Competition is often praised for enhancing efficiency in the process of resource-allocation. However, it could also put at risk the sustainability of firms operating within certain industries such as the financial sector. This could have further managerial implications when it comes to social enterprises such as microfinance institutions (MFIs). Using data from Superintendencia de Economía Popular y Solidaria over the period 2016-2019, this study aims at analyzing the aspects of competition on sustainability of Ecuadorian MFIs. More specifically, the research focuses on savings and credit cooperatives (SACCOs). Relying on both the structural and non-structural approach to measure competition at a firm level, findings are in line with an imp...
International audienceThe purpose of this paper is to extend earlier research on the assessment and ...
The basic assumption of this paper is that microenterprises in a country such as El Salvador may be ...
This research, applied to savings and credit cooperatives (COAC) in segment 1 of Ecuador, aims to an...
Microfinance is a tool to solve problems of the limited access to finance services among low-income ...
Microfinance is a tool to solve problems of the limited access to finance services among low-income ...
This paper analyzes the competition between Peruvian microfinanceinstitutions (MFIs) using the Boone...
Las Instituciones Microfinancieras se contemplan como organizaciones que deben atender a objetivos ...
Inspired by the 1999 Program of Action defined by the United Nations, which describes eight pragmati...
The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between competition and loan portfolio quality ...
This paper investigates how competition affects the double-bottom-line performance of microfinance i...
This research studies the Microfinance sector in rural Ecuador, a tool currently implemented in deve...
The analysis of the factors that influence sustainability is the key to achieving it. Based on the T...
The rise of commercialization in microfinance we have witnessed in the last two decades has revived ...
Las cooperativas de ahorro y crédito (COAC), contribuyen significativamente a la economía en Ecuador...
La presente investigación tiene como objetivo determinar la relación entre la concentración del merc...
International audienceThe purpose of this paper is to extend earlier research on the assessment and ...
The basic assumption of this paper is that microenterprises in a country such as El Salvador may be ...
This research, applied to savings and credit cooperatives (COAC) in segment 1 of Ecuador, aims to an...
Microfinance is a tool to solve problems of the limited access to finance services among low-income ...
Microfinance is a tool to solve problems of the limited access to finance services among low-income ...
This paper analyzes the competition between Peruvian microfinanceinstitutions (MFIs) using the Boone...
Las Instituciones Microfinancieras se contemplan como organizaciones que deben atender a objetivos ...
Inspired by the 1999 Program of Action defined by the United Nations, which describes eight pragmati...
The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between competition and loan portfolio quality ...
This paper investigates how competition affects the double-bottom-line performance of microfinance i...
This research studies the Microfinance sector in rural Ecuador, a tool currently implemented in deve...
The analysis of the factors that influence sustainability is the key to achieving it. Based on the T...
The rise of commercialization in microfinance we have witnessed in the last two decades has revived ...
Las cooperativas de ahorro y crédito (COAC), contribuyen significativamente a la economía en Ecuador...
La presente investigación tiene como objetivo determinar la relación entre la concentración del merc...
International audienceThe purpose of this paper is to extend earlier research on the assessment and ...
The basic assumption of this paper is that microenterprises in a country such as El Salvador may be ...
This research, applied to savings and credit cooperatives (COAC) in segment 1 of Ecuador, aims to an...