Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic has had an impact on various economic sectors in Indonesia, and consequently on Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) which have faced a decline in sales figures. The pandemic has forced MSME actors to reorganize their business strategies. Several MSMEs that could survive the impact of Covid-19 in Banyumas have implemented Technology-Based Financial Management which includes the use of software in managing their financial data so that MSME actors are able to calculate, manage, budget, predict expenses and profits to be achieved. The long-term goal of this research is to enrich the development of science, particularly, to examine bounded theory as the dominant factor influencing the intention of MSME actors in using financial software. Further, this research analyzes whether the financial software developed by the research team could help the process of MSME operational activities and has an impact on the sustainability of MSMEs during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Data collection for this study was carried out by distributing questionnaires through online media to MSME actors in the Banyumas Regency who were respondents and a direct approach to MSMEs concerning the use of financial software. The random sampling technique has been applied for this research, meanwhile, for data analysis the Statistical Product and Service Solution (SPSS), version 22.0, has been used. The expected results from this research may help to analyze and provide empirical evidence that bounded theory is the dominant factor influencing the intention of MSME actors in using financial software. The output of this paper can contribute to knowledge, especially regarding the implementation of financial software and theory development.
Highlights
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have a significant role in the economic development of a country (Audretsch, Thurik, 2004)
Object of Research The object of this research is the sustainability of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Banyumas Regency which is influenced by financial management software applications
The choice of location in Banyumas Regency was due to a phenomenon related to MSMEs that could survive in the economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic
Summary
Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have a significant role in the economic development of a country (Audretsch, Thurik, 2004). Banyumas Regency, which has a relatively large area, according to data from the Manpower Office for Cooperatives and SMEs, the number of MSMEs in Central Java, especially in Banyumas Regency, reached 84,350 units in 2018. At the end of 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) China Country Office reported a case in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of pneumonia whose etiology was not identified. January 7, 2019, the etiology of pneumonia was identified as a new type of coronavirus (coronavirus disease, Covid-19). The COVID-19 case was designated by WHO as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, and the spread of the number of cases is running fast and spread in other countries. According to the Head of the Banyumas City Resort Police (Polresta), the monitoring is carried out through social quarantine and regional quarantine or can be called "mini lockdown"
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