Abstract
Indonesian batik small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are rapidly growing, but they face many challenges in developing their business. For this reason, we propose a combination of open innovation and engagement theory to overcome these challenges. We conducted interviews with 27 local government officers (external stakeholder) and 57 managers of batik SMEs (internal stakeholder). We confirmed the interview results with 20 batik experts and representatives from the Indonesian Ministry of Industry in the Focus Group Discussion. We have divided the findings of this study into two categories: Java and outside of Java, since the two areas have different characteristics. According to our findings, the biggest challenge of batik SMEs in Java is the emergence of the batik printing business. Meanwhile, batik SMEs outside of Java are having difficulty obtaining raw materials. Open innovation has been implemented by some batik SMEs in Indonesia and can improve their business performance. However, more batik SMEs do not implement open innovation due to the lack of their skills and involvement of other stakeholders. As a result, we suggest that open innovation in the Indonesian batik industry needs to be supported by the participation of various parties or that open innovation is combined with engagement theory.
Highlights
Accepted: 20 April 2021Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) loans in developing countries constitute only3% of GDP
We identify various open innovations carried out by batik SMEs in Indonesia to help overcome the challenges of other craft SMEs and develop their business
As many as 83.33% of local government officers in Java stated that batik SMEs face challenges in the production subsystem
Summary
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) loans in developing countries constitute only. This is experienced by Indonesian SMEs where the amount of lending is one of the lowest globally. Indonesia has one of the highest turnovers of SMEs in the world out of all developing countries [1]. SMEs have an imperative role to play in supporting Indonesian economic development [2], due to the large number of SMEs in Indonesia, namely 64,194,000 units in 2018 [3]. Limited funding is not the only barrier to developing SMEs in Indonesia. Budhi et al [2]
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