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Dr. Shahid Ali
School of Management, Xi'an Jiaotong University.

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Regular article
Published: 08 February 2020 in Eurasian Business Review
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This paper examines the link between privatization of state ownership and corporate social responsibility performance. Using a sample of Chinese listed companies between 2010 and 2015, we find evidence that privatization is negatively associated with firms’ social performance but this negative relationship is weaker for firms that have politically connected board members. These results suggest that the firm’s likelihood to engage in social activities results primarily from political connections and from significant government control over the firm’s decisions, as such firms are subject to higher pressure than other firms are. Moreover, our findings have important implications for policymakers in understanding companies’ social behavior in an emerging market.

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Farman Ullah Khan; Junrui Zhang; Nanyan Dong; Muhammad Usman; Sajid Ullah; Shahid Ali. Does privatization matter for corporate social responsibility? Evidence from China. Eurasian Business Review 2020, 1 -19.

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Farman Ullah Khan, Junrui Zhang, Nanyan Dong, Muhammad Usman, Sajid Ullah, Shahid Ali. Does privatization matter for corporate social responsibility? Evidence from China. Eurasian Business Review. 2020; ():1-19.

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Farman Ullah Khan; Junrui Zhang; Nanyan Dong; Muhammad Usman; Sajid Ullah; Shahid Ali. 2020. "Does privatization matter for corporate social responsibility? Evidence from China." Eurasian Business Review , no. : 1-19.

Research article
Published: 15 January 2020 in SAGE Open
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The purpose is to explore whether the CEO’s personal and professional attributes affect corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure or not in particular context of Pakistan. This article attempts to bridge this gap using the data set of 1,790 firm-year observations comprising of firms listed at the Pakistan Stock Exchange. For this purpose, the logistic regression technique is employed while taking CEO personal and professional attributes as explanatory variables and CSR disclosure as the dependent variable. Results indicate that firm size and CSR disclosure has a positive relationship. The outcomes based on binary logistic regression demonstrate that CEO ownership has a negative impact, whereas CEO tenure, CEO education, CEO age, and CEO compensation are the variables that have a positive impact on CSR disclosure. In addition, duality, ownership, and gender of the CEO are found to be insignificant. Evidence on CEO demographics and their impact on disclosure choice might be helpful for policymakers and regulators. This study lacks generalization due to the unique setting of Pakistan. Our research contributes to the body of knowledge containing upper echelons theory in several ways. First, it answers the call for an extension of research toward social responsibility disclosures and individual’s traits impact on it. Second, our study adds to the scarce literature available on CSR research and practices in developing countries. Third, it is one of the first quantitative studies in the specific context of Pakistan as data for these variables is not available in organized form publicly.

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Fizzah Malik; Fangjun Wang; Muhammad Akram Naseem; Amir Ikram; Shahid Ali. Determinants of Corporate Social Responsibility Related to CEO Attributes: An Empirical Study. SAGE Open 2020, 10, 1 .

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Fizzah Malik, Fangjun Wang, Muhammad Akram Naseem, Amir Ikram, Shahid Ali. Determinants of Corporate Social Responsibility Related to CEO Attributes: An Empirical Study. SAGE Open. 2020; 10 (1):1.

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Fizzah Malik; Fangjun Wang; Muhammad Akram Naseem; Amir Ikram; Shahid Ali. 2020. "Determinants of Corporate Social Responsibility Related to CEO Attributes: An Empirical Study." SAGE Open 10, no. 1: 1.

