Judul: Designing A Business Innovation Strategy to Improve the Business Performance of Chocolate SMEs in East Java, Indonesia
Abstrak: This study explored the obstacles facing for chocolate products from East Java SMEs entering the domestic market. This research also contributed a design strategy for business innovation that might be done by small and medium chocolate enterprises in East Java to improve their business performance. This study used a mixed method framework. Study literature, field observation, and a semi-structured interview were delivered to gain accurate data. The qualitative data then being processed through a descriptive-interpretive analysis. The study findings were used to construct the content of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) as the quantitative tool to select an innovation strategy. The findings were for passing the market entry obstacles needs an improvement of collaboration among Indonesian government, East Java government, and the chocolate SMEs. A product with distinctive flavor is the most preferred best practice by respondents as a business innovation strategy. This study was only focus on the government and chocolate SME as the stakeholders. As practical implications, chocolate SMEs in East Java might apply the product diversification by creating a product with a distinctive flavor as an innovative strategy for their business.
Keyword: East Java, chocolate SMEs, business innovation strategy

Judul: Exploring Development Strategies for CV. Socolatte in Aceh Using BMC and AHP
Abstrak: The high consumption of processed chocolate-based foods and beverages has attracted entrepreneurs from Aceh to produce and sell chocolate products with local brands. CV. Socolatte is a small industry producing local chocolate brands sing local raw materials from Aceh. Unfortunately, in its implementation, there are still many obstacles faced by the small industry to develop, such as it still cannot enter the domestic market. So this research means to describe the current condition of CV. Socolatte in Aceh and find the main problems and solutions in the production process of chocolate Socolatte by choosing applicative strategies for overcoming problems in particular blocks among nine BMC blocks. Based on Business Model Canvas 1, CV. Socolatte has a problem with the Customer Relationship block. However, based on the owner statement, they focused on solving problems in the production section at that time. Based on Analytical Hierarchy Process 1 (AHP 1), Raw material, Cost, and limited Machinery are still the main problems in producing a good quality chocolate product. Based on the expert choices, the solution given is Adopting To Supporting Technology (0.363) to improve the quality of Raw Materials (0.445) initially. Moreover, based on BMC 2, besides production, the problem was detected as development barriers at CV. Socolatte lies in the field of Marketing and Management coming from Channel, Key Resources, and Key Activities blocks. Consequently, suggested tactics based on expert choice using AHP 2 are Strengthening Internal Management, together with Enhancing Marketing Strategy focusing on improving Entrepreneurs Competencies. Due to all the decision-making in SMEs comes from a single decision-maker (the small company owner), so all the strategies should be applicative and suitable for the owner to apply for facing internal problems such as miscommunication and misunderstanding among internal stakeholders. As a result, CV. Socolatte from Aceh possibly can grow significantly and sustainably.
Keyword: AHP, BMC, CV. Socolatte, Development Strategy

Judul: Babesiosis pada kuda
Abstrak: Babesiosis pada kuda adalah penyakit menular yang di- sebabkan oleh Babesia caballi dan Babesia equi, yaitu pa- rasit protozoa perusak sel darah yang termasuk dalam genus Babesia. B. equi diduga oleh beberapa ahli termasuk dalam genus Theileria. Karena itu klasifikasi genus Babesia di- bicarakan dan siklus hidup B. caballi dan B. equi diulas. Kuda pada semua umur dapat terserang oleh dua parasite tersebut di atas. Tetapi kuda-kuda yang sudah dewasa (tua) lebih rentan jika dibandingkan dengan kuda-kuda yang masih muda. Kasus-kasus yang paling sering dijumpai adalah kasus-kasus yang bersifat akut walaupun kasus-kasus yang bersifat perakut, subakut dan kronik kadang-kadang terlihat. Serangan oleh parasit Babesia biasanya menyebabkan kerusаkan sel darah merah yang hebat sehingga kuda-kuda yang terserang menderita anemia hebat yang dapat menyebabkan kematian bila tidak segera diobati. Untuk mengatasi hal tersebut perlu dilakukan diagnosis yang tepat dan sedini mungkin. Diagnosis dapat dilakukan dengan cara memeriksa gejala-gejala klinik, preparat ulas darah, inokulasi hewan lain dan dengan mengadakan pemeriksaan secara serologik. Gejala-gejala klinik babesiosis pada kuda yang bersifat akut yang paling sering terlihat, ialah : nafsu makan menurun/hilang, lesu, bulu suram dan tidak mau bergerak. Kuda yang dilepaskan di padang rumput akan mengasingkan diri dan jalan sempoyongan. Faeces yang keluar berwarna cok- lat gelap, diselaputi lendir yang berwarna kekuningan dan urimenya berwarna merah tua. Temperatur tubuh meningkat menjadi 39.5 - 41°C dan pulsus meningkat. Terlihat dispnoe, perdarahan petechi pada mukosa membrana nictitans dan conjunctiva yang lebih pucat dari normal dan juga icteris. Kasus-kasus yang bersifat subakut gejala-gejalanya lebih ringan, tetapi bila tidak segera diobati maka gejala- gejala tersebut secara cepat menjadi hebat. Persendian lutut dan persendian gelang puyuh membengkak dan padanya ter- lihat oedema. Pada abdomen, dada dan kepala juga dapat di- temukan oedema. Gejala-gejala klinik yang terlihat pada kasus kronik adalah penurunan kondisi tubuh kuda secara progresif walaupun diberi makan yang banyak. Perubahan temperatur tidak jelas, nafsu makan berubah-ubah, icterus tidak jelas dan anemia mungkin hanya dapat dideteksi dengan menghitung sel darah merah dan kadar hematocrit…dst
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