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Papers by Md. Muhibbullah

International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 2021

The situation of solar energy in Malaysia is examined in this article, with a focus on solar phot... more The situation of solar energy in Malaysia is examined in this article, with a focus on solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in Malaysian homes. It examines Malaysia's historical solar energy initiatives in terms of R&D, deployments, and national policy during the previous two decades, all of which have affected PV installation in the country. The New Energy Metering system (NEM) policy, as well as a cost-benefit analysis of PV installations for Malaysian homes are addressed. A preliminary survey of public opinion was performed to better understand public perceptions of clean energy policies and advantages, as well as an evaluation of public willingness to join in the NEM policy by installing PV on their homes. The NEM policy will give a reasonable return on investment, according to the cost-benefit analysis. While PV solar energy has the potential to be a viable alternative, Malaysian families face a number of challenges, including high costs, a lack of physical and financial resources, a lack of expertise, and a lack of social support. According to the survey, the majority of respondents are ignorant of the government's clean energy subsidies and strategies, and are unable to participate in the NEM policy.

This paper describes the intent of learners to acquire university education, the basis for select... more This paper describes the intent of learners to acquire university education, the basis for selecting study courses, the means to assess the quality of higher education, what the challenges faced by the learners are, as well as suggestions for improvement. The design and system thinking approach has been adapted to address the well-being issues of B40 young people in Bangladesh, through understanding their need, followed by building conceptual business models using modeling tools, i.e., Business Model Canvas (BMC) and Value Proposition Canvas (VPC) model. The main objective of this paper is to investigate the contribution and the role of a Malaysian University to solve problems of quality of higher education in Bangladesh and what initiatives should be taken to overcome this problem. This paper offers a validated conceptual Malaysian University of the Future (UotF) business model with the focus on international community engagement programs to help Bangladeshi students to acquire knowledge, abilities, skills, and values toward developing a harmonious and sustainable society. The contribution of this paper is the presentation of a conceptual, validated business model in both BMC and VPC formats. This conceptual business model can further be applied to civic engagement operations by other universities.

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2021

This research aims to assess the economic impact of climate change on the poverty of rice farmers... more This research aims to assess the economic impact of climate change on the poverty of rice farmers in Kedah. A personal interview was conducted in a sample of 400 farm households in Kedah, Malaysia. To achieve the goal of the analysis, a logit model was used. The findings indicate that education and non-farm have major positive effect on the probability of being poor for the rice farmers. For Malaysian policymakers, the evidence from this study may be useful in promoting greater preventive measures during the key and off-seasons to counteract climate instability and vulnerability.

Ecofeminism and Climate Change, 2020

Purpose – To achieve proper waste management, the disposal of electronic waste (e-waste) is one s... more Purpose – To achieve proper waste management, the disposal of electronic waste (e-waste) is one suitable method. Most developing countries, including Malaysia, are facing lack of e-waste recycling
facilities and low household participation. Using a survey method using a questionnaire, this study aims to examine the intention of Malaysian households to drop-off their mobile phones to the nearest collection boxes (n = 600).
Design/methodology/approach – This study expanded the theory of planned behavior by adding environmental awareness and knowledge. In addition, the cost of disposal and the convenience of the available disposal infrastructure were measured as two parts of the perceived behavioral control.
Findings – The results of this study show that environmental knowledge and awareness have a significant impact on attitudes toward recycling intention of the households. In addition, it was also found that the attitude and cost of disposal infrastructure is positively related to household intention.
Originality/value – These results show that if e-waste collection boxes are provided to the nearest community and e-waste management information is distributed, this will increase household participation in e-waste management.

Environmental Science and Pollution Researc, 2022

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the links between renewable energy (RE), non-renewabl... more The purpose of this paper is to investigate the links between renewable energy (RE), non-renewable energy (NRE), capital, labour and economic growth, using the nonlinear autoregressive distributive lag (NARDL) model in Malaysia for the period of 1980-2018. The results of NARDL confirm the asymmetric effect of RE and NRE consumption on the economic growth in the long run as well as the short run in Malaysia. The findings also show that in the long and short run, positive shocks of NRE are greater than the positive shocks of RE. It indicates that Malaysia's economic growth is highly dependent on NRE which is not a good indication as NRE consumption increases carbon dioxide (CO 2) emission in the country. Moreover, the empirical results of this study demonstrated that RE consumption reduction accelerates economic growth, whereas NRE consumption reduction decreases economic growth. It can have claimed that in Malaysia, RE is still more expensive than NRE. In conclusion, this study offered a variety of measures to develop RE to reduce the dependency on NRE consumption.

