Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract We use role congruity theory to examine how differing role expectations surrounding entrepreneur gender and race shape the influence of social responsibility rhetoric used in crowdfunding pitches. To do so, we develop a novel content‐analytic measure of social responsibility rhetoric using the Kinder, Lydenberg, and Domini (KLD) dimensions of ...
Aaron H. Anglin +4 more
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An Assessment of the Capacity and Financial Performance of Microfinance Institutions: The Philippine Case [PDF]
Despite the government’s credit program approach, access of poor households to microfinancial services has remained limited. This paper explains the microfinance policy environment in the Philippines and evaluates the institutional and financial capacity/
Callanta, Ruth +2 more
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Microfinance: A Poverty Reduction Tool, Socio-Economic Prospective [PDF]
Journal of Management and Research, 2015 This paper aims to critically evaluate the microfinance approach in social and economic perspective. Critical analysis reveals that microfinance can be used as an efficient tool to reduce poverty, thus contributing towards economic as well as social ...
Ada Jaffery, Dawood Mamoon
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A Microfinance Promise: To Provide the Poor Access to Finance Services [PDF]
In recent years, the government substituted its former supply-led approach in credit financing with a more nontraditional and liberal approach: microfinance.
Llanto, Gilberto M.
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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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Deposit Guarantee Institutions In Microfinance Institutions In Indonesia: A Hope?
YuridikaThis research aims to analyze the depositors of funds’ legal protection in MFI through the existence of the Deposit Insurance Corporation. This legal research uses a statutory approach and a conceptual approach.
Trisadini Prasastinah Usanti +2 more
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Impact of Intellectual Capital on Microfinance Institutions' Efficiency: the Moderating Role of External Governance. [PDF]
J Knowl Econ, 2022 Ahamad S, Al-Jaifi HAA, Ehigiamusoe KU.
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MICROFINANCE– A WAY TO CONFORNT POVERTY AND STIMULATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP WORLDWIDE [PDF]
The study presents the microfinance sector, by analyzing the general context in which this type of economic activity has appeared and developed since early age. While microfinance clients have certain profiles, sector’s products are diverse.
Bachelor Marinescu Ana - Maria
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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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International For-Profit Investments in Microfinance Institutions Equity
Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, 2013 Purpose: The purpose of this document is to review the funding options for Microfinance Institutions (MFIs), define the size of the holdings of international investors in MFI equity and in particular the MFIs listed in stock exchanges, analyze the ...
Carlos Rodriguez Monroy, Ángel Huerga
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