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The purpose of this study is to provide empirical evidence about the influence of perceived benefits (perceived benefits) and perceived credibility (perceived credibility) to the use of e-banking. This study is based on Social Contract Theory and the Theory of Diffusion of Innovations. Samples are intended private companies located in Yogyakarta and gained as much as 71 companies. Statistical analysis is done is test the initial validity and reliability tests early, test construct validity and reliability tests construct instruments, test Classical Assumptions: Normality test, test Multicollinearity, Heteroskidastity test, and autocorrelation test. Multiple Regression Analysis to test the empirical model and hypotheses. The results showed that the perceived benefits of (Perceived Benefits) has a positive effect on the use of e-banking. However, the influence of perceived credibility (Perceived Credibility) against the use of E-Banking (E-Banking Usage) is not proven. Keywords: social contract theory, theory of diffusion of innovations, benefits perceived, perceived credibility and use of e-banking.

The objective of this paper is to discourse critical paradigm to respond economic globalization, especially in higher education liberalization.  Higher Education liberalization is employed by World Trade Organization (WTO), firstly  is introduced concept of higher education corporatization. Corporatization is one of implementation strategy of New Public Management (NPM) in public sector.  This paper based on results of case study in one of Perguruan Tinggi Negeri Badan Layanan Umum (PTN BLU). PTN BLU is an example of NMP implementation. NPM is campaigned by International Institution such as World Bank (WB) and Internationally Monetary Fund (IMF). WB, IMF, and WTO use accounting as  a surveillance system. In  Habermas’s Critical Theory perspective,  higher education corporatization is lifeworld moneterization, with accounting as steering media. The effects of that are social pathologies, they are loss of meaning, anomie, and psychopathology. Loss of  meaning in higher education as a knowledge development institution, that dedicate to humanism has transform a corporate, that produce knowledge based economy (KBE) according to market demand.  Losses of academician identities, psychological disease are other examples of social pathologies. Keywords: Habermas, corporatization,  lifeworld, BLU, social pathology

This study examines the effect of time budget pressure as a moderating variable on the relationship between individual factors, namely accountability, ethical awareness, and auditor independence and audit quality on BPK Representative Maluku province. Respondents are auditors working on BPK RI Representative Maluku Province. Population are42 respondents, but only 34 respondents who returns quesionary and can be used in data processing. The sampling method used is census sampling. Data processing is performed using moderated regression analysis (MRA) and assisted by SPSS version 17.0. The results showed that time budget pressure to moderate the relationship between accountability and audit quality as well as moderate the relationship between ethical awareness and the audit quality, but time budget pressure has not influence moderate therelationof auditor independence and audit quality. Keywords: accountability, ethical awareness, auditor independence, time budget pressure, audit quality

Globalization is a process of economic activity and trade, where countriesaround the world into a single market forces increasingly integrated with theterritorial limits of the country without hindrance. Developments in this eraof globalization impact to human life. Based on these conditions, affect theappearance of many engaged in the retail trade of daily consumer goods invarious cities in Indonesia. This study aims to analyze the effect of Display,Positive Emotion and Store Atmosphere toImpulse Buying.This study used accidental sampling method on the visitor AlfamartCitarum Raya Semarang. Data obtained by distributing 100 questionnairesto the visitors Alfamart Citarum Raya Semarang. The independent variablein this study is the Display of Positive Emotion and Atmosphere Store whilethe dependent variableis the Impulse Buying. The statistical methods used inthis study is the Multiple Linear Regression AnalysisThe results oft his study indicate that the variable Display and PositiveEmotion there is a significant effect on Impulse Buiyng. As for theAtmosphere Store variables showed no significant effect on Impulse Buying.The results of this study also showed that the value of R Square of 21.6%while the remaining 78.4% is explained by other variables that are notproposed in this study.

