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Islamic finance: undergraduate education
, 2008 Islamic finance literacy has become critical for the future growth of the Islamic financial sector in the twenty-first century. While a multi-pronged approach is called for, the focus in this paper is on the undergraduate programs in Islamic banking and ...
Tahir, Sayyid
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The Relationship Between Board Diversity and Corporate Environmental Performance: A Meta‐Analysis
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The association between corporate governance mechanisms and corporate environmental performance has gained increasing academic engagement; however, existing empirical studies provide inconsistent results. This study aims at empirically summarizing the results of previous research on the relationship between different characteristics of board ...
My Hanh Doan +3 more
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Role of Central Bank in Islamic Finance
The rapid growth in Islamic finance industry urges us to not only look for alternatives in the Islamic commercial banking, but also focus on the regulator and its role and functions to enable it to work in conformity with Islamic principles.
Shaikh, Salman
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While corporate social responsibility (CSR) scholarship assumes that organizational consistency signals effectiveness, there remains a knowledge gap about how MNCs navigate competing institutional logics between headquarters and subsidiaries. This study investigates how managerial sensemaking mediates the effects of institutional pressures on ...
Charles Antony Diab, Wendy Stubbs
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Are Islamic banks in Malaysia really ‘Islamic’?
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
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Essays on Islamic equity investing
, 2015 Islamic finance is rapidly gaining momentum around the world. Interpretations of Shari’ah, or Islamic law, state that investments must be free from elements of riba (interest), gharar (uncertainty), maysir (speculation) and haram (unethical) business ...
Adamsson, Hampus
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recent scholarship shows growing interest in the circular economy (CE) approach, which promotes resource‐efficient, community‐friendly activities. However, scientific evidence is still needed on the synergies and trade‐offs between CE and community development (CD).
Michael Odei Erdiaw‐Kwasie +6 more
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Corporate 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
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Comparing the concept of Rahn and debenture in Islamic finance perspective
, 2018 Debenture is one type of security adopted by Islamic bank in Malaysia for commercial and corporate customers. Same as rahn, debenture as security is not a stand-alone product but it is a supporting contract linked to financing contract. This paper aims
Mohd Sharoni, Syairazi Muhammad Husni +1 more
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Extant literature assumes that powerful executives can wield their influence with minimal opposition from lower‐power actors. We reconsider this assumption by incorporating the coalitional view in which lower‐power actors can mobilize coalitions to resist.
Nhan Huong Nguyen +2 more
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