Small businesses and FinTech: a systematic review and future directions

SK Sharma, PV Ilavarasan, S Karanasios - Electronic Commerce …, 2024 - Springer
Small businesses are significant to any economy from the perspective of employment and
contribution to the national gross domestic product. Despite their significance, small …

Do digital inclusive finance, innovation, and entrepreneurship activities stimulate vitality of the urban economy? Empirical evidence from the Yangtze River Delta …

Y Sun, X You - Technology in Society, 2023 - Elsevier
This research empirically analyzes the impact of digital inclusive finance on urban economic
vitality in Yangtze River Delta, China. The findings are as follows. 1) The development of …

Impacts of digital inclusive finance on household entrepreneurship

J Wu, L Wu - Finance Research Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper analyses the impact of inclusive digital finance on household entrepreneurship.
Through a mediating effects model, we explore the association between inclusive digital …

Digital financial inclusion and quality of economic growth

W **, Y Wang - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Recently, digital financial inclusion has experienced rapid growth, introducing transformative
changes to the finance industry. Its attributes of low cost, extensive coverage, and efficient …

Digital financial inclusion and household energy poverty: Evidence from China

S **, T Ma, X Tan - Economic Analysis and Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper examines the impact of digital financial inclusion (DFI) on household energy
poverty. We develop a simple theoretical model to explain the energy poverty alleviation …

Passion and attractiveness on display: An examination of gender bias in crowdfunding

C Letwin, MP Ciuchta, M Johnson, R Stevenson… - Small Business …, 2024 - Springer
Surface cues such as displays of passion and physical attractiveness can affect
crowdfunding outcomes. Yet the efficacy of these cues may be contingent on other attributes …

Digital financial inclusion, traditional finance system and household entrepreneurship

F Mao, Y Wang, M Zhu - Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
This study examines the impact of digital financial inclusion (DFI) on household
entrepreneurship and the role of the traditional finance system (TFS). The results show that a …

An in-depth analysis of the entrepreneurship of rural Chinese mothers and the digital inclusive finance

KC Shao, R Ma, J Kamber - Telecommunications Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Rural mothers' entrepreneurial behavior is critical to promoting inclusive rural economic
development. However, these women are constrained by family responsibilities, economic …

Digital revolution and employment choice of rural labor force: evidence from the perspective of digital skills

X Wang, Y Huang, Y Zhao, J Feng - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
The practical implementation of the employment promotion effect of the digital economy is
closely linked to rural laborers' digital skills (DS). Therefore, this study uses the Mprobit …

The impact of the digital economy on land transfer-out decisions among Chinese farmers: Evidence from CHFS micro-data

P Zheng, Y Li, X Li - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Land transfer is essential for advancing moderate-scale agriculture, and the digital economy
plays a key role in facilitating these transfers. Based on microdata from four rounds of the …