Boards in Microfinance Organizations: Do Stakeholders Matter?

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dc.contributor.authorMori, Neema
dc.contributor.authorMersland, Roy
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-13T10:21:45Z
dc.date.available2016-05-13T10:21:45Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractMicrofinance organizations provide financial services to low income people. Governance of these organizations is important for them to efficiently reach poor people and survive financially. Board is one among several governance mechanisms. This paper empirically analyses the influence of stakeholders who sit on boards, on financial and outreach results of microfinance organizations. Based on resource dependence and stakeholder theories, we analyze four types of stakeholders; donors, customers, employees and creditors. Results show that stakeholders are important in microfinance and that more non-profit organizations have donors on boards than for-profit organizations while customers and employees are found to be more represented on for-profit organizations. Regression results show that stakeholders through their resource provision role contribute both positively and negatively to financial and outreach results. Implications and areas for future research are further discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMori, N. and Mersland, R., 2014. Boards in microfinance institutions: how do stakeholders matter?. Journal of Management & Governance, 18(1), pp.285-313.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2022
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectMicrofinance institutionsen_US
dc.subjectStakeholdersen_US
dc.subjectBoardsen_US
dc.titleBoards in Microfinance Organizations: Do Stakeholders Matter?en_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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