Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine if there are positive microeconomic effects from a state‐funded loan participation program on farm productivity and investment behavior. Design/methodology/approach – The authors take the approach that access to credit solves a liquidity...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the role that social capital plays in the determination and distribution of business earnings of female entrepreneurs in selected rural communities of Ogun State, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach – The theoretical foundation of social...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework for connecting macro‐ and micro‐level research on competitiveness. Design/methodology/approach – Based on some major international survey research reports (by the WEF, IMD, OECD, and the EU) and research experience, a gap is...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the contributions of Wroe Alderson to the buyer behavior literature from an historical perspective. His views of the consumer in the 1950s revolutionized the way we now teach and do research in this domain of marketing....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that constrain women petty traders' access to microcredit, and the innovative measures they have initiated in order to counter these constraints. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on in‐depth interviews with women...

Abstract What did Coase teach in the classroom? Coase’s articles reprinted in The Firm, the Market, and the Law make up 4 of 11 articles assigned in Coase’s 1972 course on “Economic Analysis and Public Policy.” This article reconstructs Coase’s 1972 syllabus, describes Coase as a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors which motivate women's informal micro‐entrepreneurship in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach – The qualitative analysis employed in this paper is based upon empirical findings from field work conducted in the state of Penang...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss incentive mechanisms and procedures for cost internalization by both potential defendants and plaintiffs. Design/methodology/approach – The approach taken is to rely on the concepts of liability, negligence, precaution and methodologies for...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of capital structure on the performance of microfinance institutions. Design/methodology/approach – Panel data covering the ten‐year period 1995‐2004 were analyzed within the framework of fixed‐ and random‐effects...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of the timing of bank failure in North Cyprus over the period of 1984‐2002 using a discrete‐time logistic survival analysis. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical methodology employed in the paper allows for the...