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Plastic Bags And Bamboo Stools, Grace R. Bithell Oct 2019

Plastic Bags And Bamboo Stools, Grace R. Bithell

Marriott Student Review

This paper conducts a critical analyses of microfinance institutions. It gives an overview of the complexities of credit in developing countries and shows how microfinance fits into the equations. It discussed the successes and failures of microenterprises in trying to alleviate poverty. It also delves into best practices pertaining to lending to the poor and how microfinance is impacted by culture in developing nations.


Dallas Refugee Engagement Project, Anna Landreneau, Kovan Barzani, Uroob Haris, Lawrence Jiang, Michael Park, Thomas Schmedding Feb 2019

Dallas Refugee Engagement Project, Anna Landreneau, Kovan Barzani, Uroob Haris, Lawrence Jiang, Michael Park, Thomas Schmedding

SMU Journal of Undergraduate Research

The full capabilities of well-structured project management are rarely realized outside of the scope of the respective profession. The tools and skills in which project managers specialize are furthermore often considered in high-level business contexts, but are far less remembered as crucial components to many other endeavors. This project portfolio serves as an insight into the structure and process of managing a short-term social awareness project and an exploration and application of various project management tools. It also provides a review of the success of implementing sound project management toward humanitarian work on a community level. Public Equity, the team …


Book Review: Mind Over Money Jan 2019

Book Review: Mind Over Money

Journal of Financial Therapy

Mind Over Money: The Psychology of Money and How to Use It Better, by Claudia Hammond, is an engaging synopsis of multiple research studies from research literature around the world centered on the psychology of money.


Book Review: Communication Essentials For Financial Planners, Dana Carney Jan 2019

Book Review: Communication Essentials For Financial Planners, Dana Carney

Journal of Financial Therapy

Book Review: Communication Essentials for Financial Planners


Vol 10 Issue 1 Editorial, Kristy L. Archuleta Jan 2019

Vol 10 Issue 1 Editorial, Kristy L. Archuleta

Journal of Financial Therapy

Vol 10 Issue 1 Editorial


An Annotated Bibliography Of Financial Therapy Research: 2010 To 2018, Christina Glenn, Brandy Caulfield, Megan A. Mccoy, Jordan R. Curtis, Nathan Gale, Nathan Astle Jan 2019

An Annotated Bibliography Of Financial Therapy Research: 2010 To 2018, Christina Glenn, Brandy Caulfield, Megan A. Mccoy, Jordan R. Curtis, Nathan Gale, Nathan Astle

Journal of Financial Therapy

The purpose of this paper is to expand upon Mentzer, Britt, Samuelson, and Herrera’s (2010) annotated bibliography of research conducted in the field of financial therapy prior to 2010 and provide readers with a current overview of financial therapy research published since that time. Annotated bibliographies are categorized by topics and future research in each area is suggested. In addition, two tables were developed to provide readers a snapshot of the current landscape of financial therapy. The first table provides a list of journals of published articles featuring financial therapy or related topics. The second table provides an overview of …


Scaffolding Or Enabling? Implications Of Extended Parental Financial Support Into Adulthood, David Tenerelli, Sharon Weaver, Nathan Astle, Megan A. Mccoy Jan 2019

Scaffolding Or Enabling? Implications Of Extended Parental Financial Support Into Adulthood, David Tenerelli, Sharon Weaver, Nathan Astle, Megan A. Mccoy

Journal of Financial Therapy

Recent decades have seen tremendous changes in the duration of time that parents offer financial support to their adult children. This paper explores the literature regarding the variations in support, the forces impacting those variations, and the effects of that support on the children's human capital and financial attainment, as well as implications for parents. A case vignette based on an amalgam of case experiences by the authors is provided to explore the relevance of the literature findings to an amalgam financial planning client in the situation of providing financial support to an adult child. Sample interventions are based on …


Practitioner Profile: Lindsay Bryan-Podvin Jan 2019

Practitioner Profile: Lindsay Bryan-Podvin

Journal of Financial Therapy

Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, owner and founder of Mind Money Balance, is a financial therapist who started her career in the field of mental health treatment and advocacy. She specializes in working with heterosexual couples with breadwinning women.


