Browsing AURA by Author "Mersland, Roy"
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A new aid modality for Africa
Mersland, Roy; Thøgersen, Joachim (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)The result of current aid policies is that only a small percentage of foreign aid reaches the poorest of the poor in the least developed countries. Current trends of urbanisation and self-reliance place elderly people in ... -
Access to mainstream microfinance services for persons with disabilities — lessons learned from Uganda
Bwire, Flavia Nakabuye; Mukasa, George; Mersland, Roy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)This article reports from a pilot project in Uganda where the aim is to enable persons with disabilities to have access to mainstream microfinance services. Several lessons have already been learned: 1) entrepreneurs with ... -
Barriers to microfinance for disabled persons: Evidence from economically active persons in Uganda
Beisland, Leif Atle; Mersland, Roy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012) -
Bifurcations in business profitability : An agent-based simulation of homophily in self-financing groups
Gonzales Martinez, Rolando; Mersland, Roy; D'Espallier, Bert (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Formal financial institutions inadequately distribute startup capital to business ventures of ethnic minorities, women, low-educated, and young people. Self-financing groups fill this gap because in these associations ... -
Boards in microfinance institutions: how do stakeholders matter?
Mori, Neema; Mersland, Roy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Microfinance Institutions provide financial services to poor people. Governance of these organizations is important so that they can operate efficiently and sustainably. This study analyzes the influence of stakeholders ... -
Corporate governance and ownership in microfinance organizations
Mersland, Roy (Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2009) -
Corporate governance and ownership in microfinance organizations
Mersland, Roy (Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2009) -
The cost of ownership in microfinance organizations
Mersland, Roy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)We compare the ownership-cost of shareholders firms (SHFs), non-profit organizations (NPOs), and cooperatives (COOPs) invoked in microfinance. A paradoxical situation motivates us: most providers, both historically and ... -
Do powerful CEOs determine microfinance performance?
Galema, Rients; Lensink, Robert; Mersland, Roy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Recently, microfinance has been coming under public and media attacks. The microcredit crisis following from microfinance-induced suicides in 2010 in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh indicates that weak corporate governance ... -
Do social enterprises walk the talk? Assessing microfinance performances with mission statements
Mersland, Roy; Nyarko, Samuel Anokye; Szafarz, Ariane (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019) -
Does It Pay to be Green? A Study of the Global Microfinance Industry
Beisland, Leif Atle; Zamore, Stephen; Mersland, Roy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This article examines whether it pays to be green in the microfinance industry. Environmental issues are important for all businesses around the world, and thus many microfinance institutions (MFIs) started embracing them ... -
Earnings Quality in Nonprofit Versus For-Profit Organizations: Evidence From the Microfinance Industry
Beisland, Leif Atle; Mersland, Roy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014) -
Excessive Focus on Risk? Non-performing Loans and Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions
Zamore, Stephen; Beisland, Leif Atle; Mersland, Roy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021) -
Female leadership, performance, and governance in microfinance institutions
Strøm, R. Øystein; D'Espallier, Bert; Mersland, Roy (Journal article, 2014) -
Focus on Women in Microfinance Institutions
D'Espallier, Bert; Guérin, Isabelle; Mersland, Roy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013) -
Focus on Women in Microfinance Institutions
D'Espallier, Bert; Guérin, Isabelle; Mersland, Roy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013) -
From NGOs to Banks: Does Institutional Transformation Alter the Business Model of Microfinance Institutions?
D'Espallier, Bert; Goedecke, Jann; Hudon, Marek; Mersland, Roy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016) -
From the inside of a PhD Program in International Management
Mersland, Roy; Huerta, Celeste de la; Ndaki, Daudi Pascal (Chapter, 2013) -
Gender bias in microfinance
D'Espallier, Bert; Guerin, Isabelle; Mersland, Roy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)We provide empirical evidence on focusing on women in microfinance and its consequences for microfinance institutions (MFIs). Based on a global dataset, the results indicate that a focus on women is associated with ... -
Geographic diversification and credit risk in microfinance
Zamore, Stephen; Beisland, Leif Atle; Mersland, Roy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)