Beyond diffusion: a systematic literature review of innovation scaling

J Breaugh, K McBride, M Kleinaltenkamp… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Innovation is essential for our ability to overcome global issues such as climate change,
natural resource depletion, and inequality. A central aspect of innovation is the scaling …

Scaling strategies and mechanisms in small and medium enterprises in the agri-food sector: a systematic literature review

E Begimkulov, D Darr - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The question of how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the agri-food sector
successfully develop and grow their business is a matter of high practical and theoretical …

Co‐creation of business models for smallholder forest farmers' organizations: Lessons learned from rural Ethiopia and Tanzania

KS Hintz, J Pretzsch - Annals of Public and Cooperative …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Forest farmers' organizations (FFOs) have recently gained scholarly attention as a collective
action instrument to upgrade value chains. However, insights into possible business models …

A Study on Capacity of Rural Social Enterprise Needs to be Unlocked

TS Teck - International Journal of Professional Business Review …, 2023 - dialnet.unirioja.es
Purpose: This article argues that social entrepreneurship can help rejuvenate rural towns by
increasing long-term growth in the economy, reversing the degradation of public services …

Context-Driven Diversification in Social Enterprises

N Bhawe, SK Jha - Business & Society, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent work has emphasized the role of context in shaping the diversification strategies of
social enterprises (SEs), but our understanding remains superficial. We identify two types of …

[PDF][PDF] Leverage, product diversification, and performance of life insurance companies in Indonesia

F Septina - Jurnal Keuangan Dan Perbankan, 2022 - researchgate.net
The insurance sector is often faced with dynamic economic changes. Product adjustments to
new policies and the availability of funding for the company's operational activities are …

[HTML][HTML] Risk Management in Product Diversification: The Role of Managerial Overconfidence in Cost Stickiness—Evidence from Iran

M Parsaei, D Askarany, M Maleki, A Rahmani - Risks, 2024 - mdpi.com
Purpose: This study investigates the relationship between product diversification strategy
and cost stickiness, focusing on managerial overconfidence as a moderating factor. It aims …

Earnings generation and strategic alliance-building and as a means of achieving scalability of social enterprises in South Africa

B Urban, S Bukula - The International Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
While scaling of social impact is a key element in social entrepreneurship (SE), many social
enterprises fail to scale-up their impact meaningfully. This is an opportunity to investigate …

Understanding the Impacts of Diversification on Financial Performance and Sustainability: A Case of South Asian Microfinance Institutions

N Afzal, MS Malik - Al-Qanṭara, 2023 - alqantarajournal.com
The concept of microfinance has gained much importance as it can effectively eradicate
poverty of deprived segments and achieve economic development especially in developing …

Role of Diversification on Financial Sustainability and Credit Risk of Asian Microfinance Institutions

MS Malik, N Qadeer, MS Imam - Annals of Social Sciences and …, 2024 - assap.wum.edu.pk
This paper investigates the role of diversification with respect to financial sustainability and
credit risk. This study has extended the discussion from banking to microfinance institutions …