PENGARUH KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT TERHADAP KEBERHASILAN UMKM DENGAN KOMPETENSI SEBAGAI VARIABEL INTERVENING (Kasus Pada UMKM di Kabupaten Sidoarjo)

Abstract

This research aimed to examine and analyze the effect of knowledge management on business success at UMKM in the Sidoarjo district, with competency as the intervening variable. The research was quantitative. Furthermore, the population was UMKM business in the Sidoarjo district. The data collection technique used a non - probability sampling technique and purposive sampling as the sampling technique i.e., a selection technique with determined criteria to get the number of samples. In line with that, there were 112 respondents as the sample. Moreover, the instrument in the data collection was a questionnaire. The data analysis technique used SEM- PLS (Structural Equation Modeling-Partial Least Square) with the SmartPLS program 3.0 version. The result indicated that knowledge management had a positive and significant on business success. Additionally, knowledge management had a positive and significant effect on competency. Likewise, competency had a positive and significant effect on business success. In addition, competency was able to mediate the effect of knowledge management on business success.