Prof Mervyn Lewis

Prof Mervyn Lewis

UniSA Business

Teaching Enterprise

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

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Professor Mervyn Lewis is Emeritus Professor in the University of South Australia, and until his retirement in December 2013 he was Professor of Banking and Finance in UniSA Business. Before joining UniSA in 1996, Professor Lewis held an endowed Chair at the University of Nottingham for twelve years as the Midland Bank Professor of Money and Banking. Professor Lewis obtained a First Class Honours Degree in Economics and a PhD from the University of Adelaide. Throughout his long and distinguished career he has been an active researcher, publishing 28 Tier 1 books, 72 journal articles and 94 book chapters. On two occasions he was the winner of the Business Division’s Senior Research Excellence Award. Visiting professorships have been held at two Australian universities, eleven overseas universities and at the Bank of England. In 1986 he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA). In 2005, Professor Lewis’s book, co-authored with Darrin Grimsey, Public Private Partnerships: the Worldwide Revolution in Infrastructure Provision and Project Finance (2004) won the $30,000 Blake Dawson Waldron Prize for Business Literature, and in 2009 he was appointed the inaugural Securities Commission Malaysia-University of Malaya Visiting Professor in Islamic Finance. Previously, in 2004, Professor Lewis was awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Strategic Partnerships with Industry – Research and Training (SPIRT) Grant to investigate incentives to low cost housing in South Australia. Professor Lewis’s research has embraced a wide range of topics in monetary economics and global finance, and he is a recognized expert in Islamic finance. As well as being in Who’s Who in Australia since 2001, his biographical details have been listed in Debrett’s People of Today continuously from 1990 to 2015 (one of the few resident Australians still adjudged one of ‘Britain’s most notable and successful people’). Seventeen books of his are currently held in the ‘main branch’ collection of the New York Public Library.

Monetary Economics,Islamic Banking and Finance,Public Private Partnerships,Financial Ragulation,Global Finance,Chinese economy

