.... These categories encompassed accountability, governance practice, performance, efficiency, Islamic accounting and governance awareness. Extensive deliberations have taken place regarding these six categories to enhance their prominence among ISF institutions. Furthermore, the findings of this study provided...

...Inka Yusgiantoro; Putra Pamungkas; Irwan Trinugroho Purpose This study aims to empirically investigate the sustainability and performance of Bank Wakaf Mikro (hereafter called BWM), which is a waqf-based microfinance in the context of Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach The authors use...

...Rihab Grassa; Sherif El-Halaby; Hichem Khlif Purpose Shariah board (SB) is a unique corporate governancemechanism in Islamic financial institutions. Over the last decade, an increasing number of studies discusses the relationship between SB and Islamic banks' (IB) performance. These researches...

...Rym Ammar; Sonia Rebai; Dhafer Saidane Purpose The purpose of this paper is to suggest a model that yields a sustainability performance index for Islamic banks (IBs). This index is expected to account for stakeholders’ viewpoints while considering sustainability and Maqasid Al-Shariah as bases...

...Waqas Ali; Imran Ibrahim Alasan; Mushtaq Hussain Khan; Shujahat Ali; Jun-Hwa Cheah; T. Ramayah Purpose This paper aims to investigate whether the effect of competitive strategies on the performance is significantly different for fully fledged Islamic banks vis-a-vis conventional banks with Islamic...

...Alireza Jalali; Mastura Jaafar; T. Ramayah Purpose This study aims to explore the direct and indirect effects of organizational stakeholder’s relationship on performance through innovativeness and risk-taking among small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach This study...

...A.A. Ousama; Helmi Hammami; Mustafa Abdulkarim Purpose The purpose of this study is to empirically investigate the impact of intellectual capital (IC) on the financial performance of Islamic banks operating in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Design/methodology/approach The study...

...Omar Farooq; Latifa Id Ali Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to document performance of analysts’ recommendations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during the period between 1999 and 2010. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses post-announcement market-adjusted...

...Nada Lahrech; Abdelmounaim Lahrech; Youssef Boulaksil Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess whether Islamic banks are transparent regarding profit (and loss) sharing to investment account holders. Another objective is to appraise whether Islamic banks' performance affects management...

...M. Kabir Hassan; Benito Sanchez; M. Faisal Safa Purpose This paper aims to examine the impact of financial liberalization and foreign Islamic bank entry on the performance of domestic Islamic banks, and credit availability to the private sector. Design/methodology/approach The authors use...