Human capital in urban management
N.N. Yuliarmi; N.P. Martini Dewi; S.D. Rustariyuni; A.A.I.N. Marhaeni; G. Andika
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Small and medium enterprises still exhibit dominant contribution to the economy. Small and medium enterprises manage to absorb greater labor force and to survive the economic crisis. Various efforts to empower small and medium enterprises have been less successful. Financing ...
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Small and medium enterprises still exhibit dominant contribution to the economy. Small and medium enterprises manage to absorb greater labor force and to survive the economic crisis. Various efforts to empower small and medium enterprises have been less successful. Financing constraint, low quality of human resources, and limited marketing competence have been the typical problems of small and medium enterprises that harm small and medium enterprises performance. Despite these problems, SMEs still manage to survive. METHODS: Using the sampling method of stratified random sampling with area strata, this study generates 203 small business units as the sample. The research was conducted by using accidental sampling. The quantitative and qualitative data are from primary and secondary sources. The data was collected by using observation, interview, and in-depth interview. The variables in this research was analyzed by using path analysis. FINDING: Social capital positively affect small and medium enterprises ’ financing as indicated by the significance value of 0.000 (< α= 5%). The stronger social capital of small and medium enterprises implied greater access of external financing sources. Social capital, and small and medium enterprises financing positively affect small and medium enterprises performance with 1% confidence level, and human resources positively affect small and medium enterprises performance with 6% confidence level. The finding shown the stronger social capital and human resources increases SMEs performance. CONCLUSION: The results show that social capital and SMEs’ financing positively affect SMEs’ performance, and human resources positively affect small and medium enterprises performance. The results imply that stronger social capital and human resources increases small and medium enterprises performance. Social capital facilitates access to finance, marketing, production, and information. The results shows that human resources affect SMEs’ performance. Social capital and human resources positively affect small and medium enterprises financing. Similarly, social capital, human resources, and financing positively affect SMEs’ performance.
T.M. Kusuma; A.A.I.N. Marhaeni
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This study aims to analyze: 1) the development of demand for craft SMIs products through the use of e-commerce, 2) the effect of e-commerce utilization, macroeconomic conditions, prices, and the intensity of promotion on product demand, 3) the effect of e-commerce utilization, macroeconomic conditions, ...
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This study aims to analyze: 1) the development of demand for craft SMIs products through the use of e-commerce, 2) the effect of e-commerce utilization, macroeconomic conditions, prices, and the intensity of promotion on product demand, 3) the effect of e-commerce utilization, macroeconomic conditions, prices, promotion intensity, and product demand for performance; and 4) the role of product demand in mediating the effect of e-commerce utilization, macroeconomic conditions, prices, and the intensity of promotion on performance. The results of the study show that the product demand variable gives a value of 0.371 while influence of the business performance variable gives a value of 0.486. The results of the study show that the development of demand for handicraft products in Denpasar through low e-commerce utilization, craft SMIs that utilize e-commerce demand more products than those who do not utilize, macroeconomic conditions have a positive and significant effect on product demand, the price has a negative effect and significant to product demand, while promotion intensity has a positive but not significant effect on product demand. Crafting SMIs that utilize e-commerce have better performance than those that do not use, macroeconomic conditions, prices, and product demand have a positive and significant effect on performance. Promotion intensity has a positive but not significant effect on performance.Product demand variables mediate the effect of e-commerce utilization variables, perceptions of macroeconomic conditions, and price variables on the performance variables of small and medium scale industries
Urban health, safety and environment (HSE)
V.G. Gawaikar; A.G. Bhole; R.R. Lakhe
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The case study is based on ISO 14001 and compares the validation with other certified industries. In view of the above, response has been collected to have further improvements through developed model which was prepared based on the factorization of various input and output variables which is linked ...
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The case study is based on ISO 14001 and compares the validation with other certified industries. In view of the above, response has been collected to have further improvements through developed model which was prepared based on the factorization of various input and output variables which is linked to the clauses of ISO 14001. The developed model has represented almost all the clauses of ISO 14001 considering main content of the all the clauses. Response is collected from the industries where input and output variables were sent earlier and also those involved in the implementation of the system. Evidences arrived out of case study suggests that the model questionnaire improves the environmental performance of an organization and bringing effectiveness in the system. This study will give better results after implementation of the model in any sector. Due to the implementation of model, the study has brought the improvements in ISO 14001and surrounding environment as well. The study on validation stated that by implementing the model, the industries where survey took place have achieved almost 30% improvement in environmental performance.