Prof. Mohammad Aktaruzzaman Khan, Ph.D. | International Islamic University, Chittagong (original) (raw)
Papers by Prof. Mohammad Aktaruzzaman Khan, Ph.D.
Pertumbuhan yang besar dan pesat dalam kalangan NGO di Bangladesh memberi cabaran khusus terhadap... more Pertumbuhan yang besar dan pesat dalam kalangan NGO di Bangladesh memberi cabaran khusus terhadap falsafah pembangunan, terutama dalam pembangunan sosioekonomi (SED). Walaupun usaha pembangunan yang dijalankan oleh NGO tempatan dan antarabangsa menunjukkan tumpuan yang berkesan, namun secara praktikal ia tidak disokong dalam beberapa hasil penyelidikan. The huge and rapid growth of NGOs in Bangladesh imposes specific challenges on the development philosophy, especially, in the socio-economic development (SED). The development endeavours, by the local and international NGOs, though seemingly focused effective, in practical not supported rather contested in some of the research findings
This study aims to examine the factors affecting customers’ intention towards online shopping. In... more This study aims to examine the factors affecting customers’ intention towards online shopping. Internet has become one of the communication technologies that is playing a crucial role and is getting attention from young adults. Most of the people use internet for purchasing their goods. However, there are still some other reasons come into play that may cause them being hesitate to make online shopping. The ability to collect information and make comparisons between the different products and offerings from various online websites is argued to be defining for competitive advantage in online purchase. This research can benefit online retailers to understand the customers’ intention towards online shopping. A survey was conducted and the questionnaires were distributed among randomly-selected students and staff from four private universities in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The responses were analysed by means of frequency distribution, means, and standard deviation using SPSS. Several influential factors such as convenience, website design, trust, security, price, and normative belief were examined. This study revealed that convenience, trust, price, and normative belief have significant relationship with intention towards online shopping while website design and security have found no significant impact.
Journal of Family Studies
Management & Accounting Review (MAR), Dec 30, 2015
Behavioral theory suggests that human actions spring from a mix of motivations. According to this... more Behavioral theory suggests that human actions spring from a mix of motivations. According to this theory, human actions are not a result of the conventional assumption of exclusive motivation of self-interest. Human actions are influenced by a general ethical factor of inclination to help one another and uphold justice and equity. However, a number of human actions may be more centered on self-interest than others, whereas some may be more centered on the interest of others. Given these tendencies, the motivations of business entrepreneurs can be expressed by a continuous scale. Centeredness on self-interest occupies one end of the scale, whereas centeredness on the interest of others occupies the other end. Scholars hypothesized that a balanced tendency of entrepreneurs between self-interest and the interest of others would contribute to social justice and equity in society. They also hypothesized that the goals and objectives of most business entrepreneurs in Bangladesh are influenced by a mix of motivations instead of conventional assumptions of exclusive motivation of selfinterest. The majority of entrepreneurs in Bangladesh prefer to be labeled as social enterprises engaged in the well-being of a community. They want to be viewed as enterprises that earn normal, fair, and ethical profits instead of maximizing profit for themselves. The primary
Indonesian Management and Accounting Research, 2016
Rapid changes in technology and global structure have made business and finance environment most ... more Rapid changes in technology and global structure have made business and finance environment most competitive across the world. To cope with these changes, business firms have urgently required the development of their human resources as one of the most human resources strategies. A well-motivated skilled work force is crucial if an economic unit is to complete effectively both in the national as well as global markets. The present study has examined the FIRD practices of 38 business firms of different economical important industries. It has found that HRD practices with respect to the training methodology, training areas, techniques of importing training etc. across the sample enterprises differ substantially. It has suggested some important policy measures such as linking training to 'strategic coal', delivery of programs using sophisticated methodology. policy for selecting trainers. etc. in order to make the training program goal oriented and consistent.JEL Classification...
