The purpose of this paper is to test an international banking risk scoring model by applying it to a sample of international banks in open Islamic economies and to compare the results to those from a sample of banks in Western economies. The underlying objectives are to discover the extent of...

We study the effect of different acquirer types defined by financial status and their payment methods on their short and long-term performance in terms of abnormal returns using a variety of benchmark models. For a sample of 543 UK acquirers during 1983-95, we examine the relative performance of...

Using a simultaneous equation model initially developed by Shrieves and Dahl (1992) this paper shows that Japanese banks have focused on factors other than those that impact on bank safety levels. This has left Japanese banks in a vulnerable position with respect to levels of non-performing...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of individual differences particularly self-efficacy (SE) and growth need strength (GNS) as antecedents of employee innovation performance (IP). Design/methodology/approach: Using a sample of 354 employees in the United Arab Emirates...