Journal article
Published: 09 January 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Urbanization has made tremendous contributions to China’s economic development since its economic reforms and opening up. At the same time, population agglomeration has aggravated environmental pollution and posed serious challenges to China’s environment. This article empirically investigates the impacts of China’s urbanization on eco-efficiency, comprehensively reflecting economic growth, resource input, and waste discharge. We first measured the provincial eco-efficiency in China from 2005 to 2015 using the Super Slack-Based model (Super-SBM). We then constructed a spatial model to empirically analyze the effects of urbanization on eco-efficiency at the national level, and at four regional levels. The results indicated that the regional eco-efficiency in China has fluctuated, but is generally improving, and that a gap between regions was evident, with a trend toward further gap expansion. We observed an effect of spatial spillover in eco-efficiency, which was significant and positive for the whole country, except for the western region. The influence of urbanization on China’s eco-efficiency exhibited a U-curve relationship. The changing trend in the eastern, central, and western regions was the same as that in the whole country; however, the trend exhibited an inverted U-curve relationship in the northeastern region. To the best of our knowledge, covering a time period of 2005–2015, this article is the first of its kind to study the impact of urbanization on eco-efficiency in China at both the national and regional levels. This study may help policy-makers to create sustainable policies that could be helpful in balancing urbanization and the ecological environment.

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Li Yue; Dan Xue; Muhammad Umar Draz; Fayyaz Ahmad; Jiaojiao Li; Farrukh Shahzad; Shahid Ali. The Double-Edged Sword of Urbanization and Its Nexus with Eco-Efficiency in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 446 .

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Li Yue, Dan Xue, Muhammad Umar Draz, Fayyaz Ahmad, Jiaojiao Li, Farrukh Shahzad, Shahid Ali. The Double-Edged Sword of Urbanization and Its Nexus with Eco-Efficiency in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (2):446.

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Li Yue; Dan Xue; Muhammad Umar Draz; Fayyaz Ahmad; Jiaojiao Li; Farrukh Shahzad; Shahid Ali. 2020. "The Double-Edged Sword of Urbanization and Its Nexus with Eco-Efficiency in China." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 2: 446.

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Published: 01 January 2020 in The Journal of Developing Areas
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Electricity consumption is vital for the industry, business, and policy matters on macro-level as well as on micro-level in developing countries having inadequate resources. Furthermore, electrical generation is also one of the dominating issues of less developed countries because of limited resources for low-cost electricity production, inefficient distribution, and hindrances to the implementation of policies for long-run objectives. This research uses time series variables of GDP per capita, electricity consumption, and electricity generation as endogenous variables while shortage as an exogenous variable. This study uses the dataset of the annual interval, starting from 1961 to 2015, gathered from reliable sources. Economic growth related to proxies' data has been taken from World Bank Indicators 2015 (WBI) while electrical related variables' data collected from the handouts of Power System Statistics of different years. This study utilizes the Johansen Co-integration (JC) approach to find a long-run relationship along with a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) methodology to identify equilibrium nexus between electricity consumption and economic growth in Pakistan. Moreover, Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) forecast electricity consumption with a higher degree of accuracy. The JC approach finds the long-run relationship between economic growth, electrical consumption, electrical generation, and electricity shortage. VECM methodology reveals the short-run as well as a long-run nexus among the variables. The deviation from equilibrium swiftly adjusted in this model with no feedback effect of energy consumption-generation. Pairwise Granger Causality method discovers one-way causal relationship running from electricity consumption to economic growth. The findings suggest that electricity consumption and economic growth have a long-run equilibrium relationship, and electricity consumption leads to economic growth in Pakistan. Artificial Neural Networks predict electricity consumption with 99% accuracy, which represents the better-fitted picture of prediction and limited residuals. Furthermore, it also calculates composite coefficient contrast to time series individual coefficient. Policy recommendations of this study are to improve electricity generation through low-cost and environment-friendly options along with discouragement of electricity conservation policy because of a positive and causal relationship between electricity consumption and economic growth. Pakistan may enhance economic growth by minimizing line-losses, construction of dams on a priority basis, and by discouraging petroleum-based electricity.

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Shahid Ali; Junrui Zhang; Aamir Azeem; Asif Mahmood. Impact Of Electricity Consumption On Economic Growth: An Application Of Vector Error Correction Model and Artificial Neural Networks. The Journal of Developing Areas 2020, 54, 1 .

