perspectives. This research finds that conflict between central and local elites occurs due to struggle over economic resources, especially share ownership of PT. Inalum. Dispute over economic resources in governmental system has resulted in the country's autonomy dysfunction, in this case North Sumatra Provincial Government. It is characterized by the government being instrument that cause rent seeking to grow. Conflict which arise among local elite interfere local governance consolidation. This occurs because the capitalist class is capable to influence policies run by North Sumatra Provincial Government. The dispute is impacted on the provincial government incapable of taking political decisions reasonably. While Central Government with the approval of Commission VI of the House of Representatives conducts political process to reduce capitalist class influence in the nationalization of PT. Inalum by unilaterally give North Sumatra Provincial Government 30% share only. Theoretical implication of this research supports and strengthens Miliband Ralp's theory on state as an instrument of capitalist class and Nicos Poulantzas's theory of relative autonomy state. It especially regards to the state autonomy that is distorted by capitalist class interests i.e. Luhut Pandjaitan. Based on Miliband Ralp's theory on state as an instrument of capitalist class in the context of local elite power in North Sumatra, then the Governor of North Sumatra, 10 regents/mayors in Lake Toba region and Asahan River basin, as well as several other political elites, represent the tool or instrument of the capitalist class, in this case Luhut Pandjaitan, to realize their ambition of enriching economic resources. While President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, along with related ministers and parliament, weaken the capitalist class influence in political decision making in order to create a relatively autonomous political decision-making, as it is explained in the theory of Nicos Poulantzas. One thing that has not been addressed by Nicos Poulantzas in state relative autonomy theory is how to cope with global capitalist class distortion or pressure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Maternal Mortality in Indonesia is a serious phenomenon for the government. There are a number of policies and programs to reduce Maternal Mortality Rate. However, the treatment currently focuses on medical and clinical problems of mothers during the pregnancy, yet ignores the physical, biological, social, and cultural context at the micro, messo and macro levels. Attempts to reduce Maternal Mortality Rate is inseparable from cultural role, particularly the myths in the society. This article reveals that pregnancy-related myths may influence maternal mortality rate. These myths are related to consumption style and risk behavior that endanger maternal health during the pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum. To minimize the negative effect of myth for pregnant women there must be behavior changes involving the support of client system, particularly husband, parents, parents in law, other relatives, and traditional midwives. This descriptive research employs qualitative method. data was collected by in-depth interview with key informants who were pregnant women aged between 15 to 40 years and auxiliary informants such as husband, biological mother, parents in law, other relatives, health officers, public cadres, and traditional midwives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a crucial role in the economyof Cigondewah, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. The issues that small-scale garment business owners face include employment, location, marketing and technology. Their main concern is, however, organizational capability development. This research used descriptive explorative research, based on the use of qualitative and inductive approaches. It focused on apparel small businesses and pertinent stakeholder groups, at the Cigondewah center, in Bandung. Research participants were selected based on the essential role they play in organizational capability development. Data collection involved interactive interviews, participatory observations and the examination of related documents. After separating endogenous capability-development indicators from exogenous influences, the results show that apparel small businesses at the Cigondewah center do not develop the professional business skills necessary for their survival and prosperity. The theoretical implications relate to organizational capability-building theory, including both its internal and its external features. The practical implications show opportunities for apparel small-scale business enterprises to enhance their entrepreneurial competence, and the vital role that governance plays in facilitating firms’ self-development capability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Shariah financing has also various kinds of agreement. Its fund has be distributed to low risky sector in order to produce the optimal income in the preparation of Bank Sumut UUS for spin off in 2018. The objective of the research was to analyze the influence of Third Party Fund and CAR on Financing and the influence of Third Party Fund, CAR and ROA as well as to test the significance of Non Performing Financing as the moderating varable on ROA. The sample of the research included 5 (five) Branch Offices on Bank Sumut UUS by taking the annual final statements from 