Roy Mersland

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
110 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Roy Mersland is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Accounting and Management Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Roy Mersland has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 77 papers in Accounting and 53 papers in Management Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Roy Mersland's work include Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (97 papers), Islamic Finance and Banking Studies (66 papers) and FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance (53 papers). Roy Mersland is often cited by papers focused on Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (97 papers), Islamic Finance and Banking Studies (66 papers) and FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance (53 papers). Roy Mersland collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Belgium and United States. Roy Mersland's co-authors include R. Øystein Strøm, Bert D’Espallier, Leif Atle Beisland, Isabelle Guérin, Valentina Hartarska, Trond Randøy, Robert Lensink, Rients Galema, Stephen Zamore and Neema Mori and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Business Research, Journal of Business Ethics and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice.

In The Last Decade

Roy Mersland

103 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Performance and governance in microfinance institutions 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 2009 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Performance and governance in microfinance institutions
    2008 472 citations Roy Mersland, R. Øystein Strøm profile →
  2. Microfinance Mission Drift?
    2009 406 citations Roy Mersland, R. Øystein Strøm profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roy Mersland Norway 28 3.0k 2.5k 1.8k 368 310 110 3.7k
Susanna Khavul United States 19 1.3k 0.5× 910 0.4× 955 0.5× 615 1.7× 621 2.0× 36 2.7k
Tom Vanacker Belgium 30 1.0k 0.4× 1.5k 0.6× 984 0.5× 97 0.3× 530 1.7× 75 2.6k
Sophie Manigart Belgium 34 1.2k 0.4× 3.6k 1.4× 589 0.3× 119 0.3× 677 2.2× 126 4.3k
Allan Riding Canada 28 884 0.3× 1.4k 0.6× 291 0.2× 157 0.4× 370 1.2× 73 2.7k
Thankom Arun United Kingdom 22 906 0.3× 1.2k 0.5× 261 0.1× 109 0.3× 441 1.4× 95 2.0k
William P. Wan United States 20 708 0.2× 1.5k 0.6× 252 0.1× 142 0.4× 2.3k 7.4× 29 3.4k
Kamal Naser Kuwait 27 463 0.2× 2.7k 1.1× 419 0.2× 75 0.2× 1.5k 5.0× 53 3.9k
Trond Randøy Norway 25 481 0.2× 1.8k 0.7× 240 0.1× 63 0.2× 716 2.3× 61 2.3k
Kendall Artz United States 14 590 0.2× 433 0.2× 317 0.2× 240 0.7× 937 3.0× 25 2.1k
Oleksandr Talavera United Kingdom 25 1.0k 0.3× 1.3k 0.5× 133 0.1× 48 0.1× 444 1.4× 91 2.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roy Mersland

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roy Mersland

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mersland, Roy, et al.. (2023). Influence of international ownership on the performance of local social enterprises: Evidence from the global microfinance industry. Strategic Change. 32(2-3). 53–71. 4 indexed citations
2.
Strøm, R. Øystein, Bert D’Espallier, & Roy Mersland. (2023). Female Leaders and Financial Inclusion: Evidence from Microfinance Institutions. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 3(1-2). 69–97. 13 indexed citations
3.
D’Espallier, Bert, et al.. (2023). Profit-Generating Entities or Cash-Management Vehicles? Unpacking the Financial Performance of Savings Groups Worldwide. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 1(1). 3–23. 1 indexed citations
4.
D’Espallier, Bert, et al.. (2023). Achieving Double Bottom-Line Performance in Hybrid Organisations: A Machine-Learning Approach. Journal of Business Ethics. 190(3). 625–647. 5 indexed citations
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D’Espallier, Bert, et al.. (2020). Bifurcations in business profitability: An agent-based simulation of homophily in self-financing groups. Journal of Business Research. 129. 495–514. 4 indexed citations
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Beisland, Leif Atle, Roy Mersland, & R. Øystein Strøm. (2018). Use of Big Four auditors and fund raising: evidence from developing and emerging markets. International Journal of Emerging Markets. 13(2). 371–390. 6 indexed citations
7.
Mersland, Roy & R. Øystein Strøm. (2014). Microfinance institutions : financial and social performance. Palgrave Macmillan eBooks. 16 indexed citations
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Hartarska, Valentina, Xuan Shen, & Roy Mersland. (2013). Scale Economies and Input Price Elasticities in Microfinance Institutions. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 1 indexed citations
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Mersland, Roy, Bert D’Espallier, & Magne Supphellen. (2013). The Effect of Religion on Development Efforts – Evidence from the Microfinance Industry and a Research Agenda. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
10.
Galema, Rients, Robert Lensink, & Roy Mersland. (2012). Research handbook on international banking and governance. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
11.
Martinelli, Enzo & Roy Mersland. (2010). Microfinance for People with Disabilities. BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)). 2 indexed citations
12.
Mersland, Roy. (2010). Corporate Governance Challenges in Microfinance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
13.
Mersland, Roy, Bert D’Espallier, & Isabelle Guérin. (2010). Women and Repayment in Microfinance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 23 indexed citations
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Mersland, Roy & R. Øystein Strøm. (2010). Microfinance Mission Drift. SSRN Electronic Journal. 18 indexed citations
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Mersland, Roy, Trond Randøy, & R. Øystein Strøm. (2010). The Impact of International Influence on Microbanks' Performance: A Global Survey. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Mersland, Roy & R. Øystein Strøm. (2008). The Empirics of Microfinance Lending Methodologies. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
17.
Mersland, Roy, et al.. (2008). Access to Mainstream Microfinance Services for Persons with Disabilities: Lessons Learned from Uganda. SSRN Electronic Journal. 14 indexed citations
18.
Mersland, Roy & R. Øystein Strøm. (2007). Microbanks: Ownership, performance and social tradeoffs - a global analysis. MPRA Paper. 1 indexed citations
19.
Mersland, Roy & R. Øystein Strøm. (2007). Performance and corporate governance in microfinance institutions. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 9 indexed citations
20.
Mersland, Roy & R. Øystein Strøm. (2007). Performance and Trade-offs in Microfinance Organizations - Does Ownership Matter?. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 42 indexed citations

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