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The purpose of this article is to examine effect of organizational change strategies on competitive advantage of Al-Bayda Commercial Banks. The descriptive analysis approach was used to accomplish the objectives of this study, and the necessary data for the study were collected through a questionnaire. The study was conducted on a sample of (91) managers in these banks. A group of descriptive and analytical analysis methods were employed to process the data. It has been found that there are high levels of two organizational change strategies: the awareness strategy and the mental strategy, while the level of coercive strategy use was moderate. The results indicated that there is a significant effect of organizational change strategies on competitive advantage, and that there is a significant effect of organizational change strategies in the dimensions of competitive advantage (cost, quality, flexibility and innovation).

This study aims to examine the impact of some bank characteristics (age, size, profitability and leverage) on the extent of voluntary disclosure in annual reports of listed banks in Borsa Istanbul. All (13) listed banks represent the sample of the study. The study adopted the deductive approach by developing hypotheses based on the relevant theories and results of prior studies. The study also applied the panel data strategy to analyze the collected data from annual reports across five years (2013-2017). The results indicated that there is a positive relationship between each bank characteristic (age, size, profitability and leverage) and the level of voluntary disclosure. The results also show that profitability has a big impact on the level of voluntary disclosure followed by leverage, whereas, age and size have a small effect.