The influence of entrepreneurial qualities and business attitudes on microfinance's sustainable business Growth: evidence from Bangladesh

Microfinance institutes offer credit facilities to landless and marginalized individuals to improve their socioeconomic conditions through business. Based on the resource-based view theory, this study examines how microfinance, loan cost, borrower satisfaction, business attitudes, and entrepreneuria...

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Main Authors: Sheikh Ashiqurrahman Prince, Tasfia Tasneem Ahmed, Sayed Azharul Islam
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-01-01
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Tasfia Tasneem Ahmed
Sayed Azharul Islam
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description Microfinance institutes offer credit facilities to landless and marginalized individuals to improve their socioeconomic conditions through business. Based on the resource-based view theory, this study examines how microfinance, loan cost, borrower satisfaction, business attitudes, and entrepreneurial qualities influence business sustainability. This study employed a convenient sampling technique to collect data from 847 respondents who were borrowers of various national and local microfinance institutes operating in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh. Structural equation modeling was performed to analyze the data using SPSS and Smart PLS 4.0 software. The results indicate that microfinance, loan cost, and entrepreneurial qualities influence borrower satisfaction, which results in sustainable business growth. In addition, borrowers' satisfaction influences their business attitude which in turn affects their sustainable business growth. However, borrowers’ business attitudes do not moderate the relationship between their satisfaction and sustainable business growth.
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spelling doaj-art-d88ff6b19ebd4372b89f0d6be2b470652025-08-20T03:30:49ZengElsevierSocial Sciences and Humanities Open2590-29112025-01-011110165910.1016/j.ssaho.2025.101659The influence of entrepreneurial qualities and business attitudes on microfinance's sustainable business Growth: evidence from BangladeshSheikh Ashiqurrahman Prince0Tasfia Tasneem Ahmed1Sayed Azharul Islam2Bangladesh Institute of Governance and Management, Shar E Bangla Nagar, Agargaon, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh; Corresponding author.Bangladesh Institute of Governance and Management, Shar E Bangla Nagar, Agargaon, Dhaka, 1207, BangladeshHuman Resource Management Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, 9208, BangladeshMicrofinance institutes offer credit facilities to landless and marginalized individuals to improve their socioeconomic conditions through business. Based on the resource-based view theory, this study examines how microfinance, loan cost, borrower satisfaction, business attitudes, and entrepreneurial qualities influence business sustainability. This study employed a convenient sampling technique to collect data from 847 respondents who were borrowers of various national and local microfinance institutes operating in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh. Structural equation modeling was performed to analyze the data using SPSS and Smart PLS 4.0 software. The results indicate that microfinance, loan cost, and entrepreneurial qualities influence borrower satisfaction, which results in sustainable business growth. In addition, borrowers' satisfaction influences their business attitude which in turn affects their sustainable business growth. However, borrowers’ business attitudes do not moderate the relationship between their satisfaction and sustainable business growth.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590291125003870MicrofinanceEntrepreneurial qualitiesCost of loanBorrowers' satisfactionBusiness attitudesSustainable business growth
spellingShingle Sheikh Ashiqurrahman Prince
Tasfia Tasneem Ahmed
Sayed Azharul Islam
The influence of entrepreneurial qualities and business attitudes on microfinance's sustainable business Growth: evidence from Bangladesh
Social Sciences and Humanities Open
Microfinance
Entrepreneurial qualities
Cost of loan
Borrowers' satisfaction
Business attitudes
Sustainable business growth
title The influence of entrepreneurial qualities and business attitudes on microfinance's sustainable business Growth: evidence from Bangladesh
title_full The influence of entrepreneurial qualities and business attitudes on microfinance's sustainable business Growth: evidence from Bangladesh
title_fullStr The influence of entrepreneurial qualities and business attitudes on microfinance's sustainable business Growth: evidence from Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed The influence of entrepreneurial qualities and business attitudes on microfinance's sustainable business Growth: evidence from Bangladesh
title_short The influence of entrepreneurial qualities and business attitudes on microfinance's sustainable business Growth: evidence from Bangladesh
title_sort influence of entrepreneurial qualities and business attitudes on microfinance s sustainable business growth evidence from bangladesh
topic Microfinance
Entrepreneurial qualities
Cost of loan
Borrowers' satisfaction
Business attitudes
Sustainable business growth
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590291125003870
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