The Cost of Ownership in Microfinance Organizations

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 469-478

  Mersland, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

cooperatives; corporate governance; microfinance; non profits; ownership; transformation

Indexed keywords

FIRM OWNERSHIP; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MICROFINANCE; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; RESEARCH WORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 58149216467     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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