Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the history of Islamic banking in Malaysia from 1963 until 2010. Design/methodology/approach – To review the history of Islamic banking in Malaysia, data have been gathered from different articles, books and reports about the Islamic banking...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to draw an analytical review on corporate governance from the Islamic perspective, addressing the importance of understanding governance for Islamic institutions. Design/methodology/approach – The study follows a browsing method that takes into...

Purpose In relation to the critical problem, this paper aims to present an understanding of the agency theory and the stakeholder theory from the perspective of the Islamic principles. Indeed, a thorough examination of the theoretical background explaining corporate governance from the Islamic...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the performance of Islamic banks in developing countries from 2007 to 2010 which includes the period of the financial crisis by empirically examining the way in which the macroeconomy affected Islamic banking performance (IBP) in developing...