Researcher Profile: Michelle Jeanfreau, Michelle Jeanfreau Jan 2019

Researcher Profile: Michelle Jeanfreau, Michelle Jeanfreau

Journal of Financial Therapy

Researcher Profile: Michelle Jeanfreau


Gender, Social Networks, And Microenterprise: Differences In Network Effects On Business Performance, Seon Mi Kim Jan 2019

Gender, Social Networks, And Microenterprise: Differences In Network Effects On Business Performance, Seon Mi Kim

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This article aims to find if female micro-entrepreneurs have different social networks that affect their business performance from males. This article uses the longitudinal Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamic (PSED) II data set (2005-2011) in the U.S. The key finding is that even in cases where female micro-entrepreneurs gained the same number of weak ties and resources from their networks as their male counterparts, their weak ties and gained resources did not help them to improve their business performance unlike their male counterparts. Implications for Microenterprise Development Programs and future studies are informed.


Healthcare Professionals’ Retirement Intentions: The Roles Of Financial And Work Factors, Yetty Shobo 3674528, Jen D. Wong Jan 2019

Healthcare Professionals’ Retirement Intentions: The Roles Of Financial And Work Factors, Yetty Shobo 3674528, Jen D. Wong

Journal of Financial Therapy

Delayed retirement has been utilized to provide short-term solution to the healthcare workforce demand-supply gap arising from increased retirement and healthcare needs by aging population. To adequately design an effective financial therapy and retirement delaying program, a knowledge of key factors affecting retirement intentions is critical. This study examines the influences of financial and work-related factors on retirement intentions among a sample of 21,860 healthcare professionals between 50 to 65 years old. Using data from the Virginia’s 2016 Dentist, Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered Nurse, Physician, and Pharmacist Surveys, multinomial logistic regressions were used to identify key factors associated with retirement …


Book Review: Financial Recovery, Nathan Astle Jan 2019

Book Review: Financial Recovery, Nathan Astle

Journal of Financial Therapy

Book Review: Financial Recovery


Practitioner Profile: Ed Coambs, Ed Coambs Jan 2019

Practitioner Profile: Ed Coambs, Ed Coambs

Journal of Financial Therapy

Practitioner Profile: Ed Coambs


Volume 10, Issue 2 Editorial: Celebrating 10 Years Of The Journal Of Financial Therapy, Kristy L. Archuleta Jan 2019

Volume 10, Issue 2 Editorial: Celebrating 10 Years Of The Journal Of Financial Therapy, Kristy L. Archuleta

Journal of Financial Therapy

The Financial Therapy Association (FTA) and Journal of Financial Therapy have much to celebrate over the past decade!


Book Review: Client Psychology Jan 2019

Book Review: Client Psychology

Journal of Financial Therapy

For practitioners and researchers in the field of financial therapy, the interweaving of emotion and money has been at the center of our attention since the field’s inception (Grable, McGill, &Britt, 2010). The field of financial planning, a field in its 50th year (Brandon& Welch, 2009) is making active steps to include this same realization in the Center for Financial Planning’s edited book, Client Psychology. The work, edited by Dr. Charles Chaffin, the director of academic programs and initiatives for the CFP® Board, brings together important chapters that begin to prepare financial planners for integrating client psychology into their practices.


Researcher Profile: Derek Lawson Jan 2019

Researcher Profile: Derek Lawson

Journal of Financial Therapy

Derek Lawson, Ph.D., CFP®, is an Assistant Professor of Personal Financial Planning at Kansas State University and a partner and financial planner at Priority Financial Partners, based in Durango, CO. His research is practitioner-focused, allowing him to combine his past and present experience as a financial planner with his research interests