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Barriers To Establish A Cooperative To Manage A Machinery Rental Business In Farmer Groups: A Multi-Case Study Approach, Sri Hanggana, Andi Asri Hapsari, Putri Nugrahaningsih, Amirotul Musthofiah Hidayah Mahmudah
Barriers To Establish A Cooperative To Manage A Machinery Rental Business In Farmer Groups: A Multi-Case Study Approach, Sri Hanggana, Andi Asri Hapsari, Putri Nugrahaningsih, Amirotul Musthofiah Hidayah Mahmudah
The Qualitative Report
This study aimed to analyze the barriers faced by farmer groups in establishing a cooperative to manage a machinery rental business. The qualitative method with a multi-case study approach was used in this study with farmer groups as the research objects and chairpersons and members as the participants. The chairpersons were chosen by purposeful sampling and the members by snowball sampling. Data collection techniques were in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. The data credibility tests were triangulation and member checks. The results showed that all chairpersons and members positively responded to the cooperative and that the main barrier to establishing …
Microfinance And The Role Of Accounting In Supporting Family-Resilience-Based Women’S Empowerment, Desi Adhariani
Microfinance And The Role Of Accounting In Supporting Family-Resilience-Based Women’S Empowerment, Desi Adhariani
The Qualitative Report
This action research aims to explore the issues of microfinance and women’s empowerment in urban Indonesia, and the role of accounting on the issues. Drawing on critical accounting theory, this study employs feminism and empowerment theory based on Foucault’s work to investigate the activities of female micro-entrepreneurs who are members of a Sharia cooperative. The study was conducted using an action research method for eight months with observation and interviews with 40 female micro-entrepreneurs. It is found that the lending scheme applied in the cooperative follows the principle of family resilience. In this context, the empowerment is not aimed at …