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Handbook of Islamic banking
Hassan, M. Kabir (contributor); Lewis, Mervyn K. (contributor) - 2007
The handbook of Islamic banking comprises 25 studies by leading international experts on Islamic banking and finance specially commissioned to analyse the various debates and the current state of play in the field. This comprehensive handbook provides a succinct analysis of the workings of...
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Risk and regulation of Islamic banking
Lewis, Mervyn K. (contributor); Ariff, Mohamed (contributor) - 2014
From a single product offering in 1963, the Islamic financial services industry has grown to an estimated $1.6 trillion in assets. Products must comply with profit and risk-sharing criteria and regulations preventing banks from venturing into activities with high risk and excessive uncertainty....
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Monetary policy and Taiwan's economy
Dwyer, Gerald P. (ed.); Lin, Jin-Lung (ed.); Xu, Jiadong (ed.) - International Conference on the Conduct of Monetary … - 2002
, capital flows and central bank intervention * similarities between the restructuring of banking systems in Asia and in Eastern …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474165
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Global business and the terrorist threat
Richardson, Harry Ward (contributor);  … - 2009
Global business is affected by global terrorism and the two are intricately linked on many levels. This book is an eclectic and enlightening compendium of research that explores the interrelationships between the two. A companion to and expansion on the authors' previous books on the area,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851731
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Handbook of managerial behavior and occupational health
Antoniou, Alexander-Stamatios G. (contributor) - 2009
pt. 1. Conceptualization and theoretical framework -- pt. 2. Specific issues in organizational psychology -- pt. 3. Occupational stress, well-being and health -- pt. 4. Professional burnout, coping and prevention -- pt. 5. Immigration, acculturation and health -- pt. 6. Emotion at work
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Handbook of international banking
Mullineux, A. W. (contributor); Murinde, Victor (contributor) - 2003
The Handbook of International Banking provides a clearly accessible source of reference material, covering the main developments that reveal how the internationalization and globalization of banking have developed over recent decades to the present, and analyses the creation of a new global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420078
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Corporate governance in banking : a global perspective
Gup, Benton E. (contributor) - 2007
1. Corporate governance, bank regulation and activity expansion in the United States -- 2. Corporate governance in … banks : does the board structure matter? -- 3. Corporate governance and bank performance -- 4. Corporate governance at … community banks : one size does not fit all -- 5. Bank mergers and insider trading -- 6. Conflicts of interest and corporate …
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Russian banking : evolution, problems and prospects
Lane, David Stuart (contributor) - 2002
Russian Banking considers the rise of commercial market-oriented banks in Russia, their links with government and non-financial companies and their role as intermediaries in the provision of finance for investment. The contributors explore the legacy of the Soviet past and current functions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851205
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Taxing banks fairly
Chaudhry, Sajid M. (contributor) - 2014
makers and academics on the appropriateness and effectiveness of bank taxation in the light of the financial crisis. It … whether VAT should be extended to financial services. This comprehensive book offers an ethical perspective on bank taxation … and financial stability to complement the traditional political economy approach. It also considers how a bank levy or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851428
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The German state banks : global players in the international financial markets
Sinn, Hans-Werner - 1999
The German state banks - or Landesbanks - are not only some of the largest banks in Germany but are also a dominant force in the international banking sector. These state-owned banks enjoy special privileges and government support which have made them major players in the global arena of banking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473811