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Board Independence and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Literature Review With a Focus on Country Effects

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between board independence and corporate social responsibility (CSR) outcomes. Based on legitimacy theory, we conducted a structured literature review of 167 archival studies to analyze the influence of board independence on CSR performance and reporting.
Patrick Velte
wiley   +1 more source

Profitability of Interest-free vs. Interest-based Banks in Turkey [PDF]

open access: yes
Islamic banking is consistent with Islamic law and guided by Islamic economics. They are prohibited from charging or paying interest, and can operate only on the basis of the profit-sharing arrangements.
Durmaz, Nazif, Soylu, Ali
core   +1 more source

Islamic vs. conventional banking: Business model, efficiency and stability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
How different are Islamic banks from conventional banks? Does the recent crisis justify a closer look at the Sharia-compliant business model for banking?
Abdull-Majid   +31 more
core   +1 more source

Domestic and International Health Expenditure and Health and Healthcare Use: Evidence From Mozambique

open access: yesHealth Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Evidence on the relationship between public health expenditure and health is mixed and particularly scarce for low‐income countries. Existing studies overlook the subnational distribution of expenditure and rarely distinguish between sources and governance over funding.
Eliana Chavarría‐Pino   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Islamic vs. conventional banking : business model, efficiency and stability [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper discusses Islamic banking products and interprets them in the context of financial intermediation theory. Anecdotal evidence shows that many of the conventional products can be redrafted as Sharia-compliant products, so that the differences ...
Beck, Thorsten   +2 more
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COST EFFICIENCY LEVEL OF ISLAMIC BANKS IN INDONESIA: A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS Study on Indonesian Islamic Banks (Islamic Commercial Bank and Islamic Windows) during 2011-2014 Period [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This research aims to compare and analyze on the cost efficiency level of Islamic Commercial Bank (ICB) and Islamic Windows (IW) in Indonesia. Another purpose is to find out whether the Islamic Banks are ready to face the application of ASEAN Economic ...
MUHARAM, Harjum   +1 more
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Spiritual Cannibalism in HRD: How Workplace Spirituality Devours Sacred Traditions

open access: yesHuman Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper interrogates how the discourse of workplace spirituality in human resource development (HRD) operates as a tool of colonization. Through a systematic review of 48 articles published between 1997 and March 2025, the study uncovers recurring patterns of spiritual appropriation in which non‐Western traditions are detached from their ...
Shoaib Ul‐Haq
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of the 2016 EU Audit Reforms, Oversight, and Corruption on Earnings Management: Evidence From European Banks Using a Dynamic Panel Approach

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates earnings management in European banks in the context of the 2016 EU audit directive. Using a dynamic panel of 134 banks over 2012–2023, we apply two‐step System‐GMM estimators with three profitability measures—Earnings Before Provisions and Taxes (EBPT), Return on Assets (ROA), and Return on Equity (ROE).
Maria Christofidou   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interest rate volatility and financing of Islamic banks. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One, 2022
Nouman M   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Are Islamic banks in Malaysia really ‘Islamic’? [PDF]

open access: yes
Understanding the underlying wisdom of the origin of Muamalat could clear some misconceptions towards Islamic banks in Malaysia. These misconceptions arise when we talk about transformation from conventional bank to Islamic bank.
Eddy Yusof, Ezry Fahmy
core   +1 more source

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