IDENTIFICATION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SUSTAINABILITY FACTORS IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI IN WEST SUMATRA

Abstract

This study aims to determine the factors that affect the sustainability of entrepreneurs in areas prone to earthquakes and tsunamis in West Sumatra. Not only West Sumatera is one of many potential areas of earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia but it is also categorized as red zone area. Despite that fact, the entrepreneurship’s development actually extremely increased in that area. This research was conducted in 2016 with the amount of respondent reached 100 entrepreneurs which were analyzed quantitatively. The data were collected by using questionnaire and were analyzed by using factor analysis method called Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA). This research was conducted in five locations in West Sumatera: Padang City, Pariaman City, Padang Pariaman Regency, Agam Regency, and Pesisir Selatan Regency. The reason to choose those mentioned locations was because those regions were categorized as the red zones of earthquake and tsunami-prone areas in West Sumatera. This research revealed 7 factors that affected the entrepreneurship’s survival in the earthquake and tsunami-prone areas, the 7 factors were summarized 30 factors that have been found from the previous research that conducted in 2015.