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The purposes of this research are to investigate the relationship between strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) and development strategy and the relationship between development strategy and the success of Koperasi Unit Desa (KUD).

The sample population in this research is a village cooperative (KUD) that is located in the Indragiri Hulu Regency region. Withdrawal of the sample that is selected in this research is conducted by using the random sample method that is graded proportionately. This is done because this research has a homogeneous objective (Nazir, 1983, p. 346) and the sample retrieved is as much as 31 village cooperatives (KUD). The analysis method that is used to answer the research hypothesis is path analysis, which consists of two regression equations, namely, the influence of the variables of strength (X1), weakness (X2), opportunity (X3) and threat (X4) on the development strategy (Y1) variable and the influence of the development strategy (Y1) variable on the success of village cooperative (KUD) (Y2) variable by the hypothesis that is presented in a conceptual diagram.

The SWOT variable has a significance influence on the development strategy variable in the cooperative in Indragiri Hulu Regency, Riau Province, either partially or simultaneously. And among the variables, the development strategy variable has a significant influence on the success of village cooperative (KUD) in Indragiri Hulu Regency, Riau Province. Also, it was found that the SWOT variable has an indirect influence on the success of village cooperative (KUD) in Indragiri Hulu Regency, Riau Province.

To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper to test the relation between SWOT and the development strategy and the performance of village cooperatives in Indragiri Hulu Regency, Indonesia.

This study aims to know the effect of knowledge management, entrepreneurship motives and the society’s culture on women micro business performance in Pelalawan Kabupaten.

This research was done on women micro business in Pelalawan Kabupaten, Riau Province. The research used survey approach which used questionnaire instrument as the research primary data. The population of the research was the entrepreneurs of women micro businesses in Pelalawan Kabupaten who joined training. There are 121 entrepreneurs spread across five districts (Pankalan Kuras, Pangkalan Kerinci, Pangkalan Lesung, Kerumutan and Bandar Seikijang) where entrepreneurs in the five districts actively participate in training.

The performance of the business cannot be said that it was very well performed, because any growth had not been seen in the business run, which automatically the increase of the profit had not been able to be expected. Product sales were still fluctuating and there was no tremendous increase in sales. In addition, the increase in the number of consumers is also not significant. In relation to the knowledge management, it can be concluded that the knowledge management on the business management of the entrepreneurs was still low. There were many indicators that needed attention so that the business could develop; factors such as knowledge about market, production aspect, distribution, promotion and relationship building, financial management and technology usage were still far from expectation. The entrepreneurship motive was still low. It was proved by the condition that the entrepreneurs could not develop the business and the entrepreneurs’ welfare had not been developed yet. If the business developed, it would be followed by recognition from the people in the society. However, this has not been achieved and entrepreneurs also do not have an achievement orientation so that their business is no better than other businesses in regional Indonesia. There were not many people who supported the businesses run by the entrepreneurs in Pelalawan Kabupaten because the people’s loyalty to the products sold by the entrepreneurs was still low.

There had not been a comprehensive research assessing knowledge management, entrepreneurship motives and society’s culture and its effect on the micro business performance, specifically for women entrepreneurs; thus, this study is different from the previous research studies. This point became the originality of this research as well as the usage of the variable of society’s culture which became the local wisdom and was owned by Pelalawan, Riau, Indonesia and which became the characteristic highlighted in this research.

To analyze the influence of emotional intelligence on team performance, knowledge sharing, team conflict, and the structure mechanism, the influence of knowledge sharing, team conflict, the structure mechanism, and emotional intelligence on team performance, and the influence of emotional intelligence on team performance through knowledge sharing, team conflict, and the structure mechanism.

This research uses the quantitative research method and is included in explanatory research. Data collection was done cross-sectionally. This research was conducted at provincial hospitals in South Sulawesi and in Central Sulawesi.

Emotional intelligence directly influences knowledge sharing, conflict in teams, the structure mechanism, and team performance. There is a direct influence of knowledge sharing, team conflict, and the structure mechanism on team performance. Then, there is an indirect influence of emotional intelligence on team performance through the mediation of knowledge sharing, team conflict, and the structure mechanism.

The novelty of this research is in its effort to observe the mediation of knowledge sharing, team conflict and the structure mechanism with other variables developed in the research model. No previous studies have found a relationship between emotional intelligence and team performance, knowledge sharing, team conflict, and the structure mechanism, or the influence of knowledge sharing, team conflict, the structure mechanism, and emotional intelligence on team performance.