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Shahid Ali, Junrui Zhang, Aamir Azeem, Asif Mahmood. Impact Of Electricity Consumption On Economic Growth: An Application Of Vector Error Correction Model and Artificial Neural Networks. The Journal of Developing Areas. 2020; 54 (4):1.

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Shahid Ali; Junrui Zhang; Aamir Azeem; Asif Mahmood. 2020. "Impact Of Electricity Consumption On Economic Growth: An Application Of Vector Error Correction Model and Artificial Neural Networks." The Journal of Developing Areas 54, no. 4: 1.

Journal article
Published: 02 October 2019 in Sustainability
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This study investigates the relationship between sub-national institutional contingencies and corporate social responsibility performance (CSRP). Sub-national institutional contingencies (SNICs) play a moderating role in the link between CSRP and corporate financial performance (CFP). Using data from all A-share Chinese companies listed on the Shenzhen and Shanghai exchanges for the period 2010 to 2015, ordinary least square (OLS) regression was used as a baseline methodology to draw inferences from the data. The study uses propensity score matching (PSM) to confirm the robustness and to tackle the possible issue of endogeneity. We find reliable evidence that SNICs have a positive and significant effect on CSRP. This positive relationship is more pronounced in cross-listed companies as compared to state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and in companies located in the more developed region. Moreover, SNICs moderate the positive relationship between CSRP and CFP. The relationship is stronger in firms that are non-SOEs, are non-cross-listed, and are from less-developed regions as compared to their counterparts. The findings provide implications for regulators and individual companies. Investment in corporate social responsibility (CSR) helps companies to achieve their primary objective (i.e., financial performance). With respect to practical implications, the study indicates that policymakers, executives, and managers should refrain from “one size fits all” CSR policies. Instead, they need to simultaneously evaluate the effects of regional development, cross-listing, and ownership characteristics. Considering weak social performance by firms that are from less developed regions, are non-cross-listed, and that are non-SOEs, policymakers and the government should improve information transparency and the regulatory framework, and provide these firms with incentives. This study also provides insights for other emerging economies, especially those going through extraordinary government interventions.

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Shahid Ali; Junrui Zhang; Muhammad Usman; Farman Ullah Khan; Amir Ikram; Bilal Anwar. Sub-National Institutional Contingencies and Corporate Social Responsibility Performance: Evidence from China. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5478 .

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Shahid Ali, Junrui Zhang, Muhammad Usman, Farman Ullah Khan, Amir Ikram, Bilal Anwar. Sub-National Institutional Contingencies and Corporate Social Responsibility Performance: Evidence from China. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (19):5478.

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Shahid Ali; Junrui Zhang; Muhammad Usman; Farman Ullah Khan; Amir Ikram; Bilal Anwar. 2019. "Sub-National Institutional Contingencies and Corporate Social Responsibility Performance: Evidence from China." Sustainability 11, no. 19: 5478.

Original research
Published: 20 July 2019 in Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing
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Future of the automobile industry in such testing times of global climate change, ever-increasing pollution/carbon emission levels and depleting natural resources, rests in the electrification of the vehicles. The situation in developing countries like India with political and demographical challenges adding to such global crisis raises the concern of sustainable development in the transportation system by manifolds. Electric vehicles (EV) though come across as a rescue towards mitigating this risk of natural disaster, but several barriers are still to be analyzed between EV adoption and consumers’ expectations to leverage this opportunity fully. Although, the literature suggests that consumers today show their concern about the environmental and social performance of products, however, this concern may not necessarily translate to them buying the products. Focusing on this gap, the study proposes an intuitionistic fuzzy set with decision making trial and evaluation laboratory based barrier analysis to identify and analyze real barriers to EV adoption in Indian consumers’ context. Research outcomes are quite intriguing with issues as unique and specific to India like power availability in the country, vehicles’ battery life and most common issue across the globe, lack of charging infrastructure evolving out as the three most pertinent barriers to EV adoption. Results of the present study can surely provide for theoretical support to both the public and private sector in framing their policies.

