Sanjay Dalal wrote a good summary of the book, Built to Last – Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras, on his blog, Creativity Driving Innovation In Business.
The authors summarize their findings from 3M and provide five takeaways to drive Innovation at any business:
1. “Give it a try–and quick!” – [...]

http://nykrindc.blogspot.com/2006/10/islamic-banking-innovation-in-islam.html
the report notes that unlike Hadith (traditions attributed to the Prophet Muhammad) which are immutable, Fiqh, which affects all aspects of life, allows Islamic bankers room for maneuver when designing new financial instruments that are both profit-making and compliant with shari’a…
The MEMRI report notes that the increased demand for Muslim financial institutions in the West [...]

Islamic Financial Markets: Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia
“Malaysia is enhancing the international dimension of its Islamic banking and financial market, with the introduction of increased foreign participation.”
“…this partnership [Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad, Dubai Financial Limited Liability Company (LLC) and Lembaga Tabung Haji] also serves to enhance Malaysia as a centre [...]

Gulf Times
Doha Bank deputy CEO R Seetharaman has said technology is the driving force behind today’s financial services industry.
Addressing students at the Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar at a function hosted in his honour, Seetharaman said globalisation, consumerism and deregulations are the key drivers of change. “In today’s competitive environment, differentiating factors that decide the [...]

China: Citibank Launches Three New Structured Investment Accounts
Shanghai – Citibank announced today the launch of three new Structured Investment Accounts (“SIA”). They are a one-year, U.S. Dollar denominated SIA linked to a basket of global retailing stocks; a two-year, U.S. Dollar denominated SIA linked to global stock indices, and a one-year RMB denominated SIA linked [...]