Banking research in the GCC region and agenda for future research – A bibliometric examination
Abstract
Purpose
This paper provides a comprehensive review of the influential and intellectual aspects of the literature on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region's banking activities.
Design/methodology/approach
This study undertakes a bibliometric meta-analysis review of the GCC region banking literature, covering 199 articles published between 2004 and 2022, extracted from the Web of Science (WoS) database, followed by a content analysis of highly cited papers.
Findings
This paper identifies the influential aspects of the GCC region banking literature in terms of journals, articles, authors, universities and countries. The paper also identifies and discusses five major research clusters: (1) bank efficiency; (2) corporate governance (CG) and disclosure; (3) performance and risk-taking; (4) systemic risk, bank stability and risk spillovers and (5) intellectual capital (IC). Finally, it identifies gaps in the literature and highlights some important research issues that provide directions for future research.
Research limitations/implications
This paper is limited to the articles indexed in the WoS database and written in English. Though the WoS database encompasses a wide range of multidisciplinary journals, there is a chance that some relevant articles are not included in the WoS database or written in another language.
Practical implications
This study provides regulators, practitioners and academics with valuable insight and an in-depth understanding of the banking system of the GCC region.
Originality/value
To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first review paper on GCC region banking literature. This study provides regulators, practitioners and academics with valuable insight and an in-depth understanding of the banking system of the GCC region.
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Acknowledgements
Since submission of this article, the following author have updated their affiliations: Rajib Shome is at the Bournemouth University Business School, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK.
Citation
Shome, R., Elbardan, H. and Yazdifar, H. (2023), "Banking research in the GCC region and agenda for future research – A bibliometric examination", Journal of Applied Accounting Research, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAAR-03-2023-0070
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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