social entrepreneurship; (2) sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem; (3) social entrepreneurship for social innovation; and (4 …The increasing social and environmental challenges, particularly poverty, have brought social entrepreneurship, a … entrepreneurship and poverty alleviation to explain the current state, geographical performance, and future research agenda. Utilizing …

been suggested. We place these developments in a social innovation process perspective by showing that microfinance …Microfinance is the provision of financial services to the financially excluded, usually the poor. We use literature …. However, the spread of consumer microcredit and uncontrolled growth of microfinance led to over-lending without adequate …

Social enterprises in the microfinance industry need to adhere to both financial and social demands. Critics argue that … strengthen the business ethics of microfinance institutions (MFIs). Using a global dataset of 204 socially rated MFIs from 58 …