Dr. Nazrul Islam
Dr. Nazrul Islam is a Professor of International Business at Independent University, Bangladesh. Previously, he worked as Pro-Vice Chancellor of Northern University Bangladesh (NUB). He also worked as Pro-Vice Chancellor (Designate) of Canadian University of Bangladesh (CUB). Prior to completing his PhD in International Business at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Dr. Islam completed his Master of Business Administration (MBA) in International Business under School of Management of AIT. Dr Islam obtained his Bachelor’s (Honors) and Master’s degrees in Management from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dr. Islam began his career in 1991 at Khulna University as a Lecturer of Business Administration. In 2004, he joined BRAC University as an Associate Professor of Management. In 2005, Dr. Islam joined School of Business of North South University (NSU) as an Associate Professor and served as an Executive Editor of ‘North South Business Review’. Dr. Islam also worked as an Executive Secretary of South Asian Management Forum (SAMF 2007), jointly organized by NSU and Association of Management Development Institutions of South Asia (AMDISA), India. In 2007, Dr. Islam joined East West University (EWU) as a Professor, where he served as a Dean of the 'Faculty of Business and Social Studies' and the Chief Editor of the 'Journal of Business and Social Studies'. Since 2008, he served as a Dean of Business Schools in various universities like East West University, State University of Bangladesh, Eastern University, Uttara University, Canadian University of Bangladesh and Norhern University Bangladesh.
Dr. Islam published 74 research articles in international journals which were abstracted and indexed by Scopus, ABDC, EBSCOhost, ProQuest, Crossref and Digital Object Identifier (DOI). He also published 34 research papers in local journals and attended more than 20 International Conferences held in India, Nepal, Maldives, Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, USA, and Australia. As a Panel Reviewer of South Asian Quality Assurance System (SAQS), Dr. Islam reviewed ‘ICFAI Business School’ (AACSB Accreditation) and. 'N.L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research' of India for the SAQS accreditation. Dr. Islam has been serving as an Editorial Board Member for a number of National and International Refereed and indexed Journals. He also worked as a Convener of the Organizing Committee of three International Conferences. Dr. Islam authored and co-authored three books such as, (i) Entrepreneurship Development – An Operational Approach (In English), (ii) Modern Insurance (In Bengali) (iii) Global Technological Change Impact on Textile and Garment Workers (In English) and (iv) Management Policies and Public Sector Management (In Bengali). Dr. Islam also examined more than sixteen PhD Dissertations of different public and private universities of Malaysia, India, Nepal and Bangladesh as an External Adjudicator. Prof. Islam has achieved “Bangladesh Education Leadership Award 2017” and “Education Leadership Award 2018” in the category of ‘Best Professor in Business Administration’ by CMO Asia.
Supervisors: Now, I am the supervisor of six PhD students and four M. Phil students of Bangladesh University of Professionals, and Bangladesh.
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Address: Working Address: Dr. Nazrul Islam, Professor, School of Business and Entrepreneurship (SBE), Independent University, Bangladesh;
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Dr. Islam published 74 research articles in international journals which were abstracted and indexed by Scopus, ABDC, EBSCOhost, ProQuest, Crossref and Digital Object Identifier (DOI). He also published 34 research papers in local journals and attended more than 20 International Conferences held in India, Nepal, Maldives, Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, USA, and Australia. As a Panel Reviewer of South Asian Quality Assurance System (SAQS), Dr. Islam reviewed ‘ICFAI Business School’ (AACSB Accreditation) and. 'N.L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research' of India for the SAQS accreditation. Dr. Islam has been serving as an Editorial Board Member for a number of National and International Refereed and indexed Journals. He also worked as a Convener of the Organizing Committee of three International Conferences. Dr. Islam authored and co-authored three books such as, (i) Entrepreneurship Development – An Operational Approach (In English), (ii) Modern Insurance (In Bengali) (iii) Global Technological Change Impact on Textile and Garment Workers (In English) and (iv) Management Policies and Public Sector Management (In Bengali). Dr. Islam also examined more than sixteen PhD Dissertations of different public and private universities of Malaysia, India, Nepal and Bangladesh as an External Adjudicator. Prof. Islam has achieved “Bangladesh Education Leadership Award 2017” and “Education Leadership Award 2018” in the category of ‘Best Professor in Business Administration’ by CMO Asia.
