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MIKROFINANČNÍ REVOLUCE: AKTUÁLNÍ KONTROVERZE A VÝZVY
Janda, Karel; Zetek, Pavel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
innovations, trends and efficiency. In particular, we focus on controversial issues of microfinance, such as commercialization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258789
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Microfinance efficiency in the West African Economic and Monetary Union: have reforms promoted sustainability or outreach?
KABLAN, Sandrine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This study aims to assess the microfinance institutions’ (MFIs’) efficiency in the West African Economic and Monetary … outreach. For this purpose, we use a data envelopment analysis (DEA) to measure the social efficiency on the one hand and the … financial efficiency on the other hand. Our results show that sustainability prevails. Indeed, we observe an increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260252
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Survey of Microfinance Controversies and Challenges
Janda, Karel; Zetek, Pavel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
recent innovations, trends and efficiency. In particular, we focus on controversial issues of microfinance, such as … an illustrative econometric model of the relation between social and financial efficiency. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108740
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Performance and corporate governance in microfinance institutions
Mersland, Roy; Strøm, Reidar Øystein - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
We trace the relationship between firm performance and corporate governance in microfinance institutions (MFI) utilising a self constructed global data set on MFIs, collected from third-party rating agencies. We study the effect of board characteristics, ownership type, competition and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836719
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Bank regulation, supervision and efficiency during the global financial crisis
Swamy, Vighneswara - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
In this study, using the World Bank’s Bank Regulation and Supervision Survey (BRSS) data, we draw insights about the bank regulatory/supervisory styles, illustrate the differences in regulation/supervision among crisis, non-crisis and BRICS countries, and highlight the ways in which bank...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113271
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Banking financing for Romanian SMEs – challenges and opportunities
Pirvu, Cerasela; Giurca Vasilescu, Laura; Mehedintu, Anca - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Nowadays, the importance of the SME field becomes more and more a real basis for establishing and developing a modern, dynamic knowledge-based economy because their capacity to stimulate private ownership and entrepreneurial skills; to be flexible and to adapt quickly to a changing market; to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789314
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Performance and corporate governance in microfinance institutions
Mersland, Roy; Strøm, Reidar Øystein - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
We trace the relationship between firm performance and corporate governance in microfinance institutions (MFI) utilising a self constructed global data set on MFIs, collected from third-party rating agencies. We study the effect of board characteristics, ownership type, competition and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005617094
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Performance of islamic banks across the world: an empirical analysis over the period 2001-2008
Kablan, Sandrine; Yousfi, Ouidad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Our study aims at analyzing Islamic bank efficiency over the period 2001-2008. We found that they were efficient at 92 …%. The level of efficiency could however vary according to the region where they operate. Asia displays the highest score … efficiency scores superior to the average. The subprime crisis seems to have impacted those banks indirectly. And market power …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008835338
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Shareholder protection and stockmarket development: an empirical test of the legal origins hypothesis
Armour, John; Deakin, Simon; Sarkar, Prabirjit; Siems, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
efficiency of legal rules and ultimately economic development. Possible explanations for our result are that laws have been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259223
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The phased approach to time value of money in economic analysis of investment projects
Daskovskiy, Vadim; Kiselyov, Vladimir - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Method discounting cash flow (DCF) is analyzed in the article. Article is demonstrating complete economic insolvency DCF. The fallacy of discounting method causes serious distortion of the results. It’s wide usage entails negative consequences not only for the concrete investor, but also for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260371