TY - JOUR T1 - The Role of Government on Business Growth and Empowerment of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in Raha City of Southeast Sulawesi AU - Hatani, La AU - Rommy, Nursaban AU - Hudani, A.S. Aidin AU - , Nurwati AU - , Sujono AU - Syarif, Muh. AU - Karim, Azmat AU - , Husin JO - The Social Sciences VL - 13 IS - 7 SP - 1252 EP - 1264 PY - 2018 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1818-5800 DO - sscience.2018.1252.1264 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2018.1252.1264 KW - MSEs KW -empowerment KW -business growth KW -Role of government KW -significantly KW -PLS AB - The purpose of this study is to examine and explain the influence the role of government’s on business growth and the empowerment of MSEs in Raha City. The approach of this research is survey with explanatory research design. Data collection is done cross-section by using questionnaire instrument. The population of this research is owners and the perpetrator of MSEs with sampling method is random sampling. Determination of the sampling magnitude of this study using the Slovin formula, so that, obtained 95 people. Data analysis method used to test this research hypothesis is Partial Least Square (PLS). The results of this study indicate that the role of government has a positive and significant impact on business growth and empowerment of MSEs. Furthermore, business growth has a positive and significant impact on the empowerment of MSEs. Finally, business growth acts as a partial medication on the influence of government roles on the empowerment of MSEs. This means that business growth is significantly influenced by the role of government and business growths significantly affect the empowerment of MSEs, furthermore, the role of government significantly influences the empowerment of MSEs. ER -