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

7. Bibliography