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Sougand Golesorkhi
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Determinants of Board Structure in Microfinance Institutions: Evidence from East Africa
2013
This study investigates the association between the unique characteristics of microfinance institutions and board structure. The agency and resource dependence theories provided theoretical guidance for this study. Using a panel dataset of 63 microfinance institutions in East Africa, we found that the presence of regulations and international influence is associated with larger boards, while the presence of founders is associated with small boards and less board independence. There is a higher level of board gender diversity in microfinance institutions managed by founders. There is greater diversity of nationalities in microfinance institutions that are internationally influenced. The imp…
The Performance Impact of Informal and Formal Institutional Differences in Cross-Border Alliances
2019
Abstract This study addresses the simultaneous and diverse effects of differences in informal and formal institutions on cross-border alliances’ financial performance. We utilize data from 405 microfinance institutions (MFIs), based in 74 developing countries, that have alliances with partners from developed countries. We find that the impact of informal institutional differences between MFIs and their cross-border partners is sigmoid-shaped, with performance first increasing, then declining, before improving again as informal institutional differences grow large. By contrast, formal institutional differences appear to be detrimental to MFIs’ performance. Consistent with our prediction, we …
The effect of language use on the financial performance of microfinance banks: Evidence from cross-border activities in 74 countries
2019
Abstract This multi-year study examines the relationship between financial performance and language use, observing 405 partnerships between microfinance banks and their international financial partners in 74 countries. Drawing on language research in international business, we find that microfinance banks based in English-speaking, French-speaking, and Spanish-speaking countries have higher performance. Furthermore, the linguistic distance between the home country of a microfinance bank and the home country of its international partner(s) is negatively related to its financial performance. Our large-scale study confirms the effect of language use on organization-level financial performance …
Supply chain coordination under asymmetric information and partial vertical integration
2022
AbstractSupply chain contracting is known to suffer from inefficiency in the presence of asymmetric information. Full vertical integration would eliminate the informational inefficiency but can be strategically undesirable. Yet today’s supply chain partnerships exhibit a certain degree of partial vertical integration via equity ties between the firms. Such governance forms received limited attention in supply chain research. Management literature suggests that partial vertical integration may help the firms to ease contracting problems by aligning their incentives, and thus improve the total surplus. We address this proposition by studying a model of a partially integrated supply chain in w…
Board Composition and Outreach Performance of Microfinance Institutions: Evidence from East Africa
2015
The attributes of microfinance's board members have an impact on attainment of their social objectives.
The Effect of Cross-Border Language Use on Financial Performance of Microfinance Banks
2019
This empirical study investigates the financial performance effect of cross-border language use in 405 partnerships between microfinance banks and their international partners in 74 countries. Motivated by the literature on language in International Business, we find that microfinance banks that use a global language such as English have better financial performance. Further, the linguistic distance between the microfinance banks and their international partners is negatively related to the financial performance of these banks. This study highlights tangible performance outcomes of cross-border language use and suggests that language use needs to be addressed as a strategic issue in interna…