The role of public entrepreneurship and democratic values in local economic development: A case study of Sukalaksana Village - Indonesia

Abstract

This research aims at analyzing the role of public entrepreneurship in local economic development. The concept of public entrepreneurship was used to discuss how public organization manages public resources for the betterment of both governmental and society. As an addition, it is also used to explain the role of government (particularly in the lowest level of local government - village) in directing public resources in a creative, independent, and innovative itself. The research focus is to understand hos public entrepreneurship characteristic can be found in the village leaders hence they employed public entrepreneurship value to exploit the village resources for its local economic development. Further, it will analyze how public entrepreneurship value are reconciled with democratic values and how it affects the success of local economic development in the village area. This research will use qualitative method using the case study in Sukalaksana village, Samarang Sub-District, Garut Regency. The data collection will be then analyzed qualitatively in order to obtain the thorough understanding of the research object. To strengthen the data quality, we will use the triangulation of resources and triangulation of data collection. It is evident from the finding that the efficiency of using resources and the increase of productivity in the community. The public entrepreneurs are able to reconcile public entrepreneurship values with democratic values for greater public interest in local economic development.