Variable Operation The needed variable operation can be seen on the following table Hypothesis Planning Data Analysis
                                                                                Research Object and Method Research Object
The  object  used  by  writer  in  this  research  is  Customer  and  Short  Term Funding  over  Total  Assets,  which  is  ratio  between  collectible  funds  by  Islamic
bank from customer  or  third  party and  has  short term  character  with  total assets; Equity  Financing  Rate  by  using  Mudharabah  and  Musyarakah  ratio  proxy,  is
ratio  that  shows  Islamic  bank  commitment  to  development  the  Moslem communities  through  equity  financing;  and  also  Islamic  bank  Return  on  Assets
Profitability,  is  ratio  to  measure  the  Islamic  bank  management  ability simultaneously from owned asset development.
Research Method 1. Used Research Method
In this research, writer used description method by associative approach 2. Population And Sample
Populations in this research are all banks that operated in Islamic way and have
form as general Islamic Bank. While sampling technique used in this research is purposive sample.
Writer  chooses  Bank  Syariah  Mandiri  BSM  as  sample  because  from  three general  Islamic  Banks  in  Indonesia,  BSM  has  the  biggest  assets  and  Islamic
financing. The total assets distributed by BSM are 39.62 or almost 40 from Islamic  banking  total  assets.  BSM  also  has  the  highest  ability  in  developing
Islamic bank network with total funds collected from the third party is 46.2.
3. Data Collecting Technique The data used in this research are quantitative data, which are secondary data in
form of BSM yearly financial report. Those data are obtained by library research and  internet  research.  Writers  takes  period  1999-2005  because  starting  1999,
BSM  start  its  operation  until  present.  The  data  taken  which  total  assets,  total funds of third party current deposits, saving deposits and investment deposits,
mudharabah
financing, total given financing and net income.
4. Variable Operation The needed variable operation can be seen on the following table 4.
Table 4 Variable operationalization
Variable Formula
Scale
Customer and Short Term Funding over Total Assets
Equity Financing Rate Mudharabah-Musyarakah
Ratio Return on Assets
Profitability CSTFTA
Total Assets Mudharabah-Musyarakah
Total Financing Profit after Tax
Total assets
Ratio Ratio
Ratio
Sources:  -  Journal  “the  performance  of  Malaysian  Islamic  Bank  During  1984-  1997:  an exploratory study” by Abdus Samad and M. Kabir Hasan
- Journal  “Determinants  of  Islamic  Banking  Profitability”  by  M.  Kabir  Hasan  and
Abdel Hamed M. Bashir.
                