Blar i AURA på forfatter "Mersland, Roy"
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Governance and microfinance institutions
Galema, Rients; Lensink, Robert; Mersland, Roy (Chapter, 2012) -
Governance and Scope Economies in Microfinance Institutions
Hartarska, Valentina; Mersland, Roy; Nadolnyak, Denis; Parmeter, Christopher (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013) -
Guest Editorial: Research trends in Microfinance from theThird European Research Conference on Microfinance
Mersland, Roy (Journal article, 2013) -
The impact of international influence on microbanks' performance: A global survey
Mersland, Roy; Randøy, Trond; Strøm, Reidar Øystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Microbanks serve micro-enterprises and poor people with financial services. This study examines how various aspects of international influence affect microbanks' financial and social performance. Grounded in agency theory ... -
The Impact of Internationalization on Performance in Hybrid Organizations
Sommeno, Tigist Woldetsadik (Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; nr. 336, Doctoral thesis, 2021)With the growing demand for socially and environmentally conscious products and services, hybrid organizations that address social and environmental issues with a market-based solution are gaining widespread significance ... -
Innovations in savings and credit groups evidence from Kenya
Mersland, Roy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)This article reports from a church based Savings and Credit Groups (SCG) project in Kenya called Tuinuane. The project builds upon the Worth program of PACT, but has added some interesting and innovative features allowing ... -
Measuring microfinance performance
Mersland, Roy; Strøm, R. Øystein (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2014) -
Microfinance and Disability: Recommendations for Policymakers and Practitioners
Beisland, Leif Atle; Mersland, Roy (Chapter, 2014) -
Microfinance for People with Disabilities
Martinelli, Enzo; Mersland, Roy (Chapter, 2010)Microfinance is considered an important tool in reaching the United Nations? Millennium Development Goals (Littlefield et al., 2003). Nevertheless, few people with disabilities have access to microfinance. This is in ... -
Microfinance Mission Drift?
Mersland, Roy; Strøm, Øystein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010)Claims have been made that microfinance institutions (MFIs) experience mission drift as they increasingly cater to customers who are better off than their original customers. We investigate mission drift using average loan ... -
Mikrofinans: Fra helt til kjeltring?
Mersland, Roy; Strøm, R. Øystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Motivert av den senere tids kritikk av mikrofinans, blant annet slik den fremkom i en dokumentarkalt «Fanget i mikrogjeld» som ble sendt på NRK i november 2010, undersøker vi i denne artikkelen hvorvidt mikrofinanstilbyderne ... -
Mitigating the risk of money laundering in cryptocurrencies: A Systematic Literature Review
Liland, Daniel (Master thesis, 2022)While blockchain technology comes with many new features and opportunities, it also risks that the technology might be used for illicit activities. In particular, money laundering has been illustrated to be facilitated by ... -
Motivations for Business Start-up: Are There any Differences Between Disabled and Non-disabled Microfinance Clients?
Beisland, Leif Atle; Mersland, Roy; Zamore, Stephen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016) -
Myths in microfinance
Strøm, Øystein; Mersland, Roy (Chapter, 2008)Microfinance, the provision of financial services to the poor, is high on the public agenda. We discuss and evaluate three myths regarding microfinance based on new data from rated microfinance institutions (MFIs). The ... -
Ownership, Board Compensation and Company Performance in Sub-Saharan African Countries
Munisi, Gibson Hosea; Mersland, Roy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016) -
Performance and governance in microfinance institutions
Mersland, Roy; Strøm, R. Øystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)We examine the relationship between firm performance and corporate governance in microfinance institutions (MFI) using a self-constructed global dataset on MFIs collected from third-party rating agencies. Using random ... -
Performance and international investments in microfinance institutions
Mersland, Roy; Urgeghe, Ludovic (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013) -
Performance and international investments in microfinance institutions
Mersland, Roy; Urgeghe, Ludovic (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Using data from 319 microfinance institutions (MFIs) in 68 developing countries, we study the degree to which international debt investments are related to the financial and social performances of MFIs. We find that ... -
Performance and trade-offs in microfinance organisations--does ownership matter?
Mersland, Roy; Strøm, R. Øystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)Policy advocates argue for the transformation of non-government Microfinance Organisations (MFOs) into shareholder owned firms (SHFs). This paper investigates whether the proposed superiority of shareholder owned MFOs is ... -
Scale economies and input price elasticities in microfinance institutions
Hartarska, Valentina; Shen, Xuan; Mersland, Roy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)We evaluate the efficiency of microfinance institutions (MFIs) using a structural approach which also captures these institutions' outreach and sustainability objectives. We estimate economies of scale and input price ...