JEJAK
Vol 8, No 2 (2015): September 2015

Analysis of Production and Consumption in Hair Artisans at Karangbanjar Village, Bojongsari District, Purbalingga

Arifin, Agus (Unknown)
Suprapto, Suprapto (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
10 Sep 2015

Abstract

Hair craft product is selected as a specialized one in Karangbanjar village,  Purbalingga Regency. This product has comparative advantage among other regions such as in Demak, Sragen, Karanganyar, and Brebes. It is also the second best product in the world after Guangzhou, China. This hair craft creative industry can employ many workers and generate income for the artisans in fulfilling their basic needs. The purpose of this study is to identify internal and external factors and analyze production activity and consumption behaviour of entrepreneurs of hair creative industry in Karangbanjar, Purbalingga. This study used primary and secondary data. The primary one was collected from respondents—68 entrepreneurs of hair production industry, and the secondary one was from relevant government institutions. Some measurements were applied in this study. Internal and External factors were identified by using SWOT analysis, while production activity was measured by profit analysis and economic efficiency analysis, and the consumption was measured by average propensity to consume (APC) analysis. The result shows that: 1) Hair creative industry has strenghts over weaknesses and opportunities over threats; (2) Hair creative industry offers high profit; 2) The entrepreneur profit coming from this industry can fulfill most of the consumption.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jejak

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

JEJAK: Jurnal Ekonomi dan Kebijakan p-ISSN 1979-715X | e-ISSN 2460-5123 is a scientific journal that contains the results of research and theoretical studies in the field of economic development, especially on matters of economic policy in Indonesia was published by the Department of Economic ...