Layers of misconceptions about Islamic banking: Are Islamic banks threats, challenges and opportunities for investors?
ISSN: 1759-0833
Article publication date: 14 May 2019
Issue publication date: 10 September 2019
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to identify some important misconceptions about Islamic banks, which impact investor’s portfolio in term of threats, challenges and opportunities. This paper is trying to attempt to present five different layers of misconceptions regarding investor portfolio.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper distributed 132 questionnaires among investors of Islamic financial institutions and multiple regression of least significant difference (LSD) method implied for data analysis.
Findings
The results of this paper show that two variables, such as opportunity and challenge, out of three are positively significant and the remaining one variable, threat, is insignificant regarding investor portfolio.
Originality/value
This paper is the first ever attempt in its nature to identify the different misconceptions about Islamic banking system and its impact on investor portfolio.
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Acknowledgements
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Citation
Shabbir, M.S. and Rehman, A. (2019), "Layers of misconceptions about Islamic banking: Are Islamic banks threats, challenges and opportunities for investors?", Journal of Islamic Marketing, Vol. 10 No. 3, pp. 874-892. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIMA-02-2018-0026
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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