ISLAMIC SOCIAL FINANCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP, COOPERATION AND THE SHARING ECONOMY

• Other Authors: Cattelan, Valentino (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2019
• Series: Islamic Business and Finance Series
• Subjects: Finance > Religious aspects > Islam; Finance (Islamic law); Social responsibility of business > Islamic countries; Sharing > Religious aspects > Islam
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 The current dynamics of world economy show remarkable changes in the socio-economics of credit provision and entrepreneurship. If the emergence of the sharing economy is fostering innovative models of collaborative agency, networking and venture business, economic actors are also looking for a more sustainable development, able to foster profitability as well as community welfare. This book investigates Islamic social finance as a paramount example of this economy under change, where the balance between economic efficiency and social impact is contributing to the transformation of the market from an exchange- to a community-oriented institution. The collected essays analyse the social dimension of entrepreneurship from an Islamic perspective, highlighting the extent to which the rationales of "sharing," distribution and cooperation, affect the conceptualization of the market in Islam as a place of "shared prosperity." Moving from the conceptual "roots" of this paradigm to its operative "branches," the contributing authors also connect the most recent trends in the financial market to Shari'ah-based strategies for community welfare, hence exploring the applications of Islamic social finance from the sharing economy, FinTech and crowdfunding to microcredit, waqf, zakat, sukuk and green investments.