Business Cooperation Research Articles

Benefits from the cooperation of non-governmental organizations with enterprises and durability of cooperation

The article attempts to determine the benefits that are the basis for permanent business cooperation with non-governmental organizations (NGOs). These benefits are presented on the basis of literature, analyzed case studies and from the point of view of business representatives and non-governmental organizations who shared their practical experience in this field with the authors of the article. On the one hand, enterprises and NGOs often operate in both geographic and market proximity in a microeconomic environment. Therefore, they can direct their activities to similar recipients of the micro environment. They deal with the same local community and its problems as well as with decisions of local self-governments. Both types of organizations are also affected by similar macroeconomic conditions supporting or limiting intersectoral cooperation. On the other hand, the discussed organizations differ in terms of goals and approaches to managing an organization. Enteprises engage in social issues in order to be able to achieve business goals (e.g. image building, establishing better relations with the social environment, acquiring new markets). In order to survive and achieve social goals, NGOs must acquire competences specific to enterprises (e.g. management, organizational and communication skills, etc.). There is therefore space for establishing cooperation between enterprises and NGOs because these organizations can offer each other the desired benefits through exchange, increasing their competitive position (enterprises) and the possibility of achieving statutory goals (NGOs).

Barriers to organizational learning and sustainability: The case of a consumer cooperative

This explorative research deals with the relationship between barriers to organizational learning (OL) and the adoption of sustainability-related strategies, focusing on the cooperative business model. A single case study involving a large Italian food retailing cooperative was conducted. Interviews with 12 managers and ten external stakeholders were recorded and analyzed with NVivo software. The results were coded based on the taxonomy of barriers proposed by Shilling and Kluge (2009) . A total of 153 pieces of evidence emerged, subtending OL-related barriers to the integration of sustainability at business level. Most of these barriers prevented the sustainability-related initiatives from being fully integrated and/or institutionalized, operating at the level of groups or of the entire organization. To stimulate the effective integration and institutionalization of sustainability in the cooperative’s business strategy, the implementation of adequate organizational and managerial instruments emerges as strategic. Effective communication, measurement tools of sustainability performance, and improvement of staff skills represent opportunities to overcome the identified barriers. As links with customers and communities, cooperative members also play a key role in this perspective. • Barriers to Organizational Learning limit the integration of sustainability in the business strategies. • For Cooperatives, the value system is not enough to fully integrate a sustainability-based strategy. • Adequate communication instruments play a key role to overcome barriers to OL. • Performance measurement tools and level of skills of staff can facilitate the integration of sustainability. • A key role in cooperatives for integrating sustainability is played by members, as connectors with customers and local communities.

What roles do SME members have in cooperatives?

What makes the cooperative business model unique is the various roles members have. We interviewed executives and members of four large Australian cooperatives to determine what these roles were. Our results show differences in terminologies and a conflation of member roles relating to patronage, ownership, investment, and community membership. We introduced the “Four Hats” (4Hs) framework suggested by Mamouni Limnios et al. (2018), which describes the distinct roles of patron, investor, owner, and community member. All interviewees responded positively to these roles. By isolating these specific roles, potential strategies to activate these roles can be developed to improve participation. Executives rated in order of importance, the patron, owner, community member and investor roles. Members rated in order of importance, the owner, investor, patron and community member roles. • Executives and members utilised different terminologies to define member roles. • Many of the roles were conflated such as the investor/owner role. • After being prompted, members rated being an owner first, whilst executives rated patron. • The owner role was strong when the threat of de-mutualisation appeared. • Member roles could be activated to increase active member participation.

Pengembangan Usaha Koperasi Agar dapat Mengenal Pasar dan Pesaing

Cooperative business is certainly different from other types of financial companies, where the establishment process is based on principles, values, and norms that must be adhered to. Cooperative members are the owners of managed funds so that cooperatives must develop so that all members can enjoy the benefits which are ultimately aimed at the welfare of members. Developing cooperatives does not always run smoothly due to a lack of strategy or preparation. Cooperatives can run smoothly and develop if managed properly. The management of the duties of each member and the management of finances in the cooperative must be clear and neat. The types of strategies that can be chosen by cooperatives are broadly distinguished between corporate-level strategies and business unit-level strategies. The types of strategies that can be chosen at the corporate level include: single business, related business diversification, and unrelated business diversification or conglomeration. Meanwhile, the types of strategies that can be chosen at the business unit level include cost minimization, product differentiation, concentration on certain markets or a combination of the three. The problem experienced by the Mitra Armindo Jaya Cooperative is that the cooperative is relatively new, so it does not yet have an adequate understanding of cooperatives. The solutions offered in this activity, among others, provide an overview of how cooperative business development efforts are to be able to recognize the market and competitors so that existing business opportunities or opportunities can be utilized, and can overcome business obstacles that will interfere with the achievement of cooperative goals.

