, performance of the banks. The findings also showed that managers become savvier in personal initiatives and responsive to customer … quantitative survey of 140 middle-level managers from four banking institutions in Ghana is conducted. Findings – Findings showed … that there is a significant relationship between T & D of middle-level managers and their performance and, consequently …

skills were identified and tested for their relevance to performance. Support was found that nine of the 11 skills were … associated with managerial performance. Why these two skills were not associated with performance was explored. To test for the …

performance of domestic Islamic banks, and credit availability to the private sector. Design/methodology/approach – The authors … varying number of bank observations in each country. Findings – The results indicate that foreign Islamic banks, on average … in determining the domestic Islamic bank performance. Results also indicate that private sector credit availability seems …

commercial banks operating from 2000 to 2009. Three proxies to measure bank performance were used while market concentration and … concentration and efficiency affect bank performance in Kenya. Design/methodology/approach – The study used secondary data of 44 …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test market structure-performance hypothesis in banking industry in Kenya …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between bank-specific characteristics and …/methodology/approach A regression analysis is built on an unbalanced panel data set comprising 175 observations of 35 top European banks over … European banks’ profitability. However, the effects are not uniform across profitability measures. Regression findings reveal …

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to analyze the differences in bank characteristics of Islamic and conventional banks …, capital adequacy and board independence – were higher for Islamic banks. Significant differences between the two bank types …. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 14 banks (nine conventional and five Islamic) were considered over the period of …