This purpose of this articel is  to determine the ratio of the effect of foreign debt on economic growth. Since the reign of the Old Order  up to the reign of the Reform Order to date, the Indonesian government has always done debt (overseas loans). So as if the growth that accomplished by the Indonesian economy each year can not be separated from foreign debt.The data used are secondary data obtained from the Central Bureau of Statistics and Bank Indonesia. The analysis technique to be used is Quantitative Descriptive Method. The results of hypothesis test show that  the effect of foreign debt on economic growth only during the Reform Order.

In the face of technological advancements and innovations as well as intense competition between companies, companies are encouraging companies to change their habits in managing their businesses, which were previously based on labor towards businesses with the main characteristics of science. The management of all company resources cannot be separated from the intervention of human resources in it. However, there are still many companies in Indonesia that have not managed Intellectual Capital optimally. The research was conducted to show the effect of Intellectual Capital on financial performance as measured by Return On Equity . The data that has been obtained is then processed by multiple linear regression analysis and tested on hypotheses between research variables, either partially or simultaneously in order to know the effect given. The data management used SPSS version 25. The results showed that simultaneously VACE, VAHC and STVA had a significant positive effect, but partially only the STVA variable had no effect on financial performance (ROE).

This study aims to determine and analyze the effect of incentives on employee performance in the ammonia operations department 1 B PT. Pupuk Sriwijaya Palembang. This research was conducted at PT. Pupuk Sriwijaya Palembang with a research sample of 55 employees in the ammonia operation section 1 B PT. Pupuk Sriwijaya Palembang. The sampling method uses saturated sampling where the entire population is used as the research sample. Data retrieval of this research was conducted at the Department of Manpower PT. Pupuk Sriwijaya  Palembang. The results of quantitative research show the magnitude of the effect of training on the performance of employees of the ammonia operations department 1 B PT. Pupuk Sriwijaya Palembang amounted to 20.2% and the remaining 79.8% explained other factors outside the variables studied in this study, including ability and expertise, knowledge, work design, personality, work motivation, leadership, leadership style, organizational culture, work environment, job satisfaction, loyalty, commitment and work discipline, also affect the performance of employees of the ammonia operations department 1 B PT. Pupuk Sriwijaya Palembang.

ABSTRAK Pandriadi, Asma Mario; Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis daya saing dosen menghadapi era MEA, studi kasus di Fakultas Ekonomi di beberapa universitas di Kota Palembang. Daya saing diukur oleh empat indikator yaitu kemampuan bahasa Inggris, kemampuan untuk mendapatkan dana penelitian, kemampuan untuk mendapatkan dana untuk layanan masyarakat dan kemampuan untuk menerbitkan artikel dalam jurnal. Responden dalam penelitian ini adalah 100 dosen yang bekerja di beberapa universitas swasta di Kota palembang. Mereka mengisi kuesioner yang berisi informasi tentang kompetensi mereka dalam empat indikator. Berdasarkan analisis, penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa daya saing mayoritas responden rendah, karena dari 100 responden, 94 memiliki daya saing rendah, 4 memiliki daya saing menengah dan nol daya saing tinggi. Peneliti merekomendasikan bahwa untuk meningkatkan daya saing, universitas harus mengadakan pelatihan bahasa Inggris yang berkelanjutan untuk dosen dan juga memberikan dukungan dana kepada dosen untuk melakukan penelitian dan program layanan masyarakat. ABSTRACT Pandriadi, Asma Mario;This research aims to analyze the competitiveness of lecturer facing AEC era, a case study in Economic Faculty at some universities in Palembang City. The competitiveness is measured by four indicators namely ability of English, ability to get research funding, ability to get funding for community service and ability to publish articles in journal. Respondent in this research are 100 lecturers who work in some private universities in palembang City. They filled a questionnaire which contents information about their compentencies in four indicators. Based on the analysis, this research concludes that the competitiveness of respondent majority are low, because from 100 respondent, 94 have low competitiveness, 4 have middle competitiveness and zero high competitiveness. The researcher recommend that for increasing competitiveness, the university should hold a sustainable English training for lecturers and also gives funding support to lecturer for doing researchs and community services programs. LATAR BELAKANGEra liberalisasi ekonomi menjadi sebuah konsekuensi dari perkembangan teknologi dan informasi. Jika sebelumnya sebuah negara dapat melakukan berbagai upaya proteksi untuk melindungi produk barang dan jasa mereka, misalnya dengan kebijakan tarif, kuota ataupun pengenaan pajak impor, maka dalam sebuah era perdagangan bebas upaya proteksi tersebut menjadi tidak mungkin untuk dilakukan. Era ini ditandai dengan semakin cepatnya aliran barang dan jasa antar negara dan semakin berkembangnya inovasi di bidang teknologi informasi, perdagangan, politik dan keuangan.Pada hakikatnya, era liberalisasi ekonomi dapat dikatakan sebagai sebuah "pisau bermata dua" dimana pada satu sisinya bisa digunakan untuk hal-hal positif namun disisi lain dapat juga menciderai diri sendiri. Analogi ini dapat difahami manakala liberalisasi pada satu sisi sebetulnya adalah sebuah peluang bagi suatu negara untuk mengembangkan produk barang dan jasa...

Abstract Manufacturing Industry (IM) is a part of economy elevator in OKU Selatan District. Unfortunaltely, the contribution of this sector, particularly to PDB is still low. This research aims to analize the competitiveness of IM in OKUS District by using Location Quotient (LQ) and SWOT Analysis. LQ analysis tried to compare the number of PDRB between OKUS District and South Sumatera Province. The result shows that the number of LQ are below 1. This means that IM in OKUS District still have low competitiveness. By using SWOT Analysis, it is in third quadrant. It means that actually IM have large oportinities to be developed but it also has high challenge. In addition, according to Wheelen Matrix, IM of OKUS District is in cel 8 (growth). The implication of this cel are IM need to focus on one product (specialization) or develop to many products (diversification). Key Words: Competitiveness, Manufacturing Industry, Location Quotient, SWOT