Open AccessDeveloping the Competitiveness and Sustainability of Agricultural Cluster Areas Based on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise by Means of Community Entrepreneurship
Author(s) -
Silfia Silfia,
. Helmi,
Melinda Noer,
Henmaidi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/757/1/012011
Subject(s) - sustainability , entrepreneurship , agriculture , business , cluster (spacecraft) , regional science , marketing , industrial organization , environmental economics , economics , sociology , geography , ecology , computer science , archaeology , finance , biology , programming language
The agricultural cluster area development (ACD) is tied to the local system and is influenced by aggregate factors. This requires the factual entrepreneurial approach to build its competitiveness and sustainability. The question this research aims at answering is why does the development of competitiveness and sustainability of ACD based on SMEs need community entrepreneurship (CE). In the meantime, the purpose of this research is to explain the significance of CE in competitiveness and sustainability of ACD through analysis of the relationship built between the competitiveness of agricultural community entrepreneurship areas and explains how CE develops competitiveness and sustainability of the agricultural cluster area. This research contributes to empirically revealing the relationship and essence of CE with the competitiveness and sustainability of ACD based on SMEs. The research was conducted in Lembah Gumanti District, Solok Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia. Data were collected through survey; in-depth interviews, observation, and expert opinion. Data analysis used correlation analysis and qualitative-descriptive method.