Despite the growth of the sector, microfinance's academic research in developed countries is still very limited. The paper builds on earlier works, which discuss four technical problems related to the diffusion of microfinance in developing countries. In re‐framing their approach to apply it to developed countries, we propose a set of recommendations in order to foster the growth of the microfinance sector: (1) the use of financial institutions to supply microfinance products; (2) the development of an alternative credit scoring in banks; (3) the adoption of a regulatory framework for microfinance; and (4) the use of networks as social collaterals. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
This article investigates how a start-up foundation can build its organisational social capital, meaning a network of strategic partnerships with other organisations based on trust relationships, in order to fulfil its mission. Based on a case study analysis of Fondazione Welfare Ambrosiano-an Italian foundation created in partnership with private organisations and local public institutions-we explored whether and how some characteristics of the social capital of the foundation's members contributed to the organisational social capital. By applying Nahapiet and Ghoshal's (Acad Manag Rev 23(2):242-266, 1998) social capital framework, we discovered that the social capital configuration of the founders and staff, linked to some characteristics of the foundation, had driven the development of the organisational social capital. Our paper contributes to an understanding of what constitutes the best configuration of social capital to allow a start-up foundation to take off.Résumé Cet article étudie comment une jeune fondation peut constituer son capital social -un réseau de partenariats stratégiques avec d'autres organisations -à partir de relations de confiance pour remplir sa mission. S'appuyant sur une analyse d'étude de cas de la Fondazione Welfare Ambrosiano -une fondation italienne créée en partenariat avec des organisations privées et les institutions publiques locales -, nous avons examiné si et comment certaines caractéristiques du capital social des membres de la fondation a contribué au capital social de l'organisation. En appliquant le cadre du capital social (1998) de Nahpiet et de Ghoshal, nous avons découvert que la configuration du capital social des fondateurs et du personnel, liée à certaines caractéristiques de la fondation, avait déterminé le déve-loppement du capital social. Notre article contribue à une meilleure compréhension de ce qui constitue la meilleure configuration du capital social pour permettre à une jeune fondation de décoller.Zusammenfassung Dieser Beitrag untersucht, wie eine neu gegründete Stiftung ihr organisatorisches Sozialkapital aufbauen kann, d. h. ein Netzwerk strategischer Partnerschaften mit anderen Organisationen beruhend auf einem Vertrauensverhältnis, um ihre Mission zu erfüllen. Anhand einer Fallstudienanalyse der Fondazione Welfare Ambrosiano -einer italienischen Stiftung, die gemeinsam mit privaten Organisationen und lokalen öffentlichen Einrichtungen gegründet wurdeerforschten wir, ob und wie einige Merkmale des sozialen Kapitals der Stiftungsmitglieder zum organisatorischen Sozialkapital beitrugen. Unter Anwendung des Rahmenwerks zum sozialen Kapital von Nahapiet und Ghoshal (1998) stellten wir fest, dass die Konfiguration des sozialen Kapitals der Gründer und Mitarbeiter, die mit einigen Merkmalen der Stiftung verknüpft war, die Entwicklung des organisatorischen Sozialkapitals vorantrieben. Unsere Abhandlung trägt zu dem Verständnis darüber bei, wie das soziale Kapital am besten konfiguriert wird, um einer neu gegründeten Stiftung zu einem guten Start zu verhelfen.R...
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