hig.sePublications
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • harvard-cite-them-right
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • sv-SE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • de-DE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Interest-free banking in Sweden: How much is it Islamic?
University of Gävle, Faculty of Education and Business Studies, Department of Business and Economic Studies, Business administration.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4383-6452
2013 (English)In: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Emerging Research Paradigms in Business and Social Sciences (ERPBSS 2013), 2013Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Purpose – This paper illustrates how a European bank operates interest-free and how it resembles and differs from Islamic banking.

Design/Methodology/Approach – By applying a case study method, this study goes into the depth of a European bank which entirely practices interest-free banking for its saving and lending operations. Major actors of the bank have been interviewed face-to-face and on telephone. Complementary information has been received by e-mail and through printed material.

Findings – The study shows that there are some similarities between JAK and Islamic banks but differences are many. One difference lies in the service offerings as JAK only deal with savings and lending and does not get involved in profit-loss sharing which is central to Islamic banking. Islamic bank can learn from JAK how to educate their customers so that business gets clear to them.

Practical implications – By comparing with Islamic banking, the European bank management can have the idea how far they do Islamic banking and what is unique with their bank. Even both the banks have common view on interest, they differ much in offering products and carrying out operation. The European bank management has to deal with new challenges how much they can grow of being a non-profit organization in the long run.

Originality/value – This study offers a rare insight of a European bank which exclusively operates interest free and is driven like Islamic banks with ideological values.

Paper type – Case study

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2013.
Keywords [en]
Ideology, Justice, Network, Members, not-profit organization
National Category
Economics and Business
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-17553OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-17553DiVA, id: diva2:748126
Conference
Second International Conference on Emerging Research Paradigms in Business and Social Sciences (ERPBSS 2013), Dubai, UAE, 26-28 November 2013
Available from: 2014-09-18 Created: 2014-09-18 Last updated: 2023-03-08Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

fulltext(253 kB)4288 downloads
File information
File name FULLTEXT01.pdfFile size 253 kBChecksum SHA-512
254cc6e2e44edc5a12bc5db48a7120c1fcefa1cb24cbb15a181cc739158661d088d4dbd17adbd5684e583e01c39d31223d95af4983b6bdd1d2e3efb5b8d6d9a8
Type fulltextMimetype application/pdf

Authority records

Hyder, Akmal S.

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Hyder, Akmal S.
By organisation
Business administration
Economics and Business

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
Total: 4303 downloads
The number of downloads is the sum of all downloads of full texts. It may include eg previous versions that are now no longer available

urn-nbn

Altmetric score

urn-nbn
Total: 1392 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • harvard-cite-them-right
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • sv-SE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • de-DE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf