Article Critique on Corporate Governance – Performance Relationship in Microfinance Institutions (Mfis)

ARTICLE CRITIQUE ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE – PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIP IN MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS (MFIs)

1. Bibliographic Information

This article is about The Corporate Governance – Performance Relationship In Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) written by Sujani Thrikawala, Stuart Locke and Krishna Reddy. The authors are from Department of Finance, Waikato Management School, University of Waikato.

The article was published in Asian Journal of Finance & Accounting, Vol 5, No. 1 in 2013 which I consider a quite recent journal and relevant to our issue being discussed. Asian Journal of Finance & Accounting is an open-access, international, peer-reviewed journal published by the Macrothink Institute. Macrothink Institute is a private organization dedicated to scientific research and publication. It works with excellent scholars from around the world. Macrothink is powered by wide-ranging ideas from many cultures and research areas. All journals published by Macrothink Institute are open to readers, and anyone can download or read their online journals without payment or subscription in order to promote the development of science and research.

2. Title of the Article

The title for the article is clear and reflect the content of the article. The title itself managed to attract us to read the journal thoroughly and managed to discuss the relationship between the corporate governance and performance of microfinance institutions.

3. Abstract

The abstact has managed to include some important informations, such as findings and conclusion but failed to produce sampling design, research framework, data collection and data analysis methods. It is found that the reseacher used secondary data by gathering and discussed other researcher findings.

4. Problem Statement / Research Problem

The researcher cited the prior studies conducted in different industries and sectors which show that good corporate governance practices leads to...