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The role of skills in Islamic financial innovation: Evidence from Bahrain and Malaysia
Poon, Jessie P. H.; Chow, Yew Wah; Ewers, Michael - In: Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and … 6 (2020) 3, pp. 1-21
expertise that influence innovation. The relationship between skill and financial innovation, however, is poorly understood in … compliance with Shariah law. Based on a survey of IFIs in Bahrain and Malaysia, this paper examines the effect of different … skills on IFI innovation. The findings indicate that while skill in Islamic finance positively influences innovation, skill …
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The impact of ICT investments on the relative demand for high-medium-, and low-skilled workers: Industry versus country analysis
Schneider, Dorothee - 2010
that the skill-biased technological change hypothesis is rejected if single countries are analyzed with an industry panel …
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Islamic Financial Services Act (IFSA) 2013 and the Sharīʿah-compliance requirement of the Islamic finance industry in Malaysia
In: ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance 10 (2018) 1, pp. 94-101
financial institutions (IFIs) in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach The study is a qualitative-based research. It uses … in Malaysia. Findings It is found that the Central Bank of Malaysia, Bank Negara Malaysia, has attempted to develop a … comprehensive framework of Sharīʿah governance for IFIs in Malaysia. The framework governs the practice of the industry, covers …
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Proposed models for unit trust waqf and the parameters for their application
In: ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance 11 (2019) 1, pp. 62-81
Purpose: This paper aims to present the viability of unit trust waqf (Islamic endowment) as an alternative asset class for waqf creation. Design/methodology/approach - This paper starts with the conceptual exploration of the literature in the areas of waqf. The sources of the literature cover...
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Issues of letter of credit in Malaysian Islamic banks
Osman, Ismah; Muhamat, Amirul Afif; Muda, Ruhaini - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 15 (2022) 9, pp. 1-15
Malaysia. The results indicate that there are three vital issues related to LCs offered by Islamic banks which lead to Shariah …
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Value Through Diversity: Microfinance and Islamic Finance and Global Banking
Ferro, Nicoletta - 2005
Internet resources, extended media coverage and international organizations' reports recently witness the increasing interest of western banks in new models of finance, particularly Islamic finance and microfinance. This new trend is not only channeled through the frame of corporate social...
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Weighing up the Credit-to-GDP gap: A cautionary note
Karagedikli, Özer; Rummel, Ole J. - 2020
It has been argued that credit-to-GDP gaps (credit gap) are useful early warning indicators for banking crises. In addition, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has also advocated using these gaps - estimated using a one-sided Hodrick-Prescott filter with a smoothing parameter of 400,000...
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Development Cooperation - Evaluation and New Approaches
Ahrens, Heinz (contributor) - 2005
This volume represents some of the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Research Committee on Development Economics (Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer) of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik) held in Cologne, Germany, in July 2004. The meeting focused on the...
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You have to drive: Impacts of planning policies on urban form and mobility behavior in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Hidayati, Isti; Yamu, Claudia; Tan, Wendy - In: Journal of Urban Management 10 (2021) 1, pp. 69-83
metropolitan area of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We argue that the complex chain of consequences of previous policies and their …
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Revisiting Single Case Studies in International Business Research: The Case of Maersk Line
Worm, Verner; Jakobsen, Michael - 2018
The aim of this paper is to study the consequences of rolling out a global corporate culture on a multinational company in order to streamline modes of communication between headquarter and local offices across different host markets in an attempt to optimise the functionality of the...
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