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Islamic business and business as usual: a study of firms in Egypt

dc.contributor.authorPfeifer, Karen*
dc.contributor.editorEade, Deborahen
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-24T09:51:30Zen
dc.date.available2011-05-24T09:51:30Zen
dc.date.issued2001-02-01en
dc.identifier.issn0961-4524en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/109614520020019920en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/130477en
dc.descriptionFifteen Egyptian firms producing goods and services were classified into two sets by method of finance, i.e. profit sharing for the seven Islamic versus debt-at-interest for the eight non-Islamic firms. Interviewed in 1993 and 1994, the two groups were found to be similar in customer relations and market behaviour and in paternalism towards employees. However, the non-Islamic firms had a significantly higher average profit rate, while the Islamic firms paid a significantly higher average wage, suggesting that cultural institutions shape economic behaviour even in a well-established market economy.<p>This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.</p>en
dc.format.extent14en
dc.format.mimetypePDFen
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherOxfam GBen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/islamic-business-and-business-as-usual-a-study-of-firms-in-egypt-130477
dc.subjectApproach and methodology
dc.subjectEconomics
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dc.titleIslamic business and business as usual: a study of firms in Egypten
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9213en
dc.identifier.journalDevelopment in Practiceen
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use – can be shared outside Oxfamen
oxfam.subject.countryEgypten
oxfam.subject.keywordDevelopment methods
oxfam.subject.keywordFinance
oxfam.subject.keywordDevelopment in Practice Journal
oxfam.subject.keywordDiP
prism.number1en
prism.volume11en
dc.year.issuedate2001en
dc.year.issuedate2001en


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