This paper contributes to the empirical literature on Islamic finance by investigating the feature of Islamic and conventional banks in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries over the period 2003-2010. We use parametric and non-parametric classification models (Linear discriminant analysis,...

This paper contributes to the empirical literature on Islamic finance by investigating the feature of Islamic and conventional banks in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries over the period 2003–2010. We use parametric and non-parametric classification models (Linear discriminant analysis,...

La metodología empleada por las organizaciones empresariales para distribuir su presupuesto y seleccionar qué proyectos, entre todos los posibles candidatos, deben ser ejecutados para cubrir sus necesidades ha evolucionado mucho desde que dichas organizaciones empezaron a apoyar sus decisiones...

Several studies show that teachers make use of grading practices to affect students' effort and achievement. Generally linearity is assumed in the grading equation, while it is everyone's experience that grading practices are frequently non-linear. Representing grading practices as linear can be...