Cross-cultural business cooperation at enterprises engaged in foreign economic activities: challenges of implementation and optimal ways to overcome them

Rapid changes in internationalization are having a huge impact on how businesses operate and their work environments, connecting them with customers and colleagues around the world. This cross-cultural collaboration can promote the growth and development of corporations around the world, resulting in increased demand for a skilled, culturally diverse workforce. While there are many advantages and disadvantages to an intercultural workforce, this means that understanding the best way to manage the business of culturally diverse teams is more actual today than ever. The purpose of the paper is reflected in the formation of measures to improve the cross-cultural business interaction of Ukrainian enterprises in the context of expanding foreign economic relations. The world continues to retain a significant number of cultural differences. They become obstacles in the negotiation processes, the work of company employees. All this gives rise to problems of a cross-cultural nature (communication barriers of participants in business interaction, the inability of participants in negotiation processes with foreign partners or other areas of cross-cultural business interaction to use verbal and non-verbal means of communication in a timely and correct manner; leveling the importance of etic- and emic-elements in conditions of cross-cultural interaction; mistakes in interpreting the behavior of a partner in cross-cultural communication, etc.). As the result, the ways to solve existing problems at the enterprise were proposed as follows: the implementation of the cross-cultural management model at the enterprise in order to adapt its specialists to active business interaction in the foreign economic sphere, as well as the introduction of the concept of event management in order to improve methods and forms of cross-cultural business interaction of Ukrainian enterprises in terms of establishing new export-import operations.

PERANCANGAN SISTEM INFORMASI PINJAMAN PADA KOPERASI SERBA USAHA ANUGRAH USAHA KITO BERBASIS WEB

Anugrah Usaha Kito Multipurpose Cooperative is a financial institution that provides loan transaction services. The Multipurpose Business Cooperative Anugrah Usaha Kito needs to have an information system to facilitate data processing, carry out tasks appropriately, and minimize errors in recording transactions and financial calculations, because the existing system cannot support the activities carried out by the Multipurpose Business Cooperative Anugrah Usaha Kito, especially Another problem with the running program is that it still uses a manual system. To meet the above requirements, it is necessary to design a loan information system. This information system is made using the PHP programming language through the CodeIgniter framework, and MySQL as the database storage. By using database storage, the cooperative information system can facilitate the processing of member data, loan data and installment data because it has been stored in 1 central database. This web-based information system is an alternative to improve the quality of data processing and cooperative loan services. The facilities contained in this information system include processing member data, loans, installments, late fees.

Pengaruh Faktor Internal terhadap Kinerja Bisnis Koperasi Syariah (Survey terhadap unit Bisnis Koperasi Syariah di Bandung

The main problems of sharia cooperatives are 47%capital, 35%decrease in sales, and 8%production barriers. Based on the results of previous studies, information was obtained that; (1) Sharia Cooperative Business Unit that grows during Pandemic is only a savings and loan while another business unit is declined dramatically and even almost loss, (2) Sharia cooperative members in Bandung are very varied, there are business people, rural residents who are technology blind, members of higher education, Private employees who have been technology literate that need adjustment in the service process, (3) The profit sharing system that characterizes sharia cooperatives requires openness to the conditions of the customer's financial performance. Currently it only relies on trust, (4) Limitations of Distribution due to government policies that limit the entry and exit of people to avoid the transmission of the Covid Virus 19. This study was conducted with the aim of: 1). Knowing the internal factors of Islamic cooperatives in Bandung; 2). Knowing the performance of Islamic cooperatives in Bandung; 3). Knowing the effect of internal factors on the performance of the Islamic cooperative business. The method used in this study is the Explanatory Survey. Data processing techniques are carried out with the help of PLS ​​3.2 to find out the internal factors that affect the performance of sharia cooperatives. This research was conducted with One Shoot Cross Sectional. The approach used is a combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches. The results showed that the internal factors of Islamic cooperatives consisted of marketing, operations, human resources, finance in the good category. Performance factors consisting of profit growth, cooperative services growth in good categories while cost growth in the category is quite good. There is an influence of 60.20 % internal factors on positive and significant business performance.

