Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show a creative way to fulfill financing needs of entities involved in pre- and post-harvest production activities in extreme cases while mitigating inherent risks by Islamic structured trade finance from the real-life case of cotton production in...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand values of family firms, which have progressed to the second or third generation and to reveal similarities in basic values of the firms, which have continued to be successful. Design/methodology/approach – The research was realized with...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate consumerism and consumer ethics and the relationship between the two concepts. Design/methodology/approach – About 500 questionnaires are distributed to students at two universities in the United Arab Emirates. Frequency distribution and one-way...

Purpose – This paper aims to determine the importance of the Islamic banks in the monetary transmission process in the Malaysian economy. In particular, the paper analyzes the relevance of Islamic banks' financing and deposit in channelling the monetary policy effects to the real economy....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess liquidity risk management (LRM) practices in Indonesian Islamic banking industry during the period 2000-2007. Design/methodology/approach – The paper constructs the LRM index (100 scale) which is composed of individual index of asset side;...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate the data envelopment analysis (DEA) efficiency scores and Malmquist productivity indices of banks in Saudi Arabia, an economy that is heavily dependant on the hydrocarbon sector. Design/methodology/approach – The paper adopts the...