Abstract:The emergence of internet-based electronic commerce offers considerable opportunities for companies to expand their customer base, enter new product markets, and rationalize their business. The Indonesian government has initiated and implemented a series of plans and activities to promote technology use to increase SMEs' performance. Despite such efforts, technology adoption rate are still low. Therefore, it is important to understand the factors affecting an entrepreneurs' decision on internet adoption, by measuring technology readiness (TR). The purpose of this study is to investigate TR and the extent to which E-commerce is adopted amongst entrepreneurs. This study is replication of Parasuraman's study on the Technology Readiness Index (TRI). Questionnaires were distributed using a convenience sampling method to 190 entrepreneurs of SME in Bandung city. The findings indicate that entrepreneurs are moderate in terms of their TR. There are significant differences in terms of TR across entrepreneurs' backgrounds (gender, age, education, and income). In relation to internet adoption by those surveyed, as their use of media promotion is still low, there were only 36.3 percent who adopted it. The results clearly indicate the need to provide support to SMEs to adopt and use e-commerce. These results have implications not only for managers of SMEs but also for government agencies in developing countries such as Indonesia. The findings have implications for researchers and practitioners by identifying TR drivers (optimism and innovativeness), and barriers (discomfort and insecurity), that contribute to effectively leveraging the Internet in an important area for SMEs.Abstrak: Munculnya perdagangan berbasis internet menawarkan peluang yang cukup besar bagi perusahaan untuk memperluas jumlah pelanggan, memasuki pasar baru, dan merasionalisasikan bisnis mereka. Pemerintah Indonesia telah menerapkan serangkaian rencana dan kegiatan untuk mempromosikan penggunaan teknologi untuk meningkatkan kinerja Unit Kecil Menengah (UKM). Meskipun berbagai upaya pemerintah telah dilakukan, namun tingkat adopsi teknologi masih rendah. Oleh karena itu, penting untuk memahami faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi keputusan seorang entrepreneur dalam mengadopsi internet yaitu dengan mengukur kesiapan teknologi. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui kesiapan teknologi dan sejauh mana tingkat adopsi e-commerce para entrepreneur di UKM. Penelitian ini merupakan replikasi dari penelitian Parasuraman tentang Indeks Kesiapan Teknologi (Technology Readiness Index/TRI). Kuesioner didistribusikan menggunakan metode convenience sampling kepada 190 entrepreneur UKM di kota Bandung. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kesiapan teknologi dari entrepreneur masih moderat. Ada perbedaan yang signifikan dalam hal kesiapan teknologi jika dilihat dari latar belakang Astuti and Nasution 70 mereka (jenis kelamin, usia, pendidikan, dan pendapatan). Sehubungan dengan tingkat adopsi internet untuk media promosi masih rendah, hanya ada 36.3 persen y...

The purpose of this paper is to study universities which provide executives program on Master of Management (MM) or Master of Business Administration (MBA) both in Indonesia and overseas. This paper presents a benchmarking a study to compare processes, performance, best practices between Executive MBA Institut Teknologi Bandung (MBA-ITB) and the other universities. Besides benchmarking, the authors also used customer intelligence method to gather and analyze information regarding competitors by visiting universities in Indonesia. To manage and monitor performance of Executive MBA program, we measured customer satisfaction what products or services provided by MBA-ITB meet or surpass customers (executive students) and conducted in-depth interview to explore need and demand of executive students. The results of the study help to develop executive MBA program and to adopt learning process in other universities to be followed and implemented in MBA-ITB. The acquired knowledge has been partly adapted and adopted by papers. The main implication is the need to explore how MBA-ITB can efficiently and effectively adapt and adopt such knowledge from the results. This work provides effective assistance for development of executive program in MBA-ITB embarking on this benchmarking journey. The result of customer satisfaction provides an indication of how successful MBA-ITB is at providing products and/or services to the students.

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<p>Fashion is important for our life because not only it allows you to dress fashionably but also help connect with people of same interest and provides as a form of entertainment. These days' youth are becoming so obsessed with fashion and mainly follow trends to get a sense of identity that they waste most part of their time and money on fashion. The purpose of this study is to identify the difference between innovators and non-innovator among young people in adopting new fashion item influenced by the selected determinants i.e. information seeking, variety seeking, product evaluation, price sensitivity, and hedonic shopping. This research also investigates shopping behavior and attitude among young consumers. Total 121 questionnaires were distributed among undergraduate students in Bandung. The result shows that price sensitivity and hedonic shopping significantly differentiate between fashion innovators and non-innovators. The results of the study provide guidance to designers and entrepreneurs in the fashion industry that greater focused on innovative consumers.</p><p><br />Keywords: Fashion, Innovators, Non-Innovator, Young People</p>