scholarly journals Strategies for Increasing the Competitiveness of Krakatau Steel Company in The Free Trade Area of Batam to Support the Defense Equipment

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-29
Author(s):  
Hamirudin ◽  
Ruruh Prasetya
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Steel Plate ◽  
Free Trade Area ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Steel Company ◽  
Trade Area ◽  
Delivery Times ◽  
Problem Formulations

The steel plate market in the Batam Free Trade Zone is very large, namely 75% of the Indonesian market share. PT Krakatau Steel's steel plate products are not competitive in the Batam Free Trade Area, especially in terms of price and long delivery times. So, a strategy is needed to increase competitiveness. This type of research is a quasi-qualitative research method with interviews, questionnaires, observation, and literature study. In this study, there are two problem formulations, namely how to determine the criteria for competitiveness and how to improve the strategy for increasing the competitiveness of PT Krakatau Steel's steel plate in the Batam Free Trade Area. In determining the criteria for competitiveness, AHP analysis is used. For strategies to increase competitiveness using the SWOT-AHP analysis. The results showed that the criteria affecting the competitiveness of steel were Manufacture Strategy with a weighting value of 0.526 with sub-criteria for cost, quality, delivery, and flexibility. The SWOT analysis shows that the strategy currently used by PT Krakatau Steel is SO. Based on the results of the SWOT-AHP analysis research, it was found that the competitiveness of PT Krakatau Steel could still be improved with the ST strategy which was more relevant to the situation in the Batam Free Trade Area.

Recent Developments in the Regulation of Investor-State Dispute Resolution: Any Lessons for the Southern African Development Community?

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 180-204
Author(s):  
Lawrence Ngobeni ◽  
Babatunde Fagbayibo
Keyword(s):  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Free Trade Area ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Southern African Development Community ◽  
African Union ◽  
Foreign Investments ◽  
African Development ◽  
Trade Area ◽  
Recent Developments

Abstract In 2016, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) amended Annex 1 of the SADC Protocol on Finance and Investment (FIP) in order to remove investor access to international arbitration or Investor-State Dispute Resolution (ISDS). The recent formation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Agreement (T-FTA) are factors that will likely curtail SADC’s ability to regulate foreign investments. Both AfCFTA and T-FTA are supposed to have their own investment protocols. This means that SADC faces the loss of regulatory authority over foreign investments. The recent formation of the Pan African Investment Code (PAIC) has shown that some African Union (AU) Member States want to provide ISDS for their investors, while others including SADC Members States do not. This article intends to evaluate the lessons SADC can learn from other jurisdictions in terms of the effective regulation of ISDS.

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