University-Industry Collaboration (UIC) creates highly skilled and productive business graduates ... more University-Industry Collaboration (UIC) creates highly skilled and productive business graduates for meeting demand of industry, globalization, knowledge economy, and job market at home and abroad. In coping with ongoing acute competitive pressures of the information edge, higher education curricula of business needs to be intellectually planned, through collaboration between university and industry and developing more connectivity among different stakeholders. Examples of such successful co-operation are well manifested in several countries especially in USA, created interest elsewhere to evaluate university-industry link programs. The present research has collected primary and secondary data from one public university (University of Chittagong) and one group of industries (PHP group of companies) for the study purpose. This study employed both qualitative and quantitative research instruments which have identified some criteria in order to develop a framework which are
International Journal of Economics, Management and Accounting, 2020
Most previous studies on work-life balance have adopted the developed and western country perspec... more Most previous studies on work-life balance have adopted the developed and western country perspectives, which are rich in support structures and legislative policies to address employee work-life demands. To date, few similar studies have been done in emerging economies, where there are few work-life balance policies and support systems. This research investigates workplace support, supervisory support, and work-life balance policies concerning their impact on the work-life balance of Bangladeshi female employees in commercial banks. The results of this study are based on a questionnaire survey to a sample of 558 female employees selected through purposive sampling. Findings reveal that workplace support, superior support, and work-life balance policies significantly influence attainment of better work-life balance among Bangladeshi female bankers. Our study benefits scholars, professionals, policymakers, practitioners, regulators, and female bankers employed in Bangladesh.
Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 2020
In this competitive world highly skilled manpower is considered to play key role in developing a ... more In this competitive world highly skilled manpower is considered to play key role in developing a nation. On the other hand, highly educated people are blamed for recent business and financial scandals. Moreover, studies established that pupils who deceive in their student life are found to be engaged in immoral workplace conduct. The Student today is the future leader of the country. Hence, the combination of quality with morality is emphasized in the universities of in many developed counties like the USA, China, and moral education is being imparted at all stages of academic organizations and training centers from kindergarten to national academia. Therefore, the goal of the research is to explore the origins of the unethical behavior of University students of Bangladesh and recommend the means to improve the situation.
IIUC Studies, 2020
This paper assesses the effects of HRM practices on the management performance of public service ... more This paper assesses the effects of HRM practices on the management performance of public service organizations as public service is believed to safeguard the national property for allocating goods and services timely, and reasonably to the inhabitants of the country especially in a developing country like Bangladesh. The question circling whether the HR practices in public service are sincere for equal and equitable distribution of products and services effectively. In doing so, this study investigated the effectiveness of HR practices and methods on the performance management of public service. The study, through a mixed-method approach, conveniently surveyed a sample of 142 respondents and interview drawn from seven key informants of two Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) cadre from Chittagong, the second-largest city of the country. The study shows the differences in the effects of HRM practices that employee training positively and commensurate compensation negatively predict employ...
Indonesian Management and Accounting Research, 2018
Fair trade is an organized social movement through wider network of producers, importers, retaile... more Fair trade is an organized social movement through wider network of producers, importers, retailers and consumers who are thinking globally to promote trading partnership of products, based on mutually agreed upon condition, accountability & transparency, social justice and equity for livelihood sustainability and economic development by creating fairer and better conditions of trade. It secures the rights of marginalized producers and workers especially, in the underdeveloped and developing countries in order to help them move from a position of vulnerability to security and economic selfsufficiency, supporting environmentally feasible, socially acceptable and economically viable production and distribution of Fair Trade labeled and unlabeled goods. Again Islam urges on establishing Adl, Ehsan and eleminating Julum and Haram from trade and business to establish peace and prosperity in the society. This paper attempts to draw a line of linkage between fair trade and Islam. It also...
