Purpose - The Asian banking system has been appreciated with many distinct qualities including consistent in profitability. Many studies have examined the profitability of Asian banking sector from diverse perspectives. However, studies on bank profitability in connection to the capital...

Purpose This paper investigates the impact of institutional factors on financial deepening and its implications on bank credit in Africa. Design/methodology/approach The paper employs different panel econometric models to examine the heterogeneity of 50 African countries from 2000 to 2019. The...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the role of human resources management (HRM) on economic sustainability in Jordanian banks. To achieve this goal, data were collected from 23 Jordanian banks listed at the ASE from 2014 to 2019. Design/methodology/approach A regression model was...

Purpose - This study examines the nature of the relationship between board structures (BSs) and intellectual capital (IC) of banks in Africa. Design/methodology/approach - Using annual data from financial statements of 366 banks from 26 African countries from 2007 to 2015, the study estimates IC...

Purpose This study aims to analyze the impact of Shariah supervision and corporate governance (CG) variables on the performance of Islamic banks (IBs) in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Design/methodology/approach A dynamic panel regression model is used to analyze bank performance’s...

Purpose - This study aims to examine the impact of market competition, and capital regulation on the cost of financial intermediation of banks of the Bangladesh banking industry. Design/methodology/approach - This study has used a balanced panel dataset comprised of 340 firm-year observations...