International Journal of Applied Business and International Management
Vol 11, No 1 (2026): April 2026

Buddhist Management Principles as a Driver of Social Entrepreneurship Success in Indonesia

Franky Okto Bernando (STAB Negeri Sriwijaya)
Sari Rahaju (STAB Negeri Sriwijaya)
Pringgondani Pringgondani (STAB Negeri Sriwijaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Jun 2026

Abstract

Social entrepreneurship in Indonesia suffers a high failure rate, with roughly 60% of social startups collapsing within three years owing to weak managerial capacity and the difficulty of balancing profit with social mission. This study aims to examine the influence of Buddhist Management Principles (BMP) on the success of social entrepreneurship in Greater Jakarta. BMP is operationalized into five dimensions, namely Ethics (Sila), Wisdom (Panna), Servant Leadership (Metta-Karuna), Ecological Sustainability (Ahimsa), and Equanimity (Upekkha), while success is measured through financial sustainability, social innovation, stakeholder empowerment, and environmental preservation. Using an explanatory quantitative design, data from 150 social-enterprise actors selected by purposive sampling were analyzed with Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The results show that BMP exerts a positive and significant effect on social-entrepreneurship success (b = 0.826; t = 13.836; p 0.001; R-squared = 0.683; f-squared = 2.152). The study concludes that Buddhist spiritual values can be translated into a measurable managerial framework. It is suggested that practitioners and educators embed these value-based principles in curricula and social-enterprise support policy.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJABIM

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Subject

Humanities Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Economics, Econometrics & Finance Education Social Sciences

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The International Journal of Applied Business and International Management (IJABIM) is a peer-reviewed journal that provides a platform for scholars, professionals, and policymakers to share pioneering research in international business, management, and economics. Published quarterly, the journal ...