COMPLETION REPORT
Japanese enterprises role on SMEs development in Indonesia: Inside the flying fish roe export
and import
Dr. Muh. Yushar Mustafa
Lecturer
SmartCity Magazine/STIE Nobel Makassar
After conducting a research within a particular period, this study then completed with some major findingsthat are aimed to primarily contribute into the growing body of the knowledge. As the main objective of this study
is the role of foreign enterprises, represented by Kanetoku Corporation and Kanematsu Corporation in this study, onthe development of Indonesian SMEs, the findings of this study are both methodologically and theoreticallysupported.
First of all, this study uncovers that the innovation strategy, which undertook by both Japanese enterprises
during their market expansion in Indonesia, offers the improvement on local SMEs’ performances especially thosespecialized in Tobiko. For instance, the improvement on the Tobiko’s process and product of SMEs provides a morequantity and a better quality of Tobiko. Besides, the improvement is not only on both abovementioned, but also takeson the position and paradigm of SMEs.
Second of all, this study discovers that such innovation strategy later motivates SMEs to implement thelearning process due to several reasons. The most important reason is the increasing request of Tobiko quantity andthe rising need of better quality by global markets. Respect with such vital requirements especially the former one,this study finds that the local SMEs then encouraged to expose a mostly impossible new flying fish roe’s harvesting
spot outside the Sulawesi Island in order to meet the minimum quantity requirement every year. In addition,according to this study’s outcomes, local SMEs also encouraged to reveal a new harvesting spot of Tobiko due toSulawesi Island was the only Tobiko harvesting spot in Indonesia and only once a year the harvesting seasonavailable.
Finally, this study also discovers that during the positive improvement of SMEs’ process, product, position,and paradigm, both Japanese firms together provide some training or education for local SMEs such as new tools
application training (plastic robe, packaging, Telex machine, and so on). To this knowledge, this resulting theexistence of the transfer knowledge activity between both Kanematsu and Kanetoku Corporation and SMEsincluding managers, fishermen, as well as administration officers. Accordingly, this study confirms that themoderating effect of knowledge transfer, which is constructed in the research framework, between the role ofKanetoku Corporation and Kanematsu Corporation on Indonesian SMEs’ development is theoretically confirmed.
In sum, this study conclusively confirms that through the application of innovation and knowledge transfer
activity, there is a crucial role played by Kanetoku Corporation and Kanematsu Corporation on the development of
SMEs in Indonesia. Their roles are not only participating on the development of South Sulawesi SMEs, including(1) internationalization process; (2) knowledge; and (3) wealth, but also (4) the contribution on the remarkablediscovery of a new harvesting spot of Tobiko outside the South Sulawesi.

Publication of the Results of Research Project:
Verbal Presentation (Date, Venue, Name of Conference, Title of Presentation, Presenter, etc.)
Not Applicable (Not Listed in the Prior Research Plan)
Thesis (Name of Journal and its Date, Title and Author of Thesis, etc.)-Name of Journal is Hasanuddin Economics and Business Review.
-Title is Japanese enterprises role on SMEs development in Indonesia: Inside Tobiko export and import.
-Authors of Thesis:Muh. Yushar Mustafaab Fahrina Mustafacd Riad Mustafae Rahmat Mustafafa.

STIE Nobel, Jl. Sultan Alauddin Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, 90231b.

PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Business, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia, 43600+6285256567474; yusharmustafam@yahoo.co.nzc.

Universitas Hasanuddin, Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis, Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan KM 10, Makassar, SouthSulawesi, Indonesia, 90245

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PhD Candidate, Universitas Brawijaya, Jl. Veteran, Malang, East Java, Indonesia, 65145+628124156075; fahrina_mustafa@fe.unhas.ac.ide.

Universitas Fajar, Fakultas Teknik, Jl. Prof. Abdurrahman Basalamah, Makassar, South Sulawesi, 90231+62811410149; riad_mustafa@yahoo.com

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SmartCity Makassar News, Jl. Ade Irma Nasution D5, Makassar, South Sulawesi, 90211+6281342554811; bnb_rahmat@yahoo.co.id

Book (Publisher and Date of the Book, Title and Author of the Book, etc.)
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