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Roscher’s Victorian views on financial development

Hudson, Michael - In: Journal of Economic Studies 22 (1995) 3/4/5, pp. 187-208

Focuses on Roscher′s generalities in the financial realm. Roscher postulated a secular decline in interest rates and an evolution of credit towards increasingly productive applications. Although Roscher′s theories were plausible, questions whether he got his causes and effects right. If not,...

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The link between Islamic banking and microfinancing

Shahinpoor, Nasrin - In: International Journal of Social Economics 36 (2009) 10, pp. 996-1007

compatible since microfinance allows interest payments on loans and Islamic banking prohibits interest payment based on Islamic … entrepreneurship by giving collateral‐free loans to the poor. The two practices, therefore, are ideologically linked. This paper shows …

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Financing social enterprise: social bricolage or evolutionary entrepreneurialism?

Sunley, Peter; Pinch, Steven - In: Social Enterprise Journal 8 (2012) 2, pp. 108-122

sources and shifted towards loans and development finance in recent years. The paper seeks to consider the underlying reasons … bricolage” implies SEs do not seek conventional business loans or equity finance, because they survive in resource poor … for a limited demand for loans by comparing two theoretical perspectives on SE development. The concept of “social …

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Lack of affordable housing finance in Malawi's major urban areas

Chapinduka Nyasulu, E.; Cloete, C.E. - In: Property Management 25 (2007) 1, pp. 54-67

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to investigate the unaffordability of housing and limited access to finance …/methodology/approach – Primary data were collected by means of questionnaires followed up by semi‐structured personal interviews. These interviews … were conducted with all major role players in the urban housing finance industry. Secondary data were obtained through …

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The business activities of Jewish women entrepreneurs in medieval England

Berman Brown, Reva; McCartney, Sean - In: Management Decision 39 (2001) 9, pp. 699-709

Recounts how medieval English Jewry began when Jews were invited to immigrate by William I and ended with their expulsion by Edward I in 1290. The Jewish community was important and for most of its existence it was prosperous, owing to its particular social function – being the bankers,...

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Influences on financial decision making among the rural poor in Bangladesh

Jackson, Laurel R. - University of Western Sydney; College of Business; … - 2010

This thesis gives a voice to the chronically poor people of rural Bangladesh, enabling them to tell their own stories about the nature of their financial decision making which is taking place within the marketing systems that are operating in all poor villages in the region. Financial decision...

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Spotlight on financial planning education in Australian universities

Cowen, Janet E.; Blair, W. T.; Taylor, Sharon; … - University of Western Sydney; Macquarie University; … - 2004

Financial planning in its broadest terms is now in the spotlight as it draws interest from a wide range of groups including consumers, regulators, government, the financial services industry, accountants and most importantly educators. This paper presents a descriptive analysis which provides a...

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The changing face of Australian financial planning : the role of relationships : a case study

Sutton-Brady, Catherine; Blissenden, Michael; IMP … - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2002

The paper uses an Australian case study to investigate the changing face of the financial planning arena. It provides an introduction to the establishment of the financial planning industry in Australia. In particular it focuses on the way financial planners have been required to develop...

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Essays on investing [electronic resource]

Johnson, William Fount,III. - 2011

to determine if readily available finance and macro-economic variables can help investors determine which years are more … detectable with macro-economic and finance variables. The MT-BH metric allows investors and brokers to determine when to switch … to determine if readily available finance and macro-economic variables can help investors determine which years are more …

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Can shareholder rights protection reduce corruption in lending?

Dheera-aumpon, Siwapong - In: International journal of monetary economics and finance 8 (2015) 2, pp. 178-190

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