Universitetet i Agder

Roy Mersland

Professor

Kontor:: 9I260B ( Universitetsveien 19, Kristiansand )

Roy Mersland er professor i International Business and Development på Handelshøyskolen ved Universitetet i Agder (UiA). Han har en doktorgrad i International Business fra UiA, en MBA fra Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria (Chile/Ecuador), og en mastergrad i Business og Marketing fra BI.

Mersland har et bredt internasjonalt forskningsnettverk og er for tiden involvert i flere forskningsprosjekter. Han er medlem av forskergruppene til European Microfinance Platform og Centre for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi) i Belgia. Og han er direktør for Center for Research on Social Enterprises and Microfinance (CERSEM) ved Universitetet i Agder (https://cersem.uia.no/).

Mersland har publisert en rekke artikler i anerkjente internasjonale tidsskrifter, som Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Management Studies, World Development og Journal of Business Ethics.

Mersland har erfaring fra internasjonal ledelse, rådgivning og forskning, særlig innen corporate governance, bank og mikrofinans, fra mer enn 20 land i Latin-Amerika, Asia, Afrika og Europa. Han var en av grunnleggerne av Banco D-MIRO, en ecuadoriansk bank som spesialiserer seg i mikrofinans.

For tiden er Mersland direktør for doktorgradsstudiet på Handelshøyskolen ved UiA. Han er også deltidsprofessor ved Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management ved Université Libre de Bruxelles i Belgia.

Mersland er styreleder i teknologiselskapet Checkin (www.checkin.no), samt nestleder i styret i Kristiansand Kommunale Pensjonskasse. Han arbeider også som rådgiver for flere offentlige og private bedrifter.

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner

Grigoryan, Aleksandr; Khachatryan, Knar; Hartarska, Valentina; Mersland, Roy (2024). Are All Deposit Products in the Microfinance World Created Equal?. Emerging markets finance & trade. ISSN: 1540-496X. doi:10.1080/1540496X.2024.2413172.
van Hemert, Daniël Gerardus Franciscus; D’Espallier, Bert; Mersland, Roy (2024). Autonomy and Financial Performance in Informal Savings Associations. Journal of Development Studies. ISSN: 0022-0388. 60 (9). s 1352 - 1371. doi:10.1080/00220388.2024.2337386.
Mahabi, Armande Nabami; Petre, Anaëlle; Mersland, Roy (2024). Impact of climate change training intervention in savings groups. Journal of International Development. ISSN: 0954-1748. doi:10.1002/jid.3896.
Gonzales Martinez, Rolando; D’espallier, Bert; Mersland, Roy (2024). Informal Insurance and Loans in Savings Groups: A Longitudinal and Quasi-experimental Approach Identifies the Role of the Welfare Fund for the Extreme Poor. Review of Development Finance. ISSN: 1879-9337. 14 (1). s 1 - 10.
Sommeno, Tigist Woldetsadik; Mersland, Roy; Randøy, Trond (2024). The impact of liability of foreignness on performance in hybrid organizations. Journal of International Management. ISSN: 1075-4253. 30 (2). s 1 - 22. doi:10.1016/j.intman.2024.101133.
Van der Auwera, Eline; D’Espallier, Bert; Mersland, Roy (2023). Achieving Double Bottom-Line Performance in Hybrid Organisations: A Machine-Learning Approach. Journal of Business Ethics. ISSN: 0167-4544. doi:10.1007/s10551-023-05410-3.
Ohene Djan, Kwame; Nyarko, Samuel Anokye; Mersland, Roy; Beisland, Leif Atle; Nakato, Linda (2023). Influence of international ownership on the performance of local social enterprises: Evidence from the global microfinance industry. Strategic Change. ISSN: 1086-1718. 32 (2-3). s 53 - 71. doi:10.1002/jsc.2536.
Beisland, Leif Atle; Zamore, Stephen; Mersland, Roy (2022). Does It Pay to be Green? A Study of the Global Microfinance Industry. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. ISSN: 0899-7640. doi:10.1177/08997640221110209.
Godfroid, Cécile; Otiti, Naome; Mersland, Roy (2021). Employee tenure and staff performance: The case of a social enterprise. Journal of Business Research. ISSN: 0148-2963. 139s 457 - 467. doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.10.011.
Gonzales Martinez, Rolando; D'Espallier, Bert; Mersland, Roy (2022). What Drives Profits in Savings Groups? Bayesian Data Mining Evidence from the SAVIX Database. Review of Development Finance. ISSN: 1879-9337. 11 (2). s 39 - 57.
Djan, Kwame Ohene; Mersland, Roy (2021). Are NGOs and Cooperatives Similar or Different? A Global Survey Using Microfinance Data. Journal of Management and Governance. ISSN: 1385-3457. doi:10.1007/s10997-021-09567-9.
Otiti, Naome; Godfroid, Cécile; Mersland, Roy; D'Espallier, Bert (2021). Does it (Re)pay to be Female? Considering Gender in Microfinance Loan Officer-Client Pairs. Journal of Development Studies. ISSN: 0022-0388. doi:10.1080/00220388.2021.1983167.
Zamore, Stephen; Beisland, Leif Atle; Mersland, Roy (2021). Excessive Focus on Risk? Non-performing Loans and Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions. International Journal of Finance and Economics. ISSN: 1076-9307. doi:10.1002/ijfe.2477.
Otiti, Naome; Andersson, Kjetil; Mersland, Roy (2021). Is Employee-Client Matching Good for firms Targeting the Bottom of the Pyramid? A Study of Microfinance Institutions. International Journal of Development Issues. ISSN: 1446-8956. 20 (1). s 1 - 23. doi:10.1108/IJDI-04-2020-0069.
Gonzales Martinez, Rolando; D'Espallier, Bert; Mersland, Roy (2020). Bifurcations in business profitability: An agent-based simulation of homophily in self-financing groups. Journal of Business Research. ISSN: 0148-2963. doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.06.051.
Malikov, Emir; Hartarska, Valentina; Mersland, Roy (2020). Economies of diversification in microfinance: Evidence from quantile estimation on panel data. Finance Research Letters. ISSN: 1544-6123. 34doi:10.1016/j.frl.2019.07.019.