The paper aims to examine the association between information and communication technology (ICT),... more The paper aims to examine the association between information and communication technology (ICT), economic growth and population health based on health production model in Malaysia. This theoretical health production function is represented as follows: where the output is an individual health outcome, and the inputs are determinants of health, such as income, education, health care costs, medical facilities, the environment, and lifestyle. The development of information and communication technologies are represented as of mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100) and fixed telephone subscriptions (100) using time series data from 1993-2017 from the World Bank database. Using the bound testing technique of cointegration, this study finds that ICT affects population health significantly and positively in the long-and short-run. This is because ICT inclusion improves human health and longevity. Whereas, economic growth has no significant impact on the population"s health both in the short-and long-run. The findings indicate that a weak global economy affects Malaysia"s economic growth and reduces the health expenditure per capita. The results of this study suggest that policymakers must develop policies that improves public health by increasing health literacy, disseminating health information and facilitating medical facilities. This study also suggests that health care systems should to concentrate on digital inclusion.

Article History Keywords Visual merchandising Price sensitivity SOR PLS-SEM Impulse purchase Beha... more Article History Keywords Visual merchandising Price sensitivity SOR PLS-SEM Impulse purchase Behavior Apparel shoppers. JEL Classification: L11, G41. The intense competition among apparel retail outlets in Bangladesh are on the rise. Due to the increasing number of these outlets, young consumers tend to differentiate the apparel products by visiting stores and compare prices with other outlets and end up with impulse purchase. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between visual merchandising, price sensitivity and impulse purchase behavior among young apparel shoppers. For this purpose, the sample of 305 young shoppers in Bangladesh completed the questionnaire. Stimulus Organism and Response (SOR) model was employed. The data were analyzed by deploying partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). By applying two-step approach for instance, measurement model for indicator loadings, convergent validity, reliability and structural model for path analysis, the result signifies that both visual merchandising and price sensitivity positively and significantly affects shoppers' shopping enjoyment and impulse purchase behavior, which shoppers' shopping enjoyment positively affects impulse purchase behavior. Results also found that shopping enjoyment mediates the relationship between visual merchandising, price sensitivity and impulse purchase behavior. The findings are useful for retailers to understand the essence of impulse purchasing behavior and factors, such as visual merchandising and price sensitivity, which can have great impact on impulse purchase behaviors among consumers. Contribution/Originality: The study contributes in the existing literature by employing external stimulus and organism of SO -R model. Variables of this study are widely being exercised but limited to apparel product purchasing behavior in Bangladesh context.

climate does not deteriorate the variables that could make life complicated (i.e., water shortage... more climate does not deteriorate the variables that could make life complicated (i.e., water shortage, severe weather events, high temperature etc.).

For maintaining the need of protein and nutrition and also creating employment opportunity for un... more For maintaining the need of protein and nutrition and also creating employment opportunity for unemployed people specially women, poultry industry plays an important role in the agriculture sector in Bangladesh. This paper tries to assess the total industry related to marketing of product and final consumption. It also includes the demand and supply of chickens, eggs, chicks, feed mills, breeder farm, hatcheries etc. The marketing structure and systems are limited for medium and small size firm within whole sell and retail system. On the other hand, the marketing scope, procedure and strategy of big firms like CP Bd Co.. are very wide and broad. It is fact that the grass root level farmers of poultry are suffering from high risk specially when political instability exists in the country. They are also earning insufficient profits even most of the big companies sometimes are suffering losses due to the deadly threat from bird flu and this is why the stakeholders fear to invest further. However, as a densely populated and highly increasing population, the demand for meat of chicken and eggs are increasing to fulfill the demand of nutrition in Bangladesh. In addition, not only to fulfil the domestic demand, we will be able to export chicken and eggs which will increase the earnings of the country. Now it is seen that small-scale poultry production contributes a lot in the total industry. This study will be helpful for the new entrepreneurs and large, medium & small-scale poultry producers.

