Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess effectiveness of management development (MD) programs in the Pakistani corporate sector and investigate relationship among various factors that affect MD practices in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach – The research employed a blend of...

The share of microfinance in the Islamic financial industry is very low and, therefore the industry contributes very little to the poverty reduction. This study proposes a microfinance model based on Salam and Istisn'a'. The proposed model is based on cooperative structure in which the MFI...

To explore how Islamic banking could be promoted in Pakistan, one of the crucial factors is exploring the factors that determine the profitability of Islamic Banking Industry (IBI). The studies on the determinants of Islamic banking growth focus on a number of such internal and external...

Since the spirit of Islam is in stark and violent conflict with the spirit of Capitalism, the form taken by institutions designed to express this spirit must also be different. Capitalist financial institutions are designed to support the process of accumulation of wealth, which is at the heart...