Supervisors: Now, I am the supervisor of six PhD students and four M. Phil students of Bangladesh University of Professionals, and Bangladesh.
Phone: +8801716370643
Address: Working Address: Dr. Nazrul Islam, Professor, School of Business and Entrepreneurship (SBE), Independent University, Bangladesh;
Plot 16, Block B, Aftabuddin Ahmed Road, Bashundhara R/A, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh; Emails: nazrul@iub.edu.bd, nazrulku@gmail.com
Mobile: +8801716-370643 (WhatsApp) and +8801777-539742
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trained from childhood to perceive the suitability of different career options available to them. Another important factor affecting the career preference of graduating students is the level of motivation the student
is having in the matter and the factors which determines such motivation. Moreover dimensions of national culture, as professed by Hofstede (2011), is also a moderating factor in this context. This paper aims doing
an extensive survey of concerned literature and identifying the factors which have been found to be decisive on choice of careers of the students and then to propose a conceptual model of career preference by
considering other factors which have hitherto not been considered.
emotional intelligence, competitive advantage, firm strategy and
performance. The three-factor model of leadership behavior linking
competitive advantage and firm performance is a unique model tested in this research. This study is also one of the first attempts which survey 400 leaders from Bangladeshi companies to test this model in a developing country. Quantitative analyses revealed that relation-oriented behavior significantly relates to firm performance through competitive advantage. The task and change-oriented leadership behaviors revealed a weaker version of the same association trend. The research also showed that emotional intelligence moderated the relationship between leader behaviors and competitive advantage, and firm strategy moderated the relationship between competitive advantage and firm performance. Results favored a three factor model that included change-oriented behavior as the extension of the classic two-factor leadership behavior model. This information will benefit organisations in several ways. Theoretically, it will fill the gap existing in the leadership literature. Practically, it will provide current leaders with the understanding required to enhance their leadership behavior and use it to increase firm performance. Most importantly, firms may use these findings to design professional leadership training, improve employees' emotional
intelligence, prepare future leaders, and sustain competitive advantage.
Bangladesh to meet the needs of these customers. Hence, this paper aims at identifying the factors concerning the selection of fast-food items by the young consumers of Bangladesh. This study was conducted among the young people of Bangladesh who usually eat fast food
from the nearby the places where they study or work in urban areas. To conduct the study, 318 young people were interviewed with a structured questionnaire. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Multivariate Analysis techniques such as, Factor Analysis was conducted to identify the selection factors concerning the
preferred fast-food items by the young consumers of Bangladesh. Multiple Regression analysis was run to identify the relationships between the selection factors and the overall selection of fast food by the young people of Bangladesh. Results show that the young consumers give most importance on the modern service appliances used by the service
providers, reputation of the shops, new food items and group discount, fresh ingredients and nearness, quick delivery and cholesterol free food, and efficient management and acceptable price of the items. This study suggests that the small fast-food entrepreneurs of Bangladesh should focus on the nearness, cost and discount of the items, and quality of the
food served, service quality and reputation of the shops to improve the attraction of the young people towards the fast food sold in their shops in Bangladesh.
recognized as a significant industry for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of Bangladesh.
However, managing private organizations has become very challenging due to highly competitive market and
higher level of employee turnover especially in the private banking sector. It is observed that to attain the
competitive advantage, private bank employees are undertaking heavy workload that leads to higher level of
stress at work and is increasing turnover intention among the employees. This study has been designed to
explore the factors that are accountable to create stress among the private bank employees in Bangladesh which
are creating turnover intention among them. Hence, this study identified the relationships between job stress
factors and the increase of turnover intensions among the bank employees in Bangladesh. A total of 206 bank
employees at different levels of the banks were interviewed from ten private commercial banks of Bangladesh. A
structured questionnaire was designed through literature review to collect the information from the respondent
employees. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Multivariate analysis
techniques were used to identify the work stress factors having influence on the turnover intention among the
private bank employees in Bangladesh. Results show that there are four stress factors that increase the turnover
tension among the private bank employees in Bangladesh such as, (i) long hours and fast work, (ii) clearness of
goals and objectives of work, (iii) workload and change in mindset, and (iv) flexibility at work. This study
suggests that the policymakers of the private commercial banks should address the issues like long hours and fast
work, clearness of goals and objectives of work, workload and change in mindset and flexibility at work for
reducing turnover intentions of the bank employees in Bangladesh.
