TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gallardo, Joselito S.
AU  - Goldberg, Michael
AU  - Randhawa, Bikki
TI  - Strategic alliances to scale up financial services in rural areas
SN  - 9780821366035
U1  - 332.1 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Washington, DC
PB  - World Bank
KW  - Microfinance - Developing countries
KW  - Rural development - Developing countries
KW  - Rural credit - Developing countries
KW  - Financial institutions - Developing countries
KW  - Strategic alliances (Business) - Developing countries
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. )
N2  - Business firms have employed strategic alliances with other firms to effectively manage costs, overcome resource and technology constraints, and enhance competitive position. The principle and practice of strategic alliances can be applied as well for productive and beneficial institutional collaborations in rural financial markets to expand the array of financial products and to scale up access of rural households and micro-businesses to financial services. Strategic alliances comprise a new theme in rural finance. The institutions in the study used strategic alliances to tap new capital resources, manage transaction costs, access banking technology and infrastructure and acquire new skills to provide an expanding array of financial services to wider markets
ER  -