Purpose – The purpose of the study is to examine the willingness (or otherwise) of the Tunisian customers to adopt Islamic insurance services (takaful) and to determine the factors that influence their decisions. Design/methodology/approach – Hundred questionnaires are randomly distributed...

Purpose – The main purpose of this study is to investigate in detail the way each risk is being measured and managed by Islamic banks in the MENA region. Design/methodology/approach – This research attempts to examine the perceptions of Islamic bankers about the importance of transparency...

Purpose: The economic consequence for adopting accounting standards is one of the growing and valuable topics in accounting research. The purpose of this paper is to address the question whether the adoption of Islamic standards that are issued by Accounting and Auditing Organization for...

Purpose: This paper aims to assess the effects of deposits structure and ownership structure on the GCC Islamic banks’ corporate governance disclosure (CGD) practices. Design/methodology/approach: The study is based on a sample of 38 Islamic banks operating in five Gulf Cooperation Council...

Purpose This paper aims to examine the effect of the concentration of ownership concentration and the deposits structure on the link between income structure and insolvency risk in Islamic banks operating in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Design/methodology/approach Using data for 43...