Judul: The influence of global financial crisis and other factors on profitability of islamic banks in gcc and non-gcc countries
Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis pengaruh krisis keuangan global, faktor internal, dan faktor ekternal terhadap profitabilitas bank syariah di negara GCC dan Non-GCC. Pengukuran profitabilitas bank menggunakan metode data panel masing-masing 12 bank syariah di negara GCC dan Non-GCC selama periode 2007-2012. Hasil estimasi menunjukkan faktor internal yang mempengaruhi profitabilitas bank syariah di negara GCC adalah risiko kredit, pangsa pasar, likuiditas, dan kapitalisasi. Sedangkan di negara Non-GCC faktor internal yang mempengaruhi profitabilitas bank syariah adalah biaya operasional, ukuran bank, pangsa pasar, dan likuiditas. Faktor eksternal yang mempengaruhi profitabilitas bank syariah di negara GCC adalah pertumbuhan ekonomi, inflasi, dan pertumbuhan money supply, sedangkan faktor eksternal yang mempengaruhi profitabilitas bank syariah di negara Non-GCC adalah pertumbuhan ekonomi dan pertumbuhan money suply. Hal menarik dalam penelitian ini adalah krisis keuangan global secara signifikan berpengaruh negatif terhadap profitabilitas bank syariah di negara GCC, sedangkan di negara Non-GCC tidak berpengaruh., The aim of this research is to analize the influance of global fiancial crisis, internal and external factors on profitability of islamic banks in GCC and Non-GCC countries. Measuring the profitability of islamic banks, we used panel data method which taken from 12 islamic banks in GCC and Non-GCC countries during 2007-2012. The result indicating that internal factors which influence the islamic banks profitability in GCC countries are credit risk, market share, liquidity, and capitalization rate. Whereas, the internal factors which influence the profitability of islamic banks in Non-GCC countries are operating expenses, bank size, market share, and the liquidity. The external factors which influence the profitability of islamic banks in GCC countries are economic growth, inflation, and money supply growth. Whereas, external factors which influence the profitability in Non-GCC countries are economic growth and money supply growth. The interesting part of this research is global financial crisis has negative significant influence on islamic bank’s profitability in GCC, but in Non-GCC countries insignificant.
Keyword: Bank syariah, data panel, GCC, krisis keuangan global, Non-GCC, profitabilitas

Judul: Pengaruh Krisis Keuangan Global dan Faktor Internal- Eksternal Perbankan terhadap Profitabilitas Perbankan Indonesia: Perbandingan Perbankan Syariah dan Perbankan Konvensional.
Abstrak: Terdapat perbedaan antara respon perbankan syariah dan konvensional dalam menghadapi guncangan perekonomian seperti krisis. Selain itu, keadaan makroekonomi suatu negara dan karakteristik masing-masing bank juga turut memberikan pengaruh terhadap kinerja perbankan Indonesia baik perbankan syariah maupun konvensional. Penelitian ini menganalisis pengaruh krisis keuangan global dan faktor internal-eksternal perbankan terhadap profitabilitas perbankan Indonesia dengan menggunakan metode VECM. Periode penelitian ini dimulai sejak Januari 2006 hingga Desember 2014. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa perbankan syariah lebih stabil menghadapi krisis keuangan dibanding perbankan konvensional. Selain itu ditemukan juga hasil bahwa terdapat kesamaan antara arah respon perbankan syariah dan konvensional terhadap guncangan variabel internal dan eksternal perbankan, tetapi besar responnya berbeda.
Keyword: faktor internal-eksternal perbankan, krisis keuangan global, perbankan konvensional, perbankan syariah, profitabilitas

Judul: Etno-ornitologi Burung Kancilan Flores (Pachycephala nudigula nudigula Hartert 1897) pada Masyarakat Lio di Taman Nasional Kelimutu
Abstrak: Bare-throathed whistler is one of several wild birds in Kelimutu National Park (TNKL) that is believed to have correlation with Lio Community‟s belief. The estimation of Bare-throated whistler‟s population in Kelimutu National Park was about 186.41-1668.07 individual by the density about 0.0389-0.3481 ind/ha with the sex ratio 6.2:1 that spreaded on area with height of 1100 – 1600 masl. The characteristic of Bare-throated whistler‟s habitat is a natural forest with various canopy level, high plant species diversity and high density. The habitat characteristics related to the availability of food in the form of insects, cover, safety and a nesting site. Generally the most of Lio community knew the existence of Bare-throated whistler directly or from their parents‟ stories. The perceptions of Lio Community to the Bare-throated whistler‟s existence is generally support the conservation efforts. The perceptions construct the Lio Community‟s atitude that tend to be conservative to the existence of Bare-throated whistler. The attitude shown by their behavior that not cathing the Bare-throated whistler from the TNKL‟s area or the outside. The attitude have an important role to the existence of Bare-throated whistler in Kelimutu National Park‟s area.
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