• Gender discrimination before mandated quotas? Evidence from Norway: 1989 to 2002 

      Strøm, Øystein R. (Scandinavian Journal of Management;31(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-07-01)
      Is the low percentage of women on boards due to discrimination? Discrimination has a time dimension; it is repeated period after period and is thus highly persistent. This persistence is tested with data from Norway before ...
    • The impact of Islamic banking model and Islamic financial development on bank performance: Evidence from dual banking economies 

      Ahsan, Tanveer; Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Purpose The purpose of this study is to develop an Islamic Banking Index representing the Islamic banking model and to investigate its impact on the performance of Islamic and conventional banks. This study also analyzes ...
    • Microfinance mission drift? 

      Strøm, Øystein; Mersland, Roy (World Development;38 (1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-01)
      Claims have been made that microfinance institutions (MFIs) experience mission drift as they increasingly cater to customers who are better off than their original customers. We investigate mission drift using average loan ...