5.6 Conclusion
We find that strategic orientation, management accounting practice and management control system are indicators of strategic coalignment at Islamic banks. Management accounting practice is the strongest indicator of strategic coalignment followed by the management control system and strategic orientation, with standardized solution values of 0.98, 0.85 and 0.54, respectively. The first-order CFA demonstrates that strategic coalignment is a combination of low-cost strategy, strategic management accounting practices and a mechanistic management control system. This study failed to confirm the role of the corporate life cycle in terms of moderating the relationship between strategic coalignment and performance. In other words, strategic coalignment has a positive impact on performance regardless of the corporate life cycle. The influence of strategic coalignment on maqasid Shariah-based performance is fairly strong, shown by the regression coefficient of 0.49 with the positive direction. Moreover, the coefficient of determination shows that 24 per cent variation of maqasid Shariahh-based performance in Islamic banks can be explained by coalignment between strategic orientation, management accounting practice and management control system.