At the Right Time:Eliminating Mismatch between Cash Flow and Credit Flow in Microcredit

Sachiko Hata and Yasuo Sugiyama

Discussion papers from Graduate School of Economics , Kyoto University

Abstract: This research explores how entrepreneurs deploy defense mechanisms when facing the potential misappropriation of their own resources by established corporate partner “sharks.” The prior literature has examined legal and timing defenses, along with social defenses that utilize the network structure of investment relationships with power imbalances between young firms and large firms. By conducting qualitative analysis based on 41 semi-structured interviews with entrepreneurs' firms, broader and more detailed defense strategies were identified, including seven (invisible) defense mechanisms, such as “balanced coopetition,” “eliminate information asymmetry,” “agile implementation of ideas,” which were not immediately identifiable as defense mechanisms."

Keywords: Microcredit; Open Innovation, Startup, Entrepreneurs, Qualitative research, Defense mechanism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M10 M13 M21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44
Date: 2023-09
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