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Bali cattle farming business in Indonesia is generally maintained by rural communities with the application of improvised technology in both feed management and maintenance systems. The beef cattle farming business is said to be successful if it can increase income, meet the needs of the farmer's life, and know the costs incurred by the breeder. This study aims to analyze the income of Bali cattle businesses with different business scales in Tiworo Tengah District, West Muna Regency using a survey method by taking 40 respondents from Bali cattle farmers spread over 8 villages in Tiworo Tengah District. The data collected consists of primary data and secondary data, then analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively using income analysis. The results show that the average income received by small-scale farmers is IDR 695.827/month, medium-scale farmers are IDR 1.439.440/month, and large-scale farmers are IDR 1.768.515/month.

The growth of sharia banking in Indonesia is though significant not as high as expected. The present study identifies two issues, among others, that have hampered this growth. They include consistence and perceived relevance. The study intends to find out their moderating roles on effects of fairness value and halal values on perceived competitive advantage of sharia banking. The novelties of the study lies on its enrichment of perceive value theory by bring up fairness value and halal value, and the insertion of consistence and perceived relevance constructs which could be typical issues of Indonesian consumers. Respondents are regular consumers of sharia banks in Makassar city. It applies PLS for data analysis. The results should be that fairness value and halal value have significant effects on perceived competitive advantage. Consumers who sense the existence of consistence and perceived relevance find their moderating roles on the effects fairness value and halal value on perceived competitive advantage.

The study attempts to shed light on factors driving people to turn to sharia banks. The study focuses on consumer innovativeness with alternative capacity and value attractiveness as antecedents. The respondents are sharia banking consumers in Makassar. The sample size follows Malhotra 2007 formula. Respondents are reached through on-line interaction and offline contact on the spot of sharia banks. It applies the PLS tool for data analysis. It conceives that alternative seeking and innovativeness have significant effects on consumer innovativeness and desire to try the transactions with sharia banking, and consumer innovativeness has a significant effect on the desire to try the transactions with sharia banks. In this way, it explores the mediating role of consumer innovativeness in the relationship between alternative capacity and desire and that between value attractiveness and desire. Thus, the study has several novelties. It brings up new constructs such as alternative capacity, value attractiveness, and desire to try the transactions with sharia banking. The results would be that consumer innovativeness serves as a partial mediator in the relationship between alternative capacity and the desire, and a full mediator in that between value attractiveness and the desire.

This study aims to determine the implementation of the Customer Relationship Marketing (CRM) strategy in increasing Bank Bahteramas Customer Loyalty (CL) in Southeast Sulawesi. This research was conducted at 10 Bahteramas Bank Branch Offices in Southeast Sulawesi, namely; Kendari, Unaaha, Kolaka, Lasusua, Baubau, Raha, Wanci, Kasipute, Andoolo, Wanggudu. The sample in this study was 200 respondents who were distributed in all existing branch offices, where each branch office was taken, 20 respondents. The technique of determining the sample refers to the technique of accident sampling. This study uses multivariate regression. The results found that simultaneously CRM variables consisting of Bonding, Empathy, Reciprocity, Trust, and Commitment simultaneously had a significant effect on CL at Bahteramas Bank in Southeast Sulawesi. Then the partial test results (t-test) showed that: (1) Bonding as CRM strategy significantly influences on CL; (2) Empathy as CRM strategy has an insignificant effect on CL; (3) Reciprocal as CRM strategy has no significant effect on CL; (4) Trust as CRM strategy has a significant effect on CL; (5) Commitment as CRM strategy has a significant effect on CL.

This study aims to explore the problems faced by cocoa oil small-sized industries and develop an empowerment model design from the perspective of business management to increase added value implemented in the Agropolitan Region in the Province of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. This study uses a qualitative approach, where data analysis is performed using the Nvivo 12 Plus software. Exploration results show that the perspective of business management which is a problem in the development of cocoa oil small-sized industries is the supply of raw materials; price of raw materials; variable cost; machine capacity; human resources; capital; institutional; product price; market access; assets legality; and partnership. The results of the design of the empowerment model explained that there was a need for a partnership between cocoa oil small-sized industries and other related parties such as; supplier of raw materials and target markets so that this empowerment effort can go well; and it is hoped that there will be government support in managerial aspects, both physical and non-physical so that cocoa oil small-sized industries can increase the added value

This study aims to test the role of relationship marketing on customer loyalty. The research used a quantitative approach with the survey method. The population of the research is all customers of BRI Bank in Kendari City Indonesia, where the respondent in this research is 77 customer. The cross-sectional data were collected to measure each variable research. Analysis research used Partial Least Squared (PLS) to test the role of each relationship marketing variable in building customer loyalty. The results explained that;(a) communication has a significant role on trust; (b) handling problem has a non-significant role on trust; (c) communication has a significant role on commitment; (d) handling problem has a non-significant role to commitment; (e)trust has a significant role on commitment; (f) communication has a non-significant role on loyalty; (g) handling problem has a non-significant role on loyalty; (h)trust has a significant role to customer loyalty; and (i) commitment has a significant role on loyalty. This study also found that the problem handling variable has no role in building customer loyalty. This study concludes that the BRI Bank is still not good at handling problems with its customers and the variables of trust and commitment play a significant role in mediating the role of communication in building customer loyalty.