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, salespeople and some of their customers develop close relationships that are akin to friendships. Evidence from social psychology … information. This paper reports on the results of a study of salespeople's assessments of their personal acquaintance with … customers and friends in a financial services setting. The results indicate that salespeople do not classify customers as …

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The Malaysian REIT development and their role in a portfolio

Osmadi, Atasya - University of Western Sydney; College of Business; … - 2010

This PhD research will examine the development, performance and impact of Malaysian REITs in the local, Asian and global REIT investment market; particularly focusing on Islamic REITs in Malaysia. This issue is important as REITs have emerged as a topic of considerable interest to the academic...

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An Empirical Survey of Individual Consumer, Business Firm and Financial Institution Attitudes towards Islamic Methods of Finance

Gait, A.; Worthington, A. C. - 2007

Islamic finance – financial institutions, products and services designed to comply with the central tenets of Sharia (Islamic law) – is one of the most rapidly growing segments in global financial services. However, despite its growing importance, it is only relatively recently that attempts...

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An analysis of risk sharing in Islamic finance with reference to Pakistan

Khan, Tariqullah - 1996

The Islamic law prohibits charging and paying of interest but allowsearning profits on the basis of participation in the market. This legal injunctionhas motivated the establishment and successful operation of a number ofIslamic financial institutions. The emergence and rise of these...

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Ethics, Practice, and Future of Islamic Banking and Finance

Montgomery, John - 2010

This paper explores the ethical mandates of Islamic banking and finance (IBF) and then studies the recent performance of IBF on the positive level. The ethical section is divided into four parts: (1) promotion of trade and cooperation, (2) prohibition of ribā and of profiting without risk, (3)...

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Der wirtschaftliche Wiederaufbau Irans: von monarchistischer Modernisierung zu sozio-islamischem Liberalismus

Farhadian, Mahdy - 2002

Die Arbeit gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung des Iran in den vergangenen fünf Jahrzehnten. Dabei steht der Zeitraum nach der Islamischen Revolution des Jahres 1979 im Mittelpunkt der Betrachtung. Es geht vor allem darum, die teilweise ideologisch bedingten...

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Human resource management with Islamic management principles: a dialectic for a reverse diffusion in management

Branine, Mohamed; Pollard, David - 2010

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature and contents of Islamic management practices and their consequent implications for human resource management (HRM) in Arab countries. In addition, it aims to examine the implications for multinational companies (MNCs) operating in...

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Die Persönlichkeit als Erklärungsansatz interindividueller Unterschiede im Anlegerverhalten an der Börse

Rothkopf, Birte - 2003

Ausgehend von den Erkenntnissen des Behavioral Finance wird in der vorliegenden Arbeit die Persönlichkeit als Erklärungsansatz für interindividuelle Unterschiede im Anlegerverhalten an der Börse untersucht. Die Darstellung derartiger Zusammenhänge dient dem Ziel, Investoren Einblicke in...

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