Social Capital Roles in Maintaning Investment Sustainability in Lumajang Regency

Abstract

This study aims to uncover the role of social capital in maintaining investment sustainability in Lumajang Regency. The findings of this research indicate that social capital is important for the sustainability of investment in Lumajang Regency. Norms, trust, networks and information equally play important roles. Religious norms and family values become an important basis sustaining the continuity of investment in Lumajang Regency. Trusting each other is an effective social bond. Networks and information facilitate investors' access to the process of business production. The findings of this research can be used by existing investors to consider social capital as a way of how they can sustain their business with profitable investment in Lumajang Regency. The research is original in that it is the only study in Lumajang Regency that analyzes other variables impacting investment sustainability.