Minorities seeking majority legislations need to communicate the increased option set and limit the downside risk for the system. Social movements urging for change require institutional support including enabling legislation. Public policy support may require associating with similar movements...

A school of thought hails microcredit as a social innovation, a messiah to enable people to help themselves out of poverty through entrepreneurship. An opposing school of thought considers microcredit as a capitalist demon ensnaring the poor in poverty and debt. The layman and the million...

Saving behavior influences economic development in many possible ways. The paradox of thrift stresses the negative effects of increased individual savings. How does this relationship transfer to microfinance and to microsavings in particular? Based on savings data of differently developed...

Legislation takes place slowly and incrementally, much like evolution. Ideas in one field get transferred to others. New mutations and new fusions take place with apparently dissimilar partners creating a need for other adaptations. Such a fusion is now occurring between the banking industry and...

In this paper, we review the literature on the use of time-diary in research. The paper highlights key methodological issues of the time-diary that is among the first types of diaries used in scientific research in general and in consumer research in particular

Greece has been witnessing higher death rates, suicides, increased prostitution, emigration and the splitting up of families, rationing of bank withdrawals and capital controls in the last few years. This paper studies the Greek crisis as evidenced by its balance of payments over the last 18...

Social innovations create social change or disruptions in society. These disruptions can be both positive and negative. Social perceptions on the benefits as well as the costs of change may influence society's reaction to the social innovation. A change in social perception may trigger Black...

This study looks at the trajectory of dual career entrepreneurs and their motivation for change. It brings out organizations, personal and family related motivations for change. It is found that few entrepreneurs are motivated by money, and the relationship with money is generally instrumental...