Purpose – The article attempts to determine whether academic research in the area of finance has a direct link to the practitioners in the field. Design/methodology/approach – This paper used a survey of over 50 finance practitioners to ask their opinion on the relevance of academic finance...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop the features as well as model of organisational culture from Islamic point of view. Design/methodology/approach – The study is descriptive, in so far as its goal is to describe a method, and the nature of the paper is conceptual. The study...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the mentality of humanity in present times, the structure of human life nowadays and tries to prove that under these it is impossible to solve the problem of getting humankind out of an environmental crisis. Design/methodology/approach – The...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the dilemma of exponential growth in economic policy and its implications on sustainable development. Design/methodology/approach – The future of the world economy is premised in part on the assumption of an implicit law of increasing...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to review the different steps of development of Shariah governance system and to discuss the different practices of Shariah governance in Islamic financial institutions internationally. Design/methodology/approach – The paper has a particular focus on the...

Purpose – This paper aims to highlight the challenges faced by the Islamic microfinance institutions (MFIs) and map out suggestions in overcoming the issues. Design/methodology/approach – This is a conceptual paper. Findings – Among the challenges are low market penetration, sustainability...

Purpose – This research aims to explore the possibility of raising and adjudicating Shari'ah issues in Islamic financial contracts before the secular courts with specific reference to the UK and Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach – This is a legal research, and therefore, the paper uses...

Purpose – The research aims to include good governance as a facet in the measurement of human development. Design/methodology/approach – A modified Human Development Index (MHDI) was computed by including a governance dimension computed using the six governance indicators published by the...

Purpose – In the Islamic system, the activity and the performance of all the economic, social, political and religious agents are under the guidance of knowledge given by Allah (SWT). There are some established principles related to the human behavior which are valid in each and every aspect...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the poverty rates of Indonesia, Malaysia and Pakistan, representing majority Muslim populations, and of India as a minority Muslim population, according to Ibn Khaldun's dynamic model on poverty. Design/methodology/approach – According to Ibn...