...AbdulQuddoos AbdulBasith; Nedal Al-Fayoumi Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of sector market competition on the capital structure (measured by debt-to-equity and debt-to-asset ratios) of publicly listed firms in the Gulf Cooperation Council ( GCC ). Design/methodology/approach...

...Rafik Harkati; Syed Musa Alhabshi; Salina Kassim Purpose This paper aims to assess the nature of competition between conventional and Islamic banks operating in Malaysia. It is an effort to enrich the existing literature by offering an empirical compromise on the differences in the results...

...Mohd Faizal Basri Purpose This paper aims to investigate the impact of competition in the Malaysian Islamic banking industry and the market structure of the industry by focusing on the particular impact created by the entrance of fully fledged foreign Islamic banks plus the introduction of Islamic...

...Muhamad Azhari Wahid Purpose This study aims to analyse three main questions within the Malaysian banking system: Are Islamic banks more competitive than conventional banks? What are the levels of competition for Islamic and conventional banking sectors pre, during and post the 2007-2009 global...