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The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of CEO power onfirm performance and the moderating influence of independent board on therelationship between CEO power and firm performance. Indicator of CEOsPower studied were the CEO ownership in the company (CEO Ownership).The firm performance studied with the calculation of PE Ratio. Then, theindependent board is a proportion of independent board on the board ofcommissioners.The research is conducted by quantitative methods using secondarydata. Secondary data comes from the company's annual report listed on theIndonesian Stock Exchange. This research population is company listed onthe Indonesian Stock Exchange, and then the samples were taken bypurposive sampling with criteria manufacture company that not sufferedlossesduringthe observation process and have the data required in this study,in order to obtaina sample of 267 companies. This study use sregressionanalysis to the test the parameters individually significant (t - test).The result of the hypothesis test indicates that the CEO Powerwith CEO ownership as indicator has no effecton the firm performance withPE ratios are calculated, and the independent board based on the proportionof independent board does not have a moderating effecton the relationshipbetween CEO power and firm performance.

This study examines the effect of audit committee, independent auditcommittee, and shariah supervisory boar on earnings management inIndonesia sharia banking. Population in this study were all Islamic banks inIndonesia, which fully published annual report for the year 2010-2012 andhas complete data about the profile of audit committee and the shariasupervisory board. Based on purposive sampling method, 33 samples wereobtained by observation data. Secondary data was collected throughdocumentation and analyzed with multiple linearregressionanalysis.Theresults of this study indicate that numbers of audit committee andindependent audit committee has significant influence on earningsmanagementinIndonesiashariabanking.ButTheSharia Supervisory Board has to significant effect on earningsmanagement in Indonesia sharia banking.

This study aims to test the disclosure of Intellectual Capital in theperiod before and after the full adoption of IFRS in Indonesia. Adoption ofpeuh in Indonesia has been in effect since 2012. Testing of Companycharacteristics based on company age in operation, firm size and leveragelevel. The sample used in this study was taken from 96 companies that meetthe criteria ratio of capital expenditure above 8. The results show that theold company higher in the disclosure of Intellectual capital after the fulladoption period. While there is no disclosure of intellectual capital of largecorporations and small companies before and after the full adoption period ofIFRS. The disclosure of intellectual capital in high leverage companies andlow leverage companies in both absolute and statistically is not different.

This study aims to provide empirical evidence regarding the effect ofmanagerial ownership, institutional ownership, leverage and financialdistress to accounting conservatism. Based on the test results show thatmanagerial ownership negatively affects conservatism. This shows thatthe managerial ownership of companies in Indonesia is still low,although the company will be more conservative because managers aremore conservative in maintaining investor confidence. Whileinstitutional ownership in manufacturing companies in Indonesia ishigh does not affect accounting conservatism, this is becauseinstitutional shares are not able to interfere with managers, so theinstitution has not been able to supervise the behavior of managersconservatism.

This study examines the Effect of Mutation and Promotion ofPosition on Employee Career Development. The research was conductedby using survey method conducted on automotive company. The result ofthe research shows that Mutation and Promotion of Position onEmployee Career Development have positive and significant influence.The existence of mutations and promotion in a company if managedproperly so that generate a positive impact, then employees will be moreresponsible for the work they live.

BlackBerry is a mobile phone made in Canada. BlackBerry was firstintroduced in 1999, and is presented in Indonesia in mid-December 2004. Sinceit was first introduced, the BlackBerrywas much in demand by various groupswith the support of various mobile operators both CDMA and GSM. However,in these days it has decreased significantly. Most users at the end of 2012 asmuch as 79 million active use of BlackBerry mobile phones are recorded. But atthe end of March 2013it decreased as much as 3 million users and it decreasedup to 4 million users at the end of June 2013 who no longer use BlackBerrymobile phone. The final user of BlackBerry mobile phones is 72 million. Thepurpose of this study was to analyze the effect of brand characteristics, companycharacteristics, brand characteristics,and the consumer - perceived benefits to theconsumer brand loyalty on BlackBerry mobile phones in STIE TOTALWINSemarang.The population in this study were students STIE TOTALWINSemarang. Based on Slovin formula, the sample size was 100 respondents thatwere obtained by purposive sampling technique, i.e. students who use BlackBerryphones, at least one month and have experience in using another mobile phone.Primary data was collected through questionnaires and analyzed with multiplelinear regression analysis.The results showed that the Brand Characteristics,Company Characteristics, Consumer-Brand Characteristics and Perceived valuehas significant and positive effect on Brand Loyalty, both partially andsimultaneously. Company Characteristics became the biggest factors influencingbrand loyalty.

The development of the capital market in Indonesia is very rapidly.This is an indicator that the capital market is an alternative source offunding in addition to banking, in addition to the growing capital marketsalso showed that the confidence of investors will invest in Indonesia capitalmarket is quite good. The information required by the investors in the capitalmarkets is not only a fundamental information, but also information that istechnical in nature. The fundamental nature of the information obtainedfrom the financial reports of companies, and the technical nature of theinformation obtained from outside companies such as inflation, interest ratesand other factors.The samples of this research are company manufacturing food andbeverage sector in 2008-2012 by using 16 companies with purposivesampling method. The results of the research with multiple linear regressionshowed that the CR, DER, TAT, ROA, PER and interest rate do not haveeffect on stock return. While inflation has a negative significant effect onstock returns.