International Financial Reporting Standards are standards focusedin fair value approach on measurement and disclosure criteria that requirethe greater extent of the exerciseof professional judgment. This study aims tounderstand the exercise of auditor professional judgment in InternationalFinancial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in fair value of fixed assets, tounderstand the factors that contribution in exercising professional judgmenton fair value of fixed assets and what constrains that emerge whenexercising professional judgment in fair value of fixed assets as well assolution that can be done to overcome these problem.This study uses qualitative research methods with aphenomenological approach as it is meant to analyze and look for themeaning behind the experiences of the auditor in exercising their professionaljudgment. This study focused on the exercise of professional judgment on thefair value of fixed assets. The research was conducted through interviewswith auditors who work as public accountants in public accounting firm.Results of this study indicate that auditors exercise their professionaljudgment to review the appraisal value by assessing the reasonableness of theassumptions, methods and data used. Auditors exercise their professionaljudgment by considering the factors that influenced such as consideration ofmateriality, subjectivity, knowledge, and experience as well as factors such asthe audit job IFRS requirements, the nature of accounts, compliances withIFRS, audit history, engagement management, fraud risk and going concern.The auditor had no difficulties in using professional judgment in assessingthe fair value of fixed assets due to the existing appraisal valuation. Insteadauditor experienced problems when assessing the fair value of financialinstruments is important for future research. Finally, team work anddiscussion are solution that auditors used to overcome the problem inexercising professional judgment.

The purpose of this study was to analyze the magnitude of the influence ofperceived feasibility, perceived desirability, and propensity to acttoentrepreneurial intention. The data in this study were obtained from studentat STIE Totalwin Semarang. Results and the theoretical implications ofthis research is that this study supports previous research that says that theperceived feasibility, perceived desirability, and propensity to act affect toentrepreneurial intention.

This study aims to analyze the influence of Internet FinancialReporting (IFR) , Level Disclosure and Timeliness (Timelines)Submission of Financial Information Website On The Stock Market.Sample in this study consisted of 70 companies listed in the JakartaIslamic Index (JII) from 2008-2012. Data analysis uses multipleregression analysis.The results of hypothesis testing showed that theIFR has a significant influence on the abnormal stock returns, thelevel of disclosure has negative effect on abnormal stock returns andtimeliness has no significant effect on abnormal stock returns.

This study will focus on the actors and accounting users, which is arepresentation of the economic activities of people in the middle to lowersociety in Java society. Javanese culture affects business activities thatbecome the object of research. Javanese culture within Semarang givesdifferent style of accounting practice. Accounting practices that run due tothe influence of Javanese culture will lead to accounting practices that arenatural Java is to practice accounting based on memory and experience, soget used. In addition, the purpose in presenting the information needed bythe internal party has been able to be met well by using a neat andstructured Java culture, although in the simplest form and not inaccordance with accounting in general.

Bank has a role in economic development as a mediation betweenthe parties requires that the excess funds to fund or otherwise. As bothparties are intermediaries profit into the banking purposes. Earningschanges of concern to determine future business prospects of the regionaldevelopment banks. This study aimed to analyze the influence of the NetInterest Margin (NIM) to changes in earnings with Non-PerformingLoan (NPL) as a moderating variable.The study was conducted atRegional Development Bank in Indonesia, Bank Indonesia registered inthe period 2006-2011 by taking a sample of 26 banks. Data collectionmethods used are literature and documentation. Analysis using datanormality test, deviation classical assumptions, test the moderatingregression analysis, and hypothesis testing using SPSS tool.The resultsshowed the Net Interest Margin (NIM)) proved to have a positive andsignificant effect on earnings changes. While non-performing loan (NPL)is not proved to be the variable that strengthens the influence of the NetInterest Margin (NIM)) to changes in earnings.

This study aimed to assess the influence of WCT towardprofitability and liquidity of manufacturing companies in IndonesiaStock Exchange.The population of this research is everymanufacturing company enlisted in the BEI at the year 2009-2012.The samples were obtained by using the purposive sampling methoduntil only 15 companies were qualified as samples. This research usedregression analysis method to find out the effect of independentvariables, which are wct to the profitability and liquidity of thecompany.The result of this research shows that the WCT (workingcapital turnover) has insignificant effect to the profitability andliquidity of manufacturing companies enlisted in the BEI at year 2005-2012

A significant amount of research has focused on the ethicaldilemmas facing business-to-business salespeople and the conflictsthese salespeople face in making decisions on how best to representand sell their products. A number of studies have identified thecommon implications that result as a consequence of ethical orunethical behavior, but few studies have made an attempt tounderstand the factors that lead to ethical salesperson intentions.The present study empirically examines antecedents of ethicalsalesperson behavior.