Year Citation
2015 Lewis, M. (2015). Models of Islamic banking: the role of debt and equity contracts. Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic economics, 28(1), 163-177.
DOI Scopus4
2015 Radzi, R. M., & Lewis, M. K. (2015). Religion and the clash of "Ideals" and "Realities" in business: the case of Islamic bonds (Sukuk). Thunderbird international business review, 57(4), 295-310.
DOI Scopus16
2012 Lewis, M. K. (2012). New dogs, old tricks : why do Ponzi schemes succeed?. Accounting forum, 36(4), 294-309.
DOI Scopus34
2011 Iley, R., & Lewis, M. K. (2011). The post-crisis world : can Asia's outperformance be sustained?. Taylor's business review, 1(1), 25-43.
2011 Iley, R. A., & Lewis, M. K. (2011). Has the global financial crisis produced a new world order?. Accounting forum, 35(2), 90-103.
DOI Scopus9
2010 Lewis, M. (2010). Did Berle and Means get it wrong? Reflections on Thorstein Veblen, Paul Samuelson, and 'corporate strategy financialized'. Accounting forum, 34(3-4), 222-227.
DOI Scopus2
2010 Lewis, M. (2010). Accentuating the positive: governance of Islamic investment funds. Journal of Islamic accounting and business research, 1(1), 42-59.
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2009 Lewis, M. (2009). The origins of the sub-prime crisis : inappropriate policies, regulations, or both?. Accounting forum, 33(2), 114-126.
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2007 Hassan, M. K., & Lewis, M. (2007). Product development and Shariah issues in Islamic finance. Thunderbird international business review, 49(3), 281-284.
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2007 Lewis, M. (2007). It's a matter of principal. Monash business review.
2007 Hassan, M. K., & Lewis, M. (2007). Ends and means in Islamic banking and finance. Review of Islamic economics : Journal of the International Association for Islamic Economics.
2007 Hassan, M. K., & Lewis, M. (2007). Islamic finance : a system at the crossroads?. Thunderbird international business review, 49(2), 151-160.
DOI Scopus20
2007 Lewis, M., & Grimsey, D. (2007). Public private partnerships and public procurement. Agenda: a journal of policy analysis and reform, 14(2), 171-188.
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2007 Wahab, A. R., Lewis, M., & Hassan, M. K. (2007). Islamic Takaful : business models, Shariah concerns, and proposed solutions. Thunderbird international business review, 49(3), 371-396.
DOI Scopus65
2006 Wijesinghe, G., & Lewis, M. (2006). The Australian tourism industry and cultural implications of global tourism. Tourism, Culture and Communication, 5(3), 139-147.
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2005 Grimsey, D., & Lewis, M. (2005). Are public private partnerships value for money? : evaluating alternative approaches and comparing academic and practitioner views. Accounting forum, 29(4), 345-378.
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2005 Lewis, M. (2005). Islamic corporate governance. Review of Islamic Economics.
2004 Grimsey, D., & Lewis, M. (2004). Discount debates: rates, risk, uncertainty and value for money in PPPs. Public Infrastructure Bulletin.
2004 Bentick, B., & Lewis, M. (2004). Real estate speculation as a source of banking and currency instability: some different lessons from the Asian crisis. Economic and Labour Relations Review.
2004 Grimsey, D., & Lewis, M. (2004). The governance of contractual relationships in public-private partnerships. Journal of corporate citizenship.
2004 Hassan, R., & Lewis, M. (2004). Perspectives on Islam. Dialogue.
2003 Bentick, B., & Lewis, M. (2003). Real estate speculation as a source of banking and currency instability: some lessons from the Asian crisis. Economic and Labour Relations Review, 14(2), 256-275.
DOI Scopus7
2002 Grimsey, D., & Lewis, M. (2002). Accounting for public private partnerships. Accounting forum, 26(3&4), 245-270.
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2002 Iqbal, Z., & Lewis, M. (2002). Governance and corruption: can Islamic societies and the West learn from each other?. American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences.
2002 Grimsey, D., & Lewis, M. (2002). Evaluating the risks of public private partnerships for infrastructure projects. International journal of project management, 20(2), 107-118.
DOI Scopus661
2001 Lewis, M. (2001). Islam and accounting. Accounting forum, 25(2), 103-127.
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2000 Lewis, M., & Sevic, Z. (2000). The Political Economy of Currency Boards. MOCT-MOST, 10(3-4), 285-310.
DOI Scopus3
2000 Lewis, A., & Lewis, M. (2000). Cooperative Strategies in Resource Recovery: The Example of Regional South Australia. Our Economy: Review of Current Problems in Economics.
1999 Lewis, M. (1999). Reinterpreting the Asian crisis. Dialogue (Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia).
1999 Lewis, M., & Algaoud, L. (1999). Corporate governance in Islamic banking; the case of Bahrain. International Journal of Business Studies.
1999 Lewis, M. (1999). The cross and the crescent; comparing islamic and christian attitudes to usury. IQTISAD Journal of Islamic Economics.
1998 Lewis, M. (1998). Banks and Property: Preparing for the Next Cycle. Valuer and Land Economist.
1997 Lewis, M. (1997). The Australian Financial System: Evolution, Regulation and Globalisation. Law and Policy in International Business.
1997 Lewis, M., & Algaoud, L. (1997). The Bahrain Financial Centre: Its Present and Future Role in Islamic Financing. Accounting, commerce and finance, the Islamic perspective.
1997 Lewis, M. (1997). Counteracting Fraud: The Case of BCCI Revisited. Review of Policy Issues.
1997 Lewis, M. (1997). Universal Banking. Journal of Applied Finance and Investment: The Science of Money.
1997 Lewis, M. (1997). The Wallis Inquiry: Its Place in the Evolution of the Australian Financial System. Accounting forum.

Year Citation
2017 Grimsey, D., & Lewis, M. K. (2017). Global developments in public infrastructure procurement. UK: Edward Elgar.
2016 Lewis, M. (2016). Understanding Ponzi schemes: can better financial regulation prevent investors from being defrauded?. UK: Edward Elgar.
DOI Scopus19
2014 Hassan, M. K., & Lewis, M. K. (Eds.) (2014). Handbook on Islam and economic life. UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
DOI Scopus23
2013 Iley, R., & Lewis, M. (2013). Global finance after the crisis: the United States, China and the new world order. UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
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2009 Iqbal, Z., & Lewis, M. (2009). An Islamic perspective on governance. UK: Edward Elgar.
DOI Scopus28
2007 Iley, R., & Lewis, M. (2007). Untangling the US deficit : evaluating causes, cures and global imbalances. Cheltenham, England: Edward Elgar.
Scopus19
2007 Lewis, M., & Hassan, M. K. (2007). The Handbook of Islamic Banking. UK: Edward Elgar.
Scopus119
2007 Lewis, M., & Hassan, M. K. (2007). Islamic finance. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
2006 Chiu, B., & Lewis, M. (2006). Reforming China's state-owned enterprises and banks. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
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2005 Grimsey, D., & Lewis, M. (2005). The economics of public private partnerships. (First edition ed.). UK :: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited,.
2004 Grimsey, D., & Lewis, M. (2004). Public private partnerships : the worldwide revolution in infrastructure provision and project finance. UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
DOI Scopus604
2001 Lewis, M., & Algaoud, L. (2001). Islamic Banking (First edition ed.). Northampton: Edward Elgar.
DOI Scopus1
1999 Lewis, M. (1999). The globalization of financial services no 7.. M. LEWIS (Ed.), Cheltenham :: Edward Elgar Publishing,.
1997 Lewis, M., & Wallace, R. (1997). The Australian Financial System. Evolution, Policy and Practice. M. Lewis, & A. Wallace (Eds.), Melbourne: Addison Wesley Longman.

