Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the most important factors that affect the capital structure of commercial banks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses annual data of 11 Saudi commercial, national banks listed on the tadawul Saudi stock...

Purpose This paper aims to examine the efficiency of Islamic vs conventional banks in Malaysia by unveiling the traditional efficiency concept – black box – with a three-stage network structure of bank operations. Design/methodology/approach This paper applies data envelopment analysis (DEA)...