ABSTRACT
This study aims to reveal how the influence of human capital to competitiveness through the capability distinctive. The method used is descriptive survey method and explanatory survey method. Unit of analysis in this research is coffee industry effort in Garut Regency Samples taken in research are perpetrator micro coffee industry with a total sample size of 34, with the technique used is Partial Least Square (PLS). The results of the hypothesis testing showed that the human capital and distinctive capability is good. It is evidenced by the amount of coffee Garut for national consumption and even exports. Testing hypothesis shows that human capital has an influence on competitive advantage through the capability distinctive. Distinctive capabilities have an influence on competitiveness so it can be said that the distinctive as a partial intervening variable.
