Islamic finance in the global economy /
Islamic finance is growing at an astonishing rate and is now a 1200 billion industry, with operations in over 100 countries. This book explains the paradox of a system rooted in the medieval era thriving in the global economy. Coverage is exhaustively comprehensive, defining Islamic finance in its b...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
©2010.
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Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Islamic finance is growing at an astonishing rate and is now a 1200 billion industry, with operations in over 100 countries. This book explains the paradox of a system rooted in the medieval era thriving in the global economy. Coverage is exhaustively comprehensive, defining Islamic finance in its broadest sense to include banks, mutual funds, securities firms and insurance (or takaful) companies. The author places Islamic finance in the context of the global political and economic system and covers a wide variety of issues such as the underlying principles of Islamic finance, the range of Isl. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 271 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780748631674 0748631674 0748627766 0748627774 9780748627769 9780748627776 |