Year Citation
2019 Gleeson, T. P., Grimsey, D., & Lewis, M. K. (2019). How successful has the PPP model been in Australia?. In R. M. Clark, & S. Hakim (Eds.), Source details - Title: Public Private Partnerships: Construction, Protection, and Rehabilitation of Critical Infrastructure (pp. 167-192). Switzerland: Springer.
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2016 Yu, P. S., Xu, L., & Lewis, M. K. (2016). Why Beijing rules the property market: rethinking the role of 'five new measures' in regulating the property market under a new era of China's leadership transition. In C. Andressen (Ed.), Source details - Title: China's changing economy: trends, impacts and the future (pp. 209-228). UK: Routledge.
2015 Lewis, M. K. (2015). The evolution of takaful products. In M. Mahlknecht, & K. Hassan (Eds.), Source details - Title: Islamic capital markets: products and strategies (pp. 185-199). United Kingdom: Wiley.
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2014 Lewis, M. K. (2014). A theoretical perspective on Islamic banking and financial intermediation. In M. Lewis, M. Ariff, & S. Mohamad (Eds.), Source details - Title: Risk and regulation of Islamic banking (pp. 11-42). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
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2014 Ariff, M., & Lewis, M. K. (2014). Similarities and differences in Islamic and conventional banking. In M. Lewis, M. Ariff, & S. Mohamad (Eds.), Source details - Title: Risk and regulation of Islamic banking (pp. 55-70). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
DOI Scopus5
2014 Ariff, M., Lewis, M. K., & Mohamad, S. (2014). Development needs of the Islamic banking industry. In M. Lewis, M. Ariff, & S. Mohamad (Eds.), Source details - Title: Risk and regulation of Islamic banking (pp. 301-313). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
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2014 Muhamed, N. A., & Lewis, M. (2014). Globalizing Islamic investment funds. In M. K. Hassan, & M. K. Lewis (Eds.), Source details - Title: Handbook of Islam and economic life (pp. 370-393). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
DOI Scopus1
2014 Lewis, M. (2014). Principles of Islamic corporate governance. In M. K. Hassan, & M. K. Lewis (Eds.), Source details - Title: Handbook of Islam and economic life (pp. 243-267). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
DOI Scopus11
2014 Lewis, M. (2014). An Islamic perspective on the global financial crisis and its aftermath. In M. K. Hassan, & M. K. Lewis (Eds.), Source details - Title: Handbook of Islam and economic life (pp. 636-657). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
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2014 Ahmad, K., & Lewis, M. K. (2014). Non-interest financing arrangements in three Abrahamic religions. In M. Lewis, M. Ariff, & S. Mohamad (Eds.), Source details - Title: Risk and regulation of Islamic banking (pp. 155-167). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
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2014 Ariff, M., Lewis, M. K., & Shamsher, M. (2014). Issues in the risk and regulation of Islamic banking. In M. Lewis, M. Ariff, & S. Mohamad (Eds.), Source details - Title: Risk and regulation of Islamic banking (pp. 1-7). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
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2014 Iqbal, Z., & Lewis, M. (2014). The Islamic position on corruption. In M. K. Hassan, & M. K. Lewis (Eds.), Source details - Title: Handbook of Islam and economic life (pp. 283-308). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
DOI Scopus2
2014 Iqbal, Z., & Lewis, M. (2014). Zakat and the economy. In M. K. Hassan, & M. K. Lewis (Eds.), Source details - Title: Handbook of Islam and economic Life (pp. 453-474). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
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2014 Hassan, M. K., & Lewis, M. K. (2014). Islam, the economy and economic life. In M. K. Hassan, & M. K. Lewis (Eds.), Source details - Title: Handbook of Islam and Economic Life (pp. 1-17). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
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2011 Brown, C., Davis, K., Lewis, M., & Mayes, D. (2011). The global financial crisis and financial regulation in the antipodes: a report by the Australia-New Zealand shadow financial regulatory committee. In R. Litan (Ed.), Source details - Title: World in crisis: insights from six shadow financial regulatory committees from around the world (pp. 267-327). Philadelphia, US: FIC Press.
2011 Grimsey, D., & Lewis, M. K. (2011). Minimizing collateral damage: options for financing public-private partnerships in the wake of the financial crisis. In C. J. Green, E. J. Pentecost, & T. Weyman-Jones (Eds.), Source details - Title: The financial crisis and the regulation of finance (pp. 249-265). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
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2011 Lewis, M. K. (2011). Monetary policies during the financial crisis: an appraisal. In S. Kates (Ed.), Source details - Title: The global financial crisis: what have we learnt? (pp. 138-153). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
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2011 Lewis, M. K. (2011). Ethical principles in Islamic business and banking transactions. In M. Ariff, & M. Iqbal (Eds.), Source details - Title: The foundations of Islamic banking (pp. 39-50). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
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2010 Lewis, M. (2010). An Islamic economic perspective on the global financial crisis. In S. Kates (Ed.), Source details - Title: Macroeconomic theory and its failings : alternative perspectives on the global financial crisis (pp. 159-183). Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.
