Essays about: "Microentrepreneurship"

Found 3 essays containing the word Microentrepreneurship.

  1. 1. Born, Trained or Excluded Microentrepreneur

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Johanna Eriksson; Madeleine Wollin; [2017]
    Keywords : Microentrepreneurship; Microfinance; Commercialization; Training; Sri Lanka; Mikroentreprenörskap; Mikrofinans; Kommersialisering; Träning; Sri Lanka;

    Abstract : Purpose– The assumption that microcredit alone can contribute to worldwide povertyalleviation is debated, the opponents voicing the need of non-credit services in addition togive the poor access to capital. Social intermediation services are argued to be essential inmaking a difference in a time where the impact of microfinance itself has been reappraised inseveral studies. READ MORE

  3. 2. Turning Her into a Business Woman

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Joanna Hägg; [2012]
    Keywords : Business training; Empowerment; Microentrepreneurship; Women; Peru;

    Abstract : Poor rural women are among the most marginalised groups in the world today and entrepreneurship is by many presented as a possible solution for them to improve their situation. Business training is a popular tool and concept in entrepreneurship research and practice. READ MORE

  4. 3. Is Credit Enough? The Critical Component of Business Training for Microentrepreneurial Performance

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Louise Lombach; Joneca Meurling; [2012]
    Keywords : Microentrepreneurship; Microfinance; Business Training; Human Capital; Financial Capital;

    Abstract : Due to commercialization of the microfinance industry, fewer MFIs offer business training to their clients. The debate whether commercialization of microfinance is good or not takes two positions; the minimalist model which emphasizes that specialization on credit alone is the key to poverty alleviation, and the credit-plus approach in which credit alone will not accomplish poverty reduction. READ MORE