2010 until 2015. The instruments used were regression method of panel data, regression method of moderating and path analysis using EViews software. The Third Party Fund did not have any significant influence on ROA with financing as the intervening variable, and neither did CAR on ROA with financing as the moderating variable, had insignificant influence on ROA statistically. Moreover, the Third Party Fund, CAR and Financing had insignificant influence statistically at significant level 5% on ROA with Non Performing Financing as the moderating variable. The implication of this research was that Bank Sumut UUS had to pay attention to the financing risk to make optimal profit s well as micro an macro economic factors for financing provided for productivity an consumer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to determine the factors that influence the allocation of the capital expenditure in the District / City of North Sumatra and Aceh. This study has a sample of 36 districts/cities in North Sumatra and Aceh from 2012-2015. Sample selection is done by purposive sampling method. The data used in this research is secondary data, reports on realization of the Budget Revenue and Expenditure published through the website www.depkeu.djpk.go.id and www.sumut.bps.go.id. The analysis model used is multiple linear regressions with Ordinary Least Square method is carried out with the aid of a computer program EViews version 7.0. The results of this study indicate that all independent variables, namely the Local Revenue and the General Allocation Fund simultaneously significant effect on Capital Expenditure. Partially General Allocation Fund positive and significant impact on Capital Expenditure but local revenue was not positive and significant impact on Capital Expenditure. Economic growth is not fully able to moderate (strengthen / weaken) the relationship between the Local Revenue and the General Allocation Fund to the Capital Expenditure Government of Regency/City in the province of North Sumatra and Aceh province in 2012-2015. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Whether right- and left-handedness are defined as a function of individual tasks or represent general categories across tasks has been long debated. However, the literature on handedness primarily concerns industrialized societies in which manual work has been extensively automated, and the majority of individuals in those countries do not use their arms and hands intensively for highly specialized tasks on an everyday basis. Thus, the question remains whether results from those countries regarding handedness are transferable to countries where the majority of individuals are still exploiting their lateralized skills. Here, we sampled 506 individuals from 143 locations on the islands of Flores and Adonara, Indonesia, to assess their hand preference for and hand performance on several tasks in order to evaluate, in a non-industrialized country, the level of manual specialization and the relevance of right- or left-handedness as general categories. Generalized-declared handedness was consistent with task-declared handedness across 10 specific tasks and with a measure of strength and a measure of skilfulness, suggesting that general handedness is a valid concept. This hand specialization for tasks is discussed in the context of intense and daily tool use in this agricultural society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the wake of the 2004 tsunami and the peace agreement in 2005, people of West Aceh, Indonesia, returned to normal life after decades of warfare and violence. Female-centred agriculture resumed and the all-male clientelistic networks intensified their rash exploitation of new and established assets, such as gold and logs. In this paper, I draw on a long-term ethnography in the men's world of artisanal gold mining and I explore matrifocal tendencies, gender relations and their entanglements with the utilization of local natural riches. In particular, I unpack a set of contradictory dynamics that characterize a cohort of young rural Acehnese men. Specifically, I analyse their Islamic piety, their disposition towards hetero-normative conjugality, their consumption-oriented behaviour and their urges to disengage. My objective is to demonstrate that stop-and-go ventures in the racialized and gendered hubs of natural wealth allow these men to fulfil their manifold needs better than agriculture. I also want to highlight that the access to "men's natural resources" comes at a high cost emotionally, mentally, physically and professionally, which is much higher for those who are poorly connected to the political elites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose Based on the authors’ study, the main purpose of this paper is to ascertain a systematic long-term solution for the corruption problem in the Indonesian public sector from the knowledge management perspective. To achieve its objectives, this paper applies multiple perspectives and theories of corruption and knowledge management on the corruption problem in Indonesia.Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on the authors’ study to assess the corruption problem in the Indonesian public sector in the past decade through the examination of reports from various institutions and other relevant documents to highlight various behavioral issues in knowledge management in the Indonesian public sector and how they relate to corruption.Findings The authors establish that a major factor behind corruption’s ability to regenerate over time in the Indonesian public sector is the fact that it has become part of knowledge conversion in Indonesian public institutions for so long that removing it would be a very challenging task. To remove corruption from Indonesian public institutions is to remove it from the existing knowledge conversion spiral within these institutions by means of organizational unlearning and re-learning. The primary focus of the unlearning and re-learning process should be to eliminate the knowledge of corruption, in both tacit and explicit forms, and replace it with the knowledge of good governance, accountability and integrity. Through systematic organizational unlearning and re-learning along with other more repressive measures, the risk of corruption in public institutions in Indonesia will gradually diminish over time.Research limitations/implications This study is relying on documentary analysis to highlight the trend in behavioral problems in relation to knowledge conversion in the Indonesian public sector. Future studies should incorporate interviews with corruption offenders and local leaders to gain a more accurate view of how knowledge conversion plays its role in the growth and regeneration of corruption in the Indonesian public sector.Practical implications This paper contributes to the development of corruption eradication strategy by proposing a framework for systematically removing corruption knowledge from an organization. With this, framework resources can be allocated more effectively and efficiently to achieve the objectives of corruption prevention.Originality/value This paper highlights the importance of behavior-oriented approaches in mitigating corruption in the Indonesian public sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose The purposes of this research are to investigate the relationship between strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) and development strategy and the relationship between development strategy and the success of Koperasi Unit Desa (KUD).Design/methodology/approach The sample population in this research is a village cooperative (KUD) that is located in the Indragiri Hulu Regency region. Withdrawal of the sample that is selected in this research is conducted by using the random sample method that is graded proportionately. This is done because this research has a homogeneous objective (Nazir, 1983, p. 346) and the sample retrieved is as much as 31 village cooperatives (KUD). The analysis method that is used to answer the research hypothesis is path analysis, which consists of two regression equations, namely, the influence of the variables of strength (X1), weakness (X2), opportunity (X3) and threat (X4) on the development strategy (Y1) variable and the influence of the development strategy (Y1) variable on the success of village cooperative (KUD) (Y2) variable by the hypothesis that is presented in a conceptual diagram.Findings The SWOT variable has a significance influence on the development strategy variable in the cooperative in Indragiri Hulu Regency, Riau Province, either partially or simultaneously. And among the variables, the development strategy variable has a significant influence on the success of village cooperative (KUD) in Indragiri Hulu Regency, Riau Province. Also, it was found that the SWOT variable has an indirect influence on the success of village cooperative (KUD) in Indragiri Hulu Regency, Riau Province.Originality/value To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper to test the relation between SWOT and the development strategy and the performance of village cooperatives in Indragiri Hulu Regency, Indonesia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the entrepreneurship perception and business developmental strategy of silk business in Wajo Regency, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia.Design/methodology/approach The study subject was the silk industry located in Wajo Regency, South Sulawesi Province. The study population was 544 silk weavers running the business of silk weaving. The study sample consisted of 235 respondents. To prove the hypothesis stated by the author, the canvas business model analysis method was used to identify entrepreneurship perception, and SWOT (strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis was conducted to understand the potential of the strategy of weaving business development in Wajo Regency, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia.Findings Business model canvas (BMC) is a complex business model that becomes simple through a canvas approach, drawing a sheet of the canvas containing a map of nine elements (box), allowing businessmen to identify the business potential. The nine elements of the canvas that should be understood and considered for running a business are customer segment, value proportion, channel, customer relationship, revenue steam, key resource, key activities, key partnership and cost structure. To improve farmers’ entrepreneurship perception, it would be nice for the weavers who run the silk business should constantly consider the nine elements of BMCso that in running their businesses, they can understand different considerations and create a progressive and developing silk industry.Originality/value This research is about merger two concept of business development in entrepreneurship to increase revenues, with the location of study as originality (no previous research for this