Jurnal Ilmiah Akuntansi Kesatuan
Vol. 13 No. 6 (2025): JIAKES Edisi Desember 2025

Driving Sustainable Performance through Intellectual Capital: Empirical Evidence from Islamic Banking in Indonesia

Widia Astuty (Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara, Indonesia)
Fajar Pasaribu (Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara, Indonesia)
Azwansyah Habibie (Universitas Harapan Medan, Indonesia)
Sri Rahayu (Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Dec 2025

Abstract

Islamic banking is increasingly expected to achieve not only financial performance but also environmental, social, and governance sustainability in line with the principles of Maqasid al-Shariah. However, empirical evidence examining the role of intellectual capital in promoting sustainable financial performance remains limited. Therefore, this study investigates the effect of intellectual capital, measured using the Islamic banking value-added intellectual coefficient, on sustainable financial performance in Indonesian Islamic commercial banks. A quantitative ex post facto design was employed using secondary data from nine Islamic commercial banks during 2020–2024, resulting in 36 bank-year observations. The data were analyzed using Higher-Order PLS-SEM. The findings reveal that intellectual capital positively and significantly influences sustainable financial performance. Furthermore, sustainable financial performance positively affects financial, environmental, social, and governance performance, indicating that sustainability is reflected across multiple organizational dimensions. The structural model demonstrates satisfactory explanatory power, predictive relevance, and good model fit. These findings confirm that intellectual capital is a strategic resource for strengthening sustainability-oriented performance in Islamic banking.

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Abbrev

jiakes

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Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

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Jurnal Ilmiah Akuntansi Kesatuan (JIAKES) dikelola dan diterbitkan oleh Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat (LPPM) Institut Bisnis dan Informatika Kesatuan bekerjasama dengan Fakultas Bisnis dan Fakultas Vokasional IBI ...