ABSTRAK
Usaha Kecil dan Menengah (UKM) merupakan kontributor keluaran ekonominasional dan penyerap tenaga kerja yang besar. UKM di Indonesia maupun dinegara lain mengalami hal yang sama yaitu kesulitan mendapatkan akses padapendanaan melalui institusi lembaga keuangan formal. Bagi UKM, pendanaanmodal kerja dan investasi bisa didapat melalui mekanisme pembiayaan hutang(debt financing) atau melalui pendanaan ekuitas (equity financing). PrivateEquity (PE) merupakan salah satu alternatif sumber pembiayaan bagi bagi UKM.PE juga dikenal di ekonomi syariah yang dijalankan melalui 2 akad yaitumudharabah dan musyarakah. Tesis ini menguji apakah PE syariah dengan akadmudharabah dan musyarakah dapat diimplementasikan di UKM Indonesia besertasemua konsekuensi dan risiko-risikonya.

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ABSTRACT
Small and Medium Business contributes significantly to the national economicoutput as well as the creation of employment. SMB in Indonesia and in any othercountries has always having the same problem to access the formal financialinstitution for their financing requirement, working capital and investment capital.SMB has 2 alternatives for their financing needs which are debt financing orequity financing. Private Equity (PE) is an alternative provider for SME financingneeds. Syariah economy is also adopting PE model through mudharabah andmusyarakah contract. This thesis is an exercise whether Syariah PE throughmudharabah and musyarakah contract can be implemented to SMB with all theconsequences and its risks.