scholarly journals Internal and External Factors Influencing Financial Performance in Improving Competitiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises in Jayapura City

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 64-74
Author(s):  
Mugiati Mugiati
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Organizational Influence ◽  
Medium Enterprises

This study aims to identify and analyze the direct influence of internal factors (consisting of: Human Resource Management, Production, Marketing, Working Capital, Organization) and External Factors (which are Government Policy and competitors) on Financial Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Jayapura city. Data collecting method data are observation, interviews, and questionnaire. Data were analyzed using analysis of SEM (Structural Equation Modeling), with Amos Software. Results show that internal factor like human resource management does not affect the financial performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Jayapura city, while the internal factors of production, marketing, working capital, organizational influence the financial performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Jayapura city. The analysis also showed that the internal factors of human resource management, production, marketing, working capital and organizational influence on the competitiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises in the city of Jayapura. External factors which consist of: government policies and competitors affect the financial performance and competitiveness of small and medium enterprises businesses in the city of Jayapura. Financial performance affects the competitiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises in Jayapura city.

scholarly journals Editorial

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. v-vi
Author(s):  
Dr S Hanuman Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Food Quality ◽  
Food Processing ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Strategic Human Resource Management ◽  
Medium Enterprises

This issue largely focuses on the topics related to general management. The first article on ‘Impact of Innovative Strategic Human Resource Management Practices on the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises’– A Case Study of Karnataka by B.K.Sathyanarayana and Nawal Kishor aims at evaluating the application and implementation of Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) practices for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and to examine its impact on organisational performance. Six hundred & forty SMEs in and around the Bangalore District from both Manufacturing and Services Sector responded to the various Strategic Human Resource Management drivers and organizational drivers and it was inferred that there exists a positive significant correlation between these variables.  The next article on sustainable development best management practices in the food processing industry by Uma CS, Basavaraj & Prasanna Joshi attempts to study sustainable development that involves issues like organic farming, food safety and food quality. This paper highlights on the concept of green food system and the approach of good agricultural practices (GAP) which is a new concept that stresses on international quality standards, concerns and commitments about food production, food safety and security, environment sustainability of agriculture. Quality management is equally important in the food industry. Food processing is a capital intensive, water consuming and a polluting industry.  Therefore this paper also studies the management practices in this industry to reduce water wastage, ensuring food quality so the concept of green growth can be achieved. It also throws light on the various Governmental laws and regulations passed to control pollution and ensure food quality and health of the people.

scholarly journals An Analysis of Factors Affecting the Company Performance in Creating the Competitiveness of Furniture and Printing Small-Sized Enterprises in Jayapura City

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-55
Author(s):  
Mugiati Mugiati
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Factors Affecting

This study aims to identify and analyze the influence of human resource management, production, marketing, working capital, organization, government policy, and competitor on the financial performance and competitiveness of Small-sized enterprise in Jayapura City. Data collection methods used were observation, interviews, and questionnaires, the number of samples is 258 Small-sized enterprises in Jayapura. Data were analyzed by applying SEM (structural equation modeling analysis method by making use of Amos Software. The results showed that the factors of production and government policy factors affect the financial performance and competitiveness of small-sized enterprise in Jayapura. While human resource management, marketing, organization and competitors factors affect the financial performance of small-sized enterprise in Jayapura, but does not affect the competitiveness of small-sized enterprise in Jayapura and working capital factor does not affect the financial performance of small-sized enterprise in Jayapura but affect the competitiveness of small-sized enterprise in Jayapura. Then the financial performance factor affects the competitiveness of small-sized enterprise in Jayapura.

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