Indonesian Management and Accounting Research, 2014
Stock market influences economic activity through the creation of liquidity of capital investment... more Stock market influences economic activity through the creation of liquidity of capital investment. Liquid stock markets make investment less risky and more investment. Stock market in Bangladesh is characterized by frequent changes in regulations, low market sizes-market capital & turnover, lowest number of financial products, low contribution to national exchequer, influx of large number investors without relevant knowledge, and expertise. Besides, Bangladesh stock market experienced different problems-regulatory failure, unethical and ill objective oriented behavior of market participants, lack of due diligence, and manipulation. So, market cannot perform well. In view of this, the present study has been undertaken aiming at identifying determinants of stock market in Bangladesh. The study has collected data from the secondary sources and analyzed the data collected by applying some descriptive measures, and linear regression model. The study has found that the stock market of the...
Indonesian Management and Accounting Research, 2014
The banking system is facing challenges with stiff competition and advancement of technology. It ... more The banking system is facing challenges with stiff competition and advancement of technology. It becomes imperative for service providers to meet or exceed the target customers' satisfaction with quality of services expected by them. Hence, the present study attempted to study customers' perception of quality of services (both transactions-based and IT-enabled) in terms of its constituent factors and IT adoption in public, private, and foreign commercial banks in this E-age. The present investigation was planned with the objective to assess the extent of use of services especially the IT-enabled services in these banks and to analyze the constituent factors affecting customer satisfaction with the quality of services. The study area was Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. Simple random sampling was used for selection of sample branches. The study reveals that check deposition and check clearance are the most popular banking services among the customers of all sample banks...
IIUC Studies, 2017
This study examines the contribution of CSR programs of multinational enterprises (MNEs) operatin... more This study examines the contribution of CSR programs of multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in Bangladesh in the poverty alleviation. The authors employed a mixed-method approach to collect qualitative data by interviewing executives of ten MNEs while for quantitative data annual reports, websites, and articles were consulted. Results depicted insignificant contribution of MNEs in poverty alleviation by their corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. The average contribution of sample MNEs stand at only 0.52 per cent of profits after tax to CSR programs, ranging from 2.96% to 0.15%. The study reveals that most of the MNEs are not contributing as per their financial capacity and they lack a policy of donating a reasonable portion of profit to CSR along with poverty alleviation priority. The study suggests that government of Bangladesh must act sincerely and deliberately for active involvement of MNEs in CSR programs helpful for poverty alleviation by necessary policy ...
Interest-free banking has become an inextricable part of economic development around the world. T... more Interest-free banking has become an inextricable part of economic development around the world. Taking this into account, the study investigates customers' perception of uses and awareness of various products of Islamic banks in Bangladesh through a convenience sampling technique. The findings reveal that despite the awareness of products such as mudarbah and musharaka, were not used. It is further depicted that majority of the respondents simultaneously operating their accounts with conventional and Islamic banks. It is due to insufficient branches and unavailability of some products and services with conventional banks across the country. In addition, religion is found to be the most important aspect of clients for Islamic banking. Hence, the quality of service and products must consistently be offered with the principles of interest-free finance as well as with the facilities of the conventional banks. Most of the customers are totally ignorant about interest-free products. T...
Research shows that education is important for the socio-economic development of developing count... more Research shows that education is important for the socio-economic development of developing countries; in one view, the other view regards education per se as valuable because education is human right. The study focuses on the former perspective and examined the relationship between NGOs’ training programmes as measured by the Kirkpatrick’s training evaluation model, and educational development, one of the socio-economic development indicators of NGO-beneficiaries in Bangladesh. This relationship was assessed through a quantitative associational research design. From the study sites, three leading NGOs of three administrative districts of Bangladesh, a total of 300 responses were analysed using multiple regression analysis. The findings of the study provide good information on the above aspects, particularly from the view point of NGO beneficiaries, and finally, have revealed theoretical and empirical linkages between NGOs’ training programmes and beneficiaries’ education level. Lim...
Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research, 2015
Around 3 billion people are living in poverty of which 35 % are from Muslim World (World Bank 201... more Around 3 billion people are living in poverty of which 35 % are from Muslim World (World Bank 2010). In this case, global Muslim community has prime role to address the injustice of global poverty through zakah as an Islamic faith-based institution and having potential annual fund of $139.32 billion in Muslim world. This study designed an explanatory sequential mixed method. For qualitative data, 17 managers were interviewed and 85 zakah recipients were purposively surveyed (disproportionate sampling) for quantitative purpose between August 1 and December 30, 2013. The results indicate that zakah has significant bearing on the conditions of zakah recipients and lie the foundation of developing small business entrepreneurship by mobilizing zakah as seed money (investment) and not as spent money (consumption). A five-phased process model underpinned by two well-grounded theories: Becker’s human capital theory and Kirkpatrick’s training evaluation taxonomy has been proposed for develop...
ABSTRACT The study attempted to investigate the preference of teaching methodology as the means o... more ABSTRACT The study attempted to investigate the preference of teaching methodology as the means of human resource development conducted on business teachers and students of public and private universities in Bangladesh. The study found that 40 percent students of public university opined in favor of lectures by teachers as a teaching method. They also rated for group discussion and presentation, case study, individual presentation and assignment, respectively. On the other hand, the paper portrays that 40 percent student of private university rated in favor of group discussion as the best teaching method while the rest of the students stated as assignment, individual presentation, case study and lecture method, respectively. The sample students of public university rated lecture method as the best teaching method. Dynamic and IT-based training module may be used as an effective instrument to share resources, knowledge, experiences in providing effective and efficient teacher training too.
Education is a key aspect for the socioeconomic development of developing countries; in one view,... more Education is a key aspect for the socioeconomic development of developing countries; in one view, the other view regards education per se as valuable because education is human right. The study focuses on the former perspective and examined the relationship between NGOs" training programmes as measured by the Kirkpatrick"s training evaluation model, and educational development, one of the socioeconomic development indicators of NGO-beneficiaries in Bangladesh. This relationship was assessed through a quantitative associational research design. From the study sites, three leading NGOs of three administrative districts of Bangladesh, a total of 300 responses were analysed using multiple regression analysis. The findings of the study provide good information on the above aspects, particularly from the view point of NGO beneficiaries, and finally, have revealed paucities of NGO intervention in filling the missing link between NGOs" training programmes and beneficiaries" education level.
University-Industry Collaboration (UIC) creates highly skilled and productive business graduates ... more University-Industry Collaboration (UIC) creates highly skilled and productive business graduates for meeting demand of industry, globalization, knowledge economy, and job market at home and abroad. In coping with ongoing acute competitive pressures of the information edge, higher education curricula of business needs to be intellectually planned, through collaboration between university and industry and developing more connectivity among different stakeholders. Examples of such successful cooperation are well manifested in several countries especially in USA, created interest elsewhere to evaluate university-industry link programs. The present research has collected primary and secondary data from one public university (University of Chittagong) and one group of industries (PHP group of companies) for the study purpose. This study employed both qualitative and quantitative research instruments which have identified some criteria in order to develop a framework which are 5C such as (i) comparability, (ii) credibility, (iii) consistency, (iv) cost-benefit, and (v) culture. The Cone Model for university-industry collaboration has also been used in this paper.
This study set out to investigate the high and low adoption usage of Mcommerce service categories... more This study set out to investigate the high and low adoption usage of Mcommerce service categories (Entertainment, transactions, communication, and information). The research focused on whether awareness and knowledge, convenience of Mobile devices and WAP/GPRS enabled handset, pricing and cost, security and privacy, rich and fast information and perceived usefulness have any influence on the intention to use M-commerce services among employed Mobile phone users in Dhaka and Chittagong City of Bangladesh. This study finds that communication category in M-commerce services has higher usage frequency compared to others like entertainment, transactions, and information. Three factors were found to have significant positive influence towards the adoption of M-commerce services are pricing and cost, rich and fast information, and security and privacy. Further, it is interesting to note that there is no significant gender difference in terms of M-commerce adoption level. Users less than 30 years of age have a higher tendency to adopt M-commerce services compare to the older age groups was discovered among employed mobile users in Bangladesh.
