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Sustainable Waste Management and Social Capitals: The Experience from Landfill Community in Converting of Waste into Alternative Energy, in Kendari South East SulawesiPatta Hindi Asis Ririn Syariani Abstract Management of waste into alternative energy that blends environmental capital and social capital has conducted by Independent Community Energy Landfill (TPA) Puwatu District Kendari South East Sulawesi. In this community, waste can be managed properly because the cooperation between by local Government and community and mutual trust among the members. The qualitative methods through case study approach this study is done that explore the data with study of literature/libraries, in-depth interviews, and focus group discussion (FGD) in TPA as partners in waste management activities into energy alternative. The result shows that waste management into alternative energy has run well because of the structure is supported by good relation between government as facilitator and the members of community. Social capitals such as personal interaction, trust and powerful networking in this community make the program of waste management sustainable that producing methane brings benefit to community as expected, and has become a pilot project. As recommendation, it is important to maintain the sustainability of waste management. Since the program leads to also maintaining social capitals of community; increasing skill of life, increasing leadership capability, finance skill and networking. Therefore the establishment of independent energy can be reached and continued as the way of people empowerment. Here the government should support by making regulation which assure its sustainability without influenced by leaders changing. Key words: social capital, landfill community, alternative energy JEL codes: L44, L50, Q2
International Journal of Small and Medium Enterprises and Business Sustainability,Vol.1, No.3 (March 2016), pp. 78 - 113
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Textile Industry as a Smart Specialization of Lodz and the Region of CataloniaMakary Piasecki Abstract The subject discussed in this paper concerns the situation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the textile and chemical treatment industries in Lodz and Catalonia. This paper refers to the case of external environment factors that significantly impact these enterprises. It also addresses problems of technology transfer, barriers and opportunities resulting from partnership with public sector. This research is based on literature studies and empirical view on the environment of these two industries. It employs a method of open interviews with experts representing the private and public domain in order to identify key factors that influence that segment of activity. This paper has a structure of an international comparison of two similar regions in Poland and in Spain, which are pioneers of high technology textile services and chemical treatment. Key words: SME, textiles, smart specialization, RIS3 JEL codes: D22, D29, F59, F39
International Journal of Small and Medium Enterprises and Business Sustainability,Vol.1, No.3 (March 2016), pp. 78 - 113
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Human Capital and Productivity in the Sinaloa Commercial Family BusinessesFabiola Ponce Durán Marcela Rebeca Contreras Loera Abstract Commercial family businesses are part of an open system that establish an ongoing relationship between the structure of the organization, objectives, people, environment and resources, adapting to changing needs which is required in the competitive environment. The paper shows results of the study that seeks to identify human factors that affect the level of productivity of family businesses in Sinaloa. It proposed a model that reflects relationships between these factors and productivity. Data collection was carried out with 209 respondents, and analyzed with a special constructed structural equation model. The results show that in a model of human factors that affect the level of productivity, behavior involves psychological and psychosocial processes that influence the performance of individuals and groups, increasing or decreasing the level of productivity of individuals, group of individuals and own organization. Three levels of analysis have been adopted that reflect the continuous interaction and mutual influence between each dimension. Based on the structural equation model, the paper concludes that among the three factors, individual factors have the highest correlation.
Key words: family business, human capital, human factors, productivity. JEL codes: M10, M12
International Journal of Small and Medium Enterprises and Business Sustainability,Vol.1, No.3 (March 2016), pp. 50 - 66
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Taxation of Farming Enterprises in Poland and the European Union - a Comparative AnalysisElżbieta Klamut Abstract Every state has the right to constitute its own burdens on economic activity. After Polish accession to the European Union the part of tax burden is being customized to the requirements of a community. Farm tax which is applied in taxation of Polish agriculture is an anachronism. How far does taxation in Poland diverge from the solutions in other EU countries? Will introduction of income tax in Polish agriculture impoverish the state budget or the opposite? These are just a few issues contained in this study. Key words: taxes, farming enterprises, farm tax, income tax JEL codes: H25,H32,Q12,D31
International Journal of Small and Medium Enterprises and Business Sustainability,Vol.1, No.3 (March 2016), pp. 24 - 49
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Resilience of Firms to Economic and Climate Shocks Initial Insights from Philippine SMEsJamil Paolo Francisco Ailyn Lau Ronald U. Mendoza Abstract Households and businesses need to cope and thrive in an increasingly shock-prone world. Development and poverty reduction strategies need to take careful account of efforts to promote not just more resilient households and communities; but also more resilient firms on which many jobs and livelihoods depend on. Public sector and donor support for disaster- and crisis-hit communities is critical; but it is only when firms get back up that the community is able to recover fully. Once firms are able to start operating again, then workers are able to return to their jobs and the domestic economy is able to return to normal. Stronger resilience over time is also expected to reflect more robust economic competitiveness and yield more robust investments. The goal of this study is to assess the resilience of the Philippines’ small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) during economic and environmental shocks. The main focus here is on firms’ resilience during the global financial crisis and economic slowdown in 2008-2010 and the major floods that hit the country in 2009 and 2011. These climate-related shocks affected cities such as Marikina, Iligan, and Cagayan de Oro. SMEs in these cities will be the main focus of this study. Key words: aggregate shocks; crisis resilience; SMEs; consumption and investment smoothing
International Journal of Small and Medium Enterprises and Business Sustainability,Vol.1, No.3 (March 2016), pp. 78 - 113
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