Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of social capital in a microfinance contract. Design …/methodology/approach – Systematic review of the theoretical and empirical literature on the role of social capital in microfinance. Findings – The … initiating a microfinance program in any social setting. Social implications – The borrowers should be encouraged to form groups …

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to investigate causal link between social capital and microfinance by testing the … understand the impact mechanism of social capital on microfinance participation. Findings – Participation in local organizations … microfinance participation. This result provides support to the argument that grouping all the dimensions of social capital into …

higher patronage and motivation to report service complaints. Research limitations/implications – Additional research is …

sector apart from the traditional public support model. These alternatives rely on sponsorship and patronage as well as the … strategy forms that are increasingly becoming popular within companies: sponsorship and patronage. These strategies are … sponsorship, patronage and PPP are not merely alternative ways of primarily obtaining government funding for the cultural heritage …

Purpose Understanding the important patronage factors of Islamic credit card as a new e-commerce banking service is …

as a salient determinant of store patronage. Such atypical findings could be due to the way in which academics have … convenience, convenience itself is a less-than-salient determinant of store patronage.  …

ethicality affects retail patronage. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 230 individuals participated in a street intercept … addition, the CPE of the retailer increases patronage. The portfolio of collective sustainable labels has more impact on the … CPE of the retailer than the portfolio of retailer-owned labels, but the latter has more impact on retail patronage …