Do environmental, social and governance performance affect the financial performance of banks? A cross-country study of emerging market banks

MH Shakil, N Mahmood, M Tasnia… - … of Environmental Quality …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose Earlier firms were evaluated mostly from their financial performance perspective,
but with the increasing attention to sustainability goals, environmental, social and …

Microfinance governance: a systematic review and future research directions

MA Rasel, S Win - Journal of Economic Studies, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this article is to systematically review extant research on the
corporate governance (CG) of microfinance institutions (MFIs) from a global perspective. In …

It's time we talk about time in entrepreneurship

M Lévesque, U Stephan - Entrepreneurship Theory and …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This editorial draws attention to time to advance entrepreneurship research by focusing on
two aspects of time—time perspective and time management. We initiate a deeper …

Women and repayment in microfinance: A global analysis

B D'espallier, I Guérin, R Mersland - World development, 2011 - Elsevier
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 …

Revenue diversification and financial sustainability of microfinance institutions

PN Githaiga - Asian Journal of Accounting Research, 2021 - emerald.com
Revenue diversification and financial sustainability of microfinance institutions | Emerald Insight
Books and journals Case studies Expert Briefings Open Access Publish with us Advanced …

Do microfinance institutions accomplish their mission? Evidence from the relationship between traditional financial sector development and microfinance institutions' …

A Vanroose, B D'Espallier - Applied Economics, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
This article analyses the relationship between outreach and performance of Microfinance
Institutions (MFIs) on the one hand and traditional financial sector development on the other …

Which governance mechanisms promote efficiency in reaching poor clients? Evidence from rated microfinance institutions

V Hartarska, R Mersland - European financial management, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of several governance mechanisms on microfinance
institutions'(MFI) performance. We first define performance as efficiency in reaching many …

Science mapping of the global knowledge base on microfinance: Influential authors and documents, 1989–2019

S Zaby - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
The use of microfinance in poverty alleviation and, by extension, as an instrument for
sustainable social and economic development, represents a novel idea in sustainable …

A unique business model for microfinance institution: the case of Assadaqaat Community Finance (ACF)

HM Hagawe, A Mobarek, A Hanuk… - Cogent Business & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
While access to finance is a key link between economic opportunity and economic outcome,
it remains a major barrier for aspiring entrepreneurs. The current research aims to conduct …

Green microfinance: Characteristics of microfinance institutions involved in environmental management

M Allet, M Hudon - Journal of Business Ethics, 2015 - Springer
In recent years, development practice has seen that microfinance institutions (MFIs) are
starting to consider their environmental bottom line in addition to their financial and social …