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 …

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 …

implementation of MM and its distinctive features when compared to other modes of finance. Findings – Islamic banks, throughout the …-Bayc bithaman al-ajil (BBA) and murabahah are the two instruments most commonly used by Islamic banks and financial institutions … system. MM technique is an alternative financial instrument available for Islamic banks. It is a relatively new and very …

performance of domestic Islamic banks, and credit availability to the private sector. Design/methodology/approach – The authors … the number of domestic Islamic banks in each period is used to weight the observations in the regressions to correct for … varying number of bank observations in each country. Findings – The results indicate that foreign Islamic banks, on average …

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the performance metrics of Saudi banks against the background of the proportion of … analysis of small samples. The current study looks at a population of ten publicly traded banks in Saudi Arabia over a two …, the evidence provided in this paper shows that while banks with foreign ownership are indeed more aggressive in terms of …