Hubungan dan Aliran Informasi Antar Pelaku Pada Klaster Batik Kota Pekalongan

Abstract

<p><em>The potential of Batik Pekalongan has a unique characteristic which develops by the each entrepreneur of batik. So that, it needs to develop the relationships among the entrepreneurs to stimulate the innovation development of batik. This study aims to determine how the relationship and the information flow among the actors involved in cooperation networks to support the cluster development of batik in Pekalongan. The research method is survey method with both qualitative and quantitative approach. The data is obtained from primary and secondary data. This study sought to understand the relationships between the actors involved in the cluster batik through Social Network Analysis (SNA). The analysis result shows that the roles of actors are still not optimal and need to be improved. Disperindagkop and UMKM, Bappeda, Ministry of Industry, and FEDEP BPPT of Pekalongan City have a major role in the development of clusters of batik. These actors result from the measurement of degree centrality, closeness centrality, and betweenness centrality in the network. And the source of batik knowledge information source comes from the both the customers and the entrepreneurs of batik. The sources of batik knowledge information from consumers indicate that it turns more businesses to exchange information and share innovations that affect the production process of batik. Batik cluster consists of a multi-stakeholder who has some shortcomings so that it is necessary to integrate the roles of actors and the innovation process and technology as a strategy for the development of innovative clusters.</em></p>