Mohammad Nayeem Abdullah

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• Doctor of Philosophy
• Professor at Chittagong Independent University

Bangladesh, known globally as a low-cost garment manufacturing hub, is transitioning from a Least Developed Country to a "Developing Country" status. To sustain and accelerate this growth, the country is aggressively seeking Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and pursuing various ambitious mega-projects. However, a critical area that requires attentio...

This study examines the key factors influencing economic growth in South Asia, namely entrepreneurship development, technological innovation, and institutional quality. By analyzing annual data from 2010 to 2022 across South Asian countries (excluding Afghanistan), a strong correlation between these factors and economic prosperity is revealed. Thes...

The intense competitive and challenging business environment is compelling the financial service providing companies to revitalize their marketing stratagem. This study was conducted on the South Asian (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) financial markets through analyzing the marketing of financial services. For the purpose of this study,...

The focus of this study is to analyze the key elements that have a significant impact on the economic growth in South Asia, specifically the development of entrepreneurship, technological innovation, and the quality of institutions. Through meticulous analysis of annual data from 2010 to 2022, encompassing all South Asian countries except Afghanist...

This paper analyzes the response of cryptocurrency returns to the movement of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and stock market volatility (VIX), as well as a few macroeconomic variables: gold price, interest rate, inflation rate, and oil price. Vector error correction model and regression model are applied to examine the linkage between these var...

The acquisition of cognitive, affective, and psychomotor skills is highly important for successful learning outcomes. This article aims to evaluate the Three-Domain Model (TDM) of learning (cognitive, affective, and psychomotor) during the COVID-19 online classes for tertiary students in Bangladesh. This current study aims at the psychometric evalu...

This paper identifies the determinants of the capital structure of conventional and Islamic banks in Bangladesh. A multivariate regression model has been established to test the influence of return on asset, tangibility, liquidity, growth, and financial market development on the leverage of 23 conventional and 8 Islamic banks listed on the Dhaka St...

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the effect of stock liquidity on firm value (MV), operating income to price (OIP), market value of equity to market value of the asset (MVEA), and operating income to assets (OIA) ratios in Bangladesh. This paper also investigates whether firm size, leverage, or financial crisis have any moderating role to pl...

Bangladesh, the world’s low-cost garment manufacturing destination, is an emerging market economy and has recently earned the badge of a “Developing Country”. To gear up this pace of growth, it is aggressive in attracting Foreign Direct Investment and industrializing the economy articulated through a number of ambitious mega-projects throughout the...

Purpose: The paper aims to explain the current tax structure of Bangladesh. It also intends to identify the relationship between different categories of taxes and the country’s economic growth. Methods: Data have been gathered from different publications of the government for a period of 29 years from 1989-90 to 2017-18. Both descriptive and infere...

This study examined the effect of the Covid-19 health crisis on the volatility of sector-wise securities return listed in the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) and compared this volatility with the pre-pandemic context. This study focused on the Chittagong Stock Exchange because this bourse offers a platform for negotiability and transferability of s...

This paper intends to know the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on the economic progress and renewable energy consumptions in two Asian economic giants namely India and China. To achieve the objectives, generalised method of moments (GMM) and pooled ordinary least square (OLS), fixed effect and random effect models have been...

The study aims at measuring the level of Intellectual Capital Reporting (ICR) by the listed companies of Bangladesh. The paper also intends to identify the determinant factors having impact on the extent of ICR. Data have been gathered from a sample of 84 companies belonging to nine different industry sectors. Descriptive statistics like, average,...

The paper aims at identifying future challenges and opportunities of the banking industry in Bangladesh. The paper also intends to draw a pen picture of the banking industry and its position among other financial intermediaries. The study identifies increasing interest rates, corporate governance problems, impact of globalization, etc. as the major...

This paper investigates how firm-level efficiency has been appraised by both capital market and money market in Bangladesh using an unbalanced panel of 137 public limited companies listed in Dhaka Stock Exchange over the period 2006–2016. Efficiency is measured as the distance from the industry’s ‘best practice’ production frontier. Stochastic Fron...

Using probit regression model on primary data, this study reveals that level of educational qualification, value of asset owned and individual’s monthly income, and being married have a positive and significant impact on account opening decision, whereas the value of asset owned, monthly income, number of earning members in the family, and being ma...

The article examines a number of constraints in terms of access to finance, corruption, infrastructure, crime, competition, and performance measures etc. hindering firm growth in BRICS countries using the comprehensive company-level data from the World Business Environment Survey (WBES). Starting with a total of 37 factors impeding the operation an...

This study examines the impact of dividend payout on the market value of selected Bangladeshi firms. Generalized method of moments (GMM) technique have been applied to estimate the dynamic regression models using a panel data of 198 companies listed on the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) during 2003 to 2015. A statistically significant positive rel...

The article examines the impact of six factors, i.e., company market value; investment decision; finance decision; signal theory; agency theory; and shareholder structure on dividend policy of a company. 57 companies have been approached among which 55 responded and filled out the questionnaires, out of which two were deemed unusable. The questionn...

The study explores the preference for Residual Dividend Policy among companies in a developing country setting. This study examines the data for 59 companies listed on the Chittagong Stock Exchange. The companies were selected using the Selective Index Method. The study period was from 2002 to 2013. A mix of statistical techniques including the t-t...

The study examines the characteristics of the current policies for setting up business enterprises based on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Bangladesh. Data was collected through a non-random convenience survey among companies engaged in the export import business. The data was analyzed in Microsoft Excel and then rechecked through SPSS. The res...

