Partnership in Improving Smart City Performance

Abstract

The aim of this research is to analyze to what extent the effect of the partnership on the
improvement of Smart City performance (Survey on Cities and Regencies in West Java Province). For the
population in this study were the heads of city and regency Bappeda in West Java Province, totaling 27
cities and districts, with the sample unit taken, namely as much as the whole of the total population studied
as respondents. Thus, the sampling used in this study, namely saturated samples or census, which is a
sampling method in which all members of the population are used as samples. The research method used is a
survey research method, in which information and data related to the problem under study is collected
through a written list of questions / questionnaires distributed to Bappeda structural officials as respondents.
Meanwhile, the data processing and analysis techniques used are in the form of the PLS-SEM approach,
which is 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 partnerships can have a positive and significant
impact on improving Smart City performance. Thus, it is concluded that if the implementation of the
partnership strategy goes well, the performance shown by the city / local government in realizing the Smart
City program can be even better. .