The Islamic banking sector has become a crucial part of the global banking industry. Despite the Islamic banking industry’s encouraging growth in the Southeast Asia (SEA) region, prior studies mostly focused on Islamic banks’ efficiency in the individual country. To fill the literature gap,...

The Islamic banking sector has become a crucial part of the global banking industry. Despite the Islamic banking industry's encouraging growth in the Southeast Asia (SEA) region, prior studies mostly focused on Islamic banks' efficiency in the individual country. To fill the literature gap, this...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the efficiency of the banking sector in Qatar. The paper utilizes 15 banks comprising Islamic, conventional and foreign banks for the duration of 2007 to 2011. Design/methodology/approach Data envelopment analysis (DEA) technique is applied to...