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The Role of Microfinance to Empower Women: The Case of Developing Countries
Aninze, Festus; El-Gohary, Hatem; Hussain, Javed - In: International Journal of Customer Relationship … 9 (2018) 1, pp. 54-78
This article reviews, discusses and provides a critical analysis relating to the role of microfinance on issues linking … article provides an overview of the opportunities and criticisms of microfinance which examines the contemporary issues on … the role of microfinance to empower women in developing countries. …
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Digital Entrepreneurial Charity, Solidarity, and Social Change
Saiz-Alvarez, José Manuel; Colvin-Díez, Jorge; … - In: International Journal of E-Entrepreneurship and … 7 (2017) 1, pp. 29-48
-to-Person microfinance organization from the viewpoint of social change, and they consider how it has impacted on the nascent of a new wave …
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Business Management Models of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Africa: A Study into Their Enabling Environments
Pashkova, Nadya; Trujillo-Barrera, Andres; Apostolakis, … - In: International Journal of Food and Beverage … 1 (2016) 2, pp. 63-82
cooperative microfinance initiatives in comparison with other organizational forms in Africa. They distinguish three types of …
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Effects of Peer Monitoring and Contract Choice on Repayment Rates Under Group Liability Lending: A Laboratory Microfinance Experiment From Australia
Razzaque, Shahid - In: International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics … 7 (2018) 3, pp. 1-33
profit sharing (PS) and conventional interest based (IB) microfinance contracts. In the four treatments, subjects were given …
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Management of Risks in Export Networks: The Role of Collaboration
Hietajärvi, Anna-Maija; Karvonen, Iris - In: International Journal of Applied Logistics (IJAL) 6 (2016) 1, pp. 47-63
The globalized economy is increasingly affecting small and medium-sized companies (SMEs). As markets and growth are moving outside Europe, SMEs need to find new global customers and build their market entries through export networks to remote locations which often have different cultures,...
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The Effects of Consumer Engagement Behavior on the Growth of Social Media Brand Community: Evidence from an SME
He, Xiaoyun; Negahban, Arash - In: International Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR) 13 (2017) 1, pp. 25-43
In recent years, there has been increasing attention to how consumers' roles and behaviors can shape and affect social media based brand communities. In this study the authors examine the dynamic relationships between specific consumer engagement behaviors and the growth rate of social media...
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Determinants of B2B E-Marketplace Adoption: An Empirical Study of Indian Small Firms
Upadhyaya, Pallavi; Mohan, P.; Karantha, Manjunatha Prasad - In: International Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR) 13 (2017) 4, pp. 55-69
Development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector in India has been a priority issue. They constitute 95 percent of total industrial units, provide huge employment opportunities and contribute significantly to GDP. Prior research indicates that B2B e-marketplace offers ample...
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Application of FMEA to Study the Risk Perception of SMEs Throughout the ERP Adoption Life Cycle
Bharathi, S. Vijayakumar; Chandrayan, Kanchan - In: International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems … 13 (2017) 2, pp. 63-84
In this paper, the authors have tried to validate the risk perception of ERP adoption in SMEs using Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA). The work significantly contributes to the existing body of ERP adoption knowledge to the SMEs. Foremost, an ERP adoption life cycle addressed to SMES...
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Measuring Mobile Phone Technology Adoption in SMEs: Analysis of Metrics
Jafari, Said; Mushi, Renatus; Ennis, Almar - In: International Journal of ICT Research in Africa and the … 6 (2017) 1, pp. 17-30
Mobile technology has experienced a huge acceptance by many users in the current generation. This is due to the benefits offered through its use by individuals and organisations. Similarly, technology adoption studies have widely been used to uncover factors which determine their adoption in...
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Knowledge Management and Entrepreneurship: A Contradictory Recipe
Bandera, Cesar; Bartolacci, Michael R.; Passerini, Katia - In: International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM) 12 (2016) 3, pp. 1-14
Most literature on knowledge management (KM) focuses on large firms – the domain in which KM was originally developed – and most KM literature on entrepreneurship focuses on entrepreneurial activities in post-revenue firms. The domain of the startup, however, is traditionally very different...
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