<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" article-type="research-article" dtd- version="1.1d1" xml:lang="en"><front id="meta-hdr"><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">XJM</journal-id><journal-id journal-id- type="doi">10.1108/XJM</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Vilakshan - XIMB Journal of Management</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev- type="publisher">XJM</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">0973-1954</issn><issn publication- format="online">2633-9439</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Emerald Publishing Limited</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta id="art- meta"><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">656050</article-id><article-id pub- id-type="doi">10.1108/XJM-08-2020-0075</article-id><article-id pub-id- type="original-pdf">XJM-08-2020-0075.pdf</article-id><article-id pub-id- type="filename">XJM-08-2020-0075</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="type-of-publication"><compound-subject><compound-subject-part content-type="code">research-article</compound-subject-part><compound-subject- part content-type="label">Research paper</compound-subject-part></compound- subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="subject"><compound- subject><compound-subject-part content-type="code">cat-MARK</compound-subject- part><compound-subject-part content-type="label">Marketing</compound-subject- part></compound-subject><subj-group subj-group-type="subject"><compound- subject><compound-subject-part content-type="code"/><compound-subject-part content-type="label">International marketing</compound-subject-part></compound- subject></subj-group></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article- title xml:lang="en">Social and financial performance of MFIs: complementary or compromise?</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib- type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name- style="western"><surname>Navin</surname><given-names>Nitin</given-names></ name><string-name name-style="western"><given-names>Nitin</given-names> <surname>Navin</surname></string-name></name- alternatives><email>nitinnavin@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western"><surname>Sinha</surname><given-names>Pankaj</given- names></name><string-name name-style="western"><given-names>Pankaj</given-names> <surname>Sinha</surname></string-name></name-alternatives><email>pankaj- sinha@fms.edu</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><aff id="aff1">Faculty of Management Studies, <institution- wrap><institution>University of Delhi</institution></institution-wrap>, New Delhi, <country country="IN">India</country></aff></contrib-group><author- notes><corresp id="cor1">Nitin Navin can be contacted at: <ext-link ext-link- type="email" xlink:href="mailto:nitinnavin@gmail.com">nitinnavin@gmail.com</ext- link></corresp></author-notes><pub-date publication-format="electronic" date- type="pub" iso-8601-date="2020-11-23"><day>23</day><month>11</month><year>2020</year></pub- date><pub-date publication-format="print" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2021- 03-19"><day>19</day><month>03</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>18</ volume><issue>1</issue><fpage>42</fpage><lpage>61</lpage><history><date date- type="received" iso-8601-date="2020-08-13"><day>13</day><month>08</month><year>2020</year></ date><date date-type="revised" iso-8601-date="2020-10-01"><day>01</day><month>10</month><year>2020</year></ date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2020-10-27"><day>27</day><month>10</month><year>2020</year></ date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>© Nitin Navin and Pankaj Sinha.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright- holder>Nitin Navin and Pankaj Sinha.</copyright-holder><license license- type="open-access"><license-p>Published in <italic>Vilakshan – XIMB Journal of Management</italic>. Published by Emerald Publishing Limited. This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licence. Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence maybe seen at <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode">http://