February 2024
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2 Citations
Journal of International Management
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February 2024
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25 Reads
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2 Citations
Journal of International Management
May 2019
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390 Reads
Over the past four decades, microfinance has grown from small local initiatives into a global phenomenon practiced in many markets, mostly in low-income economies but also in well-developed markets like the US and the EU. Interestingly, microfinance institutions (MFIs), that is, providers of financial services to end customers, often have several cross-border stakeholders, including shareholders, donors, lenders, and providers of technical assistance and advanced IT systems. Moreover, important “think tanks” like the CGAP provide the industry with global policy guidelines. Thus, microfinance is a very international industry and empirical evidence shows that international stakeholders as well as policymakers influence the performance of MFIs (Mersland et al., 2011; Mersland and Urgeghe, 2013). The purpose of this chapter is therefore to give an overview of the internationalization of the industry and to suggest relevant theories when studying cross-border microfinance partnerships. Moreover, we present initial statistical evidence of how internationalization can influence MFIs’ performance and the type of services they offer. Based on our initial results, we suggest a research agenda for future studies.
October 2018
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International Journal of Integrated Care
October 2018
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International Journal of Integrated Care
August 2018
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... These interrogations are mainly led by public and private funders and donors, as well as other stakeholders who want to ensure their funds and donations to these institutions are effectively utilized for their intended purpose and have a meaningful impact. As a result of being a hybrid organization that combines two different objectives (Sommeno et al. (2024)), assessing an MFI's performance can prove to be very challenging, since only a few MFIs are financially self-sufficient and their share of non-market resources is generally very significant. Therefore, evaluating the performance of MFIs simply through the lens of financial indicators such as profitability and neglecting social factors proves to be of little relevance. ...
February 2024
Journal of International Management