Islamic Finance

This study assesses the financial status of SMEs, and investigates the finance gaps in the manufacturing sector through evaluating the opinions of both the suppliers and the demanders of funds. The main findings indicate an information gap, rather than a debt gap, as the problem. The SMEs are often reluctant to provide information concerning their business activities and financial position, and prefer to use their own funds, notably internal sources of finance such as retained profits.

The Thesis investigates the compatibility/incompatibility of Islamic Banking practice with Western conventional banking in the global financial environment, in the context of finance, an area in which key differences of principle and practice exist between

The thesis addresses whether the presence or absence of a financial profit motive alter management decisions and require the creation of a Decision Support System (DSS. Case studies were made of the Kuwait Finance House (KFH) and the Kuwait

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The study seeks to assess the Corporate Social Performance (CSP) of a sample of forty six IFIs, and finds that most of the IFIs were observed to be focused on meeting their legal, economic and Shari'ah responsibilities as well as their goals for profit maximization. The ethical worldview of the socially responsible financial institutions (SRFIs)in the West is guided by socially determined secular humanistic values, as opposed to religious ones.

The research focuses on legal and policy issues associated with foreign investment in the energy, and in particular the gas sector of the KSA. The study found the most important problem perceived by foreign investors in KSA is the Shari'ah (Islamic Law) which prohibits the institution of Riba, (Usury).