The impact of global financial crisis on conventional and Islamic banks in the GCC countries
Published in: International journal of Finance and Economics
Oct 18, 2018
Using large dataset from audited financial statements of 81 banks in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, this article aims at assessing the performance of Islamic banks and conventional banks during the 2008 financial crisis. Unlike major studies that explored this area of study in the GCC countries, this paper investigates the performance of both types of banks before, during, and after the 2008 financial crisis, while covering four different financial performance measures, namely, effi...
The impact of oil price volatility, gross domestic product, foreign direct investment on islamic banking investments: An empirical evidence of the United Arab Emirates
Published in: International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy
Oct 15, 2018
The current paper examines the impact of oil price (OP) fluctuations on Islamic banking investments growth in the UAE. Besides, OP, the study also uses other variables like Gross Domestic Product and Foreign Direct Investment to identify the determinants of the Islamic banking investments growth in the emerging economy, UAE. The study is based on econometric analysis with the help of annual time series data from 1990 to 2015 for the study variables. Stationary tests, cointegration methods, vect...
empirical investigation between liquidity and key financial ratios of Islamic banks of United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Published in: Business and Economic Horizons
Oct 10, 2018
This paper empirically analyzes the impact of liquidity risk on key financial performance aspects of Islamic banks in the UAE. To document the association between liquidity risk and other performance ratios, time series data are taken for full-fledged Islamic banks working in the UAE from 2000 to 2014. Liquidity ratios and capital adequacy ratios, profitability ratios, and tangibility ratios are determined. Correlation and regression analyses are used to test the study hypotheses using SPSS. Th...
Financing constraints and investment efficiency: evidence from a panel of Canadian forest firms
Published in: APPLIED ECONOMICS,
Oct 10, 2018
This article examines the financial constraint of 18 listed Canadian forest firms between 2000 and 2014 following the stochastic frontier approach. Empirical results support the observation that Canadian forest firms have a strong dependence of using both equity financing and debt financing as the coefficients of both equity and debt financing mean functions are significant at 1% level. The distribution of investment efficiency index (IEI) of all 18 firms demonstrates a loss of around 40% ...
How big data is used in expanding marketing activities
Published in: International Journal of Economics and Business Research
Oct 10, 2018
The question of big data has attracted attention in the academic world as has its importance in practice. Big data is about the massive volume of zettabytes information, and it is captured in different sources, in various formats and as per the time. The concept of data ownership has been explored with regard to information presented in big data. Social media technologies and larger integration of the systems has made it possible to gather information from different sources. This study examined...
The Effect of Earning Persistence and Components of Earning on the Predictability of Earning: Evidence from an Emerging Market
Published in: Journal
Oct 10, 2018
This study investigates the relationship between persistence of earning and the components of earning on the predictability of earning in an emerging market after the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards IFRS during 2008-2015. The sample firms consist of 143 nonfinancial firms listed on the Egyptian stock exchange for the period 2008-2015 as extracted from Gale Business Insights: Global by Thomson Reuters and from financial statements published on the company’s websites. The ...
INNOVATIVE WORK BEHAVIOR: A REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Published in: The 3rd International Conference on Business Management 2018
Oct 04, 2018
Innovation is recognized as one of the main attributes for organizations to remain competitive and successful in today’s global economy. The innovative work behavior of employees is the primary capital and driver for organizational-wide innovation. Innovative work behavior is described as the production of usable products, processes, or services originating from identifying problems and from generating ideas. From the review of existing studies, this paper defines the concept of innovative wo...
The determinants of profitability of Indian commercial banks: A panel data approach
Published in: International Journal of Finance and Economics
Oct 04, 2018
The current study examines the determinants of profitability of Indian commercial banks. The analysis is conducted over a period of 10 years in which the Indian banking sector has gone under different changes such as demonetization and issues related to banking sector sustainability and banking sector frauds. The analysis is based on balanced panel data over a period ranging from 2008 to 2017 for 69 commercial Indian banks. Profitability of Indian banks is measured by two proxies, namely, retur...