Regulatory reform and performance in telecommunications: unrealized potential in the MENA countries

2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aristomene Varoudakis ◽  
Carlo Maria Rossotto
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Reform ◽  
Mena Countries ◽  
And Performance

scholarly journals Minding the Gap: Appraising the promise and performance of regulatory reform in Australia

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Carroll ◽  
Rex Deighton-Smith ◽  
Helen Silver ◽  
Chris Walker
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Reform ◽  
And Performance

Governance and performance reporting in Scottish charities

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Dunne
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Regulatory Reform ◽  
Regulatory Regime ◽  
Regulatory Change ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Reporting Practices ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Performance Reporting ◽  
Descriptive Account ◽  
And Performance

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the governance and performance reporting practices of Scottish charities at a time of unprecedented legislative and regulatory reform. Such reforms include the revision of the SORP governing charity reporting and the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act which led to the establishment of the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator. Design/methodology/approach – This paper provides a descriptive examination of the Trustees' Reports (TRs) produced by a sample of Scottish charities; this assessment was facilitated by means of a content analysis of these documents following the introduction of the new regulatory regime. Findings – The findings indicate that the regime change had a significant impact on the provision of performance, governance and accountability-related information in Scottish charities' TRs. Originality/value – The paper provides the first detailed descriptive account of reporting practices across a range of charities in Scotland at a time of unprecedented regulatory change.

scholarly journals Corporate Governance, Sharia’ah Governance and Performance: A Cross-Country Comparison in the MENA Region

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-215
Author(s):  
Amina Buallay
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Market Performance ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Return On Equity ◽  
Mena Countries ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

This study examines the relationship between corporate governance bank’s operational (ROA), financial (ROE) and market performance (TQ) in both conventional and Islamic Banks.  This study examines 127 banks listed on the MENA countries for ten years (2008-2017). ‎The study independent variable is corporate governance principles, the dependent variables are return on assets (ROA); return on equity (ROE) and Tobin’s q (TQ). Also, the study utilizes bank and country specific control variables to help measuring the relationship between governance and bank’s Performance. The findings deduced from the empirical results demonstrate that sharia’ah governance significantly influenced the ROA and ROE. However, the corporate governance significantly influenced the TQ.  Furthermore, the results indicate that there are differences between sharia’ah governance and corporate governance with regard to operational, financial and market performance. The study provides insights about the differences in the relationship between sharia’ah governance, corporate governance, and the improvement of performance, which might be utilized by both banks to re-adopt the governance practices in enhancing the operational, financial and market performance.

scholarly journals Liquidity creation and bank performance: evidence from MENA

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Sahyouni ◽  
Man Wang
Keyword(s):  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Bank Performance ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mena Countries ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Conventional Banks ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Conventional And Islamic Banks

Purpose Islamic banks have significantly different balance sheets from their conventional counterparts, leading to different implications in relation to liquidity creation compared to conventional banks. This work, first, investigates the liquidity creation of conventional and Islamic banks in Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries between 2011 and 2016. It then tests the relationship between liquidity creation and performance of these banks. Design/methodology/approach It uses the data of 491 commercial banks across 18 MENA countries between 2011 and 2016. The analysis is based on panel data techniques. Findings The banks created US$18.596 trillion of liquidity, about 28.4% of total assets. Conventional banks created more liquidity compared with Islamic banks. Nevertheless, Islamic banks created more liquidity per asset compared with conventional banks. The regression analysis revealed a significant and negative correlation between liquidity creation and performance of the banks using return on average equity (ROAE) measure. However, no significant relationship is observed between liquidity creation and return on average assets (ROAA) of MENA banks. Moreover, there is no difference between Islamic and conventional banks in the relation between liquidity creation and bank performance. Research limitations/implications The data are limited to the period 2011-2016; the period of this study was selected based on yearly data availability from the data source. Accounting measures were used to study the effect of liquidity creation on bank profitability, and the market-based measures were excluded, as there is no uniform sources in these countries that can be used to collect market-based data. Practical implications Bank managers must reach a trade-off between the advantages and disadvantages of liquidity creation, as well as consider the negative relationship between liquidity creation and bank performance when making their decisions. Originality/value First, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, this work is the first to analyse the relationship between the liquidity creation and performance of conventional and Islamic banks in MENA. Second, this study uses a sample of Islamic and conventional banks in MENA that have detailed information on the Orbis Bank Focus dataset, which is the most comprehensive database of commercial banks in the MENA region.

