2012
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1990281
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The Determinants of Return on Assets: Evidences from Micro Finance Institutions in Sri Lanka

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“…Generally, operating expense is a key determinant of the financial performance of CamCCUL. The result is equally consistent with the findings of Dissanayake (2012), Muriu (2011) andSima (2013) but inconsistent with that of Jorgensen (2011). Perhaps such contradictions could be attributed to external factors which are responsible for such variations.…”
Section: Discussion Of the Resultssupporting
confidence: 62%
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“…Generally, operating expense is a key determinant of the financial performance of CamCCUL. The result is equally consistent with the findings of Dissanayake (2012), Muriu (2011) andSima (2013) but inconsistent with that of Jorgensen (2011). Perhaps such contradictions could be attributed to external factors which are responsible for such variations.…”
Section: Discussion Of the Resultssupporting
confidence: 62%
“…Some MFIs even access capital markets by issuing bonds or by going public IPO (Joergensen, 2011). Dissanayake (2012) points out that debt/equity is a statistically an insignificant predictor variable for the model at 5% level of significance.…”
Section: Gearing Ratio/debt To Equity Ratiomentioning
confidence: 97%
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“…A study by Dissanayake and Anuranga (2012) identified the determinants of return on assets in the microfinance industry of Sri Lanka. A study sample of eleven microfinance institutions was used in Sri Lanka covering from 2005-2010.…”
Section: Empirical Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Theoretical predictions further state that to become profitable and sustainable institutions MFIs must operate at possible lower cost and maintain higher repayment rate (Von Pischke, 1996). Empirical evidences on these theoretical predictions are provided by Dissanayake and Anuranga (2012) Muriu (2012) provide the determinants of profitability for the MFIs operating in 32 countries of Sub-Sahara Africa. Operating efficiency is one of the obvious factors that affect profitability; it agrees the theoretical prediction of (Woller, 2000) that financially successful MFIs take advantage through higher level of efficiency.…”
Section: Determinants Of Mfi Profitabilitymentioning
confidence: 99%