Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to explore the reasons underlying the recent interest
on Islamic marketing, discusses past research on the topic and offers a future research …

Institutions are the kinds of structures that matter most in the social realm: they make up the
stuff of social life. The increasing acknowledgement of the role of institutions in social life …

19. Jahrhunderts by CH Beck publishers in Munich in January 2009. it rapidly went through
five editions and two unnumbered special editions and is now being translated into Chinese …

How different are Islamic banks from conventional banks? Does the recent crisis justify a
closer look at the Sharia-compliant business model for banking? When comparing …

The greatest obstacle to sound economic policy is not entrenched special interests or
rampant lobbying, but the popular misconceptions, irrational beliefs, and personal biases …

This book provides an overview of the practice of Islamic finance and the historical roots that
define its modes of operation. The focus of the book is analytical and forward-looking. It …

This volume assembles and presents a database on bank regulation in over 150 countries
(included also on CD). It offered the first comprehensive cross-country assessment of the …

Islamic finance is growing at an astonishing rate and is now a $1200 billion industry, with
operations in over 100 countries. This book explains the paradox of a system rooted in the …

Keukeleire and Delreux demonstrate the scope and diversity of the European Union's
foreign policy, showing that EU foreign policy is broader than the Common Foreign and …

Islamic Banks hold well over US $700 billion in assets and are growing at over 15% pa
Islamic Banking and Finance (IBF) involves wider ethical and moral issues than simply …