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The paper reviews the innovations developed by some financial institutions to meet the challenges of microfinance and … regulatory framework. The second type of innovation is institutional innovation which deals with the changes in the structure …, organization, and legal form of the institution. Another type of innovation is the process innovation. This refers to the …
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This paper describes some emerging innovations in microfinance observed in Southeast Asian microfinance markets that … make it possible for microfinance institutions (MFIs) to reach a greater number of poor households on a sustainable basis … ensuring the proper functioning of markets. It points out government's pivotal role in system innovation because of the …
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The past thirty years or so has seen microfinance take off from small group-based lending experiments to several …, insurance and money transfer services—remains. Where is the microfinance industry headed? This essay reviews the available … microfinance industry—the private sector as a continued source of product and process innovations; and the public sector taking …
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This paper describes some emerging innovations in microfinance observed in Southeast Asian microfinance markets that … enable microfinance institutions (MFIs) to reach a greater number of poor households on a sustainable basis. It discusses the … functioning of markets. It points out government's pivotal role in system innovation because of the likelihood of its under or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005092614
The paper reviews the innovations developed by some financial institutions to meet the challenges of microfinance and … regulatory framework. The second type of innovation is institutional innovation which deals with the changes in the structure …, organization, and legal form of the institution. Another type of innovation is the process innovation. This refers to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005685799
sustainable development, which is understood to involve organizational and social innovation leading to change. The paper draws on … theoretical and empirical studies to examine leadership for CR as a particular example of management innovation. Design … integrating the literatures on management innovation and leadership for CR. The proposed model is consistent with the direction …
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The corporate social responsibility is a desideratum of the world and it is an important premise of the business environment. The objectives of this presentation are: conceptual understanding, the identification of the advantages generated by the social responsibility for the company and for the...
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This paper explores the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and innovation from a firm strategic … perspective. Matching Community Innovation Survey data with specific data collected about the CSR behaviour of Luxembourg firms …, adopting responsive CSR practices significantly alters firms' innovation, such that CSR may create barriers to innovation …
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, where a non-governmental organization (NGO) rather than a regulator watches over citizens' interests. The innovation … innovation process is considered in terms of a redistribution of profit towards community development, with or without additional … demonstrates that the firm's choice of VA hinges on the tradeoffs between appropriating the full innovation profit and paying a …
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