The trend of using apps based ride-hailing service has continuing to rise in the last few years. ... more The trend of using apps based ride-hailing service has continuing to rise in the last few years. Ride-hailing services are becoming increasingly common in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The advent of this technology not only provides relief to people used to spending hours in congested traffic, but it also creates opportunities for thousands of unemployed youth. The aim of this study is to examine the behavioral intention of using ride-hailing apps services among commuters in Dhaka city. Technology acceptance model (TAM) is employed. A total of 250 data were received from the respondents living in the Dhaka city who have been using this apps service. The data were analyzed by using SPSS and AMOS version 21.0. The result indicates that satisfaction has a significant influence on behavioral intention to use ride-hailing apps. The findings further reveal that perceived usefulness have a significant impact on both satisfaction and behavioral intention. On the other hand, perceived usability found to be insignificant in determining the relationship with satisfaction and behavioral intention. Additionally, perceived trust is positively associated with satisfaction but negatively with behavioral intention. The findings from this study will enhance service providers involved in this operation to understand the best policy which should be taken in order to serve commuters better.

Ecofeminism and Climate Change, 2020

Purpose-To achieve proper waste management, the disposal of electronic waste (e-waste) is one sui... more Purpose-To achieve proper waste management, the disposal of electronic waste (e-waste) is one suitable method. Most developing countries, including Malaysia, are facing lack of e-waste recycling facilities and low household participation. Using a survey method using a questionnaire, this study aims to examine the intention of Malaysian households to drop-off their mobile phones to the nearest collection boxes (n = 600). Design/methodology/approach-This study expanded the theory of planned behavior by adding environmental awareness and knowledge. In addition, the cost of disposal and the convenience of the available disposal infrastructure were measured as two parts of the perceived behavioral control. Findings-The results of this study show that environmental knowledge and awareness have a significant impact on attitudes toward recycling intention of the households. In addition, it was also found that the attitude and cost of disposal infrastructure is positively related to household intention. Originality/value-These results show that if e-waste collection boxes are provided to the nearest community and e-waste management information is distributed, this will increase household participation in e-waste management.

Corporate governance is the system by which organizations are directed, monitored and controlled.... more Corporate governance is the system by which organizations are directed, monitored and
controlled. It is an oversight mechanism to ensure the management team efficiently allocates
the organizational resources, so as to protect the interest of shareholders and stakeholders.
There is a need for good corporate governance practice to stabilize the performance of
financial institutions. This study investigated the influence of corporate governance in
banking performance. Panel data analysis has been conducted for the top nine public and
private commercial banks operating in Bangladesh for a period of 2009 to 2017. Board size,
structure of internal audit committee and capital adequacy ratio were being taken as
independent variables to measure the effects of corporate governance whereas return on asset,
return on equity and earnings per share were being taken as dimensions for measuring bank
performance. Correlation and regression analysis techniques were being used to examine the
relationships between corporate governance practices and bank performance. The results
indicated that CAR has the greater impact on Bank performance. The information derived
from this study can be valuable and will help to enhance the understanding of the governing
bodies of financial institutions for accelerating banking performance.

The objective of this study is to analyze and evaluate public acceptance and their willingness to... more The objective of this study is to analyze and evaluate public acceptance and their willingness to pay (WTP) for solar energy for their household use in Kuala Lumpur. For this reason, a contingent valuation method (CVM) was conducted to recognize the WTP of individuals and the features persuading it. Inhabitants of 400 families in Kuala Lumpur were questioned face to face. A logit model was estimated to investigate the factors that may affect the willingness of the households to pay additional electricity bills for solar energy. It was found that the average WTP value per family is RM 16, which will be paid monthly as an additional charge in electricity bills. The results of the logit model show that income, household size and knowledge about climate change positively and significantly affect the WTP of the households to pay additional electricity bills.

International Journal of Business and Technopreneurship, 2019

Income inequality has become a major public issue all over the world. Each year the gap between t... more Income inequality has become a major public issue all over the world. Each year the gap between the rich and poor is rising, and the circumstance has turned to be miserable in many countries. This paper investigates the impact of inflation on income inequality using data from the period of 1990 to 2015. The study uses econometric techniques on the time series data. All data are found to be stationary at first difference by using Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) test. The results of Johannsen co-integration test confirm that there is a long-run positive significant relationship among the examined variables. The result shows that if inflation increases by 1%, income inequality increases by 4.99%. The result of the vector error correction model (VECM) shows that inequality requires approximately 0.35% of error correction per year and inflation requires 22.74% of error correction per year to reach equilibrium. The result of the impulse response function indicates that one standard deviation shock from inequality and inflation causes inequality to rise over time. When one standard deviation shock is given to inequality causes inflation to decline after 1.5 years then neutralized after 3.5 years where shock from inflation, inflation becomes negative after two years and neutralized after six years.

