across countries, which could explain the plurality in conclusions in the Islamic/conventional bank efficiency debate. We … find that the alignment between the two bank types is positively related to the country's financial depth, transparency …, economic stability and banking concentration. At the bank level, the alignment in the two banking systems is associated with …

shares of fee income since by expanding into non-traditional businesses the bank needs more capital to prevent the potential … be possibly attributed to relatively high switching costs and to close relationship between depositor and bank in the EU …

This paper contributes to the current literature dealing with the drivers of bank business model changes by analyzing … enhance banks' performance. Finally, bank business strategy and macroeconomic factors are crucial in the determination of …

shares of fee income since by expanding into non-traditional businesses the bank needs more capital to prevent the potential … be possibly attributed to relatively high switching costs and to close relationship between depositor and bank in the EU …

volatility of growth and profitability are bank-size dependent, and (iii) the relationship between growth and profitability of a … bank. Using a dynamic panel model estimated by GMM for a mixed sample of more than 1500 banks from 65 countries, we find no … evidence of persistence in bank growth. However, our findings suggest significant persistence in bank profitability. Moreover …

bank profitability: the structure-conduct-performance hypothesis, the efficient-structure hypothesis and the relative …

parametric methods. Thus, the implicit assumption of serial independence of bank production in most methods has an important …

period 1998-2005 and discusses the results from the perspective of corporate bank strategy. Methodologically the existing … concentration of the national financial sector have a considerable impact on a bank's financial performance. Both issues proved to …

This paper contributes to the current literature dealing with the drivers of bank business model changes by analyzing … enhance banks' performance. Finally, bank business strategy and macroeconomic factors are crucial in the determination of …

scaling effect is neglected in the cost efficiency measurement. The implied bank ranking is robust to changes in the …