Browsing Scientific Publications in Economics and Finance by Issue Date
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Identifying future research opportunities in online consumer reviews : the case study of TripAdvisor
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)The aim of this article is to identify future research opportunities for using online consumer reviews websites such as TripAdvisor.com as a case study. The literature review covers the internet and growth of eTourism, ... -
A taxonomical account of knowledge creation: research directions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)The global knowledge economy could become the next booming economy. This point can be buttressed by the flood of literature on knowledge management. New job roles have emerged in many firms to handle the challenge of the ... -
Women and repayment in microfinance: A global analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)This paper uses a global data set of 350 microfinance institutions (MFIs) in 70 countries to study the common belief that women are generally better credit risks in microfinance than men. The results confirm that a higher ... -
The impact of international influence on microbanks' performance: A global survey
(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 ... -
Formal contractual agreements: A transaction cost study of Tanzania firms
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)This is exploratory study that aims at examining formal contractual agreements for firms in Tanzania using Transaction cost theoretical approach. Transaction cost studies have rarely being done on firms in Africa and ... -
Determinants of vertical coordination in buyer-seller relations: Exploratory findings from a developing economy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)This study aims at understanding determinants of vertical coordination for firms in developing economies by conducting exploratory study in Tanzania. The study is centred on business - to business buyer -seller relations. ... -
The value relevance of losses revisited: The importance of earnings aggregation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Prior research has suggested that earnings explain a larger portion of the variation in stock returns when disaggregated into components. This study shows that the increase in explanatory power stems primarily from ... -
The governance of non-profit micro finance institutions: Lessons from history
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Microfinance is high on the public agenda, and better corporate governance has been identified as a key factor for enhancing the viability of the industry. However, recent literature on the subject struggles to identify ... -
Mikrofinans: Fra helt til kjeltring?
(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 ... -
Internet-based information and foreign direct investment (FDI) location decision making: An information cost perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Information and communication technology (ICT) is considered to play an important role to reduce information cost for potential foreign investors. While a growing body of literature has suggested such connections, conceptual ... -
Governance and microfinance institutions
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Can personality predict retirement behaviour? : a longitudinal analysis combining survey and register data from Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)This study investigates how far personality can predict the timing and routes of people’s retirement. It uses a large comprehensive Norwegian survey, with larger sample size than earlier related studies, providing estimates ... -
Boards in microfinance institutions: how do stakeholders matter?
(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 ... -
The effects of religion on development efforts : evidence from the microfinance industry and a research agenda
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)This study responds to the need for more empirical knowledge pertaining to the effect of religion on development efforts. We use data from the microfinance industry to study performance differences between Christian and ... -
Which governance mechanisms promote efficiency in reaching poor clients? Evidence from rated microfinance institutions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)This paper evaluates the effectiveness of several governance mechanisms on microfinance institutions' (MFI) performance. We first define performance as efficiency in reaching many poor clients. Following the literature on ... -
Barriers to microfinance for disabled persons: Evidence from economically active persons in Uganda
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A Long Term View on the Short Term Co-movement of Output and Prices in a Small Open Economy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)One assumption behind inflation targeting as objective for monetary policy is that inflation rates in the short run to some extent reflect output cycles. The present paper investigates the historical co-movements of output ... -
Do powerful CEOs determine microfinance performance?
(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 ... -
The use of microfinance services among economically active disabled people: Evidence from Uganda
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)This study investigates the use of microfinance services among economically active disabled people in Uganda. The findings suggest that disabled people make more use of microfinance services than previously assumed. A total ... -
A critical view on temperature modelling for application in weather derivatives markets
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)In this paper we present a stochastic model for daily average temperature. The model contains seasonality, a low-order autoregressive component and a variance describing the heteroskedastic residuals. The model is estimated ...