This paper analyses 98 articles from the 10th International Islamic Economic System Conference (I-iECONS2023) e-proceedings, covering themes, types, authorships, contributions, and keywords. Key themes include Islamic Social Finance, Zakat, Wakaf, Takaful, Business, Management, and Leadership. Most articles are extended abstracts, primarily multi-authored, with Abdul Rauf Ridzuan as the top contributor. Malaysian authors and USIM researchers dominate the contributions. Articles are short, mostly in English, with a higher proportion of female authors. Popular keywords are “Malaysia,” “Waqf,” “Environmental,” “Sustainable Development,” and “Fintech.” The paper provides valuable insights for researchers and policymakers in Islamic economics and social finance.

The consumption of Halal cosmetics products has experienced significant growth in recent years. The State of the Global Islamic Economy Report (2022) reported that the global market size of Halal cosmetics is estimated to reach US$93 billion in 2025 at a 4-year CAGR of 7.4%. This empirical study attempts to examine the determinant factors of purchasing behavior of Muslim Millennials and Gen Z in Malaysia towards Halal cosmetics behaviors in the expansion of the Halal economy. In addition, it also seeks to unearth whether faith acts as the mediating variable between determinants of purchasing behavior of Halal cosmetics amongst Malaysian Muslims. The determinants of purchasing behavior(product, price, place, promotion, and people) were examined in this study. Data were collected from 303 Malaysians through a questionnaire used to test the proposed model drawn from the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). Structural equation modeling analysis revealed that three marketing stimuli variables of price, product, and promotion affect the faith and purchasing behavior of Halal cosmetic products, that faith mediates the relationship between price, product, and promotion and purchasing behavior of Halal cosmetic consumers. Results indicated that price, product, and promotion are considered as complementary mediation and that price is “direct-only non-mediation” in Gen Z, but “no-effect non-mediation” in Gen X and Millennials. The outcome of this research will not only advance theoretical knowledge but also provide practical implications to industry players involved in Halal cosmetics industry.

Healthy, resilient and sustainable profitability is vital in maintaining the stability of the banking system. Research on a bank’s financial performance is an important tool towards improving performance, evaluating bank operations and determining management plans for the bank’s survival in competitive markets. Therefore, this study was conducted to fill a demanding gap in the literature by providing new and the latest empirical evidence on the determinants of the financial performance of Islamic banking institutions in Malaysia. The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of bank-specific factors on Islamic banks’ financial performance. The performance of Islamic banks is measured based on return on average assets (ROAA). An Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) panel data analysis on EViews 12 was used to analyse annual data from 16 Islamic banks in Malaysia for the period of 2012 to 2021. The results revealed that only bank size from bank-specific factors has a significant positive impact in determining banks’ financial performance. Therefore, this research can be a hint at how banks should plan and measure the direction of their operations and assets management in order to sustain their performance.

As This study investigates the influence of marketing mix (product, price, place, and promotion), on purchasing behavior of Indonesian Gen Z when buying Halal cosmetics. The objective of this study was to enhance the current understanding and bridge the gaps in existing literature by examining the marketing effects and cognitive factors associated with Gen Z’s purchasing behavior, as previous studies in Indonesia have mainly focused on Halal food and pharmaceutical consumption. There is a need to enter this Halal sector because cosmetics are now regarded as a primary requirement, and the Halal cosmetics business's growth will affect any country's GDP. The study sets out to investigate the impact of TPB constructs on purchasing behavior of Gen Z regarding Halal cosmetics products. The proposed model identifies the factors that shape the purchase intention of Gen Z towards Halal cosmetics and analyze how these marketing mix factors impact their attitude. The quantitative study was conducted on the island of Java, with data obtained from 500 respondents. The data was analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with the PLS (Partial Least Square) approach with the SmartPLS application. The study found that marketing mix elements exert influence on the purchasing behavior of Indonesian Gen Z when purchasing Halal cosmetics. These findings contribute not only to advancing theoretical knowledge but also provide practical implications for the industry players.

The sustainable growth rate is a growth rate for a company to achieve by maintaining target capital structure, target dividend policy, and its operating performance. The interdependency between financial and operating policy is an important decision to be considered in order to sustain the growth rate and improve share price performance. In relation to financial policy, the Securities Commission has introduced new screening methodology benchmarks based on financial ratios to be listed as Shariah-compliant firms in 2013. Due to this new screening methodology benchmarks, the reduction number of Shariah-compliant firms making only 653 firms in November 2013 out of the total 801 firms in May 2013 from the total listed securities on Bursa Malaysia. One of the reasons for the reduction in the number of Shariah-compliant firms is due to higher conventional debt, where the debt ratios are more than the limit or threshold of 33 per cent. Driven by this fact, this study investigates (1) the existence of a target capital structure and target dividend policy; (2) the mediating effect of sustainable growth rate on the relationship between firm specific factors (capital structure, dividend policy, profitability, company efficiency and firm size) and share price performance; and (3) whether there is a capital structure threshold in the relationship between capital structure and the sustainable growth rate. In this study, 181 public-listed Shariah-compliant securities in Malaysia were selected from 2007 until 2016. Data were collected from the Thomson Reuters database. This study employed panel data analysis, i.e. Pooled OLS, Random Effect Model, Fixed Effect Model, Generalized Method of Moment, Structural Equation Model (SEM), and Static Panel Threshold regression using Stata software. The findings of objective one indicate that target capital structure and target dividend policy exists for Shariah-compliant firms. The results of objective two conclude that the sustainable growth rate is one of the important factors influencing share price performance and that it also plays a role as mediator variable. The evidence indicates a strong relationship between capital structure, dividend policy, profitability and firm size on the sustainable growth rate. The third objective shows that the capital structure threshold is not limited to 33 percent (total debt to total assets), but to 37 percent to sustain the growth. In order to remain listed as Shariah-compliant companies, the choice is to take Shariah securities or Islamic debt after hitting 33 percent. In addition, the sustainable growth rate is important for helping firms to manage and control their operating and financial strategies. The findings of this study can be used as a reference for future studies that examine other aspects of the sustainable growth rate.