Dissertation Topics in Islamic Finance

Selection of a dissertation topic is complicated and time consuming task. In fact, it is the most important activity in dissertation writing. The students in Islamic Finance field should go for a dissertation topic that interests them and that has enough research-able material associated to it. The Islamic Finance students are not encourage to select a topic or area in which no researcher has done as they will have to face the problem in terms of information collection.

The selection of dissertation topic is not an imaginative activity. The student start the topic selection keeping their interest area and available information to them. The topic selection should happen on random basis as it will lead to problems in collecting information in that area.

The Islamic Finance students should spend time in researching journal, books, articles, news papers, essays, web and other written materials for information search in their chosen areas. There are lot of research articles, book and websites on Islamic finance field. The web can used by the students as main source of information as it have most of the libraries and periodicals or at least they have abstract of the research done. The students have to select several dissertation topics in their research area out of them, they will have to look for best suitable topic based on interest and selection criteria. The dissertation should be current and contemporary which will make the reader interested and find no problems in understanding the context.

Dissertation proposals – Doctoral Level and master level

These are dissertation or thesis proposal. Researcher are free to develop based on these themes. These proposal includes the marketing, information technology , strategic management, human resource management and contemporary thoughts.

The author expects contribution from the researchers and students for preparation of dissertation or thesis topic selection( These just sample can be modified as per user requirements)

Topics

Islamic banking
Islamic Financial Instruments
Islamic Financial Instruments development
The role of Sharia’a boards in Islamic financial instrument development
The sources of uses of funds in Islamic banks
Islamic banking product to help the international trade
Compare the customer deposits between Islamic and conventional bank
Murabaha or Ijara : The best financing
Mudaraba or Musharaka : The best equity financing

Cooperation with….
Study on How do Islamic bank cooperate with conventional bank in international trade
Study on How do Islamic bank cooperate with central banks in conventional environment
Structure and functions
The function of commercial banking: Compare the Islamic and conventional banks
Structure of Islamic bank : compare with the conventional bank
Internalization of Islamic banks
Customer relationship between the conventional and Islamic banks
Profit and Loss sharing mechanism of Islamic Bank

Interbank
Interbank transaction of Islamic bank – current system and proposals
Interbank borrowing of Islamic banks
Tawarruq as a tool of interbank borrowing
Interbank bench mark for Islamic banks – proposals

Mergers and Acquisition
Cross border mergers and acquisition of Islamic banks
Do mergers or acquisition will affect the efficiency of Islamic banks
Islamic banks entry – from a country perspective

Corporate governance, accounting and Risk management
Risk management in Islamic banks

Corporate social responsibility
Islamic bank and corporate social responsibility
Islamic banking and poverty alleviation
Corporate Social Responsibility of Islamic Banks

Performance
Performance of Islamic bank and conventional bank in a selected country
Measuring the productivity of Islamic banking
Islamic Banks performance in industrial lending
Measuring the performance of Islamic Banks

Customer relationship, marketing, strategy
Investigating the Customer Relationship Management in Islamic banks – (case can be taken from any bank or country perspective)
Investigating the customer loyalty in Islamic banks
Identifying the competitive strategy of Islamic banks: a comparison with conventional banks
Developing a model for customer loyalty in Islamic banks
Brand management of Islamic Financial institutions
Customer loyalty for Islamic banks
Consumer behavior for Islamic credit cards

Customer perception of Islamic banking windows in Conventional Banks
Investigating the CRM activities in Islamic Banks
Switching behavior of Conventional banks to Islamic Banks – An international perspective

Credit crises
Islamic mortgage system as a solution for current credit crises
The effect of credit crises in Islamic banking
Measuring the effect of credit crises in Islamic Banking
Islamic banks less affected by credit crises

History, development and challenges
Development or establishment of issues of Islamic banking – in particular country or region
Islamic Banking in (country) – Development, perspectives and evolution
Challenges faced by the Islamic banks
Challenge: Arabic terminology – Merits and demerits

General
Islamic banking and knowledge management
Knowledge Management in Islamic banks
Skill gap and recruitment gap for Islamic financial institution

Sharia’a board
Sharia’a Boards in Islamic banks
Influence of religious boards or Sharia’a councils in Islamic banks

Islamic Economics
Fiscal policy Islamic economy

Inflation in Islamic economy

How Islamic economy can reduce the inflation

Contribution of Islamic economy in infrastructure development of developing country

How the choices made by human race in Islamic economic system with scare resources
Is resource scare in Islamic Economy?
Opportunity cost from Islamic Economics perspectives
Reducing the effects of climate change
Development of SME in Islamic based economies
Islamic economy and Adams Smith a comparative study
Labor migration in Islamic economy
Unemployment and Islamic economic system
How Islamic economic system can reduce the unemployment
Solution for unemployment under the Islamic economy
Poverty alleviation in Islamic economy
Islamic economic model as solution for global economic crises
International trade under Islamic economic model
Foreign exchange depreciation and appreciation in Islamic economic model
Micro finance in Islamic economy
How Market equilibrium decided in Islamic economy
Comparative analysis of socio-economic development of Islamic economy and socialist economy
Comparative analysis of socio-economic development of Islamic economy and capitalistic economy
How the Islamic economic models contribute to the productivity increase
Contribution of Islamic economy for financial stability and macroeconomic gains
Capital mobility in Islamic economic system
Islamic finance system and economical growth
Islamic finance system and economical growth
Islamic banks in poverty alleviations
Economical functions of Islamic Financial Market

Islamic Capital Market
How does an Islamic financial market works
Investment: An Islamic perspective
Development or Growth of Islamic capital market
The products in Islamic capital market
Filtering the stocks for Islamic investments

New topics (latest edition)
Analysis of derivatives instruments by Islamic banks
Comparative study of Islamic and Conventional banks
Compare Value at Risk between Sukuk and conventional bonds
Credit Risk Management in Islamic and Conventional Banks: Analysis
Derivatives instrument used in Islamic Finance
Financial engineering in Islamic finance industry : Country comparison.
How corporate governance is different from conventional banking and Islamic banking
How Islamic banks can help in Economic Development
Islamic banking experiences : A country comparative analysis or study
Islamic Banking in the ……. (country): Opportunities and threats
Islamic Banking Theories and Practices : country analysis
Islamic banking windows/ system into Conventional Banking Systems
Islamic Finance: As an alternative social responsible and ethical investing.
Islamic Financial Institutions and Products
Legal and ethical issues in Islamic banking
Liquidity Risk Management in Islamic and Conventional Banks: Analysis
Micro Financing in Islamic finance industry : For country developments.
Murabaha Financing vs. Conventional leasing: cash flow and risk analysis
Transferring from conventional to Islamic banking
Current account contracts in Islamic banking : A comparative study between Islamic contracts of Amanah, Qard Hasan, Wadiah