The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of entrepreneurial competence and competitiveness as mediating variable on the business success of apparel small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Greater Bandung (five cities/regencies). To collect data, some questionnaires were used. Out of the 128 companies in the apparel SMEs population, 96 were selected as representative sample. The Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to test the hypotheses. The research outcomes revealed that entrepreneurial competence affected competitiveness, entrepreneurial competence affected business success directly and indirectly through competitiveness, and competitiveness affected business success. The managerial implication of this study is also discussed.

The aim of this study was to determine whether the innovativeness variable can mediate the influence between market orientation and marketing performance in the culinary industry in West Java Province, Indonesia. More specifically, this study analyzes the relationship among market orientation, innovation and marketing performance in the single mediation model by placing mediation variable of innovation. The samples involved a total of 209 culinary industries under the auspices of the agency of cooperative and SME services. By using a simple linear regression analysis with SPSS and AMOS v. 23 we understand that innovativeness had the ability to mediate the influence between market orientation and marketing performance. Likewise, market orientation has a positive influence on performance. The implication of this research is that entrepreneurs can improve their innovation capabilities to improve the SME performance. This study recommends that government policies should encourage innovation in SMEs and encourage SME managers to pay more attention and manage innovations to improve their operational performance.

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between Social Media Marketing and Brand Image, Social Media Marketing relationship and Purchase Intention, Brand Image Relationship and Purchase Intention and finally, the relationship between Social Media Marketing and Purchase Intention through Brand Image. The approach in the research used is a quantitative approach using PLS-SEM SmartPLS software as a data processing tool. In this study, the data collection technique was carried out using a questionnaire or online questionnaire which was distributed to 234 respondents of Millennial Smartphone Consumers in Banten Indonesia. Sampling system was accomplished with a snowball sampling method. Based on the results of hypothesis testing, it was found that there was a positive and significant relationship between Brand Image (BRI) and Purchase Intention. There was also a positive and significant relationship between Social Media Marketing and Brand Image. However, there was an insignificant relationship between Social Media Marketing and Brand Image while there was a significant relationship between Social Media Marketing and Purchase Intention through Brand Image as Mediator.