Table of contents - Special Issue: Exploring Islamic markets and Muslim consumers: selected papers from the inaugural Global Islamic Marketing Conference, UAE, 2011
Service quality and customer satisfaction in the banking sector: A comparative study of conventional and Islamic banks in Pakistan
Hayat Muhammad Awan, Khuram Shahzad Bukhari, Anam IqbalThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the service quality and its relationship to customer satisfaction among the customers of conventional banks and Islamic banks. A…
The effect of national culture on service provision within Takaful industry: A comparative study in Kuwait and Egypt
Salman Alajmi, Charles Dennis, Yasser AltayabThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of national culture in terms of power distance and uncertainty avoidance on service provision in terms of information flow…
Researching Islamic marketing: past and future perspectives
Özlem SandıkcıThe purpose of this paper is to explore the reasons underlying the recent interest on Islamic marketing, discusses past research on the topic and offers a future research…
Barriers to adoption of Islamic banking in Pakistan
Irfan Butt, Nausherwan Saleem, Hassan Ahmed, Muzammil Altaf, Khawaja Jaffer, Jawad MahmoodThe purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a pilot study conducted in Pakistan, about the barriers perceived by users and non‐users of Islamic banking when selecting…
UAE consumer concerns about halal products
John Ireland, Soha Abdollah RajabzadehRecent reports indicate that UAE Muslim consumers desire halal certification because they are concerned about the halal status of their purchases. However, to date, research on…
The phenomenon of immigrants' consumer behavior: Immigrants' value differences and similarities: a home versus host comparison
Hatice KizginThe purpose of this paper is to generate knowledge to understand individuals migrating from a non‐Western to a Western country and fill the gap of their attitude and behavior.
Antecedents of ostentatious consumption in Kuwait
Hernan E. Riquelme, Rosa E. Rios, Nadia Al‐SharhanThe purpose of this paper is to improve our understanding of status‐oriented Muslim consumers in Kuwait. More specifically, to study how personality traits such as materialism…
The impact of culture on luxury consumption behaviour among Iranian consumers
Bahar Teimourpour, Kambiz Heidarzadeh HanzaeeConsumer behavior will become more heterogeneous because of cultural differences. This phenomenon makes it increasingly important to understand values of national cultures and…
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1759-0833Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Jonathan Wilson