International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), 2019

The automotive industry is one of the main producers of industrial wastes affecting the natural e... more The automotive industry is one of the main producers of industrial wastes affecting the natural environment. The purpose of this study is to identify the most important barriers to the Malaysian automotive industry. The data were collected by researching 145 companies in Malaysia's automotive supply chain industry. The data were examined using Problem Conflict Index (PCI) to determine the most important critical barriers that put automotive companies in a difficult position to implement green supply chain management (GSCM). The results of this study report that the number one barrier in the automotive sector is "market competition and uncertainty" with a PCI of 298. The second problem is "Lack of Implementing Green Practices" with the PCI of 297. Like these two barriers, cost implications, unawareness of customers, lack of corporate social responsibility, lack of globalization, lack of technical assistance from government have been identified as top-level barriers and lack of the government's willingness to invest, reduced involvement in environmentally related conferences are recognized as most important bottom level barriers. The elimination of these barriers will help to apply the GSCM in the Malaysian automobile industry.

The study was conducted at the Department of Economics, Asian University of Bangladesh, Dhaka Ban... more The study was conducted at the Department of Economics, Asian University of Bangladesh, Dhaka Bangladesh during June to December 2014. Livestock is an indigenous farming system in Bangladesh. Many changes have happened from 1982 to 1992 that means over 10 years number of cattle and buffaloes, sheep, goats and poultry increase about 20 lac, 121 lac and 374 lac respectively. In addition, from 2002 to 2012, in last 10 years, number of cattle and buffaloes, sheep and goats and poultry are increased about 4 lac, 28 lac and 9 lac respectively. However, we get a clear indication that livestock population increases in Bangladesh in decreasing rate over 20 years. Besides, if we consider annual growth rate, it is decreasing also over the year. It is a common demand from the society because Bangladeshis are non-vegetarian so there is a growing demand for meat domestically in Bangladesh. It will also help to alleviate poverty from Bangladesh through Livestock farming.

Child labor, particularly the hazardous forms of child labor, is a matter of great concern in Ban... more Child labor, particularly the hazardous forms of child labor, is a matter of great concern in Bangladesh. It is considered to be a major act of violation of child rights. The term 'labor' does not suit a 'child' by any means. By implication, the term child labor stands out as a gross contravention of human rights. Yet, it is a grim reality in the socioeconomic situation of Bangladesh. This study attempts to portray current scenario of rights of the child laborers, and their working place and family. The prime objectives of this study are to know the situation of child laborers, who are working at risk, and how these experiences and learning can contribute more effectively towards the future actions for a child labor free Bangladesh. The methodology of the study is based both on primary and secondary data. After collecting necessary data from secondary sources a sample survey was conducted to collect primary field data. Data was collected on the basis of the questionnaire, and the sample of the study was selected purposively. The significant findings of the study reveal that child laborer is highly exploitative in his/her working place as well as in his/her family. Finally this study suggests that the exploitation of child laborer will be banned by creating social awareness, by carrying out activities to improve the working condition, by establishing child rights and eradicating child labor by GO and NGO .

The present study was an attempt to assess the living status of slum dwellers at Uttara, peripher... more The present study was an attempt to assess the living status of slum dwellers at Uttara, periphery, Dhaka. A slum is a heavily populated urban informal settlement characterized by substandard housing, squalor, most lack reliable sanitation services, supply of clean water, reliable electricity, and other basic services. Analysis showed that the average money spend for food and groceries was Tk.2,757.41 (44.86%) whereas the average monthly house rent including utilities was Tk.1,968.33 (32.02%). It was note that educational expense of children was Tk.555.00 (9.03%). per month while cost for health care per month was Tk.457.5 (7.44%). It was observed that they live in unhygienic surroundings. In the slum area, the youngest and adult age group (0-24 years) had morbidity rate of 30.8% followed by population in the age group 35-39 years (17.9%). Morbidity was lowest (5.1%) for the population belonging to age group 30-34 years, followed by morbidity of population aged 40 and above (each group has morbidity rate 12.8%). Slum people were found to be engaged in day labourer, small job services, rickshaw pulling, and little business.

