Introduction; Tina
Harrison and Essam Ibrahim.- Chapter 1: Toward a comprehensive theoretical
framework for Shariah governance in Islamic financial institutions; Siti
Normala Sheikh Obid and Babak Naysary.- Chapter 2: Developing the Islamic
Financial Services sector in Italy: An institutional theory perspective; Barbara
Petracci and Hussain G Rammal.- Chapter 3: A comparative performance of
conventional and Islamic unit trusts: Market timing and persistence evidence; Nafis
Alam, Kin Boon Tang and Mohammad Shadique Rajjaque.- Chapter 4: Do customers
patronize Islamic banks for Shari’a compliance?; Shakir Ullah and Kun-ho Lee.- Chapter
5: Islamic finance: Challenges and opportunities FREE; Hussain G Rammal.- Chapter
6: Challenges and opportunities for Islamic retail banking in the European
context: Lessons to be learnt from a British–German comparison; Stefan Volk and
Markus Pudelko.- Chapter 7:
Bankers’ perception towards Bai Salam method for agriculture financing in
Pakistan; Ahmad Kaleem and Saima Ahmad.- Chapter 8: Shariah-compliant equities:
Empirical evaluation of performance in the European market during credit crunch;
Nafis Alam and Mohammad Shadique Rajjaque.- Chapter 9: Productivity,
technology and efficiency of De Novo Islamic banks: Empirical evidence from
Malaysia; Fadzlan Sufian.- Chapter 10: Bank-level stability factors and
consumer confidence – A comparative study of Islamic and conventional banks’
product mix; Kassim Hussein.
Dr Tina Harrison is Professor of Financial Services Marketing and
Consumption at the University of Edinburgh Business School, UK. She is also the
Editor of Palgrave's Journal of Financial Services Marketing.
Dr Essam Ibrahim is Coordinator of the Marketing PhD Programme at
the University of Edinburgh Business School, UK. He is also on the Editorial Board
of Palgrave’s Journal of Financial Services Marketing.
This book demonstrates how the global market for Islamic financial services has shown strong growth in recent years and shown remarkable resilience during the global financial crisis.Drawing
on a range of international perspectives from the Gulf Cooperation Council
countries, Malaysia, Pakistan, Australia and Europe, this book explores the characteristics and performance of Islamic
finance and banking and discusses future prospects. It offers a comprehensive theoretical
framework for Shariah governance in Islamic financial institutions, explores Shariah-compliant
equities, as well as issues in productivity, technology and efficiency. It
includes a number of comparative studies on Islamic and conventional
banks, Islamic and conventional unit trusts, and Islamic and conventional
banks’ product mixes. The challenges and opportunities for the expansion of
Islamic finance and banking into Europe are explored through the contexts of
the UK, Germany and Italy.