Preface

The 2018 Economics and Business Competitiveness International Conference (EBCICON) is a seminar conducted by the Economics Faculty of Parahyangan Catholic University, Indo­nesia, in collaboration with Politeknik APP Jakarta (Ministry of Industry), Indonesia.

Discussing its theme “Global Competitiveness: Business Transformation in the Digital Era”, the conference welcomed Ir. Airlangga Hartarto, MBA, MT, the Minister of Industry, Republic of Indonesia, as the keynote speaker. In addition, the conference also invited several invited speakers such as Dr. Arief Gusnanto from the University of Leeds; UK, Prof. Lorne Cummings, Associate Dean - Higher Degree Research - Faculty of Business and Economics; Dr. Ir. Ngakan Timur Antara, Head of Industry R&D Agency Ministry of Industry, Republic of Indonesia; and Michiko Miyamoto, Deputy Director ILO Indonesia & Timor Leste. To have more practical insights, the conference held a workshop entitled “theoretical and meth­odological suggestions for publishing in leading scholarly journals” delivered by Prof. Chris Patel, Dr. Pei Pei Pan, and Dr. Ranjith Appuhami, all from the Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance Macquire University.

There were approximately 200 submissions from authors from various countries to the con­ference. The committee went through rigorous selection and decided to have 54 papers accepted in the proceedings of EBCICON 2018, published by CRC Press/ Balkema by Taylor & Francis.

Ade Gafar Abdullah

Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

Isma Widiaty

Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

Cep Ubad Abdullah

Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia