Non-Financial Performance of Micro Credit Entrepreneurs: Does Personal Religious Values Matters?

An Impact Estimator Using Propensity Score Matching: People’s Business Credit Program to Micro Entrepreneurs in Indonesia

P eople’s business credit program (KUR) has been launched to alleviate poverty through provision of micro financing to micro entrepreneurs in Indonesia This study aims to estimate the impact of KUR program using cross-sectional data and propensity score matching technique (PSM). The survey was conducted on 332 household entrepreneurs, consisting of 155 KUR receivers and 177 non-KUR r...

Religious Symbols and Religious Garb in the Courtroom: Personal Values and Public Judgments

Does Micro-Credit Empower Women? Evidence from Bangladesh by

The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expresse...

Balancing Financial and Non-Financial Performance Measures

Non-financial performance measures are often used for performance evaluation. They are especially relevant if the available financial performance measures not completely reflect the manager’s contribution to the firm’s total value. Then, non-financial performance measures serve as an indicator for the firm’s long-term performance and may therefore be included in incentive contracts. In the pape...

Motivation Mediators, Personal Characteristics, and New Venture Performance 1 Motivation Mediators of Entrepreneurs’ Personal Characteristics and New Venture Performance

This six-year study of new venture growth continues renewed research about the effects of entrepreneurs’ personal characteristics. I applied goal theory and social-cognitive theory to propose that entrepreneurs’ personal traits and general competencies cause new venture growth indirectly through situationally specific motivation mediators. Data about traits (passion and tenacity), competencies ...