International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management: Volume 13 Issue 2

Predicting the effect of Googling investor sentiment on Islamic stock market returns: A five-state hidden Markov model

Yousra Trichilli, Mouna Boujelbène Abbes, Afif Masmoudi

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the capability of the hidden Markov model using Googling investors’ sentiments to predict the dynamics of Islamic indexes’ returns in the…

The day of the week effects in stock markets of countries with predominantly Muslim populations

Bengü Yardımcı, Sabri Erdem

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the day of the week (DoW) effect in stock markets of 19 countries with a predominantly Muslim population over the world.

Oil prices and bank credit risk in MENA countries after the 2008 financial crisis

Rui Wang, Hang (Robin) Luo

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the oil price–bank risk nexus by considering the heterogeneity of bank characters.

Evaluation of the Islamic interbank benchmark rate

Issam Tlemsani

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the Islamic Interbank Benchmark Rate (IIBR) and investigate its relationship with conventional benchmark rates.

Investigating the effect of perceived quality of self-service banking on customer satisfaction

Alireza Pooya, Mehran Abed Khorasani, Simin Gholamian Ghouzhdi

This study aims to measure the effect of customers’ technology readiness and the quality of electronic services on customer satisfaction.

Drivers of loyalty among non-Muslims towards Islamic banking in Malaysia: Evidence from SmartPLS

Hassanudin Mohd Thas Thaker, K. Chandra Sakaran, N. Madhavan Nanairan, Mohamed Asmy Mohd Thas Thaker, Hafezali Iqbal Hussain

The growth of Islamic banking seems to be tremendous and significant in the context of Malaysia. Moreover, together with Muslim loyalty towards Islamic banking, non-Muslims are…

Measuring ‘Islamic accountability’ in Islamic social enterprise (ISE)

Muhammad Iqmal Hisham Kamaruddin, Sofiah Md Auzair

This study aims to present an effort to construct a measurement instrument to capture Islamic accountability from “accountability for what” aspect. These measurement instruments…

Innovative leadership in leisure and entertainment industry: The case of the UAE as a global tourism hub

Virginia Bodolica, Martin Spraggon, Nadia Saleh

Innovative undertakings play a critical role in the economic value creation and wealth generation of a nation. This paper aims to contribute to the literature that positions…

The influence of different advertisement messages and levels of religiosity on attitude and purchase intention

Erol Ustaahmetoğlu

Although religiosity and advertising messages have been extensively examined in the existing literature separately, studies which correlatively examine both these aspects are very…