International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management: Volume 1 Issue 1

Another building stone in bridging the “great divide” of our time

Kadom Shubber

The purpose of this Editorial is to assess whether there is a need for a new academic journal in the area of Islamic and Middle Eastern finance and management.

Cost of capital of Islamic banking institutions: an empirical study of a special case

Kadom Shubber, Eid Alzafiri

The paper's purpose is to ascertain how computing the cost of capital for Islamic banks may differ from the case of conventional ones.

Prospects and challenges for developing corporate sukuk and bond markets© International Monetary Fund.: Lessons from a Kuwait case study

Juan Solé

This paper aims to present a case study on how to develop financial markets in one of the emerging economies of the MENA region – Kuwait.

Corruption from the Islamic perspective: Some recommendations for the MENA region

Mevliyar Er

In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region several factors contribute to corruption with a consequence of savings being squandered away and funds withheld from productive…

Price behaviour, vintage capital and Islamic economy

Toseef Azid, Mehmet Asutay, Muhammad Junaid Khawaja

To find out the behaviour of firms with objectives of Islamic Shariah when a number of techniques are working simultaneously with the different productive efficiencies.

Credit creation and control: an unresolved issue in Islamic banking

Zubair Hasan

To reopen for discussion the issue of credit creation and control in the area of Islamic banking.

Islamic Perspectives on Management and Organization

David Weir

London plans for Islamic bond issue

Call for reviewers