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Syed Waqar Haider; Guijun Zhuang; Shahid Ali. Identifying and bridging the attitude-behavior gap in sustainable transportation adoption. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing 2019, 10, 3723 -3738.

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Syed Waqar Haider, Guijun Zhuang, Shahid Ali. Identifying and bridging the attitude-behavior gap in sustainable transportation adoption. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing. 2019; 10 (9):3723-3738.

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Syed Waqar Haider; Guijun Zhuang; Shahid Ali. 2019. "Identifying and bridging the attitude-behavior gap in sustainable transportation adoption." Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing 10, no. 9: 3723-3738.

Journal article
Published: 03 May 2019 in Sustainability
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The aim of this paper is to reinvestigate the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows on welfare or poverty reduction in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) economies. We used FDI net inflows per capita and the United Nations Development Program’s Human Development Index (HDI) as the principal variables ranging from 1990 to 2014. Our analyses confirm the positive and strongly significant relationship between FDI net inflows and poverty reduction in Asia. However, it indicates significant differences between South Asia and Southeast Asia. Generally, we find that FDI has a greater impact on welfare in SAARC countries than in ASEAN countries. Our results hold true for both HDI and real gross domestic product (GDP), and are shown to be robust using both panel and pool model specifications.

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Fayyaz Ahmad; Muhammad Umar Draz; Lijuan Su; Ilhan Ozturk; Abdul Rauf; Shahid Ali. Impact of FDI Inflows on Poverty Reduction in the ASEAN and SAARC Economies. Sustainability 2019, 11, 2565 .

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Fayyaz Ahmad, Muhammad Umar Draz, Lijuan Su, Ilhan Ozturk, Abdul Rauf, Shahid Ali. Impact of FDI Inflows on Poverty Reduction in the ASEAN and SAARC Economies. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (9):2565.

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Fayyaz Ahmad; Muhammad Umar Draz; Lijuan Su; Ilhan Ozturk; Abdul Rauf; Shahid Ali. 2019. "Impact of FDI Inflows on Poverty Reduction in the ASEAN and SAARC Economies." Sustainability 11, no. 9: 2565.

Research article
Published: 01 April 2019 in SAGE Open
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Volatility exchanges between equity markets and oil markets are vital for portfolio designing and risk management. This study empirically analyses the interdependence of stock and oil market for G7 countries. For econometric estimations, we used the data of G7 countries’ stock markets for the period of 2000-2016. Dynamic conditional correlation and corrected dynamic conditional correlation are employed for symmetric estimation. We find differences in the magnitudes of negative and positive oil price shocks of G7 countries. The study also uses the asymmetric estimations to examine the response of different shocks, and the variance and covariance series of these estimations are used for portfolio optimization and hedging of stock and oil assets. The findings of symmetric and asymmetric estimations depict that past news and lagged volatility have a significant impact on the current conditional volatility of G7 stock markets. On the contrary, the current conditional volatility in the oil market is less dependent on past news and lagged volatility in the oil market. Our results portray that G7 stock markets are more sensitive to past news and lagged volatility than oil markets. FIGARCH and FIEGARCH provide evidence of an intermediate range of persistence of volatility. Finally, portfolio estimations report the importance of oil assets to form an optimal portfolio that can minimize the portfolio risk without changing the expected return. Based on our findings, we suggest that investors and portfolio managers of G7 countries should formulate a portfolio of stock and oil assets to manage their portfolio risk.

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Shahid Ali; Junrui Zhang; Mazhar Abbas; Muhammad Umar Draz; Fayyaz Ahmad. Symmetric and Asymmetric GARCH Estimations and Portfolio Optimization: Evidence From G7 Stock Markets. SAGE Open 2019, 9, 1 .

