The Benefit of Internet Using to Affect Income for Water Hyacinth Home-based Entrepreneurs in Rawapening Area-Indonesia

Abstract

Home industries or home-based enterprises (HBEs) in developing countries are identical with smallness, flexibility or even informality. When this type of economic activities in developed countries seems familiar with the internet of things (IoT), water hyacinth HBEs in Indonesia particularly in the area of Rawapening Swamp, start to use internet for their business. The development of HBE is supported by the use of the internet in terms of ease of communication, buying and selling transactions, and information dissemination to develop businesses. This study aims to find out how much the benefits of using the internet on the income of business owner or operators of water hyacinth HBEs. By using descriptive statistical analysis, the subjects in this study were divided into two types, namely non digital and digital HBEs entrepreneurs. The results shows that the average income of non-digital HBEs is less than the average income of digital HBEs entrepreneurs.