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http://dx.doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2020.vol7.no8.445

Does Entrepreneurial Leadership Matter for Micro-Enterprise Development?: Lesson from West Java in Indonesia  

RUSLIATI, Ellen (Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Pasundan)
MULYANINGRUM, Mulyaningrum (Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Pasundan)
WIBOWO, Agus (Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Jakart)
NARMADITYA, Bagus Shandy (Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Malang)
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The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business / v.7, no.8, 2020 , pp. 445-450 More about this Journal
Abstract
This research investigates the role of entrepreneurial leadership in micro-enterprise development in the district of Majalengka in West Java, Indonesia. This study applied a qualitative content analysis method to understand the phenomenon of micro-enterprises comprehensively. The data of this research was collected using surveys, interviews, and a group discussion. The findings indicated that technological information adaptation plays a crucial role in the development of micro-enterprise development. Since the group of millennials dominated the leadership, it has provided more creativity by implementing technological information instead of the previous generation that faced difficulties in adopting the technology. This study noted that inadequate technology adaptation makes micro-business gradually lose customers, and the business was threatened to close. Meanwhile, the role of leadership drives the business development, sales have risen, the number of products has been increasingly diverse, and business capital and number of employees have grown. The establishment of an entrepreneur group could facilitate peer-to-peer contact, knowledge transfer, training, and intervention to enhance leadership and business development. This finding pointed out that the leadership will successfully influence business development when supported by several characteristics such as manage the business, capture opportunities, confidence, firmness, personal integrity, communication, and social and technical expertise.
Keywords
Entrepreneurial Leadership; Business Development; Micro Enterprise; SMEs;
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