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Table 4 Final cases in entrepreneurial competencies inventory

From: The construct and predictive validity testing of Indonesian entrepreneurial competence inventory-situational judgment test model

SAO1

At the end of the business leasing period, Aris, who had just opened a business, received information about online business seminars that might help him develop his business. The fee is approximately the same as the cost of renting out the business premises. He hesitated, because the funds he currently has can only be used to select one of the two needs. What should Aris do?

SAO2

One of the businesses that Ani wants to develop is a catering business. In her observations, the existing catering business actors offer food at high prices. What did Ani need to do to make her business successful?

SAO3

Santi has a business selling various types of women's clothing online. Her customers are working women who have children aged 3–6 years. In 3 years of running the business, she has achieved a satisfying profit. To expand more, what can she do?

EO1

Budi has a business that has developed in a number of cities. In his observations over the last 5 years, his shop in Bangka has experienced continuous losses, while stores in other cities have experienced a profit. What should Budi do?

EO2

Yuli has been in the sleepwear business for 3 years. In her sales for the last 1 year, it was found that 85% of buyers prefer nightwear with dark color choices. There are even special requests that order dark color clothes. What should Yuli do?

E03

Lisa is a new entrepreneur producing women's clothes and accessories. After selling for several months, she realized that the accessory products were not selling well. This pushed her to sell accessories products at low prices, hence she often experiences losses. What should Lisa do?

EO4

Rina's salon printing business is one of the businesses affected by the monetary crisis. At that time, Rina suffered a loss, because orders to print banners were low. What should Rina do?

EO5

James is the owner of a photo studio and wedding photography services. When he opened his business, James had very little capital. What should James do?

EO6

Mario's consulting company was one of the companies affected during the economic crisis. At that time, many of his clients canceled their orders. His clients also have difficulty paying the orders. It makes his financial situation getting down. What should Mario do?

PSTC 1

Cahyo has a snack food supplier business. The customer is the owner of outlets or shops. They pay Cahyo for the goods sold at their outlet or shop, if the goods are not sold within the specified time, the goods are returned to Cahyo. At one point, some of his customers went bankrupt and had not paid for or returned goods. What should he do?

PSTC 2

Dini has a list of 20 farmers in West Java who can become suppliers of agricultural products that are important to her business. However, after visiting 15 farmers, she found that they had all become suppliers to other companies. She still has 5 other farmer names that can be visited. What should he do?

PSTC 3

Feri continues his father's business which has been running for 10 years as a men's clothing reseller. After 1 year, he ran the business, he realized his business was less profitable. He noticed that his suppliers were starting to supply women's clothing and offering lower reseller prices for these clothes. What should he do?

PSTC 4

Rachel opened an online shop that sells make-up with a pre-order system, where customers have to pay down payment of 30% of the price of goods. She has only been in this business for 6 months. One day there was a customer who did not pay off her payment, where the remaining bill was two million rupiah. Rachel was unable to contact the customer. Because of this incident she suffered a loss. What are the next steps Rachel should take?

PSTC 5

Gio has a business selling cellphone cases online by relying on his acquaintances on his social media accounts. After 3 months of being in business, the number of his customers have not increased and the capital has not returned. Gio began to feel bored with his selling activities. What should he do?

PSTC 6

Toni is a service and goods entrepreneur. The business he is in is growing rapidly, so he needs a new office to run his business. However, it was difficult for him to find a place that was neither too expensive nor too big to serve as an office. What should he do?

I1

The current business situation is marked by global competition by e-commerce companies. As a businessman, how do you respond to this?

I2

When you are visiting your boutique in a mall, you see many customers who have not been served by your employees because of the limited number of employees. As the owner of the boutique, what should you do in that situation?

I3

Ray is a new entrepreneur; he owns a restaurant for 2 years. One day he felt that his noodle restaurant was less attractive to customers. He wants to do something for his restaurant to make it better and attract customers' attention. What should Ray do?

I4

Jeni is the owner of a bakery in a shopping centre. After opening her bakery for several months, Jeni realized that the shopping centre was empty of visitors. What should Jeni do?

SP1

You will get an investment of 50% of your profit given by foreign investors. How do you allocate your finances to advance the business you are running?

SP2

Lukito's business began to grow. It has 3 employees. Lukito feels he needs several employees in other fields to strengthen his business performance. However, he realized, from the existing business cash, there was no way he could recruit all the employees he wanted at one time. What should he do?

