This paper aims to explain how trust is constructed in the investment of "bodong" in Indonesia. Investment of "bodong" is the emic concept of Indonesian business community about investment with Ponzi scheme. The growth of "bodong" investment occurred in a legal and socio-political settings where absence...

External environment faced by the firms today shows the uncertainty due to the disruptive change that occurs in all aspects. Impacts of the phenomenon of disruptive innovation, which upset the balance of the market, require all companies to renew themselves in order to maintain their positions in the...

In Indonesia, since the majority of the workers in garment factory are females, they have a significant role on the succession of the factory. The gap between genders might create problems for female workers, which will lead to gender inequality at the workplace. This study aims to study the working...

Indonesian Government has shown an incredible effort to increase tourism sector's productivity by investing on infrastructures. However, to achieve this goal, branding effort needs to be employed because branding added value to its product. Measuring how the destination brand adds value to its product...

The instability of collaboration has long been studied through an understanding of partner selection criteria (Jamali, 2004), but the applied criteria are not yet fully appropriate in determining collaboration partners. Factors related to partner resources and factors that explain relationship stability...

This paper aimed to examine the factors which generate the uniqueness of products. This study developed 26 indicators of product uniqueness. Afterwards, the indicators were grouped using factor analysis. In this research, 250 respondents were participated, which according to Kaiser-Meyer- Olkin's measure...

State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) play crucial roles in the economy, including in the most advanced ones. SOEs, especially in Indonesia, are facing dynamic changes and need to adapt to rapid environmental changes and high complexities. Internally, they are required to ensure that wealth is created and distributed...

Traffic congestion has become a common problem in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. In line with the rapid growth of population and income level in Jakarta, the numbers of vehicles are also multiplying. In comparison with the limitation of road construction, Jakarta's roads are choked with traffic congestion....

Corporate reputation is an assessment of stakeholders based on their existence, leadership, and innovation. This study empirically investigates the effects of corporate social responsibility (CSR), dynamic capabilities, reputation, and competitive advantage in manufacturing industries. An active role...

Women are the dominant workers in garment industry in ASEAN region and worldwide. Notwithstanding the creation of jobs for women resulted by garment factories, workplaces employing women are often characterized by harsh working conditions. Their experience at the workplace affects their well-being, not...

Even though the Public-Private Partnerships model in public infrastructure provision has proliferated in the last decade, its effectiveness with respect to the addressed problems has remained very challenging. The purpose of this study is to explore how the public-private ties model strategically managed...

The rapidly changing and disruptive environment makes the business competition more hypercompetitive. The fundamental challenge that companies often face is not in the strategic planning process, but rather on how to ensure the formulated strategy can be well-implemented. Currently, the literature is...

Globalization affects businesses all over the world, including Indonesia. It results on an increased global competition. Hence, the Indonesian company must compete with other global companies, which can also be outside the industry. Therefore, managers should have the valuable orientation in managing...

The purpose of this study is to understand what are the driving factors and focuses of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) implementation by family businesses (Indonesia, Japan, and Thailand). We investigated how three countries differ and alike. By employing qualitative research, we conducted thorough...

This study aimed to build a model describing the relationships among local resources management strategy, community empowerment and poverty alleviation. This is a conceptual paper describing a key role of local resources to improve the skill of local community which lead to reduce poverty. Well managed...

This study aims to investigate how to determine the supply chain system strategy of the price efficiency for traditional fishermen in the southern coast of Java Island, and to find out how to determine the market selling price of the fish to improve the competitiveness of traditional fishermen. This...