[eng] The possible forms of socially responsible otherness for the European banking community . The European banking community, seen as a link between the commercial banking sector and systems for social economy, seems to be falling into institutional isomorphism which is challenging the...

What contributions have the personal microcredit in the resolution, more or less partial, of territorialized economic and social problems ? The « social » microcredit is not the appropriate solution to any situations of poverty and to any disparities, far from it. However, it appears as an...

Purpose – The first French context of microfinance dates from the 1980's. As a matter of fact, the “grameen bank” model was imported at this time to France by M. Nowak, through her Association for an individual right to undertake: “Association pour le Droit à l'Initiative Economique”...

Purpose – The first French context of microfinance dates from the 1980's. As a matter of fact, the “grameen bank” model was imported at this time to France by M. Nowak, through her Association for an individual right to undertake: “ Association pour le Droit à l'Initiative Economique...

The world of ‘responsible’ ethical and social investment is more substantial than it might seem. At the end of 2007, holdings in ‘responsible’ funds amounted to 20 billion, against the 5 billion three years earlier. Although these ‘responsible’ holdings tend to be ‘best-in-class’...