Partnership as a Strategy in Realizing the Smart City Program

Abstract

This study aims to determine how much influence the partnership strategy has on the
realization of the Smart City development program (Survey on Cities and Regencies in West
Java Province). The population in this study were the heads of city and regency Bappeda
throughout West Java Province, totaling 27 cities and districts, while the sample units taken
were as many as the whole of the population studied who were used as respondents. The
research method used in this study is a survey research method, in which information and
data related to the problem under study is collected through a written questionnaire /
questionnaire distributed to the heads of city and regency Bappeda in West Java Province as
respondents. Meanwhile, the data processing and analysis techniques used were carried out
using the PLS-SEM approach, which was calculated using statistical tools in the form of the
SmartPLS-3 software program. Based on the results of data processing and analysis, it is
known that the partnership strategy has a positive and significant effect on the realization of
the Smart City development program. Thus, it is concluded that a well-executed partnership
relationship between the partners can be used as a strategy in realizing the Smart City
development program.