Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a value‐based framework for the consumer e‐trust building process. Design/methodology/approach – The data collection procedure consisted of two steps. The first was a brief questionnaire measuring potential informants' personal values....

Draws upon a study of the ways in which entrepreneurs use trust to mediate customer perceived risk at the start of a venture in order to show how researchers can combine elements of both approaches in an epistemologically consistent way. Specifically, researchers seeking to use an...

SMEs are both users of marketing research and subjects of market research. There is clear evidence that the decision processes in such firms often render the products/services designed for medium and large firms inappropriate. One of the major suppliers of services to the small firms sector is...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify associations between various inputs in the investment decision process of Saudi Arabian risk managers (RMs). Design/methodology/approach – The paper reports the views of 81 RMs in Saudi Arabia regarding their approach to investment risk and...

Purpose – The paper aims to gain an insight into the risk management tools practised in Islamic and commercial banks in Malaysia, and selected Islamic banks outside Malaysia. The study also examines the level of adequacy of risk management tools and systems of these banks....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess key issues in measurement and management of operational risk in Malaysian Islamic banks. Design/methodology/approach – Descriptive, analytical, and comparative analyses are used to discuss the issues of operational risk in Islamic bank through...

Purpose – The paper aims to gain an insight into behavioural characteristics of Islamic banks and how they influence the risk‐taking decisions of Islamic banks in financial markets within the prospect theory context. Design/methodology/approach – The study employs review and application of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the risk management practices of life assurance firms and non‐life insurance firms. Design/methodology/approach – Through a comparative case study methodology, the study assesses the state of risk management in both life assurance companies...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate post‐crisis measures banks have adopted in a bid to manage liquidity risk. It is based on the fact that the financial liquidity market was greatly affected during the recent economic turmoil and financial meltdown. During the crisis,...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate shari’ah scholars’ views and experiences pertaining the shari’ah issues, challenges and prospects in Islamic derivatives. Specifically, this paper critically examines the criticisms toward conventional derivative instruments and the...