ANALISIS KELAYAKAN PEMBERIAN KREDIT KOPERASI DENGAN METODE DATA MINING DECISION TREE

Savings and loan cooperatives provide credit to members with certain criteria. This study was conducted to analyze the feasibility of providing credit to members of savings and loan cooperatives. In developing their business cooperatives have problems choosing employees who are eligible or not in providing savings and loan cooperatives so that the cooperative's financial cycle can run in an orderly and smooth manner. The attributes used as test data are discipline, class, age, years of service, and other income. The research uses the decision tree algorithm C4.5 data mining method with rapidminer tools on the data of prospective cooperative creditors. The results obtained are 94.27% accuracy, 100% precision, and 89.29% recall.

Analisis penerapan penyesuaian tarif pajak penghasilan badan dan prosedur pemindahbukuan

Taxpayers often make mistakes in determining the tax burden that causes losses for the taxpayer. The purpose of this study is to determine the appropriate and beneficial tax provisions for cooperative business entities in determining the income tax payable. The data obtained is sourced from the Cooperative PHU Report for the Financial Years of 2020 and 2021. The analytical method used is descriptive qualitative analysis. The results of the study concluded that Cooperatives benefited more from using the Tariff of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law no. 1 of 2020, because the tax burden owed by the taxpayer is smaller than the calculation according to the Tariff Regulation Article 17 paragraph 2 letter a of Law no. 36 of 2008, with the results of the discussion and analysis, namely the Koperasi Serba Usaha Tandangsari, so far, in compliance with the cooperative, it has carried out the obligation to pay taxes. The Koperasi Serba Usaha Tandangsari should be able to adjust the applicable corporate income tax rate.

PENGUATAN KAPASITAS MANAJEMEN KELEMBAGAAN KOPERASI PADA KOPERASI WEAR MANUN MAJU DI OHOI EVU KABUPATEN MALUKU TENGGARA

The potential of marine and fishery resources owned by Indonesia is considered capable of supporting fish trading businesses with high economic value. One of the groups that run a marine and fisheries business is the Wear Manun Maju Joint Business Cooperative (KUB) which is located in Ohoi Village, Southeast Maluku. The potential of fisheries resources is quite abundant, including the potential of crabs in Ohoi Village, Southeast Maluku. Crab which is a potential resource is one of the goals of fishermen in the area, especially KUB Wear Manun Maju fishermen. The target of this outreach activity is to increase the institutional management capacity of the Wear Manun Maju cooperative. The extension method is carried out by the lecture and discussion method. Providing information to the KUB Wear Manun Maju cooperative regarding cooperative institutional management carried out through community service activities is expected to assist the management and members in developing cooperatives according to their respective duties and responsibilities and business planning in cooperatives so that every activity carried out can be directed towards welfare. its members

Dell and FedEx's Cooperation Business Negotiation and Business Strategy Research

In this report, the history of the business partnership between Dell and FedEx since 2005 will be presented, which helps to analyze the business negotiations of the partnership between these two companies. It will first present the basic information and business models of Dell and FedEx as it provides the basic background knowledge of these companies. Then the positions and interests in the collaboration between Dell and FedEx will be analyzed. A detailed description of the interest considerations of these two companies during the development of the Vested methodology is presented, and these terms had a great impact on their cooperation and development. Because of the success of their negotiations and the outstanding achievements of the cooperation between the two companies, their negotiation methods, as well as their cooperation, can be learned by other companies and have an impact on the related industries. The negotiations and cooperation between Dell and FedEx show that entrepreneurs are increasingly looking at long-term business-to-business cooperation in the future, so finding ways to build win-win relationships between companies is a key future trend. And as more and more companies are adopting diversification strategies, business-to-business cooperation is diversified and they can have many business intersections. A formal and win-win contract can help build trust among companies, reap their own benefits and create opportunities for long-term and diversified cooperation in the future.

Eksternalitas Relokasi Pedagang Kaki Lima di Pasar Kuliner Kota Padang Panjang

A relocation that was managed by Padang Panjang Municipal Government for culinary market vendors has presented impacts for both the vendors and society. This study examines externality aspect that occurs after the relocation by using a descriptive qualitative approach. Data are obtained through interviews with stakeholders whose either taking role and affected by the relocation, namely: Local Trade Office of Small and Medium Business Cooperatives of Padang Panjang Municipal; the vendors; visitors of the culinary market; and parking attendants. The research findings are majority in line with dimensions of Coase’s Theorems: income distribution, negotiation, and solution. The vendors in the culinary market are becoming the most affected party of the relocation. Although they acquire positive externality by an increased income generating; the vendors also cannot avoid negative externalities that arise from social interaction to fellow vendors and a community around the culinary market.