Beisland, Leif Atle; Ohene Djan, Kwame; Mersland, Roy; Randøy, Trond (2020). Measuring Social Performance in Social Enterprises: A Global Study of Microfinance Institutions. Journal of Business Ethics. ISSN: 0167-4544. doi:10.1007/s10551-019-04417-z.
Alon, Ilan; Mersland, Roy; Musteen, Martina; Randøy, Trond (2020). The Research Frontier on Internationalization of Social Enterprises. Journal of World Business. ISSN: 1090-9516. 55 (1). doi:10.1016/j.jwb.2020.101091.
Mersland, Roy; Nyarko, Samuel Anokye; Sirisena, Amila Buddhika (2019). A hybrid approach to international market selection: The case of impact investing organizations. International Business Review. ISSN: 0969-5931. doi:10.1016/j.ibusrev.2019.101624.
Dato, Muluneh Hideto; Hudon, Marek; Mersland, Roy (2019). BOARD GOVERNANCE: DOES OWNERSHIP MATTER?. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics. ISSN: 1370-4788. s 1 - 24. doi:10.1111/apce.12262.
Mersland, Roy; Nyarko, Samuel Anokye; Szafarz, Ariane (2019). Do social enterprises walk the talk? Assessing microfinance performances with mission statements. Journal of Business Venturing Insights. ISSN: 2352-6734. 11s 1 - 11. doi:10.1016/j.jbvi.2019.e00117.
Zamore, Stephen; Beisland, Leif Atle; Mersland, Roy (2019). Geographic diversification and credit risk in microfinance. Journal of Banking & Finance. ISSN: 0378-4266. 109doi:10.1016/j.jbankfin.2019.105665.
Beisland, Leif Atle; Mersland, Roy; Ndaki, Daudi Pascal (2019). Influence of Ownership Type and CEO Power on Residual Loss: Evidence From the Global Microfinance Industry. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. ISSN: 0899-7640. 48 (5). s 998 - 1022. doi:10.1177/0899764019848498.
Mersland, Roy; Beisland, Leif Atle; Ndaki, Daudi Pascal (2018). The Origin of Chief Executive Officers and Performance in Hybrid Businesses: The Case of Microfinance. Journal of Small Business Management. ISSN: 0047-2778. 57 (4). s 1578 - 1594. doi:10.1111/jsbm.12381.
Golesorkhi, Sougand; Mersland, Roy; Piekkari, Rebecca; Pishchulov, Grigory; Randøy, Trond (2019). The effect of language use on the financial performance of microfinance banks: Evidence from cross-border activities in 74 countries. Journal of World Business. ISSN: 1090-9516. 54 (3). s 213 - 229. doi:10.1016/j.jwb.2019.03.002.
Golesorkhi, Sougand; Randøy, Trond; Mersland, Roy; Shenkar, Oded (2019). The performance impact of informal and formal institutional differences in cross-border alliances. International Business Review. ISSN: 0969-5931. 28 (1). s 104 - 118. doi:10.1016/j.ibusrev.2018.08.006.
Dato, Muluneh Hideto; Mersland, Roy; Mori, Neema Geoffrey (2018). Board committees and performance in microfinance institutions: Evidence from Ethiopia. International Journal of Emerging Markets. ISSN: 1746-8809. 13 (2). s 350 - 370. doi:10.1108/IJoEM-08-2016-0216.
Ndaki, Daudi Pascal; Beisland, Leif Atle; Mersland, Roy (2018). Capital structure and CEO tenure in microfinance institutions. Strategic Change. ISSN: 1086-1718. 27 (4). s 329 - 337. doi:10.1002/jsc.2205.
Lensink, Robert; Mersland, Roy; Vu, Nhung Thi Hong; Zamore, Stephen (2017). Do microfinance institutions benefit from integrating financial and nonfinancial services?. Applied Economics. ISSN: 0003-6846. 50 (21). s 2386 - 2401. doi:10.1080/00036846.2017.1397852.
Beisland, Leif Atle; Mersland, Roy; Strøm, R. Øystein (2018). Use of Big Four auditors and fund raising: evidence from developing and emerging markets. International Journal of Emerging Markets. ISSN: 1746-8809. 13 (2). s 371 - 390. doi:10.1108/IJoEM-11-2016-0321.
Djan, Kwame Ohene; Mersland, Roy (2017). Does Religious Affiliation Influence the Design of Corporate Governance? Evidence from the Global Microfinance Industry. Strategic Change. ISSN: 1086-1718. 26 (2). s 101 - 116. doi:10.1002/jsc.2113.
Beisland, Leif Atle; Mersland, Roy (2017). Exploring Microfinance Clients with Disabilities: A Case Study of an Ecuadorian Microbank. Journal of Development Studies. ISSN: 0022-0388. 53 (11). s 1929 - 1943. doi:10.1080/00220388.2016.1265946.
Beisland, Leif Atle; D'Espallier, Bert; Mersland, Roy (2017). The Commercialization of the Microfinance Industry: Is There a `Personal Mission Drift? Among Credit Officers?. Journal of Business Ethics. ISSN: 0167-4544. s 1 - 16. doi:10.1007/s10551-017-3710-4.