The article examines the problems and prospects of foreign direct investment (FDI)-based organizations in Bangladesh. The article applied a mixture of statistical tools and techniques, including a stratified random sampling and a survey questionnaire to collect relevant data. The sampling frame and sample size were based on the organizations involv...

The study seeks to explore bank profitability as an indicator of economic stability in a developing country setting. This study examines the profitability determinants of listed private commercial banks on the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE). Data was compiled and analyzed from secondary sources of information.This paper applies Trend Analysis, Sta...

The study explores share price volatility as an indicator of economic stability in a developing country setting. This study examines the share price volatility of eight selected pharmaceutical and chemical companies listed on the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE). The study period was from 2006 to 2013. Data was compiled from a mix of primary and sec...

Using a large panel of 5086 firms from 7 European countries, namely Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherland, Sweden and UK over the period of 1981 to 2010, we made attempt to see the effect of financial constraints on international corporate policies based on their liquidity demand. Controlling for firm size, investment opportunities and altern...

Using a large panel of 5086 firms from 7 European countries, namely Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherland, Sweden and UK over the period of 1981 to 2010, we made attempt to see the effect of financial constraints on international corporate policies based on their liquidity demand. Controlling for firm size, investment opportunities and altern...

The primary objective of this paper is to analyze if the Market overvalued. We studied prices of 17 actively companies in the Market from 2006 to 2010 and used three Valuation Ratios with an explicit corporate sector along with overall market index data and found that the Stock Marke overvalued. The analysis was completed in two stages. At first we...

One of the most challenging and complicated issues in city management in the present decade for Bangladesh is the traffic problem. It is a very common phenomenon in almost all the cities of Bangladesh. Presently, traffic congestion problem in Bangladesh are increasing at an alarming rate. The traffic problem has become to a very dangerous arena and...

This paper examines the impact of financial leverage and market size of selected stocks on stock returns. Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression models were used to examine the relationship between the dependent and independent variables. The leverage of the selected firms was estimated from the annual financial reports covering a period of five ye...

Dividend policy and ownership structure have generally been studied as two separate and distinct areas in the field of corporate finance. Very few studies have attempted to combine these two significant and highly crucial subject matters to understand one in relation to the other. This study attempts to do so, by using a set of cross-sectional time...

The study examines the bank-specific, industry-specific and macroeconomic determinants of 26 DSE listed bank's profitability in Bangladesh during 2008 to 2011. Bank profitability is calculated by return on assets (ROA) and Net interest Margin (NIM) as a function of bank-specific, industry-specific and macroeconomic determinants. The empirical resul...

T he study focuses on two important issues of main stakeholders of bank which are liquidity and profitability. The shareholders desire maximum profitability as a return on their investment, while the depositors opt for a maximum liquidity as a guarantee for safety and ability to pay their money on demand. Statistical significance of liquidity on pr...

The Bangladesh Economy has flourished and survived many challenges since the Liberation War. In order to achieve long-term sustainability, the National Budget needs to account for issues commonly facing developing countries such as low living standards and productivity levels, etc. and also be prepared to address unforeseen consequences of social,...

One of the most challenging and complicated issues in city management in the present decade for Bangladesh is the traffic problem. It is a very common phenomenon in almost all the cities of Bangladesh. Presently, traffic congestion problem in Bangladesh are increasing at an alarming rate. The traffic problem has become to a very dangerous arena and...

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in a relatively short period of time of our planet’s history have had a major transformative impact across all strata of society. In the study, four different villages (520 respondents) from four districts of Bangladesh have been selected to find out how ICTs played a catalytic role in dissemination...

The objective of this paper is to analyze and discuss the impacts of monetary policy on Bangladesh inflation, identify the major drawbacks of the policies in minimizing the inflation rate and suggest policy recommendations on some key issues of Bangladesh inflation. To estimate the effects of the monetary policy in Bangladesh, at first the impact o...

The primary objective of this paper is to analyze if the Market overvalued. We studied prices of 17 actively companies in the Market from 2006 to 2010 and used three Valuation Ratios with an explicit corporate sector along with overall market index data and found that the Stock Marke overvalued. The analysis was completed in two stages. At first we...

This paper briefly looks at the use of mobile money in a selected non-urban area of Bangladesh. The use of mobile technology for monetary transactions is gaining prominence in Bangladesh. Some mobile phone operators along with designated banks have started to offer mobile banking services, and the Bangladesh Post Office has also joined this trend....

VAT' has assumed different meanings over time. Government requires enormous amount of money in the discharge of its constitutional responsibilities. Although there are many sources of such revenue, tax is an important aspect. It can affect the economy in a number of ways ranging from national and local economic growth to how individuals manage thei...

PEST (Political, Economic, Social, and Technological) analysis of any industry sector investigates the important factors that are affecting the industry and influencing the companies operating in that sector. The purpose of this study is to analyze the pharmaceutical sector of Bangladesh using the framework of PEST. This report brings to light the...

In Asia, Bangladesh is one of the hardest hit by the current wave of inflation and oil price hike. The economy has been observing double digit inflation growth on point-to-point basis since July 2007. In Bangladesh, the correlation between per capita income and food weight in total Consumer Price Index (CPI) is one of the highest in the world and t...

There is little doubt that SMEs plays a vital role in development of an underdeveloped economy, but still this sector is facing multifarious problems relating to raw materials, power, land, marketing, transport, technical facilities, and finance etc and due to these constraints it is getting more difficult for them to contribute to nation’s GDP as...