The objective of this research is to provide a brief analysis of the performance of Islamic banks in Bangladesh. The Islamic banks in Bangladesh continued to show strong growth since its inception in 1983 to June 2007, Islamic banks maintained and achieved strong position in the key areas like...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to work out the risk of cost overruns in nuclear power plants (NPPs) and its mitigation through public financial support. Design/methodology/approach – The stochastic process of overruns is simulated and compared with the private company investment to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the selection criteria for Islamic banks employed by customers in a dual banking system, as in the case of Pakistan, and to know the overall satisfaction of the customers with Islamic banks. Design/methodology/approach – This is a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on the syariah compliant screening methods that are practiced by prominent Islamic finance users, in terms of qualitative and quantitative screening. Design/methodology/approach – This research uses comparative analysis to recognize the...

The Islamic banking system is expected to face strong competition not only from the Islamic banks but also from well-established conventional banks offering Islamic products and services. In this study, we focus on the 'Islamic Bank of Britain' the only indigenous bank of its kind in UK. The...

The analysis of their responses revealed a certain degree of satisfaction of many of the Islamic bank's facilities and products. The respondents expressed their dissatisfaction with some of the Islamic bank's services. Although the respondents indicated that they are aware of a number of...

Mortgage is considered a major determinant factor not only to the UK, but western economies as well. Therefore, we thought it fit to conduct an empirical study on Islamic mortgage in UK. In this paper we attempt to study and elaborate principles behind overall Islamic banking system whereas the...

Purpose – Recent events demonstrate that problems in the banking system pose a significant threat to the health of the global economy. Despite several shortcomings the Basel Accord thus emerges as an attempt to protect banking systems. The purpose of this study is to shed light on potential...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to inspect whether bank-specific and macro-economic determinants influence Islamic banks' profitability in the selected countries of different regions. Design/methodology/approach – In order to achieve the study objective and to answer the question, the...