Center of Excellence in Higher Education
The First Private University in Bangladesh

NSU Center for Business Research

About US

 

There is a strong need at NSU business research community for a platform focusing on building, storing, investigating, analyzing, and learning through research activities on business and economic phenomena in Bangladesh and the world.  Based on these overarching needs, a new Center for Business Research is established. 

 

In order to facilitate business research activities, the Center is expected to identify database needs and to continuously develop high quality data that can be used for advanced studies by the researchers.  The platform is also expected to be a soundboard for ideas on issues of interest to the faculty and businesses in general, and for debating on issues of general interest.  The Center will also aim to train faculty members and professionals, identify and build research skills, and help develop research and investigation skills among young researchers. 

 

The Center can provide opportunities to our graduates to familiarize themselves with advanced research skills through on and off campus courses. Additionally, the Center hopes to work toward creating collaborations with external researchers to further NSU research goals and to explore new research opportunities.

 

Vision & Mission

 

Our Vision:

The NSU Center for Business Research will create an outstanding climate of investigation and knowledge development at NSU focusing on local, regional, and global businesses and economies enabling stellar research advances.

Our Mission:

   To enable our business research community achieve success, the NSU Center for Business Research has the following missions:

•    To partner with the business research community to develop a culture of research excellence

•    To build and continuously update reliable economic and business databases on Bangladesh

•    To promote shared responsibility, ethical research, and research integrity

•    To enhance business researchers’ ability to obtain and manage grants

•    To invest in promising research projects.

•    To create a transparent research administration, infrastructure, and streamlined process for facilitating research

•    To advocate for the needs of the NSU business and economics research community

•    To broaden awareness amongst stakeholders on the value of business and economic research at NSU

•    To develop strong relationships with funding bodies

•    To enhance international research competencies in NSU business academics

•    To support interdisciplinary research at NSU

 

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Research Seminar on ‘The Developments of Empirical Research on Corporate Governance’.

 

I would like to invite you all to a virtual seminar on 31st March, from 3.00 pm to 4.30 pm. Professor Sabur Mollah, Chair in Financial Management, The University of Sheffield, will give a talk on ‘The Developments of Empirical Research on Corporate Governance’.

Before joining the University of Sheffield, Professor Mollah held academic appointments at Swansea University, University of Hull, Bournemouth University, Stockholm University, University of Botswana, University of Leeds and the University of Dhaka.

Professor Sabur Mollah has published extensively on corporate governance issues, market reactions to dividend policy, market condition, and investor behaviour. His papers appeared in world-leading journals, including the Journal of Accounting and Economics, the Journal of Corporate Finance, the Journal of Banking and Finance, the Journal of Financial Stability.

 

This presentation would be beneficial for those who want to pursue a PhD in Corporate Governance areas.

 

The Google meet link to join: https://meet.google.com/lookup/hdrwl2zw6k

 

I hope to see you all at this virtual event.

 
 
Thank you,

 

Dr Mohammad I Azim CA, CPA, CMA

Director, NSU Center for Business Research

Professor, Accounting and Finance

North South University

Major Programs

 

We expect to undertake a number of programs, some of them are listed below: 

 

Database Development

  • Build, house, maintain, and be a source for highly reliable databases for the consumption of research society and information-seekers.
  • Continuously seek what type of database may be in demand in the future by the research community.
  • Improve access to key information.

Capability Development

  • House, subscribe, and maintain high quality research and analytical software for the researchers.
  • Promote a culture of continuous process improvement.
  • Cultivate an environment that stimulates, challenges, and grows staff knowledge, skills and competencies through continuous learning.
  • Encourage staff engagement and participation at all levels of process improvement and achievement of NSU-CBR goals.
  • Develop NSU-CBR leaders and career paths for facilitating upward mobility within the organization.
  • Arrange, and conduct training programs designed for government, non-government, and corporate organizations to enhance the job skills of people at various levels of management.  
  • The Center will aspire to improve application of technology at workplaces of all types to make employees at all levels more tech-savvy.
  • Help researchers in grant proposal writing.

Assist non-PhD faculty members in writing PhD proposals and provide them with guidelines to seek admission in PhD programs. 

 

Collaboration and Funding

  • Develop strategies and plans for open and clear communication.
  • Lower barriers to collaboration.
  • Develop effective relationships with process partners and the campus research community.

Research Environment Development

  • Provide exceptional research administrative services while effectively managing risks and opportunities.
  • Improve researcher productivity and satisfaction by reducing the administrative burden.
  • Streamline business processes.
  • Embrace a culture of transparency and accountability.
  • Identify and adapt best practices.

 

Broader Programs

  • Provide valuable input to institutional and national policy bodies that may impact business and economic research.
  • Present NSU CBR as a powerful facility to attract and to retain academics.
  • Initiate programs to integrate business research and business education at graduate and undergraduate level.
  • Engage with media disseminate research findings to broader public.
  • Be a part of the networks of Research Centers around the world.
  • Seek funding for research activities and collaborate with other Research Centers and academics on research.

