Female leadership, performance, and governance in microfinance institutions

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-75

  Strøm, Reidar Øystein ^a   D'Espallier, Bert ^b   Mersland, Roy ^c  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b HOGESCHOOL UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cross country panel data; Female leadership; Financial performance; MFIs; Microfinance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894029066     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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