This study will analyze the differences in ethical sensitivity of students in Semarang. The goal is to determine differences in the activity and behavior of the students. The population in this study were students of accounting and management at private universities in Semarang. In this study the researchers used the criteria to get closer to the subject matter. The criteria used in this study were students who were third semester to semester end. Results of this study indicate that there is no difference between unethical behavior and student management accounting students. There is no difference between unethical behavior male and female accounting students. Students are more tolerant of unethical behavior will be more cynical.Keywords: Ethical Sensitivity, cynical attitude.

This study aimed to examine the effect of the Capital Adequacy Ratio ( CAR ) , Net Interest Margin ( NIM ) , Loan to Deposit Ratio ( LDR ) , Non Performing Loan ( NPL ) , Operating Expenses and Operating Income ( ROA ) and Asset Quality ( KAP ) Changes to income , the banking companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange. The study took 61 banks listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2009-2011 as the sample. The independent variables in this study are the Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR), Net Interest Margin (NIM) , Loan to Deposit Ratio (LDR) , Non Performing Loan (NPL) , Operating Expenses and Operating Income (OEOI/BOPO) and Asset Quality (AQ/KAP), and the dependent variable is Income Changes (IC/ROA). The Technique Applied in taking sample is purposive sampling .The data analysis applied is multiple linear regression based on OLS (Ordinary Least Squerst). Theresults of the study indicates that CAR variable has effect on the profit change with significance value at 0.011. NIMvariable has no effect on profit changes with significance value aat 0.306 , LDRvariablehas no significant effect on profit changes at 0.895, NPLvariable has positif effectbut, it is not significant on profit changes at 0.188, OEOI/BOPOBOPO variable has negatif effect but it is significant on profit changes at 0,044 and AQ/KAPvariable hassignificanteffect at 0,009.Key words: CAR, NIM, LDR, NPL, OEOI/BOPO, AQ/KAP and Profit change.

One of the important role of Management Accounting Information System (MAS) is to provide information to the right people, the right way at the right time to improve management capabilities in understanding the circumstances around it, so it was able to identify the relevant activities appropriately. The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the role of MAS as variables that mediate the effect of information technology and interdependence on performance managerial of employees inthe local government enterprises are rural banks and financial institutions sub-Central Java (PD BPR BKK). The samples in this study were obtained according to the purposive sampling technique based on criteria derived from population consisting of employees or the manager at PD BPR BKK contained in Central Java. Data were analyzed using Partial Least Square (PLS) in a of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Role of characteristics of MAS as variable which mediate the effect of information technology and interdependence on managerial performance examined using Sobel Test. The results of this study indicate that information technology has an indirect positive effect and significant impact on managerial performance through MAS. Interdependence also has an indirect positive effect and significant impact on managerial performance through MAS. It can be concluded that the MAS has a role as a mediating influence between the variables information technology and interdependence on managerial performance.Keywords: management accounting information system, information technology, interdependence, mediating, managerial performance.

This study aims to analyze the factors that affect the capital structure. Factors examined as independent variables are profitability, company size, business risk, growth opportunities and managerial ownership. Variable profitability, company size, business risk is analyzed in the perspective of the pecking order theory and variable growth opportunities and managerial ownership is analyzed in the perspective of agency theory.Hypothesis testing using multiple regression. The population in this study is manufacturing companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange. Sampling technique using purposive sampling method. The samples used 222 observations are pooled data from 2008 to 2010. Types of data used are secondary data. Statistical tests showed hypotheses for the variables profitability and business risk accepted. This means that the profitability and business risk significantly and negatively related to capital structure. Hypothesis testing results for firm size variable positive and significant impact on capital structure. Thus the hypothesis is rejected due to size of company direction opposite hypothesis. Variable growth opportunities and managerial ownership and significant negative effect on capital structure.Keywords: capital structure, profitability, company size, business risk, growth opportunity, managerial ownership, the pecking order theory, agency theory.

