This research examines the effect of locus control on financial literacy, including financial attitude, financial behavior, and financial self-efficacy. This study used a survey method by sending a questionnaire to the respondent through an enumerator. This study uses a sample, namely students of the accounting study program in Surabaya, Indonesia. A total of 159 questionnaires were processed from distributing 250 questionnaires randomly. This study uses the Partial Least Square data analysis. The result shows that locus of control affects financial attitude, financial behavior, and financial self-efficacy. Financial behavior increases when the respondents show excellent financial knowledge behavior and believe that they can manage for their finances. This investigation confirms that locus of control affects financial behavior. Meaning the role of locus of control is very important to increase financial behavior. This study also found that locus of control can contribute to the theory of social construction. Moreover, social construction theory can predict how individuals act to improve their financial behavior.   Received: 15 October 2020 / Accepted: 19 December 2020/ Published: 5 March 2021

Gereja merupalcan institusi rohtqni dan duniawi. secara rohani gereja adalah bagian dari Kerajaan Allah di dunia, sedangkan ospek duniawi gereja adalah organisosiformal yang terdiri dari orang-orang Kristen. Dolam ahivitas pelayanannya sebagai sebuah organisasi maka ahmtabilitas gereja sangatdiperlukan. Gereja harus memiliki olruntabilitas terhadap jemaat, donatur dan pihak terlrait lainnya yang mendulang pelayanan gereja. sarah satu alarntobilitas gereja yaitu melalui infoTmasi laporan keuangan kepada jemaat.  Alatntansi sebagai sistem informasi memiliki peran yqng sangat penting untuk meningkatkan alatntabilitas gereja. Peran ahmtonsi selain memberikan informasi lreuangan. gereja adalah penyusunan dan evaluasi anggaran. Gereja yang baik akan menyampaikan informasi keuangannyanya kepoda jemaat sesuai /engan karaHeristik hralitatif infortnasi keuangan yang terdapat di standar akuntansi. Artikel ini juga menyajikan sh,tdi empiris bagaimana sebuah gerejamenyajikan informasi keuangannya pada iimaat. aasit studi menunjukkan bahwa jemaat memiliki persepsi yang baik terhodap laporan keuangan gereja yang disusun sesuai dengan karaheristik kuatitatif informasi menurut standarakuntansi. oleh karena itu peron alamtansi sangat penting bagi terciptanya pengelolaan gereja yang baik dan bertanggungiawab serta dapat menjadi contoh bagaimana aplikasi ahtntansi yang bermorol.Kata lqtnci: alqtntqnsi, gereja, alruntabilitas, informasi, laporan keuangan

This study aims to determine the level of financial literacy and the effect of financial literacy and financial attitude on the financial behavior of young entrepreneurs. This study uses a survey method and a combination of data analysis that uses descriptive analysis to calculate the level of financial literacy and multiple regression analysis. The results of the study show that the financial literacy of young pioneering business entrepreneurs is in the moderate category, financial literacy does not affect the financial behavior of young pioneering business entrepreneurs, and financial attitude affects the financial behavior of young pioneering business entrepreneurs.

The growth of service companies in the scope of the creative industries has grown a lot in this decade. However, not much research has explored the innovation process that is key to business sustainability. This study builds the model of the innovation process performed by selected service companies within the creative industry. It investigates some processes of new product development (NPD) of service products of the firms. An interview was conducted on the companies' owners or directors with sufficient knowledge of the innovation process implemented in each company. Data were processed using a qualitative method approach with the help of the NVIVO program. The outcome revealed similarities in the innovation process of NPD among companies, specifically in the stages of identifying problems and opportunities, generating and processing ideas, market predictions, business analysis, visualization, and execution, representing the model in service companies. This research outcome would benefit business practitioners and scholars to better comprehend the NPD process in service companies within the creative industries.

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether there are differences in risk and return of investment in investment instruments that investigated the third is gold, LQ 45 index and Mutual Funds. Comparative risk and return is to know where the most profitable instruments so that the right to choose in making investment decisions. The sample used is the price of gold, LQ 45 index and NAV shares of mutual funds during the period from 1997 until 2009. One Way ANOVA is used in this study. The results of this study as follows. There is a significant difference of  risk and return among gold, mutual fund, and LQ 45 index. Finally it can be concluded that gold is the most profitable investment instruments, it is because the smaller the coefficient of variation, the more profitable an investment.