SP3

Iis, a successful businessman, often uses Z's laundry service which is located near his house. Laundry owner Z is a college friend. Iis sees that Z's laundry has advantages compared to 3 other laundry around his house. Laundry Z provides a price that is slightly cheaper than its competitors and the service is faster. However, Z laundry doesn't have a comfortable outlet atmosphere and its customers are just that. Iis saw a pretty good opportunity if Laundry Z wanted to improve the condition of its outlets and wanted to invite cooperation. What should he do?

SP4

Yuli is a clothing businessman in Tanah Abang, Yuli is faced with a situation, where unsold clothes are increasingly piling up in warehouses and must be sold all not to lose. what steps should Yuli take in such a situation?

SP5

Tania is a canteen food entrepreneur. However, she was cheated by employees who were her trusted people. What should she do?

PER1

As a vegetable and coconut distributor, Dito finds difficulty to receive trustworthy employees and is overwhelmed if he has to teach them from the start. What should he do?

PER2

AAC store is a family business founded by A and financed by his parents. There are different views between A and his parents, according to A's parent the use of bookkeeping records (financial flow) is not necessary, even though according to A bookkeeping records are an important business instrument. What should A do?

PER3

Bubu is ready to run a snack supplier business. He has also prepared a list of shops that he will visit. He has been digging up information on the store supplier, his prospect, giving the same price as him. What should he do when he visits these shops?

PER4

Yoyo is an entrepreneur providing agricultural produce that has grown rapidly in the past 2 years. His business was developed from Yoyo's personal funds, so far it has made a profit. However, the funds raised are still unable to be used to expand Yoyo's business. One day Yoyo heard that two of his friends were planning to invest their money. What should he do?

PER5

Mr. Roy suffered a loss for his business and had to lay off several of his employees. However, Mr Roy needs time to pay his employees severance pay. How does Mr. Roy explain to his employees?

CMTW1

Yanuar has two different businesses. He realized that in the next 6 months, his new business needed to be more focused. What did Yanuar need to do?

CMTW2

Ibnu is the owner of a snack distribution business. Currently, Ibnu also works permanently in a company as a Marketing Staff. It works Monday to Friday, 8am to 5 pm. Since working, many of his snack employees were confused, because they felt they lacked direction from Ibnu. What should he do?

CMTW3

Joni is a cell phone shop owner. One day, there was a theft at his shop. This made Joni suffer losses, because he lost hundreds of cell phones. What should Joni do?

CMTW4

Devi is a Korean restaurant owner. She often gets complaints from her customers, because sometimes the taste of the food is different and not up to standard. This happens, because the chef does not realize that the taste of the food is unstandardized. What should Devi do?

PS1

TB Butanah is a soil material company located in Sukabumi. Many of the TB Butanah consumers reside in Jakarta. What needs to be done by the management of TB of Northern TB to cut shipping routes that are too far away?

PS2

Employees at Pipit's laundry business make mistakes that have happened repeatedly. The error is related to how the employee receives and handles customer complaints. So far, Pipit only told her employees verbally how to handle customer complaints. What should she do?

PS3

Keke has a business to supply hospital equipment and necessities. It has been 3 months, since one of Keke's regular customer hospitals always made payments 7 days past the due date. The hospital also did not pay the fine, even though Keke had already given a letter. Keke and the hospital agreed from the start that monthly payments were sent on the 20th, and there was a penalty for late payment. This situation disrupted Keke's company cash flow. What should he do?

PS5

As a canteen food entrepreneur, Tania suffered a loss. This is because the types of food are not varied, and the food portions are too small. What should she do?

PS6

Vita is an online fashion entrepreneur. So far, her supplies goods from Thailand to be sold in Indonesia. Recently, she has had a problem when the goods she is selling are stuck at customs. To get the goods, she needs to pay more. What should she do?

A1

Didi has a business in architecture. In several development projects in the last 6 months, he encountered obstacles, because his colleagues had different views from him, where his views were very risky. This partner has a large enough share for this business. What attitude does Didi need to show to his colleague?

A2

Mario is one of the owners of a consulting service company. At one point, Mario provided services to a client and imposed an instalment payment system. At first, the client pays, but over time the client does not pay and runs away. This makes Mario's company suffer a loss. What should Mario do?

A3

Dodi as a grocery store owner provides an instalment payment system to his customers. However, often customers who are given instalment will take a long time to pay and get angry when they are billed. What should Dedi do?

A4

As an optical goods business owner, Feli prioritizes hospitality when serving her customers. However, not all his employees are friendly when serving the customers. This makes customers feel uncomfortable and do not want come back to shop in his optics. What should Feli do?