Інноваційні інструменти місцевого економічного розвитку

Розглянуто основні інноваційні інструменти місцевого економічного розвитку. Здійснено аналіз цих інструментів та обґрунтовано необхідність їх застосування в Україні на сучасному етапі. Виокремлено завдання, які необхідно виконати для підвищення ефективності та результативності використання інноваційних інструментів місцевого економічного розвитку.

Legal Consequences of Not Fulfilling the Terms of Validity the Agreement between Online Shop Owners and Endorser on Instagram Social Media

Endorsement agreements are developments that occur in society and there are no laws that specifically regulate endorsement agreements. Along with the many needs of endorsement agreements, problems arise such as the non-fulfillment of subjective and objective conditions that cause the endorsement agreement to be canceled. The existence of an agreement, the parties should carry out the agreement in accordance with what has been agreed (consesus), but there are actions that actually violate what has been agreed. The purpose of this research is carried out regarding the unfulfilled conditions of the validity of the agreement between the owner of the online shop and the endorser on Instagram social media. The research method is normative juridical, which is descriptive analysis with literature study data collection techniques. Based on the results of the research, the legal basis for endorsement agreements on Instagram social media according to applicable regulations in Indonesia refers to articles 1313 and 1320 of the Civil Code for the legal side of the agreement and the Law Number 11 Year 2008 on Electronic Information and Transactionsarticle 5 to article 12 for the validity of endorsement agreements made online. The legal consequences of online business cooperation agreement transactions that do not meet the requirements of the validity of the agreement between online shop owners and endorsers on Instagram social media are that online buying and selling transactions are difficult to execute or real action in the event of a dispute or criminal act of fraud. Legal protection for the parties in the endorsement agreement in the event of default by one of the parties can be done by taking litigation or non-litigation.

Strategies to Increase Exports of Wine Companies of the Valle de Guadalupe Region in Baja California, México

This research analyzes the exports of wine companies in the Valle de Guadalupe region in the State of Baja California, Mexico. The objective is to determine the factors that induce strategic decision making to achieve a high-performance level of productive capacity. The hypothesis suggests that production, technological innovation, and competitiveness are the factors that favor the exports of these wine companies. For the statistical analysis, Partial Least Squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) is used, including the evaluation of the out-of-sample predictive power by means of PLS predict. The methodology used includes a qualitative analysis of the current situation on the subject and a quantitative study of data obtained by applying a 41-item instrument to ninety-two companies. The main findings show that the variable that presents a higher degree of association is competitiveness and the variable that presents a lower degree is production. Another finding is that there is a need to strengthen collaborative projects with a Cluster Approach, in which the collaboration network between these companies, government agencies, wine associations and educational institutions must be actively involved. The main strategies proposed are three: the first in relation to competitiveness is to improve operational planning to increase productivity. The second is to achieve a more competitive price by purchasing supplies collaboratively between companies; the existing common bond and business cooperation will allow exports to increase. The third is to manage a greater participation of the government, in terms of financing and support, investment in highway infrastructure, reduction of taxes on this item and the sustainable administration of the State's water resources.

Strategi Koperasi Syariah 212 Dalam Mengembangkan Bisnis Pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19


 The COVID-19 pandemic is an event that has had various impacts on Indonesia. One of them is in cooperative business. Cooperative managers must feel the decline in sales and distribution delays, besides that cooperatives must also think about how to keep their business activities afloat in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study is to find out the strategies carried out by sharia cooperatives 212 in developing business during the covid-19 pandemic. And to find out the obstacles faced by sharia cooperatives 212 during the covid-19 pandemic. This study uses a qualitative method through a descriptive approach. Data collection techniques were obtained from the results of interviews, observations, and documentation. The results of this study indicate that the strategies carried out by sharia cooperative 212 in developing business during the covid 19 pandemic are: (1) product strategy, by focusing on gallon water products, because gallon water is daily consumption. (2) promotion strategy, the promotion is carried out by making a gallon borrowing program. (3) price strategy, by setting the selling price of products in the middle and upper category and still cheap when compared to the prices of competitors who are in the upper middle position. (4) distribution location strategy, by using distribution channels directly to consumers. Meanwhile, the obstacles faced by sharia 212 cooperatives during the COVID-19 pandemic were: (1) 212 sharia cooperatives did not yet have their own factories and were still partnering with other factories. (2) rising prices of plastic packaging raw materials. (3) there are factory partners who are closed due to being affected by the covid 19 pandemic, which affects stock availability.
 Keywords: Strategy, Sharia Cooperatives, Business Development, Pandemic Covid-19