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Shahid Ali, Junrui Zhang, Mazhar Abbas, Muhammad Umar Draz, Fayyaz Ahmad. Symmetric and Asymmetric GARCH Estimations and Portfolio Optimization: Evidence From G7 Stock Markets. SAGE Open. 2019; 9 (2):1.

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Shahid Ali; Junrui Zhang; Mazhar Abbas; Muhammad Umar Draz; Fayyaz Ahmad. 2019. "Symmetric and Asymmetric GARCH Estimations and Portfolio Optimization: Evidence From G7 Stock Markets." SAGE Open 9, no. 2: 1.

Research article
Published: 25 March 2019 in Mobile Information Systems
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Advances in technology have led to a spurt in tech-savvy consumers displaying increasingly complex behavior. In the past, consumers concluded their search and purchases at a single physical store. Nowadays, however, they possess a number of digital devices (desktops and/or mobiles) through which they can switch channels seamlessly to search for information and make a purchase. There are very few studies that investigate desktop and mobile channels separately; this is perhaps the first study that examines the effect of chronotypes (evening- and morning-type individuals) on a sample of Chinese university students using online and mobile channels in the omnichannel process. The results from a sample of 311 digital shoppers (desktops and/or mobiles) confirm that the mobile channel offers greater task-technology fit to evening-type respondents and desktop channels present better task-technology fit to morning-type respondents to engage in the omnichannel process. Furthermore, this study discussed contributions and insights for managers to develop an effective omnichannel strategy.

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Syed Waqar Haider; Guijun Zhuang; Hammad Bin Azam Hashmi; Shahid Ali. Chronotypes’ Task-Technology Fit for Search and Purchase in Omnichannel Context. Mobile Information Systems 2019, 2019, 1 -9.

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Syed Waqar Haider, Guijun Zhuang, Hammad Bin Azam Hashmi, Shahid Ali. Chronotypes’ Task-Technology Fit for Search and Purchase in Omnichannel Context. Mobile Information Systems. 2019; 2019 ():1-9.

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Syed Waqar Haider; Guijun Zhuang; Hammad Bin Azam Hashmi; Shahid Ali. 2019. "Chronotypes’ Task-Technology Fit for Search and Purchase in Omnichannel Context." Mobile Information Systems 2019, no. : 1-9.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2019 in International Journal of Business Performance Management
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Shahid Ali; Junrui Zhang; Aamir Azeem. Investors' concern for value addition in their economic decisions: empirical investigation of the banking sector of Pakistan. International Journal of Business Performance Management 2019, 20, 261 .

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Shahid Ali, Junrui Zhang, Aamir Azeem. Investors' concern for value addition in their economic decisions: empirical investigation of the banking sector of Pakistan. International Journal of Business Performance Management. 2019; 20 (3):261.

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Shahid Ali; Junrui Zhang; Aamir Azeem. 2019. "Investors' concern for value addition in their economic decisions: empirical investigation of the banking sector of Pakistan." International Journal of Business Performance Management 20, no. 3: 261.

