This research was conducted to examine the effect of Current Ratio, Debt to Equity Ratio, Inventory Turnover and Return on Equity on Price Earning Ratio at the automotive industries in Indonesia.  The samples of this research were 12 automotive industry companies which go public.  The data of  this research   was secondary data, which obtained from financial statement of 12 automotive industry companies.  Those data was collected from www.idx.co.id.  Then, The data was analysed by multiple linear regression techniques with the t test. The result shows that the Current Ratio, Debt to Equity Ratio, Inventory Turnover and Return on Equity variables have no effect on Price Earning Ratio.  It means that Price Earning Ratio is not determined by Current Ratio, Debt to Equity Ratio, Inventory Turnover and Return on Equity, but by other factors such as business costs, economic and monetary conditions.

Although good corporate governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR) have been widely studied, a question remains relevant; why there is a relationship between them, as CSR is influenced by choices, motives, and values of people involving in formulating and taking decisions within organizations, consideration of corporate governance mechanisms, in particular, ownership structure and composition of the board of directors, and board of commissioners. The aim of this was to investigate the relationship between Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The samples were 23 companies listed in Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure Index (CGPI) during 2009-2013. The variables used in this study were the number of audit committee, public ownership, foreign ownership, proportion of independent commissioner, and the disclosure of CSR. The Result of this study showed that the number of audit committee have a significant impact on the disclosure of CSR.

This research is conducted to know the condition of small and micro business of cassava –based in Semarang regency related to management of working capital.  Samples of this research are ten small and micro business of cassava-based food in that area. That data was obtained with questionnaires, which distributed to those samples. Interview and observation are also used to complete data from questioner. The data are analyzed by descriptive quantitative and quantitative. The result show that they run their business only to get revenue for meeting their basic needs.  While, on the working capital management, they focus on finished goods inventory rather than on raw material inventory.  The easiness of getting the cassava make them have a few  cassava as inventory.   They order cassava from nearest supplier for making any kinds  of food. Most of working capital is financed by owners equity.    Therefore, they do not dependent on creditors.   Nevertheless, they have not yet included wages of workers to create net profit.  Respectively, inventory conversion period, average collection period,  payables deferral period  and cash conversion cycle do not influence to return on asset. In the future, they can take loan to finance working capital as long as not more than owner’s equity.  They should include wages expense to get profit.  More importantly, they must own entrepreneurial spirit in business.

This research was conducted to determine the efficiency of working capital management carried out by companies that do stock splits. The samples used in this research  are 11 firms that did stock splits in 2013. Indicators of efficiency are performance index, utilization index and efficiency index. Whereas, paired t test  was used to determine the difference in the efficiency of working capital management between before and after the stock split both from the Performance Index, Utilization Index, and Efficiency Index. The results of this study indicate that the company is efficient both before and after the stock split, and there is no difference in the efficiency of working capital management between before and after the stock split. It  means  that all companies which did stock splits are still able to manage their working capital optimally to create sales. In the future, firms should be able to increase sales more than before so that the efficiency of working capital management becomes higher. Besides, Investors should also invest their money in the company, which has high working capital management efficiency. The reason is that firms with high working capital management efficiency usually generate large profits. For further research, it is better to use a long period of years so that the differences can be known with certainty.

<p><em><span>The cassava-based food business in Kendal Regency has the potential to develop, especially in the villages of Limbangan, Patehan and Kalibareng. This study aims to reveal the financial strategy in business management which is one of the determinants of business success. The data required is primary data related to internal and external factors that determine business financial management. The data were obtained through in-depth interviews with 10 IMK actors. The data were analyzed using descriptive techniques and SWOT analysis. The findings show that the strength of internal factors is in the form of selling prices according to market prices and business transactions through savings accounts. While the weaknesses include simple financial administration, insufficient capital, inaccurate production cost calculations, no financial planning, fully cash payment terms, and no separation of business finances from households. Meanwhile, opportunities from external factors are in the form of marketing certainty and financial support from the community. Threats include business competition and volatile cassava prices. This study recommends a financial management strategy for IMK actors in the cassava-based processed food sector .The strategy is a combination of Aggressive, Turnaround, Diversification and defensive strategies.</span></em></p><p>Usaha makanan berbasis ketela di Kabupaten Kendal cukup berpotensi untuk berkembang, terutama di desa Limbangan, Patehan dan Kalibareng.  Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkap strategi keuangan dalam pengelolaan usaha yang menjadi salah satu penentu kesuksesan usaha.Sampel Penelitian adalah 10 pelaku IMK sektor makanan olahan berbasis ketela di desa Limbangan, Patehan dan Kalibareng.  Data yang diperlukan berupa data primer terkait dengan faktor internal maupun faktor eksternal yang menentukkan pengelolaan keuangan usaha.  Data diperoleh melalui wawancara mendalam terhadap 10 pelaku IMK.Data dianalisis  menggunakan tehnik deskriptif dan analisa SWOT. Hasil temuan menunjukkan bahwa kekuatan dari faktor internal berupa harga jual sesuai harga pasar dan transaksi usaha melalui rekening tabungan. Sedangkan kelemahannya antara lain administrasi keuangan yang masih sederhana, modal belum memadai, perhitungan biaya produksi belum tepat, belum ada perencanaan keuangan, syarat pembayaran yang sepenuhnya tunai, dan belum ada pemisahan keuangan usaha dengan rumah tangga.  Sementara, kesempatan dari faktor eksternal berupa kepastian pemasaran maupun adanya dukungan keuangan dari masyarakat. Ancamannya antara lain adanya persaingan usaha serta harga ketela yang masih fluktuatif. Penelitian ini merekomendasikan strategi pengelolaan keuangan bagi pelaku IMK sektor makanan olahan berbasis ketela.Strategi tersebut merupakan kombinasi strategi Agresif, Turnaround, Diversifikasi dan defensif</p>