Judul: Analisis Daya Saing Produk Wooden Furnitures Indonesia di Pasar Internasional
Abstrak: Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah menganalisis daya saing dan faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi pertumbuhan ekspor produk wooden furnitures Indonesia pada periode 2007-2016. Produk wooden furnitures yang dianalisis terdiri atas wooden furniture for office use (WFO), wooden furniture for kitchen use (WFK), wooden furniture for bedroom use (WFB), dan wooden furniture other than office, kitchen or bedroom use (WOO). Analisis Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) dan Indeks Spesialisasi Perdagangan (ISP) digunakan untuk menganalisis keunggulan komparatif dan kompetitif produk, sedangkan Contant Market Share (CMS) digunakan untuk menganalisis faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi pertumbuhan ekspor. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan produk WFB dan WOO memiliki keunggulan komparatif dan kompetitif yang telah memasuki tahap kematangan. Produk WFK meskipun telah mencapai tahap kematangan, namun keunggulan komparatifnya terus berkurang. Produk WFO belum memiliki keunggulan komparatif dan berada pada tahap pengembangan ekspor. Faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi pertumbuhan ekspor Indonesia secara positif adalah pertumbuhan standar dan komposisi komoditas, sementara faktor daya saing memberikan kontribusi yang negatif.
Keyword: wooden furnitures, daya saing, Revealed Comparative Advantage, Trade Specialization Index, Constant Market Share

Judul: Analisis Dayasaing Produk Kayu Olahan Sekunder (SPWP) Indonesia di Pasar Internasional
Abstrak: The objective of this research is to analyze competitiveness of Indonesia secondary products (SPWP), particularly wooden furniture, builder’s woodwork, other SPWP, moulding, cane and bamboo furniture in international market for the period 2005-2011. Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) and Spesialisasi Perdagangan Index (ISP) were then calculated to determine comparative and competitive advantage, and Constant Market Share (CMS) technique was also used to identify factors that affect competitiveness those products. Result show all products have comparative advantage as indicated by the value of RCA>1. Mean while, ISP index indicated that all products have competitive advantage. Based on CMS analysis, competitiveness is the mostthat affect export growth, followed by growth and commodity composition factors. The strategies that can be used to increase Indonesia competitiveness are produtcs process inovation, market exponding, industry cluster development
Keyword: CMS., ISP, RCA, competitiveness, secondary processed wood products

Judul: Approximation of the Median of Poisson Distribution Using the Relation of Poisson-Gamma Distribution
Abstrak: A major drawback of median is that median cannot usually be defined in closed form, even in the cases where their distribution functions are known. This study gives an approximation of the closed form for the median of the Poisson distribution by using the relation of Poisson-Gamma distribution. The approximation uses elementary techniques based on the monotonicity of certain sequences involving tail probabilities of the Poisson distribution and the Central Limit Theorem. Furthermore, a closed form expression for the mean absolute deviation 􀜧|􀜰􀰒 􀵆 􀜯􀝁􀝀􁈺􀜰􀰒􁈻| is also studied. The median is relevant because of the fact that it minimizes the mean absolute deviation of a Poisson random variable (􀜰􀰒􁈻 by considering median as central tendency.
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