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Title:
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ENHANCING MICRO-SMALL-MEDIUM-ENTERPRISES (MSE) OF BATIK INDUSTRY IN PEKALONGAN, CENTRAL JAVA-INDONESIA: FROM POWERLESS TO POWERED |
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Author(s):
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Djoko Sudantoko, M. Chabachib, Indah Susilowati, Waridin |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-79-3 |
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Editors:
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Tomayess Issa, Pedro Isaías and Theodora Issa |
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Year:
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2012 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Pekalongan |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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129 |
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Last Page:
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133 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Pekalongan is known as an industrial city for batik and fisheries products. It lies in the western-north coast of Central Java Province, Indonesia. More than three-fourth of batik industry and fisheries sector are operating in the scale of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The main objective of the study is to formulate the empowerment strategy for SMEs batik in Pekalongan, Central Java. The specific objectives are to: (1) analyze the factors influence towards batik production, (2) estimate the efficiency of inputs used for batik production, and (3) identify the level of powerment of SMEs batik in Pekalongan. In-depth interview had been carried out with 15 key-persons who competents with the batik industries activities. There were 150 respondents selected from SMEs batik in the study area using multi-stage sampling. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze profiles and the powerment level of respondents. Production behavior and efficiency of SMEs batik had been analyzed accordingly. FGD and in-depth interview were used as a media to construct the strategy of empowerment to enhance the performance of SMEs batik in the study area. Further, analysis of Hierarchy Process (AHP) was employed to provide the empirical evidence of the empowerment strategy as prioritized by the study. The results indicated that the variables of raw-and supplement-materials, labor, kerosine and wooden fuels were positively significant towards the batik production observed. Equipments and scale of firm were found as variables which did not significantly influent the batik production. The average of technical efficiency was 0.867. This implies that the inputs used in production was inefficient. The level of powerment found relatively very low. The strategy should be outlined to improve the SMEs batik performace among others are through the four drivers, namely: (1) access in credits and/ or facilitations to run the business, (2) access in market, (3) access in lobbying, and (4) access in technology. Key-words: empowerment, strategy, small-scale, batik, production, Pekalongan Indonesia. |
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