Suchergebnisse

Study conducted in villages of Shivgarh Block of Rae Bareli district in Uttar Pradesh

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Foreword -- List of contributors -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART 1 Sustainability of organisation -- 1 Social entrepreneurship and sustainable development: emerging research issues -- 2 Madhav Sathe: social entrepreneur seeking opportunity in problems -- 3 Business services for small enterprise development: emerging theory and practices -- PART 2 SUSTAINABILITY OF COMMUNITY -- 4 Case studies on utilisation of community radio in achieving sustainable development -- 5 Sustainable development and indigenous entrepreneurship: a case study of Santhei Natural Park -- 6 Napasar: an approach to sustainable livelihood -- PART 3 SUSTAINABILITY OF DEVELOPMENT -- 7 Role of social enterprises in the creation of sustainable livelihood: the case of microfinance institutions in the slums of Mumbai -- 8 Social entrepreneurship through the lenses of wellbeing and sustainable development: a critique -- 9 Sustainable development and green financing: a study on the banking sector in Bangladesh -- PART 4 SUSTAINABILITY OF COMMUNITY AND ORGANISATION INTERFACE -- 10 Social enterprises and inclusive societies: a SAATH perspective -- 11 Is serial social entrepreneurship leading towards sustainable development? A case of Annapurna Pariwar -- 12 Integrating corporate social responsibility (CSR) and social entrepreneurship (SE): a conceptual framework for social value creation -- Glossary -- Index.

Purpose
– Microfinance/microcredit/self-help groups (SHGs), as an instrument of women's empowerment, have attracted the attention of many researchers. However, despite being one of the most important aspects of SHGs, leadership in these groups has been neglected in the existing literature. The purpose of this paper is to focus on leadership in women-SHGs, and particularly on factors contributing to the emergence of leaders.


Design/methodology/approach
– The research followed quantitative methodology. The study was conducted on women-SHGs in Dharavi (Mumbai, India), one of the largest slums in Asia. An equal number of leaders and non-leader members from women-SHGs were interviewed.


Findings
– The findings demonstrates that a "participative/democratic style of leadership" is preferred by non-leader members within female SHGs. It also highlights that apart from traits/abilities of members and their situation within family and the group, other external factors also contribute to the emergence of leaders within SHGs. Often, rules and regulations of formal institutions and government policies force the group to replace its most efficient leader with another with no proven leadership qualities. The findings compelled us to re-think: "Is it really traits or situations that influence the emergence of leaders within women-SHGs?" or, "Is it a matter of forced leadership?" Leadership in female SHGs needs to be understood in totality, within the framework of their domestic world and their socio-economic context.


Practical implications
– The findings of the study provide scope to governments and other formal institutions to re-evaluate their existing policies, rules and regulations in dealing with female SHGs in order to help women's empowerment in a real sense.


Originality/value
– The study was conducted using a limited number of female SHGs, but it provides an insight to existing practitioners, governments and other formal institutions that are working on microfinance and using SHGs to empower women.

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to understand the antecedents of omni-channel shopping with reference to the intention to purchase fashion products by millennials and their perspective towards the omni-channel method of shopping.


Design/methodology/approach
The research is based on a quantitative research technique comprising of 302 respondents. A structured questionnaire has been adopted for the survey and to collect data from millennials from India. The questionnaire consisted of 27 constructs, which were measured using a five-point Likert's scale. In the first step first-order confirmatory factor analysis is carried out, by using the software IBM AMOS-20. The initial model is generated for six constructs, and outcomes are used to analyse the model's goodness of fit and construct validity. In the second step, the conceptual model is tested through path analysis using structural equation modelling.


Findings
The findings indicate that perceived usefulness (PU) significantly affects the continuance intention of usage towards omni-channels. Perceived ease of use does not significantly affect continuance intention of towards usage of omni-channels, and it does not seem to have a significant effect on PU. Cost effectiveness and customer engagement of omni-channel have a significant effect on the continuance intention of its use. Finally, continuance intention towards usage of omni-channel does significantly affects the actual use of omni-channel.


Originality/value
The research on omni-channel for purchasing fashion products is meagre and this particular study with the usage of Technology Acceptance Model including millennials is adding value towards the knowledge base of marketing. This research develops a theoretical framework building on the technology adoption model and empirically tested it.

Owing to the contextual challenges, human service professionals (HSP) are creating social value (SV) for diverse vulnerable population groups through social innovation. This qualitative exploratory study investigates the nature of SV created by 14 HSPs, representing a diverse range of human service organizations (HSOs), and examines 'why' and 'how' they innovate. In addition, the study examines HSPs' current understanding and practices related to social entrepreneurship (SE). The study findings highlight that increased accountability and new funding opportunities challenged HSPs to innovate. HSPs created SV by addressing new unmet needs, developing new collaborations, and employing alternative marketing strategies, thereby ensuring the financial sustainability of their programs and organizations, and promoting social and economic justice. Different understandings of SE were voiced based on the educational backgrounds of HSPs. Without formal training in SE, HSPs trained in social work appeared to use various components of the SE process, though in a haphazard fashion compared to those with a non-social work academic training. We suggest that the graduate curriculum across various disciplines should formally include principles and behaviors related to social innovation and entrepreneurship. Finally, more research is needed to understand and describe how HSPs create SV in HSOs.

PurposeOver the period, the role of finance has emerged significant in the socio-economic development of the women. There are two major types of finances, i.e. formal and informal ones. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to investigate first the determinants of the demand for credit and then the demand for these credit sources by women especially in urban slums.Design/methodology/approachIn this study, a primary survey was conducted with the help of a structured questionnaire in slums of two major urban cities in India, i.e. Delhi and Mumbai. In total, 450 individuals were interviewed in each city.FindingsThis paper presents a range of significant socio-economic factors affecting the demand for credit and source of credit by women borrower in Delhi and Mumbai. Despite, the greater emphasis by the government to increase the formal credit utilization, the informal credit is still preferred.Practical implicationsThe outcomes of the study are expectedly useful to various policymakers and banks in encouraging women to opt more for the formal credit. The government can follow the research outcomes to scale up the programmes and schemes targeted for women empowerment in urban slums.Originality/valueThe study is unique of its kind in doing a comparative analysis in slums of two differently located urban cities with large slum population.

Recognizing the importance of social marketing strategies for the success of social entrepreneurial ventures (SEVs), the present article examines nine SEVs with different profit orientation to understand the role of social marketing in social entrepreneurship (SE). Using grounded theory approach and case study method, the present article cross-examines cases and develops propositions thereof, providing a holistic understanding of current and potential application of social marketing strategies in SE. The outcome of this study may help social entrepreneurs to choose appropriate strategies from a pool of social marketing strategies available. However, there is a need to test these propositions with a larger set of data in future research. Also, it is equally important to study social marketing strategies adopted by failed cases of SEVs so that the existing and potential social entrepreneurs can learn from their mistakes.