Foreign Direct Investment flows to developing countries surged in the 1990s, to become their leading source of external financing. This raises in FDI volume make government must be generate domestic policies to push FDI inflows. The first step is identification macroeconomic determinants of FDI inflows.Globerman and Shapiro (2005) suggest the macroecomic variables, such as, market size, resources, and financial sector, may be associated with FDI inflows, especially in developingcountries. The problem is how far the macroeconomic variable can push FDI inflows, in condition, imperfect economic liberalisation.This study proofs that market size, included, domestic economy (GDP) and extention of domestic economy (Openness) significantly push FDI inflow. But debt variable, despite of associated with government policy, significantly impeded FDI inflows.Key words: Foreign Direct Investment, Market Size, and Financial Sector.

Abstract: The principles of legal certainty very dominating in the law enforcement inIndonesia. The principle of legal certainty that comes from century XVII/XVIIIin Europe is a great idea from tangible in writing, made by competentauthorities. The term of analytical jurisprudence indicates that the law shoulbe removed from the study of metaphysics. Doctrine analytical jurisprudenceannnot be implemented just after about two centuries introduction by theoriginators. It is doe to changes and development of society so rapidly. Forthose in law enforcement must look spirit and the time made law. Don’t justlook at the text but the context of the law with the purpose of the law.Key word: law enforcement, Analytical Jurisprudence,religion models of reinforcement.

The purpose of this study was to analyze the magnitude of the influence ofattitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavior controlto entrepreneurialintention. The data in this study were obtained from student at STIETotalwin Semarang. Results and the theoretical implications of thisresearch is that this study supports previous research that says that theattitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavior control affect toentrepreneurial intention.

Cricket animals are animals that have high economic value,which is used for animal feed (birds and ornamental fish). This makessome people or community groups cultivate these crickets. The object ofthis research is the cricket farmers in Kecamatan Kebonagung DemakRegency. This breeder is divided into two groups, the farmers whocooperate with the collectors and who do not cooperate. For farmers whodo not cooperate with financial collectors and information better thanthose who work together. The focus of this study is whether thedetermination of price contracts can enhance cooperation betweenfarmers and traders (Collectors) Crickets in Kebonagung District,Demak District.The population in this research is all breeders andcollectors (traders) crickets in Kebonagung District, Demak Districtwhich is still actively running the farm and business of crickets is asmuch as 53 breeders and collectors. The sample is taken by 7 informants,2 cricket farmers, 2 collectors collectors, 1 feeder, 1 bird and ornamentalfish 1 person and 1 farmer.The results of this study indicate that the contract price is stillflexible and more in line with the culture in Demak district, so the risk ofbreeders and collectors can be minimized, but profit can not be enjoyedtogether on both sides (breeders and collectors). The advantage is moreenjoyed by the collecting party as the contract price determinant. Bothparties still have ties to try to foster cooperation to be longer with betterfuture cooperation commitments. Cooperation ties need to be improved soas to become stronger and more profitable. Information generally knownto farmers will be anticipated by the collectors. The agency theory stillapplies to the business of cricket trade. The collectors still hide veryimportant information and can threaten the existence of the collectorsthemselves.

This study aims to (1) test empirically the influence of the level ofdecentralization of decision making have a direct influence on the performance ofmanagerial offices in South Bangka regency government organizations, (2) testempirically whether the level of decentralization of decision-making systems havedirect impact on the organization's accounting controls SKPD government in SouthBangka Regency, (3) test empirically whether the accounting control systems havedirect impact on managerial performance SKPD governmental organizations inSouth Bangka regency, and (4) test empirically whether the accounting controlsystems mediate the relationship (indirect effect) between decentralization of decision-making SKPD influence on the performance of government organizations in SouthBangka Regency.Respondents in this study is the Head of Office / Head Office / Head andHead of Section / Division Head of the Unit (SKPD) District of South farts. Of the159 questionnaires distributed, 155 respondents obtained that can be incorporatedinto the data processing. Respondents' answers were analyzed using path analysis.The results showed that the degree of decentralization of decision making isincreasing at SKPD will not increase the use of accounting control system by SKPD;the greater use of accounting control systems in SKPD, the higher the performanceSKPD concerned, and the decentralization of decision-making related to the increasein SKPD improved performance by SKPD concerned.