Purpose: This paper aims to examine how Indonesian Islamic banks differ from conventional banks in terms of their business model, asset quality, stability and efficiency. Design/methodology/approach: Based on data from 2008 to 2012, the authors use t-test, z-score and data envelopment analysis...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to critically evaluate how conventional and Islamic banks trade off risk, efficiency and financial performance in their business models, to investigate how patterns of risk and efficiency vary between conventional and Islamic banks and to critically...

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the value of information content and informativeness of the analyst report for Sharīʿah-compliant shares in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach: The authors use a sample of 657 daily published analyst reports on Sharīʿah-compliant shares from 2010...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the nature and integration of Islamic stock markets across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN-5) countries for economic community (AEC) development. Design/methodology/approach: Using samples of daily closing prices from 2009...