Judul: The effects of entrepreneurships spirit on business performance of women entrepreneurs on the cottage food industry in Bogor
Abstrak: One of the industry many cultivated by women entrepreneurs in Indonesia is a cottage industry. The majority of categories of business carried on by women entrepreneurs in Bogor is business related with food. Many factors influence why business performances which is run by women entrepreneurs are not experiencing progress. For example, 1). women entrepreneurs have a variety of motivations to cultivate his efforts, but the fact remains the majority of business is not managed properly, 2). women entrepreneurs do not calculate risk, 3). the lack of training and education, and 4). the absence of government policies to improve business performance and the number of women entrepreneurs agribusiness based in the national scope. There is the objectives of this study are 1). to analyze effects of personal characteristics and external-internal environments on entrepreneurships spirit of women entrepreneurs on the cottage food industry in Bogor and 2). to analyze effects of entrepreneurships spirit, personal characteristics, and externalinternal environments on business performance of women entrepreneurs on the cottage food industry in Bogor. This research actioned in Bogor. Bogor district elections because Bogor as the region or territory where the population has the greatest own business in August 2012 in West Java, in the amount of 359 193 people. Methode for take sample is purposive sampling. On this research used 100 women entrepreneurs, where 47 peoples from Bogor City origin and 53 peoples from Bogor District origin. The analysis used the descriptive and quantitative analysis using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Processing quantitative data using LISREL 8.3. In the analysis by using the SEM results showed that the personal characteristics positive effectively and significantly on entrepreneurial spirit. This suggests that an increase in education, training, age, business experience, particular ethnic origin, and family background to be entrepreneurs will increase their entrepreneurial spirit. Internal environment positive effectively and significantly on entrepreneurial spirit woman entrepreneurs. Based on discussions with the respondents that good marketing activities, such as promotion and distribution channels, the use of capital (both equity and loans), the easier of obtaining raw materials, and others will motivate and make women entrepreneurs to be more creative. Therefore, strengthening the internal management of the effort required for provide motivation or creativity for entrepreneurial woman to be more advanced and still choose entrepreneurship as woman entrepreneurs work. External environment negative effectively and significantly on entrepreneurial spirit. One of example is the policy of the government and the role of institutions (such as banks) that there is now less motivated to help women entrepreneurs or innovating to expand its business. This is due to the current policy less supportive of the activities carried out by woman entrepreneurs for entrepreneurship and borrowed on the mortgage and the bank charged a high interest rate loan . The other result showed that the business performance of women entrepreneurs on the cottage food industry in Bogor only influenced by personal characteristics. While entrepreneurship, external business environment, and internal business environment does not significantly influence the performance of the business. This is because women entrepreneurs in Bogor have been relying on the capabilities inherent in their
Keyword: women entrepreneurs, personal characteristics, business environments, business performance, Structural Equation Modelling (SEM)

Judul: The Effect of Social Capital and Entrepreneurial Orientation on Business Performance of Women Entrepreneurs in Bogor City
Abstrak: Transformasi semangat berwirausaha saat ini tidak hanya didominasi oleh laki-laki, melainkan juga oleh perempuan. Pemberdayaan perempuan wirausaha menjadi salah satu indikator terwujudnya pembangunan berkelanjutan di Indonesia. Keberhasilan perempuan wirausaha ditentukan oleh berbagai faktor, antara lain modal sosial dan orientasi kewirausahaan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu untuk menganalisis pengaruh modal sosial dan orientasi kewirausahaan terhadap kinerja usaha perempuan wirausaha di Kota Bogor. Penentuan sampel pada penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode convenience sampling. Data yang digunakan berupa data primer melalui penyebaran kuesioner pada perempuan wirausaha dengan jumlah responden sebanyak 136 orang. Data yang diperoleh dianalisis menggunakan analisis deskriptif dan analisis PLS-SEM menggunakan perangkat lunak SmartPLS 3. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa modal sosial berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap orientasi kewirausahaan, orientasi kewirausahaan berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kinerja usaha, dan modal sosial tidak berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kinerja usaha. Namun pengaruh modal sosial jika dimediasi oleh orientasi kewirausahaan menjadi positif dan signifikan terhadap kinerja usaha pada perempuan wirausaha di Kota Bogor., The transformation of the entrepreneurial spirit is currently not only dominated by men but also by women. The empowerment of women entrepreneurs is one of the indicators of the realization of sustainable development in Indonesia. The success of women entrepreneurs is determined by various factors, including social capital and entrepreneurial orientation. The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of social capital and entrepreneurial orientation on the business performance of women entrepreneurs in Bogor City. The sample determination in this study was carried out using the convenience sampling method. The data used are primary data through distributing questionnaires to women entrepreneurs with a total of 136 respondents. The data obtained were analyzed using descriptive analysis and PLS-SEM analysis using SmartPLS 3 software. The results of this study indicate that social capital has a positive and significant effect on entrepreneurial orientation, entrepreneurial orientation has a positive and significant effect on business performance, and social capital has no significant effect on business performance. However, the effect of social capital, if mediated by entrepreneurial orientation, becomes positive and significant on the business performance of women entrepreneurs in Bogor City.
Keyword: agribusiness actors, small and medium enterprises, women empowerment

Judul: Posisi Filogenetik Kura-Kura Carettochelys Insculpta  (Reptillia: Testudinata)
Abstrak: Carettochelys insculpta is an endemic freshwater turtle of southern Papua and northern Australia. Phylogenetic position of this turtle is remain unresolved until now. Most of the research conducted show close relationships of C. insculpta and members of Trionychidae family. However, some of the research show distance between C. insculpta and members of Trionychidae family. This research is conducted to analyze phylogenetic relationship between C. insculpta and other members of Testudinata using 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, and both gene as markers. DNA samples were obtained from three different organisms of C. insculpta. Two species used as outgroups were Alligator mississippiensis and Iguana iguana. Phylogenetic analysis was carried out using Neighbor-Joining method with Felsenstein 1981 (F81) modeltest. A polytomy tree of Testudinata was produced by using 12S rRNA gene. However, analysis using 16S rRNA and both genes as markers confirmed that C. insculpta was located between the Chelonidae and the Trionychidae family.
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