Menuju Koperasi Modern: Sebuah Upaya Transformasi Digital Koperasi Mahasiswa Pendidikan Ekonomi Kota Kendari

In this era that is very close to technology, cooperatives are faced with 3 major challenges that need to be answered, namely bad perceptions of cooperatives, innovation of cooperative business systems, and technological developments. The demand to change the conventional system into an all-digital system is unavoidable so that digital transformation is very necessary, especially in the service sector to consumers in order to make it easier for consumers to transact. The economic education student cooperative in the city of Kendari has been operating for 10 years but still seems to have not maximized technology in the development of the cooperative. In this student cooperative, there are still many things that become obstacles in its implementation, such as member participation that has not been maximized, both contributory participation and incentive participation. The specific purpose of this research is to find out how the cooperative transformation efforts are carried out by the economic education student cooperative in an effort to increase member participation and also to determine the role of the government in efforts to modernize cooperatives. Data collection methods in this study were obtained in 3 ways, namely observation of the research location, interviews with informants, and literature study. The conclusion of this research reveals that several efforts have been made by student cooperatives for economic education to become modern cooperatives, namely using the Zoom application for the Annual Members Meeting (RAT) and developing their own applications to make it easier for members to buy goods and services and facilitate deposit payments.. Meanwhile, the government's efforts are to provide socialization, training, and create a digital platform that can be used by cooperatives.

Using Digital Customer Communities as a Marketing Tool to Connect and Educate Customers in the Manufacturing Industry

The application of digital customer communities has been observed over the past years but primarily in the business-to-consumer sector. The COVID-19 crisis has affected positively the usage of digital tools in business-to-business, including customer communities. A digital customer community aims to connect individuals and share information between them. It has therewith a positive effect on the trust, loyalty and behavior of customers. The present study reviewed scholarly databases in an attempt to ascertain the current knowledge on the use and relevance of digital customer communities. Several studies have discussed the advantages of using digital customer communities in e-commerce, brand management or business cooperation, but a framework supporting the application of digital customer communities is lacking. The present study used content analysis to examine the existing academic knowledge. It recommends answering the three questions “What does the digital transformation change?”, “Why use customer communities?” and “What drives the customer experience?” when starting to consider using digital customer communities in business-to-consumer.

Sosialisasi Peningkatan Kualitas Pelayanan Koperasi Harapan Sejahtera-19, Bekasi

The progress of the cooperative business is influenced by the management pattern, type of the business, capital, activity of its members, and others. Therefore, a cooperative needs to know whether the cooperative implemented a good management pattern and produces good performance, and meets the expectations of its members. This Community Service (PkM) activity is a socialization of the results of a survey on the service performance of the Cooperative of Harapan Sejahtera-19 towards the expectations of the residents of RW 19 Graha Harapan Housing, Mustika Jaya Village, East Bekasi. By knowing the opinions of the members and the community involved in the cooperative's activities, then the cooperative can improve its performance to meet the expectations of its customers. The method is to describe service performance and service satisfaction, then analyze them using a Cartesian diagram. Based on the diagram, then produces recommendations for the development of the Cooperative of Harapan Sejahtera-19. Input for cooperative management is about clarity of information related to cooperative performance as well as easier loan procedures and requirements. 
 Keywords: Cooperative; service performance; services satisfaction

Drivers of university-business cooperation of university faculty from the social cognitive theory perspective.

As an independent research field, there is growing attention to university–business cooperation (UBC). However, few studies focus on the driving factors of UBC, which remains an open problem in this area. This study analyzes a broad mix of drivers underlying seven UBC activities, namely, curriculum development and design (CDD), student mobility (SD), lifelong learning (LLL), professional mobility (PM), research and development (R&D), commercialization (COM), and entrepreneurship (ENT), and discusses the internal mechanism and external environment of higher education institutions (HEIs) as the moderator variable affecting UBC activities and individual motivations. Specifically, based on the social cognition theory, the independent variables include motivations (money, career, research, education, and social), the internal mechanism (support mechanism, strategic mechanism, and management mechanism), and the external environment (policy environment, economic environment, and cultural environment) are designed. The aforementioned seven UBC activities are taken as dependent variables. This work takes university faculty as the research object. Through empirical analysis, it demonstrates that the combination of driving factors of different UBC activities has its particularity. Furthermore, the results showed that the internal mechanism and external environment of HEIs could positively moderate the relationship between individual motivations and UBC activities. In terms of theoretical contribution, this study reveals the combination of factors that drive university faculty to engage in UBC. On the other hand, it can provide a reference for policymakers and managers to better development of UBC.