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    Social entrepreneurship: concepts and research areas
    (Open University of Sri Lanka, 2019) Abeysekera, Ruwan
    Social entrepreneurship is an emerging phenomenon that provides innovative solutions to persisting social problems such as poverty, lack of access to education, clean drinking water and human rights which were previously overlooked by businesses, governments and non-governmental organizations. The concept of social entrepreneurship has not been defined properly, and hence, is a contested concept. Further, given that it consists of many sub-concepts, it is defined as a cluster concept. Social enterprises engage in social entrepreneurship and they try to achieve sustainability by using business models. Being a new discipline, social entrepreneurship presents many opportunities in research. This paper discusses the important concepts in social entrepreneurship and potential research areas for prospective researchers.
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    Default risk and debt recovery strategies in microfinance: evidence from Sri Lankan microfinance sector
    (the Department of Accountancy, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 2018) Kalpani, B.L. Wathsala; Abeysekera, Ruwan
    Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) contribute immensely to low income earning individuals by providing microcredit and other services such as insurance, savings and training to engage in income generating activities. Microfinance spurs entrepreneurship, alleviates poverty and empowers women. Since MFIs provide microcredit to low income earning individuals who cannot provide collateral, there is a significant risk involved in lending. Hence, MFIs need to have good recovery strategies to maintain better loan portfolios. Thus, the objective of this study is to examine the default risk and debt recovery strategies adopted by Sri Lankan MFIs. Multiple case study method was used in this study as the research method and data was gathered using in depth interviews. Findings show that taking preventive actions such as quality screening, following up and critical monitoring, enhancing social capital, field officer portfolio tracking, providing Business Development Services (BDS), and using effective incentive systems can reduce the default risk. The debt recovery strategies identified by the present study are promise register, reminder letters, deductions form savings and guarantor’s income, and legal actions that could reduce the arrears in the status of default. The findings of this study contribute to both the epistemological and practical domains.
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    Concepts and Implications of Theory of Co-production
    (Faculty of Management & Finance University of Colombo, 2015) Abeysekera, Ruwan
    The purpose of this paper is to present the concepts of co-production discussed in previous literature and to discuss its implications on research and practice. This is a theoretical paper. It identifies that the extant literature in co-production presents a number of research gaps that can be addressed in future research. These gaps exist in the areas of collective co-production, dyadic relationships and contextual factors. Moreover, the practicing managers and the policy makers can also use co-production concepts identified in this paper to implement in their programmes which offer diverse benefits to the programmes and the clients.