Seminars and workshops

  • Host associates, post-docs, and visiting professors to support/enhance on-going research at NSU and also to chart new avenues through collaboration with researchers from other institutions.
  • Design, arrange, and conduct workshops/seminars/conferences on topics of interest.
  • Offer training courses, certificate courses to the general population to enhance professional and research skills.
  • Organize, host, facilitate, and participate in national and international conference on business and economic issues.

 

Research Projects

  • Offer contract research and consulting services to the government, NGOs, businesses and associations.
  • Conduct surveys, design questionnaires, and pilot test research designs.
  • Monitor progress of funded and unfunded research in SBE connected to NSU- CBR
Previous Events

Research Seminar on  Managing Receivables for Manufacturing and Trading Firms in Bangladesh

Date: 5th October, 2020 11 am - 12.30 pm

Presenters:

Sharif N. Ahkam (Contact Author, Professor: Accounting and Finance)

Nazmun Nahar (Senior Lecturer: Accounting and Finance)

Shabnin Rahman Shorna(Lecturer: Management)

Program recording link:

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B-ztoKzYW89_fk5ZWERkWWstT0NYbXB2TXhzVUk4ei1IQWdrZ0RLazJ0MnZxUGVKeVRNM0k

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Research Seminar on FinTech in Bangladesh

Date: 12th November 2.00pm to 3.30 pm

Presenter: Mr. Ifty Islam, Chairman, Asian Tiger Capital & Global Head of Business Development, Kingdom International.

Program recording link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/b1iFhn-1tDflBtTHGbfm8svLjU1hMnsSIBNVqePLheuo3zrL7d3kxGBXPHbIfaDh.wiVjId-3RMMMSQg1 

 

Passcode: 4c9%f%nr

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Research Seminar on Sustainability Reporting

Date: 22th December, from 11.00 am to 1.00 pm

Presenter: Dr. Habib Zaman Khan (University of Canberra), Dr. Sudipta Bose (University of Newcastle Sydney), Dr. Abu Taher Mollik (University of Canberra) and Dr. Harun Harun (University of Canberra)

Title of the paper is 'Green Washing' or 'Authentic Effort'? An Empirical Investigation of the Quality of Sustainability Reporting by Banks'. This paper is accepted for publication (in October 2020) in Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal, a top ranked journal (ABDC A*/ SCOPUS Q1).

Program recording link:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86746320053?pwd=WmZQRDdDNTgxeTFkcmdTQm1HS29sQT09

Meeting ID: 867 4632 0053
Passcode: 116557

 

 

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Organogram

 

 

While the Center will be an independent entity hosted by the SBE, the Director of the NSU CBR will report to the Vice Chancellor and the Vice Chancellor will keep the Board of Trustees apprised of the activities of the NSU CBR.

 

NSU CBR will interact with all the academic disciplines of the University even though the interest of the Center is mostly concentrated on business and economic issues.  A continuous interactive relationship should develop between the NSU CBR and all schools, Institutes and Centers of the university. Program contents and research reports will be saved at the Center Office and recorded on the university archive and reported and advertised on Center website. The University’s technology system will provide the necessary support to facilitate the interaction between the NSU CBR and all schools.  The IT department will also assist in managing a structure to disseminate the information on achievement in the research arena of NSU, highlight major activities, and provide necessary research support in terms of software, data collection, data storage, data base building and archiving.  The treasurer’s office, in conjunction with the Director, Finance and Accounts, will ensure that proper policy is followed in disbursement of funds and oversee the budgets of NSU CBR.  A separate account of NSU CBR within the NSU accounting system will be maintained.  
 

The following functional organogram is descriptive of the NSU CBR (proposed).  

 

Figure: Organogram of NSU CBR

 

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The NSU CBR shall undertake various programs. These programs shall often be concentrated on various disciplines within business and economic research. To offer smooth operations of these programs for different research concentrations, NSU CBR will have several focused areas for research (identified as Cell in the above diagram) with designated Head of Research Cells. Few notable areas would be index development for the economy or a specific sector, Entrepreneurship development, Big Data analytics, skill development and organization competency, CSR and societal development, climate change and sustainability, consumer behavior, financial market analysis, SME development, corporate governance and ethics, and migration, poverty, and economic development. New cells may be added depending on the interest of the faculty members, students, and the general public. The Heads of Research Cells shall work with NSU CBR staff to oversee progress of various programs. The Director shall call regular meetings to discuss progress of various programs.

 

Program Video

 

Contact Us

Please contact:

Professor Dr. Mohammad Istiaq Azim CA, CPA, CMA

Director, NSU Center for Business Research (NSU-CBR)
Room Number NAC 737

North South University
Bashundhara R/A
Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh

 

Phone: +88 02 55668200, ext. 6310

Mobile: +88 01767688164
Fax: +88 02 55668202
Email: mohammad.azim@northsouth.edu

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