They hold an opinion that there is no place of Insurance in Islam. For that matter, an attempt has been made to dispel the confusion.This paper examines the existing concepts of insurance as well as position of insurance in Islam. It also makes an attempt to make it clear that Islam is not against insurance. It has been observed from the study that there
are hundreds of thousands of arguments in favor of insurance in Islam. In this study, origin of Insurance concept and arguments in favor of insurance in Islam are discussed. It is only a humble attempt to highlight the original concept as well as favorable arguments of insurance of Islam.
generated from Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). In total 250 valid respondent’s
response were gathered through self-administered survey. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and multiple regression analysis were employed to identify the factors that are influencing online shopping under Malaysian context. From the statistical results it was discovered that perceived usefulness (PU) and perceived ease of use (PEOU) have positive influenced on online shopping in Malaysia. It is expected that result from this study can help online vendors to draw the further strategy to attract more consumers through online shopping under Malaysian context.
the main earner of foreign currency that consists of more than 75% of the country’s export earnings. But the workers of this industry are often found un-engaged at their work due to the ill behavior of their supervisors, poor working conditions, lack of organization incentives, and the
absence of motivational policies of the companies. Hence, this study aims at identifying the workers’ engagement factors of RMG industry of Bangladesh.This study interviewed 319 RMG workers from ten leading garment companies. Descriptive and inferential statistical techniques
were used to analyze the data. Results show that the RMG workers engagement factors are: feeling the company as a great company, feeling proud and recommend others, access to learning and good career opportunity, knowing the development of the company, quality supervision and recognition for good jobs done, and manager cares the workers.This study suggests that the RMG policymakers should focus more on the supervision styles of the managers and appreciating policy of the companies that can help improving the engagement level of the workers in this industry of Bangladesh.
use of modern information technology and ease of internet, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have made its way in online business which is expanding the e-commerce business of the country. It is popularly opined that the online business is the business of women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh. Studies show that the majority of the owners of these online
SMEs are women and the number is continuously increasing in this sector. Hence, this paper aims at identifying the factors that led to the development of online women entrepreneurship in Bangladesh. A survey was conducted among 200 online women entrepreneurs of Bangladesh who are primarily involved in clothing, beauty care products, fashion and
accessories and musical instruments businesses. Factor analysis was conducted to identify the factors related to the development of online women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh. Regression analysis was carried out to examine the impact of influencing factors on the overall development of online women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh. Results show that the factors
concerned with the expansion of online women entrepreneurship in Bangladesh are government incentives, business experience of the entrepreneurs, market demand, management capability of the entrepreneur, tax and other government charges for doing online business, tastes and preferences of the people of the country, support from husband and family members of the women entrepreneurs. If the policymakers can address these factors, the development of online women entrepreneurship in Bangladesh will be excelled.
trained from childhood to perceive the suitability of different career options available to them. Another important factor affecting the career preference of graduating students is the level of motivation the student
is having in the matter and the factors which determines such motivation. Moreover dimensions of national culture, as professed by Hofstede (2011), is also a moderating factor in this context. This paper aims doing
an extensive survey of concerned literature and identifying the factors which have been found to be decisive on choice of careers of the students and then to propose a conceptual model of career preference by
considering other factors which have hitherto not been considered.
emotional intelligence, competitive advantage, firm strategy and
performance. The three-factor model of leadership behavior linking
competitive advantage and firm performance is a unique model tested in this research. This study is also one of the first attempts which survey 400 leaders from Bangladeshi companies to test this model in a developing country. Quantitative analyses revealed that relation-oriented behavior significantly relates to firm performance through competitive advantage. The task and change-oriented leadership behaviors revealed a weaker version of the same association trend. The research also showed that emotional intelligence moderated the relationship between leader behaviors and competitive advantage, and firm strategy moderated the relationship between competitive advantage and firm performance. Results favored a three factor model that included change-oriented behavior as the extension of the classic two-factor leadership behavior model. This information will benefit organisations in several ways. Theoretically, it will fill the gap existing in the leadership literature. Practically, it will provide current leaders with the understanding required to enhance their leadership behavior and use it to increase firm performance. Most importantly, firms may use these findings to design professional leadership training, improve employees' emotional
intelligence, prepare future leaders, and sustain competitive advantage.
