Tiktok was forced to close its TikTok shop on 4 October 2023 by Government of Indonesia, i.e Ministry of Information and Ministry of Trade.   Techasia noted that this is the worst outcome for Tiktok after the Indonesian government announced the latest trade regulation a week before, banning direct e-commerce transactions on a social media app. To continue operating in Indonesia, Tiktok should establish a new entity, obtain an ecommerce license from the Ministry of Trade, and create a standalone TikTok Shop app. The social media giant then took further steps than establishing the new entity; it announced a strategic partnership with Tokopedia under PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia (GoTo) in December 2023. Based on Techcrunch (2023), TikTok put the USD1,5 billion (equivalent to Rp 23 T), which allows TikTok to have a controlling stake of 75,01% in the new entity.

Bose was founded because of dissatisfaction and a desire to achieve outstanding product quality. The man behind the gun is Amar G. Bose. Amar wanted to create a speaker system in 1968, or four years after his dissatisfaction. He was dissatisfied with the sound quality provided by his new stereo. His goal was to encourage everybody to experience the same quality level as live music while using a speaker system. Until his death, he was a faculty member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This company was founded in 1964; although Bose was formally established in 1968, it focuses on technology, hardware, and equipment by developing sound solutions for entertainment, home audio, aviation, and automotive industries. When Dr. Amar Bose, the company’s founding father and an audio pioneer, died in 2014, Bose was forced to undergo a time of adjustment. As for the commercial side, the advent of Beats Electronics necessitated that Bose devise a new approach for the consumer market. While some audiophiles believe Bose is the superior product, no one can deny the immense popularity of Beats headphones among the public. Bose may have sued Beats early this year for noise-canceling patent infringements, a matter that has since been resolved. Bose waited to act until after Apple announced its $3 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics — was it just a coincidence? The final say rests with you. The management of Bose knows that its customers will appreciate the company’s research efforts. In terms of how the world is evolving and how people are listening to music and obtaining their music from the cloud, there is a lot of potential for Bose right now. Every year, more than 400 million mobile devices are purchased, and Bose will be there to provide users with headphones or a wireless speaker.

Blibli is one of the leading e-commerce businesses in Indonesia. On 8 November 2022 Blibli conducted an initial public offering or IPO in the Jakarta Stock Exchange. With a total market capitalization of IDR 53.3 trillion, Blibli is the second largest Internet-unicorn in Asia Pacific to go IPO in 2022 and the fifth largest IPO in history in Indonesia. On the first day of trading, the price of Blibli did not move; it was stagnant at a price of IDR 450 per share. The company used the proceeds to repay their debts and expand the business, as it acquired tiket.com and collaborated with Ranch Market. From its prospectus, the proceeds were used to develop new products, cover operational expenses, improve the supporting technology facilities, and do other business actions needed.   The interesting question is how will Blibli do after the IPO? Will its share price roar or slump like the first movers, Bukalapak and Goto?

This case study illustrates how a start-up business that promotes integration between farmers and end users through a technology platform becomes an intermediary to form a new business model. In addition, in the current disruptive era, technology is very much needed in winning market competition. For this reason, Sayurbox is very relevant to be studied by students. In this case study, there are two important points that are conveyed, namely in the form of challenges and opportunities faced by Sayurbox to be able to adapt.

PT Imexindo as a group has 160 employees with an average working period of 5 years and above consisting of several divisions, the organizational structure is led by a board of commissioners, then there are directors who serve in several divisions below, namely Operations, Business and Product Development, and Finance and Administration. 60% of the total Imexindo employees are millennials, therefore an organizational structure is needed to clearly define responsibilities and roles in providing work results reports to top parties.

Mr. Dedy, the director of PT. Imexindo Intiniaga establishing good relations or relationships and good motivation between employees can provide a different work experience and provide individual satisfaction for employees. In a company that has limited employees, it certainly presents its own challenges both in designing the organizational structure and the roles and responsibilities of everyone in the PT Imexindo company. This limitation provides insufficient space, thus necessitating the existence of multiple positions, especially in the finance division.