scholarly journals Minding the Gap: Appraising the promise and performance of regulatory reform in Australia

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Walker ◽  
Peter Carroll ◽  
Helen Silver ◽  
Rex Deighton-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Reform ◽  
And Performance

Ownership, regulation and bank risk-taking: evidence from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faizul Haque
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Regulatory Reform ◽  
Basel Ii ◽  
Ownership Concentration ◽  
Set Covering ◽  
Bank Risk ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mena Countries

Purpose This study aims to investigate how ownership structure and bank regulations individually and interactively influence risk-taking behaviour of a bank. Design/methodology/approach This empirical framework is based on dynamic two-step system generalised method of moments estimation technique to analyse an unbalanced panel data set covering 144 conventional banks from 12 Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries. Findings The estimation results suggest that foreign shareholding has an inverse relationship with bank risk-taking. In addition, official supervisory power is found to have a positive association with bank risk, and this relationship is reinforced for banks with higher ownership concentration. In addition, capital stringency increases bank risk, whereas market discipline has an opposite effect, only in countries with higher activity restrictions. Finally, the interaction between ownership concentration and activity restriction has an inverse association with bank risk-taking. Research limitations/implications Overall, the evidence suggests that the Basel II framework and the regulatory reform initiatives in the post-global financial crisis period do not seem to have reduced bank risk-taking in MENA countries. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature on the effectiveness of regulatory reform based on the three pillars of the Basel II guidance (capital regulations, market-oriented disclosures and official supervisory power), and offers evidence in support of “political/regulatory capture hypothesis” of bank regulation. The results also provide support for “global advantage hypothesis” of bank ownership.

Transmission Scanning Electron Microscopy and Energy Analysis with the Siemens ELMISKOP 101

1972 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 450-451
Author(s):  
H. M. Thieringer
Keyword(s):  
Objective Lens ◽  
Transmission Microscopy ◽  
Image Recording ◽  
Mode Of Operation ◽  
Scanning Transmission ◽  
Electron Microscopes ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Convergent Beam ◽  
Ray Path ◽  
Beam Diffraction

It has repeatedly been show that with conventional electron microscopes very fine electron probes can be produced, therefore allowing various micro-techniques such as micro recording, X-ray microanalysis and convergent beam diffraction. In this paper the function and performance of an SIEMENS ELMISKOP 101 used as a scanning transmission microscope (STEM) is described. This mode of operation has some advantages over the conventional transmission microscopy (CTEM) especially for the observation of thick specimen, in spite of somewhat longer image recording times.Fig.1 shows schematically the ray path and the additional electronics of an ELMISKOP 101 working as a STEM. With a point-cathode, and using condensor I and the objective lens as a demagnifying system, an electron probe with a half-width ob about 25 Å and a typical current of 5.10-11 amp at 100 kV can be obtained in the back focal plane of the objective lens.

Angular Resolved Electron Spectroscopy with Parallel Recording

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 370-371
Author(s):  
Huang Min ◽  
P.S. Flora ◽  
C.J. Harland ◽  
J.A. Venables
Keyword(s):  
Electron Spectroscopy ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Solid Angle ◽  
Detection System ◽  
Voltage Electron ◽  
Cylindrical Mirror ◽  
Inner Radius ◽  
Channel Plate ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Type Detector

A cylindrical mirror analyser (CMA) has been built with a parallel recording detection system. It is being used for angular resolved electron spectroscopy (ARES) within a SEM. The CMA has been optimised for imaging applications; the inner cylinder contains a magnetically focused and scanned, 30kV, SEM electron-optical column. The CMA has a large inner radius (50.8mm) and a large collection solid angle (Ω > 1sterad). An energy resolution (ΔE/E) of 1-2% has been achieved. The design and performance of the combination SEM/CMA instrument has been described previously and the CMA and detector system has been used for low voltage electron spectroscopy. Here we discuss the use of the CMA for ARES and present some preliminary results.The CMA has been designed for an axis-to-ring focus and uses an annular type detector. This detector consists of a channel-plate/YAG/mirror assembly which is optically coupled to either a photomultiplier for spectroscopy or a TV camera for parallel detection.

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