Bangladesh to meet the needs of these customers. Hence, this paper aims at identifying the factors concerning the selection of fast-food items by the young consumers of Bangladesh. This study was conducted among the young people of Bangladesh who usually eat fast food
from the nearby the places where they study or work in urban areas. To conduct the study, 318 young people were interviewed with a structured questionnaire. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Multivariate Analysis techniques such as, Factor Analysis was conducted to identify the selection factors concerning the
preferred fast-food items by the young consumers of Bangladesh. Multiple Regression analysis was run to identify the relationships between the selection factors and the overall selection of fast food by the young people of Bangladesh. Results show that the young consumers give most importance on the modern service appliances used by the service
providers, reputation of the shops, new food items and group discount, fresh ingredients and nearness, quick delivery and cholesterol free food, and efficient management and acceptable price of the items. This study suggests that the small fast-food entrepreneurs of Bangladesh should focus on the nearness, cost and discount of the items, and quality of the
food served, service quality and reputation of the shops to improve the attraction of the young people towards the fast food sold in their shops in Bangladesh.
recognized as a significant industry for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of Bangladesh.
However, managing private organizations has become very challenging due to highly competitive market and
higher level of employee turnover especially in the private banking sector. It is observed that to attain the
competitive advantage, private bank employees are undertaking heavy workload that leads to higher level of
stress at work and is increasing turnover intention among the employees. This study has been designed to
explore the factors that are accountable to create stress among the private bank employees in Bangladesh which
are creating turnover intention among them. Hence, this study identified the relationships between job stress
factors and the increase of turnover intensions among the bank employees in Bangladesh. A total of 206 bank
employees at different levels of the banks were interviewed from ten private commercial banks of Bangladesh. A
structured questionnaire was designed through literature review to collect the information from the respondent
employees. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Multivariate analysis
techniques were used to identify the work stress factors having influence on the turnover intention among the
private bank employees in Bangladesh. Results show that there are four stress factors that increase the turnover
tension among the private bank employees in Bangladesh such as, (i) long hours and fast work, (ii) clearness of
goals and objectives of work, (iii) workload and change in mindset, and (iv) flexibility at work. This study
suggests that the policymakers of the private commercial banks should address the issues like long hours and fast
work, clearness of goals and objectives of work, workload and change in mindset and flexibility at work for
reducing turnover intentions of the bank employees in Bangladesh.
They hold an opinion that there is no place of Insurance in Islam. For that matter, an attempt has been made to dispel the confusion.This paper examines the existing concepts of insurance as well as position of insurance in Islam. It also makes an attempt to make it clear that Islam is not against insurance. It has been observed from the study that there
are hundreds of thousands of arguments in favor of insurance in Islam. In this study, origin of Insurance concept and arguments in favor of insurance in Islam are discussed. It is only a humble attempt to highlight the original concept as well as favorable arguments of insurance of Islam.
generated from Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). In total 250 valid respondent’s
response were gathered through self-administered survey. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and multiple regression analysis were employed to identify the factors that are influencing online shopping under Malaysian context. From the statistical results it was discovered that perceived usefulness (PU) and perceived ease of use (PEOU) have positive influenced on online shopping in Malaysia. It is expected that result from this study can help online vendors to draw the further strategy to attract more consumers through online shopping under Malaysian context.
the main earner of foreign currency that consists of more than 75% of the country’s export earnings. But the workers of this industry are often found un-engaged at their work due to the ill behavior of their supervisors, poor working conditions, lack of organization incentives, and the
absence of motivational policies of the companies. Hence, this study aims at identifying the workers’ engagement factors of RMG industry of Bangladesh.This study interviewed 319 RMG workers from ten leading garment companies. Descriptive and inferential statistical techniques
were used to analyze the data. Results show that the RMG workers engagement factors are: feeling the company as a great company, feeling proud and recommend others, access to learning and good career opportunity, knowing the development of the company, quality supervision and recognition for good jobs done, and manager cares the workers.This study suggests that the RMG policymakers should focus more on the supervision styles of the managers and appreciating policy of the companies that can help improving the engagement level of the workers in this industry of Bangladesh.
