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The Covid-19 pandemic has caused shifts and changes in consumer buying patterns. This is because the public has reduced outdoor interactions to reduce the spread of the pandemic and divert digital purchases. Therefore, MSMEs must adapt and condition the sale of their products and services in order to survive in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic situation by using a digital business strategy. The purpose of this article is to describe the digital business strategies that can be carried out by MSMEs actors so that they can continue to survive and also become more responsive to changes in the business climate towards digitization during the current Covid-19 pandemic. The digital business strategies that can be carried out by MSMEs in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic are: (1) MSMEs must be able to connect with the digital business ecosystem, (2) Utilization of digital marketing in running a business and expanding market share in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, (3) Improving the quality of MSMEs products and services to build trust from consumers for business continuity in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, (4) Building synergy with netizens who can make the products and services offered by MSMEs widely known by netizens and will make it easier for MSMEs to offer products quickly on social media. Finally, the digital business strategy for MSMEs in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic is in line with government policies through the Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs which always emphasizes the MSMEs digitalization development strategy.

The company's main objective is maximizing the firm value which means it increases shareholder prosperity. This can be achieved by combining funding policy, investment policy, and dividend policy optimally. The application of good corporate governance (GCG) is used to direct and control the company to be able to run the company's operations following stakeholder's expectations. This study aims to determine the influence of funding policies, investment policies, and dividend policies on firm value by using GCG as a mediating variable.This study uses a quantitative approach. In this study, the population is all companies listed in the banking sub-sector on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2013-2017, with a total of 43 companies. The samples are taken by purposive sampling technique with 12 companies. The method of data analysis used in this study was descriptive analysis and path analysis using Partial Least Square (SmartPLS3).The result of the study shows that the investment policy has a positive effect on firm value. The funding policy and dividend policy do not affect firm value. While investment policy has a positive effect on GCG. Furthermore, the funding policy and dividend policy do not affect GCG. GCG successfully mediates the relationship of investment policy with the firm value. That is, the higher profitability will affect the GCG so that it will affect the firm value. However, GCG as an intervening variable does not succeed in mediating the relationship of funding policy and dividend policy with the firm value.

The coconut sugar industry is a hereditary business in Banyumas. However, the low income of farmers, poor education, regeneration, and limited number of extension staffs, are some of the problems associated with its development in rural areas. Therefore an alternative strategy is needed to solve these problems to stay above the competitive and fast-growing market. This study, therefore, aims to determine the access and use of the new media to trigger farmers capability improvement. In-depth interviews and FGD were used to collect data from coconut sugar farmers, extension and cooperative staff, informal leaders, and government officers. Finding show that farmers have the freedom to access new media, though the access is varied based on socio-demographic characteristics. Following their experience in online activity, farmers conduct a social interaction with related parties to discuss the information obtained. Therefore, through this interactive process, farmers tend to realize their functions to improve their capability by obtaining new information, expanding their economic opportunity, affiliation, besides play and emotion.