Business Model and Operational Efficiency of Microfinance in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Lessons for Islamic Microfinance

2017 ◽  
pp. 191-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Velid Efendić ◽  
Fikret Hadžić
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Operational Efficiency ◽  
Islamic Microfinance

Advertising and E-Business

2012 ◽  
pp. 159-172
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Operational Efficiency ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Online Marketing

In today’s online marketing arena, there are remarkable concepts which are rarely available for public study and consideration. For instance, the e-business models are considered trendy by many Internet specialists who do not consider superior operational efficiency as a critical factor for success in companies such as Cisco, EBay, Dell, and Amazon. However, they believe that the business model or method adopted in modern technology is the basis for their success. With the implicit awareness of success in these kinds of companies, few of them have explicit insight regarding this success; therefore, they cannot distinguish the different kinds of businesses and business models utilized by giant merchants. Thus, this chapter introduces e-business and draws a line between e-business and e-commerce. Also, different kinds of e-business models are examined because an advertiser should know the business models of the websites which may be publishing his advertising. Above all, at the end of this chapter, the reader will be able to distinguish between the businesses and business models of commercial and non-commercial websites and understand their earning methods.

scholarly journals Business Model of Islamic Microfinance Institution: Indonesia Case

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-30
Author(s):  
Imron Mawardi ◽  
Tika Widiastuti ◽  
Ari Prasetyo
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Microfinance Institutions ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Social Entity ◽  
Organizational Orientation ◽  
Microfinance Institution ◽  
Islamic Microfinance

Objective - Islamic Microfinance Institutions (IMFIs) grown very rapidly in the last 10 years in Indonesia. On 2015, the number of IMFIs' reached more than 5,000. As a business and social entity, IMFIs has various business models, the way in providing services and manages the business to achieve its goals. This study aims to determine the business models of IMFIs. Methodology/Technique - This study uses qualitative approach by case study technique of Robert K. Yin. Subjects of this study are IMFIs in Indonesia that selected purposively with managers as a key informant. Findings - The result is the business model of IMFI is determined by eight elements, namely: organizational orientation, business and social functions, the source of capital and allocation, investors and customers, financing usage, types of contract, allocation technique, and membership. Novelty - The elements that determine IMFI, will form a business model of IMFI which determine how IMFI runs its business activities to achieve organization objective. Type of Paper Review Keywords: Islamic Microfinance Institution; Business Model; Social Function. JEL Classification: G21, L22.

Managing for Operational Efficiency Using Activity Based Costing

1996 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-88
Author(s):  
James D. Cashell ◽  
Anthony H. Presutti
Keyword(s):  
Operational Efficiency ◽  
Activity Based Costing

Child and Adolescent Suicides in Bosnia and Herzegovina Before and After the War (1992–1995)

Crisis ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 160-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Almir Fajkic ◽  
Orhan Lepara ◽  
Martin Voracek ◽  
Nestor D. Kapusta ◽  
Thomas Niederkrotenthaler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Youth Suicide ◽  
Southeastern Europe ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Sex And Age Differences

Background: Evidence on youth suicides from Southeastern Europe is scarce. We are not aware of previous reports from Bosnia and Herzegovina, which experienced war from 1992 to 1995. Durkheim’s theory of suicide predicts decreased suicide rates in wartime and increased rates afterward. Aims: To compare child and adolescent suicides in Bosnia and Herzegovina before and after the war. Methods: Data on youth suicide for prewar (1986–90) and postwar (2002–06) periods were analyzed with respect to prevalence, sex and age differences, and suicide methods. Suicide data from 1991 through 2001 were not available. Results: Overall youth suicide rates were one-third lower in the postwar than in the prewar period. This effect was most pronounced for girls, whose postwar suicide rates almost halved, and for 15–19-year-old boys, whose rates decreased by about a one-fourth. Suicides increased among boys aged 14 or younger. Firearm suicides almost doubled proportionally and were the predominant postwar method, while the most common prewar method had been hanging. Conclusions: The findings from this study indicate the need for public education in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the role of firearm accessibility in youth suicide and for instructions on safe storage in households. Moreover, raising societal awareness about suicide risk factors and suicide prevention is needed.

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