Faktor Penghambat Pertumbuhan Usaha Mikro Kecil Menengah (UMKM): Studi di Kabupaten Banyumas

Abstract

This study is entitled Factors constraining SMEs’ growth in Banyumas. The purpose of the study is to investigate the factors that hinder the growth of small business in Banyumas Regency Indonesia. A survey method was used to gather data from 771 small business owners and managers located in Banyumas Regency Central Java Indonesia. Descriptive statistics was used to identify the factors constraing the growth of SMEs in Banyumas Regency Indonesia. The result of the study revealed that the most common constrains hindering SMEs’ growth are financial support, weak human resources,and limited market access among the internal factors while the external consist of Business climate, infrastructure and autonomy.Understanding the factors hindering SMEs’ growth in Banyumas Regency will help policy makers such as government, private sectors, to design targeted policies and programs that will actively stimulate innovation, as well a helping those policy makers to support, encourage and promote SMEs’ for poverty alleviation in Banyumas. For SMEs, this study offers alternative models to counteract the problem of collateral and lending issues. Strategic alternatives on how to address issues such as poor management, poor infrastructure, and corruption are discussed