use of modern information technology and ease of internet, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have made its way in online business which is expanding the e-commerce business of the country. It is popularly opined that the online business is the business of women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh. Studies show that the majority of the owners of these online
SMEs are women and the number is continuously increasing in this sector. Hence, this paper aims at identifying the factors that led to the development of online women entrepreneurship in Bangladesh. A survey was conducted among 200 online women entrepreneurs of Bangladesh who are primarily involved in clothing, beauty care products, fashion and
accessories and musical instruments businesses. Factor analysis was conducted to identify the factors related to the development of online women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh. Regression analysis was carried out to examine the impact of influencing factors on the overall development of online women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh. Results show that the factors
concerned with the expansion of online women entrepreneurship in Bangladesh are government incentives, business experience of the entrepreneurs, market demand, management capability of the entrepreneur, tax and other government charges for doing online business, tastes and preferences of the people of the country, support from husband and family members of the women entrepreneurs. If the policymakers can address these factors, the development of online women entrepreneurship in Bangladesh will be excelled.
Bangladesh in the name of bKash (BRAC Bank Ltd), Rocket (Dutch Bangla Bank Ltd), Nagad (Bangladesh Post Office), mCash (Islami Bank Ltd), Upay (United Commercial Bank Ltd), Islamic Wallet (Al Arafah Islami Bank Ltd), etc. But there are few studies conducted on the application of FinTech in financial sector of Bangladesh. As a result, the aim of this study was to look into the adoption and use of FinTech in banking and investment firms of Bangladesh. A questionnaire survey method was used to collect the data. To identify and evaluate the implementation of FinTech in financial organizations of Bangladesh, this study used both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Responses of 241 officers from 17 financial and investment companies were taken using a well-structured questionnaire. The study shows that the factors such as, easy and convenience to accomplish the tasks, inducing others to learn operating it, easy to frequently use, easy to adapt, easy learning of FinTech, better scope to meet the needs, usefulness in adoption of FinTech, and availability to guide to use FinTech are important to adapt FinTech in the financial and investment companies of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh inherited a shattered economy after the independence in 1971. Mills and factories were closed down, agricultural production was interrupted and infrastructural facilities like roads, bridges, railways, power transmission lines, telephone network, gas pipe lines were broken down by the war. Because of the political commitment and the exodus of non-Bengali owners’ mills, factories and banks were taken over by the government and nationalized those immediately. Within a few years after independence, the government policy was changed and the role of private sector was given due importance. As a result, the disinvestment and denationalization policies have facilitated the ownership of large, medium and small industrial and commercial enterprises by Bengali entrepreneurs. However, the nature and size of the public sector continued to dominate and subsequently promoted the development of state-owned entrepreneurship in the country.
The government, however, brought changes in trade and industrial policies alongside the monetary and exchange rate policies. Import controls were considerably relaxed to reduce the level of protection, thus encouraging efficiency in resource allocation and promotion of competitive abilities of domestic industries. Wide-ranging economic reforms have restored confidence among the entrepreneurs and induced prospective and potential entrepreneurs to come forward and set up new businesses. Industrial policies adopted in different years also attempted to create an investment-friendly atmosphere and encouraged entrepreneurship development in the country.
are unable to understand the importance of their health. They even do not know the
benefits of health precautions which are primarily concerned with food and drinking
water. It is identified from the research that the people have some general and specific
beliefs on health benefits related to drinking water. The beliefs are bottled water is
purer than tap water, health benefits of bottled water are not substantial bottled water
is not properly processed, etc. Therefore, people are hardly enthusiastic to buy and
consume bottled water. On the other hand, research shows that there are some
motivating factors for buying bottled water. These factors are concerned with health
benefits, concerns about tap water, convenience, taste, preference over soft drinks,
bottle itself, status symbol, luxury item, media, and advertising aspects. Given these
observations in mind, this study concentrates only on the beliefs and motivating factors
to buy bottled drinking water. This study is only confined among the university students
who are studying at the private universities located in Dhaka city. A total of 399
students were interviewed with a structured questionnaire. Both descriptive and
inferential statistics were used in analyzing data. For identifying the factors relating to
health beliefs and buying decision of bottled water, factor analysis was conducted.
