Issue Information – TOC

• Published date: 01 May 2020
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2277
• Date: 01 May 2020

Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: Challenges and Opportunies

Volume 29 Number 3 May 2020

Overview Article

257 Microfinance and financial inclusion: Challenges and opportunities

Carlo Milana and Arvind Ashta

The articles collected in this thematic issue bring new empirical elements of discussion

pointing to many aspects of the social divide and the inequalities that plague the

emerging countries.

Research Articles

267 Brakes to the diffusion of a two‐sided social innovation: A case study on

microinvestors' perspectives

Arvind Ashta, Glòria Estapé‐Dubreuil, Jean‐Pierre Hédou, and Stéphan Bourcieu

Diffusion of a social innovation requires overcoming institutional resilience and

ignorance of the innovation.

285 Exploration of financial stress indicators in a developing economy

Utkarsh, Asheesh Pandey, Arvind Ashta, Eli Spiegelman, and Angela Sutan

Financial stress scales need to be incorporated into the borrower selection procedure

before providing a loan.

293 The behavioral and neoliberal foundations of randomizations

Jean‐Michel Servet and Bruno Tinel

Randomized controlled trials by behavioural economists pretend to be pragmatic and

only interested in what works to solve practical problems, but in reality they have

notorious normative and ideological aspects.

301 Entrepreneurial alertness in eustress complex environments: An experimental

approach of the exploitation/exploration dilemma

Thierry Aimar, Yassine Bouhdaoui, Guillermo Mateu, and Angela Sutan

Alertness increases with the selection of more opportunities, but not with the complexity

of the environment itself.

311 The risk‐seeking propensity of Indian entrepreneurs: A study using GEM data

Surender Mor, Sonu Madan, and Ritu Chhikara

The risk-seeking propensity of total early-stage entrepreneurial activities paves the way

for further business-related activities as risk plunging attitude leads to the creation of

innovative business models, whereas risk aversion hampers new explorations.

321 FinTech in India: An analysis on impact of telecommunication on financial inclusion

Taufeeque A. Siddiqui and Kashif I. Siddiqui

Telecom plays an essential role in expanding financial services to rural areas and in

helping people to improve their lives.

Strategic Change: Briefings in Entrepreneurial Finance

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