Purpose: Islamic finance is an alternative approach of financial intermediation based on risk-sharing and asset-backed operations, which evolved substantially in recent years in academic research raising the need for quantitative studies to address the intellectual development and scientific...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the existing body of work in the area of Islamic finance by examining the regulation of Islamic finance in Australia. Design/methodology/approach – The method employed in this paper is a mixture of direct observation from legal and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critically review some of the existing literature relevant to Saudi Arabia's quest for development in order to build the argument for the viability of entrepreneurship to Saudi Arabia's development process. Design/methodology/approach – The method...

Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of mushārakah mutanāqisah (MM; diminishing partnership) technique and its potentials for Islamic financial institutions. Design/methodology/approach – Based on an extensive literature review, this paper aims to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate technical and scales efficiencies of MFIs in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries in provision of financial services. This study also aims at tracing the source of inefficiencies. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses the...

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...