International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management: Volume 16 Issue 5

Hospitality management in times of crisis: a corporate social responsibility perspective

Mousa Alsheyab, Nela Filimon, Francesc Fusté-Forné

From a hospitality and tourism perspective, the purpose of this study is to analyse the case of Jordan by looking at the implementation of corporate social responsibility (CSR…

Role of risk disclosure on creditworthiness and driving forces of risk disclosure of banks: Islamic vs conventional banks

Md. Bokhtiar Hasan, Mustafa Raza Rabbani, Tapan Sarker, Tanzila Akter, Shaikh Masrick Hasan

This study aims to examine the effect of risk disclosure (RD) on commercial banks’ credit rating (CR) in the context of Bangladesh. It also explores the factors influencing RD in…

Compliance with investment account holders’ transparency and disclosure requirement: evidence from the Middle East and North Africa region

Rahma Tahri, Mouna Boujelbéne, Khaled Hussainey, Sherif El-Halaby

The purpose of this paper is to construct an investment account holders' transparency and disclosure (IAH-T&D) index based on the new and revised accounting standard for…

Motives for participation in halal food standard implementation: an empirical study in Malaysian halal food industry

Irwandi Jaswir, Dian Permata Sari, Mohd Radzi bin Haji Che Daud, Raditya Sukmana

This study aims to identify the factor that could be able to motivate the food industry to take part in the standardization process and analyse which motive is the most…

Influence of oil price fluctuations on the network connectedness between oil, GCC Islamic and conventional financial markets

Taicir Mezghani, Mouna Boujelbène Abbes

This paper aims to examine the dynamic spillover effects and network connectedness between the oil prices and the Islamic and conventional financial markets in the Gulf…

Diversification and performance of microfinance institutions: does Islamic microfinance model matter?

Asma Ben Salem, Ines Ben Abdelkader

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of income and geographic diversification on the double bottom line of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Middle East and North…

Political risk and portfolio performance: implications for Shariah-compliant investors

Muhammad Wajid Raza, Muhammad Tahir Suleman, Adam Zaremba

Political risk is an important determinant of portfolio returns. The basic purpose of this study is to revisit the importance of political risk in a constrained portfolio, namely…

Are donor funds used effectively? An examination of Islamic and conventional microfinance institutions

Toka S. Mohamed, Mohammed M. Elgammal

This study aims to compare the nexus between donations to Islamic and conventional microfinance institutions (MFIs) and their credit risk, financial performance and social…

Islamic banking in Bangladesh: a literature review and future research agenda

M. Kabir Hassan, Muhammed Tarık İslam, Zobayer Ahmed, Jahidul Islam Sarker

In recent years, Islamic banking (IB) has received a lot of scholarly interest, as seen by the substantial increase in publications on the subject worldwide. The increasing rate…

Experiment on interest-free microfinance products

Abdulahi Ahmed Wazir, Sedat Durmuşkaya

The main purpose of this study is to experiment with interest-free microfinance (IFMF) products and investigate the factors affecting IFMF institutions.

Takaful funeral; an innovation for Islamic insurance product

Desmadi Saharuddin, M. Arief Mufraini, Abdul Ghoni, Inayatul Chusna, Ade Sofyan Mulazid, Supriyono Supriyono

This study aims to determine the prospect of takaful funerals as an Islamic insurance product and its marketing strategy. The multicase study analyzed is the Takaful Funeral…