Take a look at the most read features and reports produced by DinarStandard in 2011. Special reports on “Corruption in the Muslim Markets” took a special meaning given the incredible Arab Spring movement, and we covered the initial Egyptian revolution highlighting its business impact and relevance. Other special reports and special topics most read in Islamic Finance, select corporate/ brand success stories, and halal/ Muslim lifestyle market are all highlighted here.
A fact-based study on the state of productivity during Ramadan across the Muslim World. The study offers recommendations for improving productivity during Ramadan for individuals, businesses and government institutions.
Ramadan is a time of reflection, a time for corporate cultures and entities to epitomize the religious significance of the Holy Month. Al Islami Foods displays its understanding of this philosophy by fulfilling its religious obligations and commitments to its employees as well as to its customers.
The Muslim world tends to reduce working hours during Ramadan, giving employees an opportunity to concentrate on their worship during this blessed month of the Islamic calendar. Working hours are often reduced to thirty-six hours per week, and in some cases, employees come in to work a little later during the summer and leave a [...]
Ramadan provides a wonderful opportunity to reflect not just on our corporate achievements within Islam, but also our business organizations. Alongside all the other obligations of a Muslim, there are three key areas on which a business owner should reflect during Ramadan: the halal nature of his or her business, zakat, and the treatment of [...]
A fact-based study on the state of productivity during Ramadan across the Muslim World. The study offers recommendations for improving productivity during Ramadan for individuals, businesses and government institutions.
Ramadan provides a wonderful opportunity to reflect not just on our corporate achievements within Islam, but also our business organizations. Alongside all the other obligations of a Muslim, there are three key areas on which a business owner should reflect during Ramadan: the halal nature of his or her business, zakat, and the treatment of [...]
Given the growing demand for Islamic Finance talent, a number of Business Schools based in the OIC are offering Islamic Finance related courses or full degree programs. From the list of the 50 Leading B-Schools of the OIC, 6 are offering full Islamic Finance related degree/ diploma programs (4 of these are Malaysia based.) Another [...]
For all those who have wondered when and how the $1 trillion+ Islamic Finance industry and the estimated $640 billion+ world-wide ‘Halal’ food industry will ever connect—we hopefully now have a tool that will kick this off. SAMI Index key criteria: Nation: Member of OIC countries Business Activity: Restaurants, Beverages – Non-alcoholic, Fishing, Farming, Food [...]
Muslims and America are becoming synchronous in current times, seen through a strong growth of Muslim families in the USA. Accompanying these families is their need to maintain their Muslim identity, despite living in a Muslim-minority country. This is not impossible as the melting pot of the United States celebrates cultural diversity and freedom of [...]
This year’s uprising and imminent changes in the Arab landscape brought to light an important and under-recognized demographic of the Arab world – the Arab youth. Stemmed from frustration against their governments, due in large part to poor human capital policies, the stage was set for the biggest protests seen in recent times, as unemployment [...]
Ramadan is a time of reflection, a time for corporate cultures and entities to epitomize the religious significance of the Holy Month. Al Islami Foods displays its understanding of this philosophy by fulfilling its religious obligations and commitments to its employees as well as to its customers.
Imagine operating a recession-resistant company. Imagine operating a recession-resistant company, specializing in food, during the global food crisis. Imagine specializing in food and expanding during a crisis. As the world faces the challenges of food security, one company is successfully finding global opportunities; it is Indonesia’s largest food producer– Indofood. Indofood business group is today [...]
At the recent World Halal Research summit, that was held April 6-7, 2011 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Professor Dr Sharifah Bee Abd Hamid presented an overview of nano-technology innovation possibilities in the food sector with implications for the Halal food industry. Professor Dr Sharifah Bee Abd Hamid is the Director of Nanotechnology & Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCEN) at Universiti Malaya, [...]
Online gaming is a global phenomenon, with web-based games and Xbox, Wii and Playstation online networks connecting young and old to play games such as Halo3, Sim, Call of Duty etc. Given the OIC regions high youth demographic, which is increasingly online, it is no surprise that online gaming companies from Pakistan to Jordan are [...]
The experience of walking the halls of the impressive 21-story Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and its surrounding IDB Group buildings is unlike any in the world. Finance professionals hailing from seemingly every corner of the Muslim markets – from Malaysia, Indonesia to Kazakhstan and Turkey; from Pakistan, Bangladesh to Algeria, [...]
Business and Management Environment in Saudi Arabia Author: Abbas J. Ali; Published by: Routledge, December 9, 2008, 264 pages Endowed with rich energy resources, huge sovereign wealth fund, and a high propensity for public and private investment and spending, Saudi Arabia holds more promises than risks for multinational corporations (MNCs). Indeed, the Arabian market presents [...]
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