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The Microcredit Impact: The Evaluation and Effects of Microloans on Caboclos Communities of the Tapajós River
Chew, Robert - 2007
In 2002, Projeto Saúde e Alegria, an NGO dedicated to improving the health, education and socio-economic situation of rural caboclos communities of the greater Santarém region of Pará, began a microcredit program to facilitate the creation of alternative sources of income and poverty...
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Mobility And Permanence Of Local Ethics: The Case Of Young Adults Involved In The Banco Palmas Economic Solidarity Movement
Steponaitis, Lillian - 2010
The global capitalist model produces economic centers and peripheries on many scales. In Fortaleza, Brazil this pattern is evident, with the majority of the wealth and capital concentrated in central neighborhoods. As one travels to the edge of the municipality, one encounters economically and...
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Are credit unions in Ecuador achieving economies of scale?
Marchio, Nick A - 2009
This study tests the assertion that membership growth in credit unions is constrained by their unique structural features, such as their non-profit mission and member-based ownership. Although these features enhance inclusiveness, existing theory suggest that they work against efficiency when...
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Empirical analysis of credit relationships in small firms financing : sampling design and descriptive statistics
Elsas, Ralf; Henke, Sabine; Machauer, Achim; Rott, Roland; … - 1998
Despite the relevance of credit financing for the profit and risk situation of commercial banks only little empirical evidence on the initial credit decision and monitoring process exists due to the lack of appropriate data on bank debt financing. The present paper provides a systematic overview...
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Assessing the success and evaluating the benefits of government-sponsored regional internet-trading platforms for small and medium enterprises: a Western Australian perspective
Gengatharen, Denise E. - 2006
The Internet has been viewed as an opportunity for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to efficiently compete in the … of Internet e-commerce by SMEs has been lagging behind that of larger companies. Fearing a growing digital divide between … large companies and SMEs, some governments have taken specific measures to encourage SME participation in ecommerce. One of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009440799
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Financial management and profitability of small and medium enterprises
Nguyen, Kieu Minh - 2001
Enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam have developed strongly and contributed to creating employment, increasing GDP, and raising the … nation’s volume of exports. However, SMEs have found difficulties on the way to development due to lack of management … experience and financial resources, and due to uncertainty within the business environment. As a result, SMEs often faced …
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Web 2.0: an emerging and innovative solution for SMEs
Barlow, Alexis; McCann, Margaret; Smith, Anne M.J. - 2010
enterprises (SMEs). Web 2.0 is changing the way that business can be conducted, offering SMEs opportunities for developing … for SMEs using Web 2.0 including them being easy to use, limited skills required and relatively low-cost and there are a … chapter suggests a set of questions that SMEs may consider using as a guide if they are considering Web 2.0 as a competitive …
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Identification of unobservables in observations
Hu, Yingyao - 2022
In empirical studies, the data usually don't include all the variables of interest in an economic model. This paper shows the identification of unobserved variables in observations at the population level. When the observables are distinct in each observation, there exists a function mapping...
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Financial capital measure with item response theory : a didactic approximation
Rangel Quiñonez, Henry Sebastián; Montenegro Díaz, … - In: Entrepreneurial business and economics review : EBER 10 (2022) 1, pp. 65-80
Objective: The objective of the article is to present in a didactic and concise way the fundamental concepts of item response theory (IRT) and its possible application in the economic sciences and show the bias problem that occurred when estimating a latent variable such as financial capital in...
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Relevance and advantages of using the item response theory
Bortolotti, Silvana; Tezza, Rafael; Andrade, Dalton; … - In: Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology 47 (2013) 4, pp. 2341-2360
The item response theory (IRT) also known as latent trait theory, is used for the development, evaluation and administration of standardized measurements; it is widely used in the areas of psychology and education. This theory was developed and expanded for over 50 years and has contributed to...
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