...Sanjib Sherpa; Tolu Olarewaju; Inya Egbe Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of the increasing adoption of a commercial approach on the financial performance and outreach of microfinance institutions (MFIs). Drawing on institutional theory, it investigates whether commercialisation...

...Ali Salman Saleh; Enver Halili; Rami Zeitun; Ruhul Salim Purpose This paper aims to investigate the financial performance of listed firms on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) over two sample periods (1998-2007 and 2008-2010) before and during the global financial crisis periods. Design...

...Mostafa Kamal Hassan; Sawsan Saadi Halbouni Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of corporate governance mechanisms on the financial performance of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) listed firms. Design/methodology/approach Relying on a sample of 95 UAE listed firms...

... and financial performance to determine the role of corporate governance in the performance behavior of companies listed in such an emerging market in Africa as Botswana. Design/methodology/approach Ordinary least square (OLS) models are applied to Botswana Stock Exchange listed firms over the period 2000...

...) are non‐stationary and generated by an I(1) process [12] . © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Financial performance Economic growth Economic development Economic reform Sub Saharan Africa The issue of the relationship between financial development and economic growth has seen...