productivity indices of banks in Saudi Arabia, an economy that is heavily dependant on the hydrocarbon sector. Design …/methodology/approach – The paper adopts the intermediation approach of banking services where financial institutions like banks are perceived to … reflect an improvement in average productivity of banks. However, the major increase in productivity gains emerged through …

productivity indices of banks in Saudi Arabia, an economy that is heavily dependant on the hydrocarbon sector. Design …/methodology/approach – The paper adopts the intermediation approach of banking services where financial institutions like banks are perceived to … reflect an improvement in average productivity of banks. However, the major increase in productivity gains emerged through …

record level of profitability in 2009. The strong position of Turkish banks against the global crisis is attributed generally …

activities disclosed in the annual reports of Islamic banks and the corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure index which … survey of annual reports of seven Islamic banks using the method of content analysis to measure the volume of CSR disclosure … issues of CSR are not of major concern for most Islamic banks. Research limitations/implications – CSR disclosure in the …

banks vis-a-vis the conventional banks. Based on the Malaysian experience over two major financial crises, namely the 1997 … banks are more resilient to the financial shocks compared to the conventional banks. Design/methodology/approach – Focusing … for the risk management practices of both the Islamic and conventional banks. Originality/value – This paper contributes …

financial problems in terms of risk management. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 27 Islamic banks and the same number of … conventional banks selected from a wide range of countries around the world were analyzed. The capital ratios, based on the Basel … Committee, are the primary tools used to analyze the riskiness of the Islamic and conventional banks. The focus on capital …

, this work might benefit the Islamic banks, banking regulators and all stakeholders to manage the risks and maintain the … banks is studied. Withdrawal risk might happen because of the displaced commercial risk and bankruptcy occurs when the banks … the revenue sharing ratio, which locates Islamic banks in a proper condition of no withdrawal risk and bankruptcy risk …

Islamic and conventional banking in Malaysia. Are the Islamic banks performing as good as the conventional banks, even though … efficiency levels of banks in both sectors. Findings – It is found that there is no significant difference in the level of … efficiency between Islamic banks and conventional banks. Research limitations/implications – The period of study is only three …

banks' customers and thereby the potential risk of deposits withdrawal in case of violations of Shari'a principles. Design …. Findings – The findings reveal that Islamic banks' customers highly value Shari'a compliance in their banks and that non … in repeated violations of Shari'a, the customers are inclined to switch their banks. Nonetheless, the findings reveal …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess performance factors in the UAE commercial banks by using multiple … been used for size classification; those with total assets of AED10 billion and above are considered large banks, whereas … banks with total assets less than AED10 billion are considered small banks. This classification criteria led to a sample of …