Results show that the students give most importance on safety and taste of the bottled
water whenever they buy. The other factors include media exposure and reputation of
the bottled water, chemical smell, hygienic, concerns about tap water, use as luxury
item or status symbol, advertising by the producer, shape of the bottle (small or
big),and convenience or readily availability of the water. This study suggests that the
producers of bottled water should give importance on the health and hygiene aspects
and promotional factors for promoting their sales in Bangladesh.
lives, businesses are also influenced by it. Now, businesses are managing their resources by using ICT support that is helping them to perform their tasks faster and accurate than before. However, the developing countries like Bangladesh are still struggling to introduce ICT supports in all areas of businesses. But due to a very strong culture at work place, this effort is hindered substantially. Therefore, this paper aims at identifying the present status of the use of ICT in business management and its challenges it faces. Secondary data have been primarily used for
conducting this study, which was collected from the different business reports and the journal papers. An experience survey was also conducted among the senior administrators of the business houses were also included in the study. Results show that the use of ICT is very low in
the small and medium business enterprises while the large businesses houses are using ICT supports. Results also show that the use of ICT primarily depends on the complexity and the nature of the business. The entrepreneurs who have ICT literacy, they are mostly using ICT supports in the management of their businesses. This study suggests that the business houses in Bangladesh should use ICT support in order to increase the efficiency at their work. But this is often depends on the ICT infrastructure of the country as a whole.
conducted to identify the service quality factors of the bank. Results show that the most important perceived service quality factors are satisfaction of the clients’ best interest by the bank and the tangible physical facilities of the bank.
is not properly processed, etc. Therefore, people are hardly enthusiastic to buy and consume bottled water. On the other hand, research shows that there are some motivating factors for buying bottled water. These factors are concerned with health benefits, concerns about tap water, convenience, taste, preference over soft drinks, bottle itself, status symbol, luxury item, media, and advertising aspects. Given these
observations in mind, this study concentrates only on the beliefs and motivating factors to buy bottled drinking water. This study is only confined among the university students who are studying at the private universities located in Dhaka city. A total of 399 students were interviewed with a structured questionnaire. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used in analyzing data. For identifying the factors relating to
health beliefs and buying decision of bottled water, factor analysis was conducted. Results show that the students give most importance on safety and taste of the bottled water whenever they buy. The other factors include media exposure and reputation of the bottled water, chemical smell, hygienic, concerns about tap water, use as luxury item or status symbol, advertising by the producer, shape of the bottle (small or
big),and convenience or readily availability of the water. This study suggests that the producers of bottled water should give importance on the health and hygiene aspects and promotional factors for promoting their sales in Bangladesh.
lives, businesses are also influenced by it. Now, businesses are managing their resources by using ICT support that is helping them to perform their tasks faster and accurate than before. However, the developing countries like Bangladesh are still struggling to introduce ICT supports in all areas of businesses. But due to a very strong culture at work place, this effort is hindered substantially. Therefore, this paper aims at identifying the present status of the use of ICT in business management and its challenges it faces. Secondary data have been primarily used for
conducting this study, which was collected from the different business reports and the journal papers. An experience survey was also conducted among the senior administrators of the business houses were also included in the study. Results show that the use of ICT is very low in
the small and medium business enterprises while the large businesses houses are using ICT supports. Results also show that the use of ICT primarily depends on the complexity and the nature of the business. The entrepreneurs who have ICT literacy, they are mostly using ICT supports in the management of their businesses. This study suggests that the business houses in Bangladesh should use ICT support in order to increase the efficiency at their work. But this is often depends on the ICT infrastructure of the country as a whole.
(recently approved) aid to make the university accountable to the society that also impedes the freedom of regulating its own affairs. This mystery is prolonged when the performance-based accountability is incorporated to divert the existing forms of regulations. This new dimension of
accountability emphasizes tangible performance rather than resource inputs, administrative processes, and fiscal audits that are demanded by the stakeholders. To motivate, the budget is allocated according to the performance of the public university and it demands universities to
report their performance to the public. This performance-based accountability is used to make balance between institutional autonomy and public accountability which is now applied in higher education management all over the world. Hence, this paper investigates how the universities irrespective of public and private nature govern institutions, adjust accountability, enjoy autonomy, and address compliance. The findings show that the universities are hardly in a position to discharge their duties due these conflicting regulations of the government and the
regulating authorities of the country.
