Part of the Research is Methodology; How does the Campus of Indonesia Empower SMEs? An Analysis of the Assistances found in KEMDIKBUD Programs

                                                           

                                                                     Introduction 

Small businesses are important to study because they have a crucial role in economic growth on a national and regional scale. Mostly  90% of the total businesses in the world are contributed by SMEs (Lin, 1998).

 In addition, SMEs have a contribution to employment (Tambunan, 2005). Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have an important role in the economic and industrial growth of a country (Husband and Purnendu, 1999; Mahemba, 2003; Tambunan, 2005). Empirical studies show that SMEs on an international scale is a source of job creation (Olomi, 1999; Lin, 1998; Westhead and Cowling, 1995). The contribution of SMEs to employment, both in developed and developing countries, including Indonesia, has a significant role in overcoming the problem of unemployment.

 In Indonesia, SMEs have a strategic role in development, this is shown in the National Long-Term Development Plan (RPJPN) 2005- 2025 which states that to strengthen the nation's competitiveness, one of the long-term development

In Indonesia, SMEs have a strategic role in development, this is shown in the National Long-Term Development Plan (RPJPN) 2005- 2025 which states that to strengthen the nation's competitiveness, one of the long-term development policies is to strengthen the domestic economy based on the advantages of each region towards competitive advantage. One of the ways to realize this policy is through the development of SMEs. In addition, the issuance of Presidential Instruction Number 6 of 2007 concerning Acceleration of Development of the Real Sector and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), shows the strengthening position of SMEs in national development policies. The fundamental problem of this is how to implement these policies so that SMEs in Indonesia can truly become economic actors who have a major contribution to strengthening the domestic economy. Based on research by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) in 2007, SMEs in Indonesia are very optimistic to continue to be developed because around 64% of SME entrepreneurs in Indonesia have the intention to increase investment in business development and around 44% of SME entrepreneurs in Indonesia have plans to increase their business development.

This study concludes that SMEs in Indonesia is a barometer of a country's economic health. This study further reaffirms that SMEs in Indonesia have shown their role in the creation or growth of job opportunities and as one of the important sources of the growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). According the State Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs (2007) stated that in 2006 the contribution of SMEs in the creation of national added value was Rp. 1,778.75 trillion or 53.3 percent of the national GDP with a GDP growth rate of 5.40 percent in 2005-2006. . research by Rafinaldi (2004) states that Indonesian SMEs have contributed to the employment of National Seminar on Information Technology Application 2009 (SNATI 2009) ISSN: 1907-5022 Yogyakarta, 20 June 2009 B-12 work, which is more than 50% of the total national absorption. This contribution shows that SMEs in Indonesia can strengthen the structure of the national economy (Prawirokusumo, 2001). 

Meanwhile, based on research conducted by AKATIGA, the Center for Micro and Small Enterprise Dynamic (CEMSED), and the Center for Economic and Social Studies (CESS) in 2000, shows that the characteristics of SMEs in Indonesia are the resilience to live and thrive. The ability to improve their performance during the economic crisis. Basri (2003) suggests that SMEs in Indonesia can survive during the economic crisis due to 4 (four) things, namely: (1) Most SMEs produce consumer goods, especially those that are not durable, (2) The majority of SMEs rely more on non-banking financing in the aspect of business funding, (3) In general, SMEs carry out strict product specialization, in the sense of only producing certain goods or services, (4) The formation of new SMEs as a result of the many layoffs in the industry. formal sector. Facing the global economic crisis and multilateral free trade (WTO), regional (AFTA), APEC informal cooperation, and ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), SMEs are required to make changes to increase their competitiveness so that they can continue to run and develop.

The research design applied in this paper is qualitative.

This study is secondary data research that analyzes the literature regarding scholar mentoring from campuses for SMEs in Indonesia, including academic literature and other relevant sources that have been published, and related documents.

Research methods; 1) Keeping track of academic literature and other related reading materials, as well as relevant documents, official reports, etc.;) literature review; iii) document analysis; iv) overall data analysis; v) writing research reports; vi) focus group discussions to get feedback on the design of this research report, the researchers used a subjective approach in order to review the existing data and materials.