Abstract: This study aims to gain a clear description of the government policy toward business performance, the potency of local culture in supporting the existence of social capital, and small-to-middle industrial competency (IKM: industri kecil menengah) in Sarbagita area, Bali province. The result shows that role of the government policy has been proven to positively and significantly impact on business competitiveness. Intermediation from the government policy has positively and impacted on business competitiveness through business performance. The competency of business resource has positively and significantly impacted on business competitiveness. There is social capital potency on local culture at Sarbagita area. The role of social capital found on local culture and impacting on business performance has shown that local culture has significantly and positively impacted on business performance. Local culture has also positively and significantly impacted on both business performance and business competitiveness. This study provides a recommendation that local culture will strengthen business competitiveness among global markets especially in the field of export-based wood craft industries.
Keywords: the government role, resource competency, local culture, performance, business competitiveness, and wood craft industry.
Title: Role of the Government, Resource Competency, and Local Culture toward Performance and Business Competitiveness of Wood Craft Industry throughout Sarbagita, Bali Province Indonesia
Author: Gede Santanu, I Gede Sudjana Budiasa, Dewa Putu Meles Arta
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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