Applying ERRC of Blue Ocean Strategy: A Value Innovation for Contracting Carrier Company Study Case in Indonesia

This study aims to determine the strategy's ability to make price competition irrelevant and optimize the company's operating costs. This type of research uses descriptive qualitative research with the subject of this research is one of the Freight Forwarding companies in Jakarta, namely IGL. The results obtained in this study, among others, by creating partners abroad (Key Partnership), which focus on having freehand shipments import and nominee shipments export, can make a condition where price competition becomes irrelevant. The results also show that focusing on being a contractual carrier and procurement of warehouses is also proven to positively impact operational costs and company performance, provide added value to customers, and support the company's main business.

Research Trend of Digital Innovation in Banking: A Bibliometric Analysis

This paper aims to analyze research trends of Digital Innovation in Banking scientifically through bibliometric studies. Initial data were collected using Publish or Perish from 2011 to 2021 by searching for published papers indexed by Crossref, Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic, and Scopus database. The results show that scientific publications of Digital Innovation in Banking have increased gradually since 2016. The Scopus database is used because it contains journals and conference proceedings deemed more relevant by the academic community with detailed DOIs. VOSviewer and Microsoft excel were used as the tools to analyze co-authorship, co-occurrence, and citation obtained from the Scopus database. The visualization of the research trends of Digital Innovation in Banking resulted in three co-occurrence clusters leading to some of the topic areas mentioned in the results; 1) Digital Innovation in Banking related to the technology implementation and environmental innovations, 2) Digital Innovation in Banking business management in the world, and 3) Digital Innovation in Banking in relating to its effect and benefit to society. Technology is rapidly changing the financial services industry, especially banks. Digital innovation resulting from the use of digital technology will help banking improve customer experience and maintain banking performance. These study findings will help researchers recognize the research trends of Digital Innovation in Banking globally and suggest future research directions.

Financial Repression and Inequality towards Economic Growth during the Pandemic in Indonesia

Background – During the pandemic, the global economy was greatly affected, including Indonesia. Currently, Indonesian government expenditure is focused on overcoming the impact of the pandemic by implementing policies in various sectors that have a major impact on vulnerable communities. This causes widespread poverty, which is indicated by the occurrence of income inequality due to government policies through financial repression that possibly affects economic growth. Purpose – This study aims, first, to analyze the financial repression policies carried out by the Indonesian government during the pandemic (2019-2021 period) on Indonesia's economic growth as a developing country. The second objective is that the impact of financial repression carried out as a government policy will be studied more deeply on income inequality because most of the Indonesian population works in the informal sector. The third objective is to further analyze the relationship and impact of the two macroeconomic factors (financial repression and income inequality) simultaneously in the midst of a pandemic that affects economic growth in Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses a quantitative and descriptive exploratory approach with secondary data. Data analysis used simultaneous equations with 2 Stage Least Square. Findings – The results of this study prove that income inequality and financial repression have no significant effect on the level of economic growth in Indonesia. However, in the opposite relationship, if the rate of economic growth is associated with the death rate of the population, which represents the condition of the COVID-19 pandemic, it shows a significant negative effect on the rate of economic growth and income inequality, as well as financial repression. Research limitations – This study is limited by the data period during the pandemic (late 2019 to July 2021) and the availability of data from the Badan Pusat Statistik (Central Bureau of Statistics) and the World Bank. Originality/value – The measurement of financial repression by the money supply and others, as a component of equation 1, and measurement of inequality using the Gini ratio or other poverty index as a component of equation 2. Both equations are linked to Indonesia's economic growth rate.

Analysis of Financial Distress in Measuring Bankruptcy Before and After The Covid-19 Pandemic

The increasing spread of the Covid-19 virus at this time has forced several company sectors to experience setbacks in their operations. This epidemic has had a major impact, especially on the Transportation Sub-Sector Companies because they have to make some adjustments to government regulations such as implementing health protocols and physical restrictions on travel to break the chain of virus spread. The regulation has an impact on the company's revenue decline and the potency to suffer losses that can result in bankruptcy. This study aims to determine the bankruptcy prediction of the Transportation Sub-Sector Companies listed on the IDX before and after the covid-19 pandemic and to find out the most accurate method. The sampling technique used was non-probability sampling with the purposive sampling technique. The method used is descriptive with a quantitative approach. The results of the hypothesis test show that there are differences in predictions between the Altman and Springate models in predicting bankruptcy before and after the covid-19 pandemic. The Altman model is the most accurate prediction with an accuracy rate of 85.75%, while the Springate model has an accuracy rate of 73%. The study focused on companies listed on the IDX and used two bankruptcy measurement models, so researchers are next expected to use the entire company and other existing bankruptcy prediction, models. In addition, some factors beyond the control of researchers, such as economic conditions that cannot be measured. The renewal of previous research is to use two methods of prediction of bankruptcy, different objects, and research time (before and after the covid-19 pandemic).

Effectiveness of the Value Added Tax Exemption Policy on Gross Domestic Product in Selected ASEAN Countries Towards a Conducive Business Environment Model

Excessive exemption is detrimental to the effectiveness of the whole Value Added Tax system. This research is primarily focused on VAT exemption affecting the business industry as it influences the Gross Domestic Product of the three (3) selected ASEAN countries, namely, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Singapore. The result of the study showed a negative relationship between VAT exemption policy and GDP growth rate among the selected ASEAN economies. Although the VAT collections among the selected ASEAN countries are significantly increasing with the course of time, the results showed that as the number of VAT exemptions increases by one unit, the degree of growth of the GDP is expected to decrease at a rate of 0.900 units. Thus, a conducive business environment may be achieved by decreasing the number of VAT exemptions and, accordingly, increasing the GDP growth rate.

Influence of Incentives and Non-Incentives Tax on Profit Management

Disclosure of financial statement information for companies in Indonesia is very important, especially for stakeholders who do not have access to company information, especially in profit management, so that stakeholders are able to make the right decisions. Profit management is a managerial activity for management in influencing and interfering with financial statements. Public companies have benefited greatly because the effective tax rate of the company will become smaller so that the company is able to manage profits. Effective tax planning methods through tax incentives and non-tax incentives can help and provide convenience for companies in their profit management. Researchers want to find out how incentive taxes and non-incentive taxes affect profit management. The first results of the study showed that two variables of projected tax incentives with tax planning and deferred tax expense, as well as one variable non-incentive tax projected through leverage, had no effect on profit management. The second results of these studies showed that two other tax incentive variables were projected with the current tax expense and the number of shares paid, and the projection of one non-incentive variable of tax through variable capital intensity ratio had an effect on profit management. Researchers found difficulties when analyzing profit management since not all companies have positive test results against profit management values; there was a company with negative profit management values. The differences between this study to other researchers were the object and variable of research.