Purpose – To apply the Tawhidi epistemology in the automobile industry as the paradigm of the Islamic socio‐scientific order in terms of its inherent knowledge‐centered worldview. Design/methodology/approach – The concepts of unity and unification of knowledge in a system‐wide sense...

Purpose – This study aims to analyze the skills and competencies required of corporate social responsibility (CSR) managers through best case practice in Thailand. It attempts to define and identify how large companies use such attributes with regard to knowledge, attitudes, and practical...

Purpose – This paper aims to discuss the accounting treatment of one of the most popular instruments of financing in Islamic banks, which is Islamic leasing or Ijarah. This research undertakes an empirical investigation of the accounting practices of Ijarah followed by UAE’s Islamic banks....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show a creative way to fulfill financing needs of entities involved in pre‐ and post‐harvest production activities in extreme cases while mitigating inherent risks by Islamic structured trade finance from the real‐life case of cotton production...

The study of administration in other countries is often labelled comparative public administration and, since the Second World War, has developed a vast literature covering many world areas and utilizing various methods. Along with its more practical, more prescriptive counterpart, development...

Research into rural entrepreneurship continues to expand, albeit slowly. A common theme in the literature is the creation of value and its extraction from the environment. Rural entrepreneurship potentially covers a wide gamut of activity including the illegal. Also studies into agricultural...

Purpose – This paper's aim is to guide online Islamic bank marketing strategy. Design/methodology/approach – A study in 1999 interviewed 120 innovators about their attitudes and preferences to a hypothetical online Islamic bank, and replicated in 2009 for existing online Islamic banks using...

Purpose – This purpose of this paper is to highlight the weakness in vehicle Ijarah contract. Design/methodology/approach – A real life example of a vehicle Ijarah contract was studied in which a customer gets a car from an Islamic bank and then misuses the system. Findings – The case...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline the challenges and potential solutions of initiating a Sharia law module within a UK law school. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is practical with focus placed on the local and international dimensions. Findings – Sharia law is a...