Pertumbuhan yang besar dan pesat dalam kalangan NGO di Bangladesh memberi cabaran khusus terhadap... more Pertumbuhan yang besar dan pesat dalam kalangan NGO di Bangladesh memberi cabaran khusus terhadap falsafah pembangunan, terutama dalam pembangunan sosioekonomi (SED). Walaupun usaha pembangunan yang dijalankan oleh NGO tempatan dan antarabangsa menunjukkan tumpuan yang berkesan, namun secara praktikal ia tidak disokong dalam beberapa hasil penyelidikan. The huge and rapid growth of NGOs in Bangladesh imposes specific challenges on the development philosophy, especially, in the socio-economic development (SED). The development endeavours, by the local and international NGOs, though seemingly focused effective, in practical not supported rather contested in some of the research findings
This study aims to examine the factors affecting customers’ intention towards online shopping. In... more This study aims to examine the factors affecting customers’ intention towards online shopping. Internet has become one of the communication technologies that is playing a crucial role and is getting attention from young adults. Most of the people use internet for purchasing their goods. However, there are still some other reasons come into play that may cause them being hesitate to make online shopping. The ability to collect information and make comparisons between the different products and offerings from various online websites is argued to be defining for competitive advantage in online purchase. This research can benefit online retailers to understand the customers’ intention towards online shopping. A survey was conducted and the questionnaires were distributed among randomly-selected students and staff from four private universities in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The responses were analysed by means of frequency distribution, means, and standard deviation using SPSS. Several influential factors such as convenience, website design, trust, security, price, and normative belief were examined. This study revealed that convenience, trust, price, and normative belief have significant relationship with intention towards online shopping while website design and security have found no significant impact.
Journal of Family Studies
Management & Accounting Review (MAR), Dec 30, 2015
Behavioral theory suggests that human actions spring from a mix of motivations. According to this... more Behavioral theory suggests that human actions spring from a mix of motivations. According to this theory, human actions are not a result of the conventional assumption of exclusive motivation of self-interest. Human actions are influenced by a general ethical factor of inclination to help one another and uphold justice and equity. However, a number of human actions may be more centered on self-interest than others, whereas some may be more centered on the interest of others. Given these tendencies, the motivations of business entrepreneurs can be expressed by a continuous scale. Centeredness on self-interest occupies one end of the scale, whereas centeredness on the interest of others occupies the other end. Scholars hypothesized that a balanced tendency of entrepreneurs between self-interest and the interest of others would contribute to social justice and equity in society. They also hypothesized that the goals and objectives of most business entrepreneurs in Bangladesh are influenced by a mix of motivations instead of conventional assumptions of exclusive motivation of selfinterest. The majority of entrepreneurs in Bangladesh prefer to be labeled as social enterprises engaged in the well-being of a community. They want to be viewed as enterprises that earn normal, fair, and ethical profits instead of maximizing profit for themselves. The primary
Indonesian Management and Accounting Research, 2016
Rapid changes in technology and global structure have made business and finance environment most ... more Rapid changes in technology and global structure have made business and finance environment most competitive across the world. To cope with these changes, business firms have urgently required the development of their human resources as one of the most human resources strategies. A well-motivated skilled work force is crucial if an economic unit is to complete effectively both in the national as well as global markets. The present study has examined the FIRD practices of 38 business firms of different economical important industries. It has found that HRD practices with respect to the training methodology, training areas, techniques of importing training etc. across the sample enterprises differ substantially. It has suggested some important policy measures such as linking training to 'strategic coal', delivery of programs using sophisticated methodology. policy for selecting trainers. etc. in order to make the training program goal oriented and consistent.JEL Classification...