DOI Scopus7
2009 Grimsey, D., & Lewis, M. K. (2009). Developing a framework for procurement options analysis. In A. Akintoye, & M. Beck (Eds.), Source details - Title: Policy, finance and management for public-private partnerships (pp. 398-413). UK: Wiley Blackwell.
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2009 Lewis, M. (2009). Are public private partnerships a viable method of providing infrastructure?. In R. Shlomowitz (Ed.), Source details - Title: Flinders essays in economics and economic history: a tribute to Keith Jackson Hancock, Metodey Polasek and Robert Henry Wallace (pp. 147-161). Kent Town, SA: Wakefield Press.
2008 Lewis, M. (2008). The foundations and principles of accounting and accountability under Islam. In M. Burrow (Ed.), Source details - Title: Accounting and finance in transition (Vol. 4, pp. 50-69). London: Greenwich University Press.
2008 Grimsey, D., & Lewis, M. (2008). Preface section of Governing and reforming series, public private partnerships. In Source details - Title: Governing and reforming series: public private partnerships (pp. 1-8). China: Shanghai Jumbo Consulting.
2007 Hassan, M. K., & Lewis, M. (2007). Introduction - Islamic Finance. In M. Hassan, & M. Lewis (Eds.), Source details - Title: Islamic Finance (pp. xi-xxii). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd..
2007 Grimsey, D., & Lewis, M. (2007). Advance Australia flair. In M. Birrell (Ed.), Source details - Title: To build a nation (pp. 6-9). Australia: Design Masters Press.
2007 Algaoud, L., & Lewis, M. (2007). Islam critique of conventional financing. In Source details - Title: The handbook of Islamic banking (pp. 38-48). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
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2007 Hassan, M. K., & Lewis, M. (2007). Islamic banking : an introduction and overview. In Source details - Title: The handbook of islamic banking (pp. 1-17). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.
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2007 Lewis, M. (2007). Comparing Islamic and Christian attitudes to Usury. In Source details - Title: The handbook of Islamic banking (pp. 64-81). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.
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2005 Lewis, M. (2005). Wealth creation through takaful (Islamic insurance). In Source details - Title: Islamic perspectives on wealth creation (pp. 167-187). UK: Edinburgh University Press.
2003 Wijesinghe, G. G. T. M., & Lewis, M. (2003). Can the Australian tourism industry handle the implications?. In M. P. Shanahan, & G. Treuren (Eds.), Source details - Title: Globalisation: Australian Regional Perspectives (pp. 263-276). Australia: Wakefield Press.
2003 Lewis, M. (2003). Towards the networked firm and the end of geography. In M. P. Shanahan, & G. Treuren (Eds.), Source details - Title: Globalisation: Australian Regional Perspectives (pp. 169-197). Australia: Wakefield Press.
2003 Lewis, M. (2003). Globalisation and corporate governance. In M. P. Shanahan, & G. Treuren (Eds.), Source details - Title: Globalisation: Australian Regional Perspectives (pp. 66-94). Australia: Wakefield Press.
2002 Lewis, M. (2002). Currency boards and currency arrangements in transition economies. In Z. Sevic (Ed.), Source details - Title: Banking Reforms in South-East Europe (pp. 125-146). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
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2002 Lewis, M. (2002). Governance structures. In Z. Sevic (Ed.), Source details - Title: Banking Reforms in South-East Europe (pp. 79-98). Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar.
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2000 Lewis, M. (2000). The Next Property Cycle: A Survival Kit for Banks. In B. Green (Ed.), Source details - Title: Risk Behaviour and Risk Management in Business Life (pp. 98-110). The Netherlands: Dorbrecht:Kluwer Academic Publishers.
1999 Lewis, M. (1999). International banking and offshore finance; London and the major centres. In M. Hampton, & J. Abbott (Eds.), Source details - Title: Offshore Finance Centres and Tax Havens; The Rise fo Global Finance (pp. 80-116). London: Macmillan Press Ltd.
1999 Lewis, M. (1999). The globalization of financial services; an overview. In M. Lewis, & M. Casson (Eds.), Source details - Title: Tthe Globalization of Financial Services Volume 7 - The Globalization of the World Economy (pp. 1-23). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
1998 Lewis, M. (1998). Financial Services Location and Competition Among Financial Centres in Europe. In M. Bowe, L. Briguglio, & J. Dean (Eds.), Source details - Title: Banking and finance in islands and small states (pp. 9-34). London, United Kingdom: Pinter.
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1997 Lewis, M., & Wallace, R. (1997). The Evolution of the Australian Financial System. In M. Lewis, & R. H. Wallace (Eds.), Source details - Title: The Australian Financial System: Evolution, Policy and Practice. Melbourne, Victoria: Addison, Wesley Longman.
1997 Lewis, M., & Wallace, R. (1997). Insurance, Superannuation and Managed Funds. In M. Lewis, & R. H. Wallace (Eds.), Source details - Title: The Australian Financial System. Evolution, Policy and Practice. Melbourne, Victoria: Addison, Wesley and Longman.
1997 Lewis, M. (1997). The Myths of Free Banking. In P. Arestis, G. Palma, & M. Sawyer (Eds.), Source details - Title: Markets, Unemployment and Economic Policy. Essays in Honour of Geoff Harcourt. London: Routledge.
1997 Lewis, M. (1997). Derivative Markets. In M. Lewis, & R. H. Wallace (Eds.), Source details - Title: The Australian Financial System: Evolution, Policy and Practice. Melbourne, Victoria: Addison Wesley Longman.

