Identifying critical success factors for sustainable growth of Indian banking sector using interpretive structural modeling (ISM)
International Journal of Social Economics
ISSN: 0306-8293
Article publication date: 2 August 2018
Issue publication date: 6 August 2018
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to identify the critical success factors for sustainable growth of the Indian banking sector and develop a model for Indian banks by using interpretive structural modelling (ISM). It suggests some of the critical measures of sustainability for Indian banks.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper aims to establish a relationship among the factors of sustainable banking through the opinion of experts from the banking sector. ISM approach is applied to bring down the complexity of relationship among factors. ISM ranked the factors as per their ability to facilitate and dependence on other factors and helps to develop a comprehensive, systematic model based on the relationship amongst those factors. After developing the model, second reviews by the experts are conducted for their comments and thus, the final model comes into existence.
Findings
Legal and environmental compliance is determined as the key factor which is driving the other factors of sustainable banking. It will surely going to pose a challenge for business concerns for initiating various sustainable steps that will be a motivational factor for generating business opportunities and sustainable collaboration.
Practical implications
The study provides a comprehensive framework of sustainable banking which can be applied to various Indian banks. It helps to develop coherence between conventional and sustainable dimensions of banking.
Originality/value
The ISM is applied for the first time in case of sustainability in the banking sector to bring about a model for sustainable banking in India.
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Acknowledgements
The authors of this paper have not made their research data set openly available. Any enquiries regarding the data set can be directed to the corresponding author.
Citation
Shamshad, M., Sarim, M., Akhtar, A. and Tabash, M.I. (2018), "Identifying critical success factors for sustainable growth of Indian banking sector using interpretive structural modeling (ISM)", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 45 No. 8, pp. 1189-1204. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-10-2017-0436
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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