Ndaki, Daudi Pascal; Mersland, Roy; Mori, Neema Geoffrey (2017). The influence of the CEO's business education on the performance of hybrid organizations: the case of the global microfinance industry. Small Business Economics. ISSN: 0921-898X. 49 (2). s 339 - 354. doi:10.1007/s11187-016-9824-8.
D'Espallier, Bert; Goedecke, Jann; Hudon, Marek; Mersland, Roy (2016). From NGOs to banks: does institutional transformation alter the business model of microfinance institutions?. World Development. ISSN: 0305-750X. 89s 19 - 33. doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.06.021.
Beisland, Leif Atle; Mersland, Roy; Zamore, Stephen (2016). Motivations for Business Start-up: Are There any Differences Between Disabled and Non-disabled Microfinance Clients?. Journal of International Development. ISSN: 0954-1748. 28 (1). s 147 - 149. doi:10.1002/jid.3196.
Munisi, Gibson Hosea; Mersland, Roy (2016). Ownership, Board Compensation and Company Performance in Sub-Saharan African Countries. Journal of Emerging Market Finance. ISSN: 0972-6527. 15 (2). s 191 - 224. doi:10.1177/0972652716645893.
Beisland, Leif Atle; Mersland, Roy; Strøm, R. Øystein (2015). Audit Quality and Corporate Governance: Evidence from the Microfinance Industry. International Journal of Auditing. ISSN: 1090-6738. 19 (3). s 218 - 237. doi:10.1111/ijau.12041.
Labie, Marc; Méon, Pierre-Guillaume; Mersland, Roy; Szafarz, Ariane (2015). Discrimination by microcredit officers: Theory and evidence on disability in Uganda. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. ISSN: 1062-9769. 58s 44 - 55. doi:10.1016/j.qref.2015.05.002.
Delgado, Michael S.; Parmeter, Christopher F.; Hartarska, Valentina; Mersland, Roy (2015). Should all microfinance institutions mobilize microsavings? Evidence from economies of scope. Empirical Economics. ISSN: 0377-7332. 48 (1). s 193 - 225. doi:10.1007/s00181-014-0861-3.
Randøy, Trond; Strøm, R. Øystein; Mersland, Roy (2013). The Impact of Entrepreneur-CEOs in Microfinance Institutions: A Global Survey. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice. ISSN: 1042-2587. 39 (4). s 927 - 953. doi:10.1111/etap.12085.
Beisland, Leif Atle; Mersland, Roy; Randøy, Trond (2015). Transparency and Disclosure in the Global Microfinance Industry. The Oxford Handbook of Economic and Institutional Transparency. ISBN: 978-0-19-991769-3. Oxford University Press. 21. s 434 - 455.
Hartarska, Valentina; Nadolnyak, D.; Mersland, Roy (2014). Are women better bankers to the poor? Evidence from rural Microfinance Institutions. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. ISSN: 0002-9092. 96 (5). s 1291 - 1306. doi:10.1093/ajae/aau061.
Mori, Neema Geoffrey; Mersland, Roy (2014). Boards in microfinance institutions: How do stakeholders matter?. Journal of Management and Governance. ISSN: 1385-3457. 18 (1). s 285 - 313. doi:10.1007/s10997-011-9191-4.
Beisland, Leif Atle; Mersland, Roy (2014). Earnings Quality in Nonprofit Versus For-Profit Organizations: Evidence From the Microfinance Industry. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. ISSN: 0899-7640. 43 (4). s 652 - 671. doi:10.1177/0899764013478491.
Strøm, R. Øystein; D'Espallier, Bert; Mersland, Roy (2014). Female leadership, performance, and governance in microfinance institutions. Journal of Banking & Finance. ISSN: 0378-4266. 42 (1). s 60 - 75. doi:10.1016/j.jbankfin.2014.01.014.
Beisland, Leif Atle; Mersland, Roy (2014). Income characteristics and the use of microfinance services: evidence from economically active persons with disabilities. Disability & Society. ISSN: 0968-7599. 29 (3). s 417 - 430. doi:10.1080/09687599.2013.816625.
Mersland, Roy; Strøm, R. Øystein (2014). Measuring microfinance performance. Microfinance Institutions: Financial and Social Performance. ISBN: 9781137399656. Palgrave Macmillan. 2. s 12 - 31.
Beisland, Leif Atle; Mersland, Roy; Randøy, Trond (2014). Microbank Regulation and Earnings Quality: A Global Survey. Microfinance Institutions: Financial and Social Performance. ISBN: 9781137399656. Palgrave Macmillan. 14. s 271 - 294.