International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 2021

The situation of solar energy in Malaysia is examined in this article, with a focus on solar phot... more The situation of solar energy in Malaysia is examined in this article, with a focus on solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in Malaysian homes. It examines Malaysia's historical solar energy initiatives in terms of R&D, deployments, and national policy during the previous two decades, all of which have affected PV installation in the country. The New Energy Metering system (NEM) policy, as well as a cost-benefit analysis of PV installations for Malaysian homes are addressed. A preliminary survey of public opinion was performed to better understand public perceptions of clean energy policies and advantages, as well as an evaluation of public willingness to join in the NEM policy by installing PV on their homes. The NEM policy will give a reasonable return on investment, according to the cost-benefit analysis. While PV solar energy has the potential to be a viable alternative, Malaysian families face a number of challenges, including high costs, a lack of physical and financial resources, a lack of expertise, and a lack of social support. According to the survey, the majority of respondents are ignorant of the government's clean energy subsidies and strategies, and are unable to participate in the NEM policy.

This paper describes the intent of learners to acquire university education, the basis for select... more This paper describes the intent of learners to acquire university education, the basis for selecting study courses, the means to assess the quality of higher education, what the challenges faced by the learners are, as well as suggestions for improvement. The design and system thinking approach has been adapted to address the well-being issues of B40 young people in Bangladesh, through understanding their need, followed by building conceptual business models using modeling tools, i.e., Business Model Canvas (BMC) and Value Proposition Canvas (VPC) model. The main objective of this paper is to investigate the contribution and the role of a Malaysian University to solve problems of quality of higher education in Bangladesh and what initiatives should be taken to overcome this problem. This paper offers a validated conceptual Malaysian University of the Future (UotF) business model with the focus on international community engagement programs to help Bangladeshi students to acquire knowledge, abilities, skills, and values toward developing a harmonious and sustainable society. The contribution of this paper is the presentation of a conceptual, validated business model in both BMC and VPC formats. This conceptual business model can further be applied to civic engagement operations by other universities.

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2021

This research aims to assess the economic impact of climate change on the poverty of rice farmers... more This research aims to assess the economic impact of climate change on the poverty of rice farmers in Kedah. A personal interview was conducted in a sample of 400 farm households in Kedah, Malaysia. To achieve the goal of the analysis, a logit model was used. The findings indicate that education and non-farm have major positive effect on the probability of being poor for the rice farmers. For Malaysian policymakers, the evidence from this study may be useful in promoting greater preventive measures during the key and off-seasons to counteract climate instability and vulnerability.

Ecofeminism and Climate Change, 2020

Purpose – To achieve proper waste management, the disposal of electronic waste (e-waste) is one s... more Purpose – To achieve proper waste management, the disposal of electronic waste (e-waste) is one suitable method. Most developing countries, including Malaysia, are facing lack of e-waste recycling
facilities and low household participation. Using a survey method using a questionnaire, this study aims to examine the intention of Malaysian households to drop-off their mobile phones to the nearest collection boxes (n = 600).
Design/methodology/approach – This study expanded the theory of planned behavior by adding environmental awareness and knowledge. In addition, the cost of disposal and the convenience of the available disposal infrastructure were measured as two parts of the perceived behavioral control.
Findings – The results of this study show that environmental knowledge and awareness have a significant impact on attitudes toward recycling intention of the households. In addition, it was also found that the attitude and cost of disposal infrastructure is positively related to household intention.
Originality/value – These results show that if e-waste collection boxes are provided to the nearest community and e-waste management information is distributed, this will increase household participation in e-waste management.

Environmental Science and Pollution Researc, 2022

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the links between renewable energy (RE), non-renewabl... more The purpose of this paper is to investigate the links between renewable energy (RE), non-renewable energy (NRE), capital, labour and economic growth, using the nonlinear autoregressive distributive lag (NARDL) model in Malaysia for the period of 1980-2018. The results of NARDL confirm the asymmetric effect of RE and NRE consumption on the economic growth in the long run as well as the short run in Malaysia. The findings also show that in the long and short run, positive shocks of NRE are greater than the positive shocks of RE. It indicates that Malaysia's economic growth is highly dependent on NRE which is not a good indication as NRE consumption increases carbon dioxide (CO 2) emission in the country. Moreover, the empirical results of this study demonstrated that RE consumption reduction accelerates economic growth, whereas NRE consumption reduction decreases economic growth. It can have claimed that in Malaysia, RE is still more expensive than NRE. In conclusion, this study offered a variety of measures to develop RE to reduce the dependency on NRE consumption.