Article
Published: 01 January 2019 in The Journal of Developing Areas
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In the last few years, the importance of corporate social responsibility gained tremendous attention from researchers and policymakers. The stakeholder and legitimacy theories help to understand the importance of corporate social responsibility towards firms’ performance. Although, abundant literature is available on the link between CSRD and firm performance but for China, this research area is still in a drought. Considering this, the purpose of this study is to find the relationship between CSRD and firm performance and ownership structure role in this relationship for China. Various parameters such as; disclosure score, ownership structure and performance indicators like ROA, TQ and EPS are addressed in this study. The Data used for this study is collected from Shanghai stock exchange, Shenzhen stock exchange and CSMAR database for selected companies from 2006 to 2014 including 3462 observations. Accounting and market measures are taken as performance indicators. Disclosure score and ownership structure are used as dependent variables with various control variables. Regression analysis revealed that, after controlling the size of firms, the relationship between CSRD and firm financial performance is positively associated, but this relationship turned adverse in the case of EPS due to shareholders uncertainties about CSR. The relationship between performance and ownership structure is also significant but adversely associated. The results also indicated that ownership structure plays a moderating role for the relationship between firm performance and CSRD. Furthermore, the graphical analysis also supports our empirical findings that the ownership control affects the performance of enterprises and CSRD. The state-owned firms have less tendency of disclosing the CSR information as compared to nonstate-owned and the effect of CSRD on performance varies accordingly. This study explores the importance of ownership structure and CSRD towards ultimate goals of a company. Furthermore, this study finds that government-owned firms are not performing well for society in China. Therefore, government needs to consider private-public sector partnership to improve the quality of CSRD and performance. This study determined that the ownership structure moderate the relationship between CSRD and Firm performance. Thus, our work is an important addition to existing literature and useful for government to improve concerned policies.

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Shahid Ali; Junrui Zhang; Muhammad Akram Naseem; Fayyaz Ahmad. Moderating Role Of Ownership In Relationship Between CSRD And Firm Performance. The Journal of Developing Areas 2019, 53, 1 .

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Shahid Ali, Junrui Zhang, Muhammad Akram Naseem, Fayyaz Ahmad. Moderating Role Of Ownership In Relationship Between CSRD And Firm Performance. The Journal of Developing Areas. 2019; 53 (3):1.

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Shahid Ali; Junrui Zhang; Muhammad Akram Naseem; Fayyaz Ahmad. 2019. "Moderating Role Of Ownership In Relationship Between CSRD And Firm Performance." The Journal of Developing Areas 53, no. 3: 1.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2019 in SMART Journal of Business Management Studies
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Rizwan Ali; Shahid Ali; Muneeb Ahmad; Zahra Nazish. Impact of crm capability dimensions on organizational performance. SMART Journal of Business Management Studies 2019, 15, 80 .

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Rizwan Ali, Shahid Ali, Muneeb Ahmad, Zahra Nazish. Impact of crm capability dimensions on organizational performance. SMART Journal of Business Management Studies. 2019; 15 (2):80.

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Rizwan Ali; Shahid Ali; Muneeb Ahmad; Zahra Nazish. 2019. "Impact of crm capability dimensions on organizational performance." SMART Journal of Business Management Studies 15, no. 2: 80.

Preprint
Published: 28 November 2011 in SSRN Electronic Journal
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Islamic teachings are strictly against Riba (i.e. interest) because it involves exploitation. At present, Islamic banks, which claim to be interest-free financial institutions, are facing severe criticism for using Islamic tags for the similar products and services offered by the conventional banks. Our paper comprises of literature review and aims to explore the authenticity of the prevailing skepticism about Islamic banking. We found that the objections rose over Islamic banks and their current interest-free products and services are not baseless; some deviations do exist between Islamic teachings and practices of Islamic banks. We also feel that religious scholars should re-assess the financial products and services offered by the Islamic banks.

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Muhammad Umar Draz; Fayyaz Ahmad; Shahid Ali. The Prevailing Skepticism About Islamic Banking: Do Religious Scholars Need to Re-Assess the Interest-Free Financial Products? SSRN Electronic Journal 2011, 1 .

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Muhammad Umar Draz, Fayyaz Ahmad, Shahid Ali. The Prevailing Skepticism About Islamic Banking: Do Religious Scholars Need to Re-Assess the Interest-Free Financial Products? SSRN Electronic Journal. 2011; ():1.

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Muhammad Umar Draz; Fayyaz Ahmad; Shahid Ali. 2011. "The Prevailing Skepticism About Islamic Banking: Do Religious Scholars Need to Re-Assess the Interest-Free Financial Products?" SSRN Electronic Journal , no. : 1.