contributed to the focus of policymakers on entrepreneurship. However, many programs designed to support entrepreneurship are … of entrepreneurship in most societies, but also the narrow focus and structure of entrepreneurship programs. Microfinance … and common group lending model. This paper investigates the extent to which microfinance is able to build community, and …

advantages of community and proximity. Using short cases studies, interviews with platform managers and a review of the …

that engaged, involved and worked with the community. This entrepreneurship produced a range of projects that addressed … affecting these communities. We show how social bonds and an affinity to community enable entrepreneurship to create, renew and …This paper focuses on ways in which entrepreneurs engage with place and community. Drawing on the ideas of embeddedness …