Islamic Financial Institutions and Corporate Governance: New Insights for Agency Theory

By Assem Safieddine. 2009

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Subfields: Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Finance

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The governance, risk-taking, and performance of Islamic banks (2016, neutral): “The operations of Islamic banks suggest that the Islamic principles underlying the contracts result in unique agency relations (Safieddine 2009).”
Corporate Boards and Ownership Structure as Antecedents of Corporate Governance Disclosure in Saudi Arabian Publicly Listed Corporations (2018, background): “…implies that contrary to general concerns as to whether the Saudi CG code can help improve CG standards in Saudi firms given contextual challenges (Safieddine, 2009; SFG, 2009; Piesse et al., 2012), the current voluntary compliance and disclosure regime has had a positive effect on CG standards…”
Corporate Social Responsibility and Islamic Financial Institutions (IFIs): Management Perceptions from IFIs in Bahrain (2014, neutral): “In addition, the agency problems could escalate, with the separation of cash flow and control rights for depositors and investors (Safieddine 2009).”
Risk in Islamic banking and corporate governance (2018, background): “Furthermore, a lack of a Shariah regulatory system and standardized accounting and control processes to govern Islamic banks may also impede their operational risk control (El-Hawary et al., 2007; Safieddine, 2009).”
Shari’ah supervision, corporate governance and performance : conventional vs. Islamic banks (2015, background): “…setting Shari’ah related rules and principles and overseeing compliance to ensure that policies and procedures prepared by Islamic financial institutions are in conformity with Shari’ah and issuing verdict (fatwa) to create confidence with respect to Shari’ah compliance (see Safieddine, 2009).”
Does Board of Director’s Characteristics Affect Firm Performance? Evidence from Malaysian Public Listed Companies (2012, background): “According to Safieddine (2009), for good governance to take place there should be active participation of all parties, including the board”
Exploring the Nexus Between Human Capital, Corporate Governance and Performance: Evidence from Islamic Banks (2017, neutral): “The SSB provides oversight on commitments to ethical practices (Choudhury and Hoque, 2013; Safieddine, 2009), such as avoiding speculation in lending and investment activities, that may subsequently affect performance (Al-Suhaibani and Naifar, 2014; Mollah and Zaman, 2015).”
Sharia supervisory boards, governance structures and operational risk disclosures: Evidence from Islamic banks in MENA countries (2020, background): “…(ii) CG and performance (e.g., Mollah & Zaman, 2015); (iii) CSR, ethics and performance (e.g., Farook et al., 2011; Mallin et al., 2014); (iv) voluntary disclosure (e.g., AI-Bassam & Ntim, 2016; Haniffa & Hudaib, 2007), and normative and critical evaluations (e.g., Safieddine, 2009), among others.”
Corporate Governance, Islamic Governance and Earnings Management in Oman: A New Empirical Insights from a Behavioural Theoretical Framework (2017, neutral): “…et al., 2006; Abu-Tapanjeh, 2009; Williams & Zinkin, 2010) and empirical evidence on how such IG mechanisms may drive corporate outcomes and practices, such as performance, CSR, risk-taking and EM (Safieddine, 2009; Farook et al., 2011; Rahman & Bukair, 2013; Ginena, 2014; Mollah & Zaman, 2015).”
Islamic Governance, National Governance, and Bank Risk Management and Disclosure in MENA Countries (2017, methodology): “Further, Safieddine (2009) explores corporate governance practices using a survey of 43 questions from 40 Islamic banks in 5 Gulf countries.”