Purpose – The paper attempts to analyze the volatility of returns and expected losses of Islamic bank financing. In particular, it takes the case of Indonesian Islamic banking industry. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses Value at Risk (VaR) approach to compute the volatility (risk)...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical evidences on the impact of financial shocks on the Islamic banks vis-a-vis the conventional banks. Based on the Malaysian experience over two major financial crises, namely the 1997 Asian financial crisis and 2007 financial crisis,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the short-run and the long-run relationships between Islamic banking development and economic growth in the case of Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach – Using quarterly data (2003:1-2010:2), this paper utilizes the bound testing approach...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to measure the relative efficiency of the top 100 Islamic banks. The sensitivity of the results is also investigated. Design/methodology/approach – Data envelopment analysis (DEA) method was applied to evaluate the relative efficiency of Islamic banks...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to measure the sensitivity of the banks' customers towards the adoption of Arabic terminology in the Islamic banking industry. Design/methodology/approach – A sample of 100 respondents who were mainly banks' clients was surveyed through personally...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the impact of financial liberalization and foreign Islamic bank entry on the performance of domestic Islamic banks, and credit availability to the private sector. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use the weighted least squares method to estimate...

Purpose – Islamic banking as a financial institution has always been proclaimed to be different from conventional banking systems. This is mainly due to the prohibition of interest and emphasis on achieving social economic responsibility in society. However, in practice, Islamic banking...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to clarify and extend the conceptualization and measurement of customer satisfaction in the Islamic banking sector in Iran. Design/methodology/approach – The authors perform a review of the set of attributes which are capable of being incorporated in...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the shortcomings in the compliance of the full-fledged Islamic banks with the Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) disclosure guidelines related to the profit sharing investment accounts (PSIAs). Design/methodology/approach – This study uses interviews...

Purpose – The aim of the present research is firstly to examine and recognize the quality elements of services in the banks by SERVQUAL instrument and some Islamic banking factors. Secondly, the aim is to prioritize these factors based on fuzzy TOPSIS. Fuzzy logic provides a useful tool for...