University-Industry Collaboration (UIC) creates highly skilled and productive business graduates ... more University-Industry Collaboration (UIC) creates highly skilled and productive business graduates for meeting demand of industry, globalization, knowledge economy, and job market at home and abroad. In coping with ongoing acute competitive pressures of the information edge, higher education curricula of business needs to be intellectually planned, through collaboration between university and industry and developing more connectivity among different stakeholders. Examples of such successful co-operation are well manifested in several countries especially in USA, created interest elsewhere to evaluate university-industry link programs. The present research has collected primary and secondary data from one public university (University of Chittagong) and one group of industries (PHP group of companies) for the study purpose. This study employed both qualitative and quantitative research instruments which have identified some criteria in order to develop a framework which are
International Journal of Economics, Management and Accounting, 2020
Most previous studies on work-life balance have adopted the developed and western country perspec... more Most previous studies on work-life balance have adopted the developed and western country perspectives, which are rich in support structures and legislative policies to address employee work-life demands. To date, few similar studies have been done in emerging economies, where there are few work-life balance policies and support systems. This research investigates workplace support, supervisory support, and work-life balance policies concerning their impact on the work-life balance of Bangladeshi female employees in commercial banks. The results of this study are based on a questionnaire survey to a sample of 558 female employees selected through purposive sampling. Findings reveal that workplace support, superior support, and work-life balance policies significantly influence attainment of better work-life balance among Bangladeshi female bankers. Our study benefits scholars, professionals, policymakers, practitioners, regulators, and female bankers employed in Bangladesh.
Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 2020
In this competitive world highly skilled manpower is considered to play key role in developing a ... more In this competitive world highly skilled manpower is considered to play key role in developing a nation. On the other hand, highly educated people are blamed for recent business and financial scandals. Moreover, studies established that pupils who deceive in their student life are found to be engaged in immoral workplace conduct. The Student today is the future leader of the country. Hence, the combination of quality with morality is emphasized in the universities of in many developed counties like the USA, China, and moral education is being imparted at all stages of academic organizations and training centers from kindergarten to national academia. Therefore, the goal of the research is to explore the origins of the unethical behavior of University students of Bangladesh and recommend the means to improve the situation.
IIUC Studies, 2020
This paper assesses the effects of HRM practices on the management performance of public service ... more This paper assesses the effects of HRM practices on the management performance of public service organizations as public service is believed to safeguard the national property for allocating goods and services timely, and reasonably to the inhabitants of the country especially in a developing country like Bangladesh. The question circling whether the HR practices in public service are sincere for equal and equitable distribution of products and services effectively. In doing so, this study investigated the effectiveness of HR practices and methods on the performance management of public service. The study, through a mixed-method approach, conveniently surveyed a sample of 142 respondents and interview drawn from seven key informants of two Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) cadre from Chittagong, the second-largest city of the country. The study shows the differences in the effects of HRM practices that employee training positively and commensurate compensation negatively predict employ...
Indonesian Management and Accounting Research, 2018
Fair trade is an organized social movement through wider network of producers, importers, retaile... more Fair trade is an organized social movement through wider network of producers, importers, retailers and consumers who are thinking globally to promote trading partnership of products, based on mutually agreed upon condition, accountability & transparency, social justice and equity for livelihood sustainability and economic development by creating fairer and better conditions of trade. It secures the rights of marginalized producers and workers especially, in the underdeveloped and developing countries in order to help them move from a position of vulnerability to security and economic selfsufficiency, supporting environmentally feasible, socially acceptable and economically viable production and distribution of Fair Trade labeled and unlabeled goods. Again Islam urges on establishing Adl, Ehsan and eleminating Julum and Haram from trade and business to establish peace and prosperity in the society. This paper attempts to draw a line of linkage between fair trade and Islam. It also...
