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Credit Unions and the Supply of Insurance to Low Income Households [PDF]
The low-income credit union modelled in this paper is an institution with a particular form of contract designed to allow it to operate among agents that are excluded from using banks. Specifically credit unions deal with those potentially on the minimum
McKillop, Donal, Pat McGregor
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There is strong evidence that design for remanufacturing (DfRem) can reduce initial‐design carbon emissions by up to 30%, and that product design can critically affect remanufacturing feasibility, yet academic adoption of DfRem remains limited.
Okechukwu Okorie +4 more
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Contract Farming: Problems, Prospects and its Effect on Income and Employment [PDF]
This farm-level study conducted in the Tumkur district of Karnataka state has reported the effect of contract farming on income and employment generation and has identified constraints in and prospects of contract farming.
Kumar K., Prakash, Kumar, Jagdish
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how carbon accounting can be used to govern, not merely report, circular economy principles in shipping corporations. Grounded in institutional theory and aligned with the UN 2030 Agenda, this study introduces circular harmony as an accounting design principle: Circular interventions are embedded in a single well‐to‐wake ...
Assunta Di Vaio +2 more
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Credit Markets for Small Farms: Role for Institutional Innovations [PDF]
Indian agriculture is characterized by the predominance of smallholders. This paper seeks to examine the access of small holders to agriculture credit in the context of financial sector reforms in India in the nineties.
Mehrotra, Nirupam, Pillarisetti, Satish
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates innovative financing strategies to mobilise private capital for climate adaptation, emphasising Hong Kong's role in advancing efforts across Southeast Asia. Using expert interviews and case studies, it addresses two key questions: which financial instruments can strengthen public–private collaboration, and what best ...
Laurence L. Delina +5 more
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Credit rationing, bankruptcy cost, and the optimal debt contract for small business [PDF]
An examination of whether the costly random verification scheme affects the optimal debt contract for small business. It finds, contrary to Townsend (1979) and Williamson (1986, 1987), that the standard debt contract is the optimal debt contract with the
Ying Yan
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The shift towards sustainable food production is essential to address the urgent dual challenges of climate change and population growth, with agricultural cooperatives playing a vital role in this transformation. However, many cooperatives struggle to deliver the expected value to their members.
Ismail Badraoui +4 more
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INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TWO INFORMAL SECTOR LENDERS AND INTEREST RATE DETERMINATION IN THE INFORMAL CREDIT MARKET: A THEORETICAL ANALYSIS [PDF]
The paper provides a theory of interest rates determination in the informal credit market in backward agriculture highlighting the interactions between two informal sector lenders (a professional moneylender and a trader-interlocker) and explains the ...
Sarbajit Chaudhuri
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Climate Change Risks and Customer Concentration: Evidence From US‐Listed Firms
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While prior studies have investigated climate risks in supply chains, customer ESG pressures, and shared climate exposure, this paper is, to the best of our knowledge, the first to provide direct empirical evidence on the relationship between climate change risks and firms' customer concentration.
Thi Thuy Trang Nguyen +2 more
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