DISSERTATION TITLE
The Impact of Corporate Governance on the financial performance of Islamic Banks in Indonesia, Malaysia and the GCC Region
TOTAL WORDCOUNT: 14000 words
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SOURCES TO COLLECT DATA
DATA BASES: Fitch, Osiris, Datastream
COUNTRY SPECIFIC DATA: ifsb.org, thebanker.com, gfmag.com
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND NON FINANCIAL DATA: Board X, Nexis (annual reports), Thompson one, Zawya.com
SAMPLE SIZE: Over 30 – 40 Islamic banks
TIME PERIOD: 5 YEARS
TRY TO FOCUS ON MOST RECENT DATA WHILE REFERENCING, NOT VERY OLD
SOFTWARE TO ANALYZE DATA FOR REGRESSION ANALYSIS: SPSS
ABSTRACT
- Purpose and objective
- Methodology
- Key findings
- Contribution
TABLE OF CONTENTS AND WHAT IT SHOULD INCLUDE (STRUCTURE)
Chapter 1: Introduction
* Contextual background of Islamic banking (Evolution and current status)
* Research questions and aims behind the research
Chapter 2: Literature Review
* Theoretical Framework + justify/highlight which particular theory (ies) is the most relevant (e.g., the ones you are going to use) for your study and how?
Chapter 3: Research Methodology
^ Method and Approach to be undertaken by this study
^ Data collection (Sample period and Sample size considered)
^ Framework undertaken to analyse collected data (Regression model on SPSS)
^ Collection and Measurement of Variables (financial performance, shariah board variables, risk, control variables)
^ Ethical considerations undertaken
Chapter 4: Findings and Inferences
^ Descriptive Statistics and correlation results in a tabular format along with discussion of the same
^ Discussion of regression results (control variables like ROE, ROA)
^ Overall inferences
Chapter 5: Conclusion
^ What are the conclusions and implications we should draw from this?
^ Recommendations for the future
6: Appendix
- Bibliography