Publishing Opportunity for Microfinance Professionals

January 28, 2009 No Comments

For you experts in microfinance out there who have aspirations to write, here is an opportunity to participate in a project that won’t require you to put together an entire book.

Dr. Arvind Ashta of the Burgundy School of Business in France is editing a book and is seeking chapter authors. Here is an excerpt from the Call for Chapters:

Advanced Technologies for Microfinance:
Solutions and Challenges

Objective of the Book
This book will aim to provide relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the area. It will be written for professionals and academics who want to improve their understanding of social, cultural, organizational, and cognitive impacts of advances in technologies on microfinance organizations around the world. These impacts can be viewed from the impacts of on micro-consumer behavior, the impact of information technology on microfinance organizational behavior, development and management as well as the impact on existing institutions and the required changes in regulation.

For more information, see the full Call for Chapters here.

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