relationship): Auditor in Wajo regency South Sulawesi Province in Indonesia. Based on the background stated above, this study aims to analyze entrepreneurship perception and silk industry developmental strategy in Wajo Regency, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study empirically explores the contributions of technical and efficiency changes to the growth of productivity in the Indonesian insurance industries by applying the generalized output-oriented Malmquist index based on the non-parametric approach of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) during the period 2012 to 2015. In measuring the productivity of nine general insurance firms, two inputs (i.e., commission and management expenses) and two outputs (i.e., premium and net investment income) were utilised. The study documented that, on average, the total factor productivity of the insurance companies in Indonesia was mainly contributed by the technical change rather than the efficiency change. The study also found that the main source of the efficiency change was due to the pure efficiency rather than scale efficiency. These findings implied that in order to enhance the productivity of the firms, the manager should be able to selectively combine the existing inputs to produce outputs in the least cost way, supported by the adoption of the advanced technology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study to examine the influence of decentralization with autonomy power, decentralization with authority power, factor mobility, the construction cost index, and inflation rate toward labor absorption rate and its implication toward regional inequity in Indonesia. The research method used in this research is the library research, as a form of research that utilizes the tools available literature in the form of books, journals, data and other empirical studies. Cluster analysis in this study is used to classify regencies'regional inequity into two levels, namely low, and high regional inequity, also in economic growth in two levess, low, and high growth. Also the factor affecting such as decentralization with autonomy power, decentralization with authority power, mobility factor, construction cost index, and inflation rate in two levels (low, and high level). Based on the analysis, the result shows that decentralization with autonomy and authority power significantly effect to labor absorption. The highes value of decentralization, will decreasing the labor absorption rate. Vice versa, the lowest value of decentraliation, will increasing the labor absorption rate. Labor absorption rate as mediation variable in relationship between decentralization with autonomy and authority power significantly to regional inequity. This means that the higher the Decentralization with Authonomy and authority Power, with Labor Absorption Rate which the higher, the level of Regional Inequality will decrease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study considers the political aspects of the Joko Widodo government’s megaproject to build an integrated marine logistic system known as thetol laut. Expanding the existing literature which gives details about the contextual obstacles faced by and the prospects for the Indonesian government to pursue its infrastructure ambitions, the study argues that notwithstanding the relevance of thetol lautfor advancing the Indonesian economy, it is inevitably entangled with dynamic internal and external environments which can unfavourably distort the construction processes. This is the way of understanding the political economy of Indonesia’s development issues which allows for the juxtaposition of domestic political and international relations factors as its framework of analysis. The discussion is divided into four sections. Section one explains the conceptual and methodological foundation of the study. Section two outlines the importance of thetol lautto Indonesian national economic development. Section three looks at how the current domestic political settings pose structural hurdles to Widodo’stol laut, and section four observes the effect of international relations of powerful regional actors and Jakarta’s diplomatic capacity to the on-goingtol laut. The concluding section summarizes the findings of the study. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In this essay we propose an alternative approach to assessing the state of democracy in Indonesia. We focus not on institutional indicators (as is usually the case) but on manifestations of political discourses in the public sphere. In applying post-Marxist political theory through the work of Slavoj Žižek and Chantal Mouffe, we argue that democracy’s main defining feature is that it allows antagonistic discourses about alternative policies to coexist, yet still manages to coalesce around a minimal consensus on how these discursive conflicts are to be dealt with in a fair way. Applying this approach to democracy analysis to Indonesia, we suggest that the major obstacles to democratic practice do not emerge from institutional problems, but from an overbearing political discourse that imposes broad consensus and harmony on most political issues. Political discourse in Indonesia is generally structured around “Islam” and “the people.” These themes provide a basis for a political consensus that conceals economic and social contradictions and reveals considerable depoliticization in Indonesian democratic practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]