
PENGARUH PENGGUNAAN INFORMASI AKUNTANSI PADA HUBUNGAN ANTARA JIWA KEWIRAUSAHAAN DAN KEPUTUSAN INVESTASI
Author(s) -
Made Gede Wirakusuma
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
matrik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2302-8890
pISSN - 1978-2853
DOI - 10.24843/matrik:jmbk.2019.v13.i01.p06
Subject(s) - entrepreneurship , investment (military) , accounting , business , business administration , decision making , sample (material) , investment decisions , marketing , management , finance , economics , political science , behavioral economics , chemistry , chromatography , purchasing , politics , law
The investment decisions made by entrepreneurs tend to be influenced by their entrepreneurshipspirit. Several studies have proven this matter, but there are still some that show inconsistenciesregarding the influence of entrepreneurship spirit on the investment decision making process. Thisstudy is motivated to prove that the accounting knowledge of micro and small enterprises (MSE)business practitioners has an influence on the relationship between entrepreneurship spirit andinvestment decision making. This study utilize the questionnaire to collect data directly regarding theperception of MSE business practitioners related to their entrepreneurship spirit, utilization ofaccounting information, and investment decisions. A total of 98 MSE business practitioners wereselected as the research sample and is further analyzed using the moderated regression analysis toprove whether the utilization of accounting information is able to moderate the influence ofentrepreneurship spirit on investment decision making. The utilization of accounting knowledge byMSE practitioners has been proven to strengthen the influence of their entrepreneurship spirit on theinvestment decision making. This means that the knowledgeability of MSE practitioners regardingaccounting information helps the MSE entrepreneurs in making investment decisions. This studyproved that in addition to the entrepreneurship spirit, MSE business practitioners must also beknowledgeable about accounting information as it is greatly needed in the process of making investment decisions.Keywords: accounting knowledge, entrepreneurship spirit, investment decision making.