The paper aims to examine the association between information and communication technology (ICT),... more The paper aims to examine the association between information and communication technology (ICT), economic growth and population health based on health production model in Malaysia. This theoretical health production function is represented as follows: where the output is an individual health outcome, and the inputs are determinants of health, such as income, education, health care costs, medical facilities, the environment, and lifestyle. The development of information and communication technologies are represented as of mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100) and fixed telephone subscriptions (100) using time series data from 1993-2017 from the World Bank database. Using the bound testing technique of cointegration, this study finds that ICT affects population health significantly and positively in the long-and short-run. This is because ICT inclusion improves human health and longevity. Whereas, economic growth has no significant impact on the population"s health both in the short-and long-run. The findings indicate that a weak global economy affects Malaysia"s economic growth and reduces the health expenditure per capita. The results of this study suggest that policymakers must develop policies that improves public health by increasing health literacy, disseminating health information and facilitating medical facilities. This study also suggests that health care systems should to concentrate on digital inclusion.

Article History Keywords Visual merchandising Price sensitivity SOR PLS-SEM Impulse purchase Beha... more Article History Keywords Visual merchandising Price sensitivity SOR PLS-SEM Impulse purchase Behavior Apparel shoppers. JEL Classification: L11, G41. The intense competition among apparel retail outlets in Bangladesh are on the rise. Due to the increasing number of these outlets, young consumers tend to differentiate the apparel products by visiting stores and compare prices with other outlets and end up with impulse purchase. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between visual merchandising, price sensitivity and impulse purchase behavior among young apparel shoppers. For this purpose, the sample of 305 young shoppers in Bangladesh completed the questionnaire. Stimulus Organism and Response (SOR) model was employed. The data were analyzed by deploying partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). By applying two-step approach for instance, measurement model for indicator loadings, convergent validity, reliability and structural model for path analysis, the result signifies that both visual merchandising and price sensitivity positively and significantly affects shoppers' shopping enjoyment and impulse purchase behavior, which shoppers' shopping enjoyment positively affects impulse purchase behavior. Results also found that shopping enjoyment mediates the relationship between visual merchandising, price sensitivity and impulse purchase behavior. The findings are useful for retailers to understand the essence of impulse purchasing behavior and factors, such as visual merchandising and price sensitivity, which can have great impact on impulse purchase behaviors among consumers. Contribution/Originality: The study contributes in the existing literature by employing external stimulus and organism of SO -R model. Variables of this study are widely being exercised but limited to apparel product purchasing behavior in Bangladesh context.

climate does not deteriorate the variables that could make life complicated (i.e., water shortage... more climate does not deteriorate the variables that could make life complicated (i.e., water shortage, severe weather events, high temperature etc.).

For maintaining the need of protein and nutrition and also creating employment opportunity for un... more For maintaining the need of protein and nutrition and also creating employment opportunity for unemployed people specially women, poultry industry plays an important role in the agriculture sector in Bangladesh. This paper tries to assess the total industry related to marketing of product and final consumption. It also includes the demand and supply of chickens, eggs, chicks, feed mills, breeder farm, hatcheries etc. The marketing structure and systems are limited for medium and small size firm within whole sell and retail system. On the other hand, the marketing scope, procedure and strategy of big firms like CP Bd Co.. are very wide and broad. It is fact that the grass root level farmers of poultry are suffering from high risk specially when political instability exists in the country. They are also earning insufficient profits even most of the big companies sometimes are suffering losses due to the deadly threat from bird flu and this is why the stakeholders fear to invest further. However, as a densely populated and highly increasing population, the demand for meat of chicken and eggs are increasing to fulfill the demand of nutrition in Bangladesh. In addition, not only to fulfil the domestic demand, we will be able to export chicken and eggs which will increase the earnings of the country. Now it is seen that small-scale poultry production contributes a lot in the total industry. This study will be helpful for the new entrepreneurs and large, medium & small-scale poultry producers.

