countries after an aggregate income shock. The analysis is based on a data set in which the customer data of the microfinance … technologies, relationship lending and transaction lending, in the credit business with micro and small entrepreneurs in developing … microfinance institution. The results support the hypothesis that especially transaction lending contributes to the problem of …

borrowing groups of the microfinance institutions Constanta (Georgia) and FORA (Russia), this study describes to what extent … individual lending mechanism - based on the experience of 130 borrowers of the Microfinance Bank of Georgia – shows that there … individual-based and joint-liability loan contracts if a micro-lender aims to reach all types of micro-entrepreneurs in a certain …

ABSTRACTThis paper examines the relationship between microfinance institutions and the poor inBeira-Mozambique and the … entrepreneurship among the target group.The study concludes that the institutions and the target group, especially active clients …

completed questionnaires, providing information about program goals, characteristics of entrepreneurs served, financial well … being of the organizations, support services provided to entrepreneurs, collaborations, types of technologies utilized …

Venkataraman (2000) introduced entrepreneurship as a nexus between the opportunity and entrepreneurial individuals. Thus … they are often called - 'opportunities' is regarded as a key research goal in entrepreneurship (Davidsson, Hunter and … they had access to. Further, since entrepreneurs operate in an environment of heterogeneous and uncertain, they have to …

Principal Topic Venture ideas are at the heart of entrepreneurship (Davidsson, 2004). However, we are yet to learn what … factors drive entrepreneurs’ perceptions of the attractiveness of venture ideas, and what the relative importance of these … position of the individual. This study examines how entrepreneurs weigh considerations of different forms of novelty and …

conducted on 36 existing entrepreneurs and potentialentrepreneurs on a purposive and convenience basis. The data gathered …. The results of the survey indicatedthat in the South African context, entrepreneurs’ propensity to start businesses … agreed that education in entrepreneurship could increase the quality ofbusinesses that are started.Although previously …