{"id":2513,"date":"2021-03-08T15:02:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T15:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/?p=2513"},"modified":"2021-03-08T15:04:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T15:04:24","slug":"micro-finance-institutions-through-the-lens-of-social-entrepreneurship-sri-lankan-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/2021\/03\/08\/micro-finance-institutions-through-the-lens-of-social-entrepreneurship-sri-lankan-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Micro Finance Institutions Through the Lens of Social Entrepreneurship: Sri Lankan Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-586747 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-280305 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-564460 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<ul class=\"list4\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">P. Uluwaduge<\/span><br \/><i style=\"color: #666666; font-size: 11pt;\">University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">R. Senathiraja<\/span><br \/><i style=\"color: #666666; font-size: 11pt;\">University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Abstract<\/span><br \/><i style=\"color: #666666; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;\">The objectives of the study are to explore the perception of Microfinance Institutes (MFIs) on Social Entrepreneurship (SE) and to examine the application of Positive Theory of Social Entrepreneurship (PTSE) in the MFIs in Sri Lanka and to identify unique social entrepreneurial characteristics in MFIs in Sri Lanka. This is a qualitative study carried out through primary data collected mainly from in-depth semi-structured interviews with 5 Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) representing 5 microfinance institutes in Sri Lanka who owned the largest microfinance loan portfolios. For the data analysis purpose thematic analysis method was used in the study. MFIs perceived the concept of social entrepreneurship as a social obligation parallel with profit making or as the obligation of the organization towards the society while achieving their commercial objectives. Application of the PTSE in the selected MFIs in Sri Lanka showed that four propositions on SE proposed in the theory can be observed to a considerable extent in the MFIs in Sri Lanka. Unique social entrepreneurial characteristics identified in the MFIs in Sri Lanka were adherence to the deep rooted values of MFIs, much flexible approach when dealing with microfinance clients, impact from other stakeholders on MFI to perform social entrepreneurial role, and the co-operative model of MFIs tended to promote SE.<\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Keywords<\/span><br \/><i style=\"color: #666666; font-size: 11pt;\">Social Entrepreneurship, Positive Theory of Social Entrepreneurship, Microfinance Institutes<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-335967 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-683426 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-240491\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-812432 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-818778 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-365614 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Download<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-854824 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-57355 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-270543 kc-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-MFI-through-lens-of-SE-Ready-to-print.pdf\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\">\n\t\t<i class=\"fa-file-pdf\"><\/i>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[212],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2513"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2517,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513\/revisions\/2517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}