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The Challenges of Islamic Microfinance (Indonesia Evidence)
European Journal of Islamic Finance, 2014 Microfinance institutions and Islamic microfinance institutions that do not have a body would be transformed into cooperatives (Coop) or shareholder firms (SHFs) company under the act No.1 of 2013 (UU No.1 Tahun 2013) regarding microfinance institutions.
Lucky Nugroho Prastowo
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A deep learning approach to risk management modeling for Islamic microfinance
European Journal of Islamic Finance, 2022 Islamic Microfinance rides two recent growing trends: conventional microfinance and Islamic banking. It offers financial flexibility to the poorest strata of the population in different Muslim countries by borrowing and mixing techniques from ...
Klemens Katterbauer, Philippe Moschetta
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Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary Entrepreneurship accelerators are increasingly promoted as structural interventions to close gender gaps, yet studies have not established a differential impact of participation for women. This prior evidence—drawn from high‐tech, male‐dominated settings—may overlook how outcomes differ in more feminized domains such as social
Nilanjana Dutt, Sarah Kaplan
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Going ( Beyond Microfinance ) : Enhancing Islamic Microfinance Programmes in Bangladesh
Islam and Civilisational Renewal, 2014 Microfinance programmes have been operating in Bangladesh since the early seventies. With the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) and the Grameen Bank (GB) as the pioneers, many other Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Microfinance Institutes (MFIs) have grown up to provide banking services to the ‘bankless’ poor of the society.
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Flexible Contract, Flexible Morale? Microcredit Design and Repayment Discipline
International Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Flexible repayment benefits borrowers, but practitioners fear increased moral hazard. Investigating their concerns requires disentangling repayment choices from repayment capacity, which is typically infeasible in field studies. We use a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment with 645 microcredit borrowers to cleanly identify the effect of repayment ...
Kristina Czura, Anett John, Lisa Spantig
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Breaking Barriers: Scaffolding Social‐Symbolic Work for Women’s Economic Empowerment
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This study advances the understanding of Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) in non‐Western contexts by theorizing how social‐symbolic work facilitates empowerment despite entrenched institutional and cultural constraints. Drawing on a qualitative study into the establishment of Kuwait’s first women’s business incubator, we explore how female ...
Mohsen Abumuamar, Juliane Reinecke
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Atlas Unplugged: Re‐Imagining the Premises and Prospects of Capitalism for Business and Society
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand’s dystopian work of fiction, became a cornerstone of libertarian philosophy and its influence continues as an articulation of contemporary capitalism. In introducing this Special Issue, we revisit its core assumptions and contradictions in order to reimagine capitalism and reflect on the potential of management studies
Rick Delbridge +4 more
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The Roles of Agricultural Credit, Financial Development, and Renewable Energy for Food Security
Food and Energy Security, Volume 15, Issue 2, March/April 2026.ABSTRACT Access to credit and renewable energy adoption are crucial for promoting food security in emerging economies. This study examines the long‐term impact of agricultural credit, financial development, and renewable energy on food security and agricultural production in India from 2000 to 2022.
Xiaoping Tang +4 more
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Sustainable Development, Volume 34, Issue S2, Page 263-279, March 2026.ABSTRACT This study investigates the non‐linear effects of political stability on economic development and explores the moderating role of institutional factors. Drawing on panel data from 162 countries between 2007 and 2022, we employ a system generalised method of moments (system‐GMM) estimator to test the hypothesis that political stability follows ...
Yu Ri Kim +3 more
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FinTechs Playing in the Regulatory Sandbox—The Effect of Interacting Signals on Funding
Information Systems Journal, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 166-182, March 2026.ABSTRACT Membership in regulatory sandboxes seems to help financial technology ventures (FinTechs) signal their qualities to investors. However, FinTechs have a dual identity, meaning they are both banking firms and entrepreneurial, growth‐oriented ventures, and thus likely send various and potentially conflicting signals.
Bastian Kindermann +2 more
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