Requisite variety theory and third‐party guarantee loans: How local bank branches can reduce loan defaults
Pankaj C. Patel
Abstract:Requisite variety theory posits that internal variety is essential to develop responses to external variety. Facing increased local competition local bank branches could lower the odds of Small Business Administration (SBA) loan defaults by increasing knowledge variety through variations in geographic distances and industries among SBA loans. Our analysis shows that although local competition increases the odds of default, variations in industries represented in the SBA portfolio, the variation in geographic d… Show more
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