Year Citation
2006 Lewis, M. (2006). Accountability and Islam. In 4th international conference on accounting and finance in transition (ICAFT 2006). Adelaide, South Australia: University of South Australia.
1999 Lewis, M. (1999). Corporate governance and corporate financing in different cultures. In Z. Sevic (Ed.), Banking Reform in South East European Transitional Economies. Bulgaria: University of Greenwich Business School.
1999 Lewis, M. (1999). Corporate governance in five cultures: comparisons and implications for risk management. In Key Note Speech: 3rd International Stockholm Seminar on Risk Behaviour and Risk Management.
1999 Lewis, M., & Grimsey, D. (1999). Risk analysis in public sector/private sector infrastructure arrangements. In 3rd International Stockholm Seminar on Risk Behaviour and Risk Management.
1999 Bentick, B., & Lewis, M. (1999). Real estate speculation as a source of banking and currency instability: lessons from the Asian crisis. In Proceedings 3rd International Stockholm Seminar on Risk Behaviour and Risk Management.
1999 Lewis, M. (1999). Bank real estate lending as a cause of financial and currence instability. In Z. Sevic (Ed.), Banking Reform in South East European Transitional Economies. Bulgaria and UK: University of Greenwich Business School.
1998 Lewis, M. (1998). The Asian Economies - More Sinned Against than Sinning. In D. Allen, & M. McBride (Eds.), Ecoteacher - Proceedings from the 3rd Annual Year 12 Conference held at the University of South Australia.
1997 Lewis, M., & Algaoud, L. (1997). Corporate Governance in Banking: Comparing Islamic and Conventional Banks. In Suerf Robert Triffin-Szirak Foundation Colloquium Corporate Governance, Financial Markets and Global Convergance.
1997 Lewis, M., & Algaoud, L. (1997). Bahrain as an International Centre for Islamic Finance. In Proceedings of International Conference 1. Accounting, Commerce and Finance: The Islamic Perspective. University of Western Sydney: Macarthur, University of Western Sydney.

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