The development of a business unit can be affected by a variety offactors, both internal and external company factors. The purpose of thisresearch is to know the influence of the business network, and productinnovation against the performance of micro, small and medium enterprises.The research type is explanatory research. The population was 162 unitsfrom small and medium metal industries in Boyolali District with 85sample taken using disproportionate stratified random sampling and simplerandom sampling. Data collection using the questionnaire. Data analysisusing linear regression analysis. The results showed that the businessnetwork, and product innovation are jointly undertaking a positive andsignificant effect against performance of micro, small and mediumenterprises. Researchers suggest that UMKM constantly enhance cooperationwith various parties to build wider business network, andimprove productinnovation so that UMKM can continue to thrive in the midst of the currentcompetition.

This study examines the effect of determinant factors of student loyalty.Population in this study were students in STIE Totalwin Semarang.Based on purposive sampling method, 240 samples were obtained byobservation data. The results of this study indicate that studentssatisfaction, students trust, students commitment, and students perceptionabout learning has significant influence on student loyalty

Online trust is one of the main determinants of the success of e-retailers and much research has dealt with website features triggeringconsumer trust to them. Another stream of research focuses on thepsychological antecedents to online trust; i.e., what ‘‘happens’’ in theconsumer’s mind before or while a person decides to trust an e-retailer?So far, each effort has focused on only a few selected aspects of this trustformation process. Only few studies have attempted to identify majorpersonality based psychological antecedents of trust. This work identifiedthe relative importance of the personality based psychological antecedentsof trust in technology adoption and e-retailing. The model incorporatesthe personality traits (Extraversion, and Openness to experience), the mostwidely accepted framework for personality research in psychology, as wellas determinants of trust in our model.

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.

The purpose of this research is to analyze the influence of the quality ofteaching, and the quality of service in conjunction with satisfaction andloyalty student of the STIE Totalwin Semarang. Data were obtainedthrough a questionnaire and analyzed using Structural EquationModeling (SEM). The results showed that student loyalty can be builtfrom a variable learning through student satisfaction and student loyaltycan also be constructed from the quality of service through studentsatisfaction.

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.

Entrepeneurship orientation has been acknowledged in literature andpractice as a vital element of economic and organizational growth, successand competitiveness and can be considered as a unique competitiveadvantage.The purpose of the paper is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the conceptof entrepeneurship orientation. Concluding, the paper suggests directions forfuture research.

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.

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.

Nowadays people’s knowledge is getting bigger, so itmakesthe marketers have to develop their promotiontechnique becomes better for getting the increase numberof the consumers. At first, guerrilla marketing is used bysmall business because it need not a big fund but it is ableto produce a lot of products. In real life, to do a guerrillamarketing strategy needs higher cost. Otherwise, thereare a lot of big companies which is used guerrillamarketing strategy. When doing guerrilla, especially thesmall enterprises they have to think about the resource sothat the enterprise can get the value of consumer that theywant matched with the cost.

Bank Indonesia, together with the financial accounting standards boardissued financial standards governing the allowance for credit losses dueto the enactment of the international financial standards IFRS.Provision for credit losses is very important for banks to be able to copewith the risk of losses incurred due to the failure of the bank disbursedloan repayments. Banking indirectly still have a dilemma with theapplication of IAS 50 on financial instruments presentation of IAS 55and IAS 60 regarding measurement of the disclosure. These applicationshave benefits in addition to the problems in the implementation.

Sistem Perencanaan dan Pengendalian Manajemen sangatlah penting didalam melipatgandakan kinerja perusahaan atau unit organisasi. Konsep iniberorientasi ke masa depan, bukan masa lalu didesain sedemikian rupa sehinggasistem pengendalian manajemen ini sangat komprehensif, koheren danberkerangka. Untuk membentuk masa depan organisasi, diperlukan efektivitasyang sangat tinggi berupa pembentukan mindset dalam diri sumber daya manusiayang menjalankan sistem tersebut.

Wakaf mempunyai kedudukan penting dalam Islam. Penggunaan wakaf sebagai salah satusumber daya untuk digunakan masyarakat muslim mencapai kemajuan saat ini. Selainsebagai sumber pendanaan kegiatan sosial, pendidikan, dan kesehatan, wakaf dapat dijadikanalternatif untuk penguatan ekonomi masyarakat. Sehingga manfaatnya berkelanjutan bagimasyarakat dan wakaf mampu menjadi sebagai alternatif dalam meningkatkan kesejahteraanmasyarakat. Dengan adanya lembaga pengelolaan wakaf yang profesional tentunya bisamendukung untuk lebih meningkatkan pemberdayaan wakaf untuk kemaslahatan masyarakat.Perluasan harta benda yang bisa diwakafkan telah memberikan efek positif bagi pengelolaanwakaf. Semakin beragamnya harta yang dapat diwakaf dan manajemen pengelolaan wakafyang professional akan memperkuat peran wakaf dalam penguatan ekonomi masyarakat.