Indonesian Management and Accounting Research, 2014
Stock market influences economic activity through the creation of liquidity of capital investment... more Stock market influences economic activity through the creation of liquidity of capital investment. Liquid stock markets make investment less risky and more investment. Stock market in Bangladesh is characterized by frequent changes in regulations, low market sizes-market capital & turnover, lowest number of financial products, low contribution to national exchequer, influx of large number investors without relevant knowledge, and expertise. Besides, Bangladesh stock market experienced different problems-regulatory failure, unethical and ill objective oriented behavior of market participants, lack of due diligence, and manipulation. So, market cannot perform well. In view of this, the present study has been undertaken aiming at identifying determinants of stock market in Bangladesh. The study has collected data from the secondary sources and analyzed the data collected by applying some descriptive measures, and linear regression model. The study has found that the stock market of the...
Indonesian Management and Accounting Research, 2014
The banking system is facing challenges with stiff competition and advancement of technology. It ... more The banking system is facing challenges with stiff competition and advancement of technology. It becomes imperative for service providers to meet or exceed the target customers' satisfaction with quality of services expected by them. Hence, the present study attempted to study customers' perception of quality of services (both transactions-based and IT-enabled) in terms of its constituent factors and IT adoption in public, private, and foreign commercial banks in this E-age. The present investigation was planned with the objective to assess the extent of use of services especially the IT-enabled services in these banks and to analyze the constituent factors affecting customer satisfaction with the quality of services. The study area was Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. Simple random sampling was used for selection of sample branches. The study reveals that check deposition and check clearance are the most popular banking services among the customers of all sample banks...
IIUC Studies, 2017
This study examines the contribution of CSR programs of multinational enterprises (MNEs) operatin... more This study examines the contribution of CSR programs of multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in Bangladesh in the poverty alleviation. The authors employed a mixed-method approach to collect qualitative data by interviewing executives of ten MNEs while for quantitative data annual reports, websites, and articles were consulted. Results depicted insignificant contribution of MNEs in poverty alleviation by their corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. The average contribution of sample MNEs stand at only 0.52 per cent of profits after tax to CSR programs, ranging from 2.96% to 0.15%. The study reveals that most of the MNEs are not contributing as per their financial capacity and they lack a policy of donating a reasonable portion of profit to CSR along with poverty alleviation priority. The study suggests that government of Bangladesh must act sincerely and deliberately for active involvement of MNEs in CSR programs helpful for poverty alleviation by necessary policy ...
Interest-free banking has become an inextricable part of economic development around the world. T... more Interest-free banking has become an inextricable part of economic development around the world. Taking this into account, the study investigates customers' perception of uses and awareness of various products of Islamic banks in Bangladesh through a convenience sampling technique. The findings reveal that despite the awareness of products such as mudarbah and musharaka, were not used. It is further depicted that majority of the respondents simultaneously operating their accounts with conventional and Islamic banks. It is due to insufficient branches and unavailability of some products and services with conventional banks across the country. In addition, religion is found to be the most important aspect of clients for Islamic banking. Hence, the quality of service and products must consistently be offered with the principles of interest-free finance as well as with the facilities of the conventional banks. Most of the customers are totally ignorant about interest-free products. T...
Research shows that education is important for the socio-economic development of developing count... more Research shows that education is important for the socio-economic development of developing countries; in one view, the other view regards education per se as valuable because education is human right. The study focuses on the former perspective and examined the relationship between NGOs’ training programmes as measured by the Kirkpatrick’s training evaluation model, and educational development, one of the socio-economic development indicators of NGO-beneficiaries in Bangladesh. This relationship was assessed through a quantitative associational research design. From the study sites, three leading NGOs of three administrative districts of Bangladesh, a total of 300 responses were analysed using multiple regression analysis. The findings of the study provide good information on the above aspects, particularly from the view point of NGO beneficiaries, and finally, have revealed theoretical and empirical linkages between NGOs’ training programmes and beneficiaries’ education level. Lim...
Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research, 2015
Around 3 billion people are living in poverty of which 35 % are from Muslim World (World Bank 201... more Around 3 billion people are living in poverty of which 35 % are from Muslim World (World Bank 2010). In this case, global Muslim community has prime role to address the injustice of global poverty through zakah as an Islamic faith-based institution and having potential annual fund of $139.32 billion in Muslim world. This study designed an explanatory sequential mixed method. For qualitative data, 17 managers were interviewed and 85 zakah recipients were purposively surveyed (disproportionate sampling) for quantitative purpose between August 1 and December 30, 2013. The results indicate that zakah has significant bearing on the conditions of zakah recipients and lie the foundation of developing small business entrepreneurship by mobilizing zakah as seed money (investment) and not as spent money (consumption). A five-phased process model underpinned by two well-grounded theories: Becker’s human capital theory and Kirkpatrick’s training evaluation taxonomy has been proposed for develop...
ABSTRACT The study attempted to investigate the preference of teaching methodology as the means o... more ABSTRACT The study attempted to investigate the preference of teaching methodology as the means of human resource development conducted on business teachers and students of public and private universities in Bangladesh. The study found that 40 percent students of public university opined in favor of lectures by teachers as a teaching method. They also rated for group discussion and presentation, case study, individual presentation and assignment, respectively. On the other hand, the paper portrays that 40 percent student of private university rated in favor of group discussion as the best teaching method while the rest of the students stated as assignment, individual presentation, case study and lecture method, respectively. The sample students of public university rated lecture method as the best teaching method. Dynamic and IT-based training module may be used as an effective instrument to share resources, knowledge, experiences in providing effective and efficient teacher training too.
Education is a key aspect for the socioeconomic development of developing countries; in one view,... more Education is a key aspect for the socioeconomic development of developing countries; in one view, the other view regards education per se as valuable because education is human right. The study focuses on the former perspective and examined the relationship between NGOs" training programmes as measured by the Kirkpatrick"s training evaluation model, and educational development, one of the socioeconomic development indicators of NGO-beneficiaries in Bangladesh. This relationship was assessed through a quantitative associational research design. From the study sites, three leading NGOs of three administrative districts of Bangladesh, a total of 300 responses were analysed using multiple regression analysis. The findings of the study provide good information on the above aspects, particularly from the view point of NGO beneficiaries, and finally, have revealed paucities of NGO intervention in filling the missing link between NGOs" training programmes and beneficiaries" education level.
University-Industry Collaboration (UIC) creates highly skilled and productive business graduates ... more University-Industry Collaboration (UIC) creates highly skilled and productive business graduates for meeting demand of industry, globalization, knowledge economy, and job market at home and abroad. In coping with ongoing acute competitive pressures of the information edge, higher education curricula of business needs to be intellectually planned, through collaboration between university and industry and developing more connectivity among different stakeholders. Examples of such successful cooperation are well manifested in several countries especially in USA, created interest elsewhere to evaluate university-industry link programs. The present research has collected primary and secondary data from one public university (University of Chittagong) and one group of industries (PHP group of companies) for the study purpose. This study employed both qualitative and quantitative research instruments which have identified some criteria in order to develop a framework which are 5C such as (i) comparability, (ii) credibility, (iii) consistency, (iv) cost-benefit, and (v) culture. The Cone Model for university-industry collaboration has also been used in this paper.
This study set out to investigate the high and low adoption usage of Mcommerce service categories... more This study set out to investigate the high and low adoption usage of Mcommerce service categories (Entertainment, transactions, communication, and information). The research focused on whether awareness and knowledge, convenience of Mobile devices and WAP/GPRS enabled handset, pricing and cost, security and privacy, rich and fast information and perceived usefulness have any influence on the intention to use M-commerce services among employed Mobile phone users in Dhaka and Chittagong City of Bangladesh. This study finds that communication category in M-commerce services has higher usage frequency compared to others like entertainment, transactions, and information. Three factors were found to have significant positive influence towards the adoption of M-commerce services are pricing and cost, rich and fast information, and security and privacy. Further, it is interesting to note that there is no significant gender difference in terms of M-commerce adoption level. Users less than 30 years of age have a higher tendency to adopt M-commerce services compare to the older age groups was discovered among employed mobile users in Bangladesh.