in Dhaka, Bangladesh in blended/ hybrid mode. The Conference aimed at promoting a better understanding of the crisis caused by pandemics, how the stakeholders have responded to the situation, how these have worked and what should be strategies to cope with the challenges. Out of
97 abstracts received for the conference, 58 papers were accepted for presentation and 49 papers are being published in the Proceedings after review. Many people have contributed to the successful organization of the Forum and in publishing the Book of Abstracts and the Proceedings. The list of these people is long and so it is not possible to mention their names. However, we must thank the authors, reviewers, and members of the editorial board for their immense contribution. I should thank the President, Prof. Dr. Syed Mir Muhammad Shah, and Vice President Prof. Mohammad Abdul Momen of AMDISA for their moral support. My sincere thanks are due to Prof. Selina Nargis, Treasurer of IUBAT for financial
and facilities support. I should thank Mr. Hasanuzzaman Tushar and Mr. Syed Far Abid, Faculty Members of IUBAT and Mr. Alimuzzaman Nayan , the Graphic Designer who worked very hard to organize the conference and publish the Book of Abstract and the Proceedings. We are thankful
to the Executive Director Mr. C. Ramakrishna and Mr. T. Ganeswara Rao, Senior Manager of the AMDISA secretariat for their active and timely support for the conference (Prof. Dr. Abdur Rab
Vice Chancellor, IUBAT Editor, Proceedings).
transformation of work, shifting consumers‘ behaviors and changing external environment. Hence, businesses need strategies concerning operations management, consumers‘ behaviors, talent management, sales management, and the industry-academia relations to adapt with these changes. In this special issue, the contributors delved into the dynamics of these issues exploring how businesses can adapt and thrive. From innovative advertising to strategic practices, the articles presented in this issue have a comprehensive view of current trends and future directions of the business. In this issue, Gazi Abdulla-Hel Baqui, in his study on good governance, explained how the cultivation of human values, compliance of ethical principles, and obedience to laws, pave the way
for nurturing good governance of the organization. Hemanth Kumar examined talent retention
strategies in IT sector of India and found, most of the employees consider organizational culture and
job satisfaction as the key factors to stay in the organization. Fatema Akter and her associates identified growing gap between actual compensation and marginal output and found exploitation in RMG sector of Bangladesh. Nazrul Islam and his associates recommended the small fast-food entrepreneurs to focus on nearness, cost, food quality, service quality, and the reputations to attract young customers. AYM Abdullah identified the need for developing industry-academia collaborations, access to knowledge, and innovations to face the present challenges of businesses. Bharati, in her paper, emphasized the need for advertisement by which consumers become better able to evaluate competing brands of identical products. Shejuti Haque and her associates found the need
for training for the rural borrowers of Bangladesh for pursuing their agricultural activities better. In this regard, Azadul Bari and his associates identified an overwhelming proportion of the dairy farmers who expressed their satisfactions toward uplifting their living-standards. Rokya Akter‘s
paper attempted to explore influential factors and analyzed the investors‘ behavioral intention towards the acceptance of green financing among the Bangladeshi investors. Regarding the form of business, Mohiuddin suggested reformulating capital restrictions to help expanding One Person
Company (OPC) in Bangladesh. Maran and his associate found a dramatic increase in start-up numbers in the North Zone of India despite a temporary decline in 2022 due to reduced foreign investment confidence.
In past few years, policymakers have underscored the importance of resilience in business. The insights gained from the articles published in this issue are invaluable for businesses aiming to build robust strategies that withstand shocks of the external environments. This issue showcases contributions from scholars and practitioners across diverse disciplines of this region. The articles published in this issue will serve as a testament to the relentless pursuit of knowledge and the unwavering commitment to excellence.
an important factor in econornic uplift and growth of developing
countries. There is a paramount importance of the subject for the
employment generation and increasing productivity. Many researchers contributed in developing the subject of entrepreneurship
focusing development of small businesses. So did we, in this book,
mainly focused on small entrepreneurship development. But less we
forget the fact that these small entrepreneurs can develop under the
umbrella of big entrepreneurs. Hence, it is very important to note that
development of big entrepreneurs is also imporrant for small
entrepreneurship development.