The trend of using apps based ride-hailing service has continuing to rise in the last few years. ... more The trend of using apps based ride-hailing service has continuing to rise in the last few years. Ride-hailing services are becoming increasingly common in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The advent of this technology not only provides relief to people used to spending hours in congested traffic, but it also creates opportunities for thousands of unemployed youth. The aim of this study is to examine the behavioral intention of using ride-hailing apps services among commuters in Dhaka city. Technology acceptance model (TAM) is employed. A total of 250 data were received from the respondents living in the Dhaka city who have been using this apps service. The data were analyzed by using SPSS and AMOS version 21.0. The result indicates that satisfaction has a significant influence on behavioral intention to use ride-hailing apps. The findings further reveal that perceived usefulness have a significant impact on both satisfaction and behavioral intention. On the other hand, perceived usability found to be insignificant in determining the relationship with satisfaction and behavioral intention. Additionally, perceived trust is positively associated with satisfaction but negatively with behavioral intention. The findings from this study will enhance service providers involved in this operation to understand the best policy which should be taken in order to serve commuters better.

Ecofeminism and Climate Change, 2020

Purpose-To achieve proper waste management, the disposal of electronic waste (e-waste) is one sui... more Purpose-To achieve proper waste management, the disposal of electronic waste (e-waste) is one suitable method. Most developing countries, including Malaysia, are facing lack of e-waste recycling facilities and low household participation. Using a survey method using a questionnaire, this study aims to examine the intention of Malaysian households to drop-off their mobile phones to the nearest collection boxes (n = 600). Design/methodology/approach-This study expanded the theory of planned behavior by adding environmental awareness and knowledge. In addition, the cost of disposal and the convenience of the available disposal infrastructure were measured as two parts of the perceived behavioral control. Findings-The results of this study show that environmental knowledge and awareness have a significant impact on attitudes toward recycling intention of the households. In addition, it was also found that the attitude and cost of disposal infrastructure is positively related to household intention. Originality/value-These results show that if e-waste collection boxes are provided to the nearest community and e-waste management information is distributed, this will increase household participation in e-waste management.

Corporate governance is the system by which organizations are directed, monitored and controlled.... more Corporate governance is the system by which organizations are directed, monitored and
controlled. It is an oversight mechanism to ensure the management team efficiently allocates
the organizational resources, so as to protect the interest of shareholders and stakeholders.
There is a need for good corporate governance practice to stabilize the performance of
financial institutions. This study investigated the influence of corporate governance in
banking performance. Panel data analysis has been conducted for the top nine public and
private commercial banks operating in Bangladesh for a period of 2009 to 2017. Board size,
structure of internal audit committee and capital adequacy ratio were being taken as
independent variables to measure the effects of corporate governance whereas return on asset,
return on equity and earnings per share were being taken as dimensions for measuring bank
performance. Correlation and regression analysis techniques were being used to examine the
relationships between corporate governance practices and bank performance. The results
indicated that CAR has the greater impact on Bank performance. The information derived
from this study can be valuable and will help to enhance the understanding of the governing
bodies of financial institutions for accelerating banking performance.

The objective of this study is to analyze and evaluate public acceptance and their willingness to... more The objective of this study is to analyze and evaluate public acceptance and their willingness to pay (WTP) for solar energy for their household use in Kuala Lumpur. For this reason, a contingent valuation method (CVM) was conducted to recognize the WTP of individuals and the features persuading it. Inhabitants of 400 families in Kuala Lumpur were questioned face to face. A logit model was estimated to investigate the factors that may affect the willingness of the households to pay additional electricity bills for solar energy. It was found that the average WTP value per family is RM 16, which will be paid monthly as an additional charge in electricity bills. The results of the logit model show that income, household size and knowledge about climate change positively and significantly affect the WTP of the households to pay additional electricity bills.

International Journal of Business and Technopreneurship, 2019

Income inequality has become a major public issue all over the world. Each year the gap between t... more Income inequality has become a major public issue all over the world. Each year the gap between the rich and poor is rising, and the circumstance has turned to be miserable in many countries. This paper investigates the impact of inflation on income inequality using data from the period of 1990 to 2015. The study uses econometric techniques on the time series data. All data are found to be stationary at first difference by using Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) test. The results of Johannsen co-integration test confirm that there is a long-run positive significant relationship among the examined variables. The result shows that if inflation increases by 1%, income inequality increases by 4.99%. The result of the vector error correction model (VECM) shows that inequality requires approximately 0.35% of error correction per year and inflation requires 22.74% of error correction per year to reach equilibrium. The result of the impulse response function indicates that one standard deviation shock from inequality and inflation causes inequality to rise over time. When one standard deviation shock is given to inequality causes inflation to decline after 1.5 years then neutralized after 3.5 years where shock from inflation, inflation becomes negative after two years and neutralized after six years.