Beisland, Leif Atle; Mersland, Roy (2014). Microfinance and Disability: Recommendations for Policymakers and Practitioners. Disability and Equity at Work. ISBN: 978-0-19-998121-2. Oxford University Press. Chapter 11. s 174 - 193.
Mersland, Roy; Beisland, Leif Atle (2014). Staff characteristics and the exclusion of persons with disabilities: evidence from the microfinance industry in Uganda. Disability & Society. ISSN: 0968-7599. 29 (7). s 1061 - 1075. doi:10.1080/09687599.2014.902362.
Beisland, Leif Atle; Mersland, Roy; Randøy, Trond (2014). The association between microfinance rating scores and corporate governance: A global survey. International Review of Financial Analysis. ISSN: 1057-5219. 35 (5). s 268 - 280. doi:10.1016/j.irfa.2014.10.012.
Beisland, Leif Atle; Mersland, Roy (2013). Earnings Quality in the Microfinance Industry. Microfinance in developing countries: Issues, policies and performance evaluations. ISBN: 978-0-230-34846-2. Palgrave Macmillan. Chapter 13. s 241 - 255.
Mersland, Roy; Huerta, Celeste de la; Ndaki, Daudi Pascal (2013). From the inside of a PhD Program in International Management. Management for Progress : Festschrift in honor of the manifold academician Professor Harald Knudsen, 70 years. ISBN: 978-82-7099-734-3. Novus Forlag. Chapter 13. s 241 - 255.
Hartarska, Valentina; Mersland, Roy; Nadolnyak, Denis; Parmeter, Christopher (2013). Governance and Scope Economies in Microfinance Institutions. International Journal of Corporate Governance. ISSN: 1754-3037. 4 (1). s 74 - 96. doi:10.1504/IJCG.2013.055174.
Mersland, Roy; Strøm, R. Øystein (2013). Microfinance: Costs, Lending Rates and Profitability. Handbook of key global financial markets, institutions, and infrastructure. ISBN: 978-0-123-97873-8. Elsevier. chapter. s 489 - 499.
Mersland, Roy; Thøgersen, Joachim (2013). Stimulating economic growth in the least developed countries: Direct cash transfers for the retired via mobile phones. Journal of Economic Policy Reform. ISSN: 1748-7870. 16 (3). s 259 - 271. doi:10.1080/17487870.2013.799905.
Galema, Rients; Lensink, Robert; Mersland, Roy (2012). Governance and microfinance institutions. Research handbook on international banking and governance. ISBN: 978-1-84980-293-2. Edward Elgar Publishing. Chapter 29. s 565 - 578.
Mersland, Roy; Strøm, R. Øystein (2012). The Past and Future of Innovations in Microfinance. The Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurial Finance. ISBN: 978-0-19-539124-4. Oxford University Press. Chapter 27. s 859 - 891.
Mersland, Roy (2012). Økonomi og forvaltning i kristne bistandsorganisasjoner illusterert med data fra mikrofinansbransjen. Religionens rolle i bistand og utvikling. ISBN: 978-82-92712-64-1. Portal forlag. Kapittel. s 138 - 153.
Labie, Marc; Mersland, Roy (2011). Corporate governance challenges and microfinance. The Handbook of microfinance. ISBN: 978-981-4295-65-9. World Scientific. kapittel. s 283 - 298.
Martinelli, Enzo; Mersland, Roy (2010). Microfinance for People with Disabilities. Poverty and Disability. ISBN: 9781905990481. Leonard Cheshire Disability. kapittel. s 215 - 260.
Strøm, Øystein; Mersland, Roy; Mersland, Roy (2008). Myths in microfinance. Progress in international business research, Vol. 3: New perspectives in international business research. JAI Press Ltd. s 207 - 227.

Mersland, Roy; Strøm, R. Øystein (2014). Microfinance Institutions: Financial and Social Performance. ISBN: 9781137399656. Palgrave Macmillan. s 300.

Sommeno, Tigist Woldetsadik; Mersland, Roy; Randøy, Trond (2023). The Impact of Liability of Foreignness on Performance in Hybrid Organizations..
Sommeno, Tigist Woldetsadik; Mersland, Roy; Randøy, Trond (2023). The Impact of International Debt on Efficiency of Microfinance Organizations.
Zhang, Yan; Zamore, Stephen; Mersland, Roy (2023). Free Cash Flow and Performance in Microfinance: A Global Analysis.
Zhang, Yan; Zamore, Stephen; Mersland, Roy (2023). Debt, free cash flow and performance in microfinance: A global analysis.

Ekspertområder

Sist endret: 16.06.2022 10:06