International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), 2019

The automotive industry is one of the main producers of industrial wastes affecting the natural e... more The automotive industry is one of the main producers of industrial wastes affecting the natural environment. The purpose of this study is to identify the most important barriers to the Malaysian automotive industry. The data were collected by researching 145 companies in Malaysia's automotive supply chain industry. The data were examined using Problem Conflict Index (PCI) to determine the most important critical barriers that put automotive companies in a difficult position to implement green supply chain management (GSCM). The results of this study report that the number one barrier in the automotive sector is "market competition and uncertainty" with a PCI of 298. The second problem is "Lack of Implementing Green Practices" with the PCI of 297. Like these two barriers, cost implications, unawareness of customers, lack of corporate social responsibility, lack of globalization, lack of technical assistance from government have been identified as top-level barriers and lack of the government's willingness to invest, reduced involvement in environmentally related conferences are recognized as most important bottom level barriers. The elimination of these barriers will help to apply the GSCM in the Malaysian automobile industry.

The study was conducted at the Department of Economics, Asian University of Bangladesh, Dhaka Ban... more The study was conducted at the Department of Economics, Asian University of Bangladesh, Dhaka Bangladesh during June to December 2014. Livestock is an indigenous farming system in Bangladesh. Many changes have happened from 1982 to 1992 that means over 10 years number of cattle and buffaloes, sheep, goats and poultry increase about 20 lac, 121 lac and 374 lac respectively. In addition, from 2002 to 2012, in last 10 years, number of cattle and buffaloes, sheep and goats and poultry are increased about 4 lac, 28 lac and 9 lac respectively. However, we get a clear indication that livestock population increases in Bangladesh in decreasing rate over 20 years. Besides, if we consider annual growth rate, it is decreasing also over the year. It is a common demand from the society because Bangladeshis are non-vegetarian so there is a growing demand for meat domestically in Bangladesh. It will also help to alleviate poverty from Bangladesh through Livestock farming.

Child labor, particularly the hazardous forms of child labor, is a matter of great concern in Ban... more Child labor, particularly the hazardous forms of child labor, is a matter of great concern in Bangladesh. It is considered to be a major act of violation of child rights. The term 'labor' does not suit a 'child' by any means. By implication, the term child labor stands out as a gross contravention of human rights. Yet, it is a grim reality in the socioeconomic situation of Bangladesh. This study attempts to portray current scenario of rights of the child laborers, and their working place and family. The prime objectives of this study are to know the situation of child laborers, who are working at risk, and how these experiences and learning can contribute more effectively towards the future actions for a child labor free Bangladesh. The methodology of the study is based both on primary and secondary data. After collecting necessary data from secondary sources a sample survey was conducted to collect primary field data. Data was collected on the basis of the questionnaire, and the sample of the study was selected purposively. The significant findings of the study reveal that child laborer is highly exploitative in his/her working place as well as in his/her family. Finally this study suggests that the exploitation of child laborer will be banned by creating social awareness, by carrying out activities to improve the working condition, by establishing child rights and eradicating child labor by GO and NGO .

The present study was an attempt to assess the living status of slum dwellers at Uttara, peripher... more The present study was an attempt to assess the living status of slum dwellers at Uttara, periphery, Dhaka. A slum is a heavily populated urban informal settlement characterized by substandard housing, squalor, most lack reliable sanitation services, supply of clean water, reliable electricity, and other basic services. Analysis showed that the average money spend for food and groceries was Tk.2,757.41 (44.86%) whereas the average monthly house rent including utilities was Tk.1,968.33 (32.02%). It was note that educational expense of children was Tk.555.00 (9.03%). per month while cost for health care per month was Tk.457.5 (7.44%). It was observed that they live in unhygienic surroundings. In the slum area, the youngest and adult age group (0-24 years) had morbidity rate of 30.8% followed by population in the age group 35-39 years (17.9%). Morbidity was lowest (5.1%) for the population belonging to age group 30-34 years, followed by morbidity of population aged 40 and above (each group has morbidity rate 12.8%). Slum people were found to be engaged in day labourer, small job services, rickshaw pulling, and little business.