Browsing Volume: 01, No: 2, July 2008 by Issue Date
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Patterns in Forming Industry Standards for Environmental and Social Responsibility: A Comparative Analysis of Swedish and Malaysian Multi-Stakeholder Initiative Formations
(Library, Independent University, Bangladesh, 2008-07-01)Cashure et al. (2004) have developed a model to explain legitimacy for forest certification in c1 number of geographic regions. This paper extends the model to explain development and existence qfnan-state market-driven ... -
The Pecking Order Theory: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in Indonesia
(School of Business, Independent University, Bangladesh, 2008-07-01)This paper examines the pec/dng order theory and the extent to which evidence from manufacturingfirms in Indonesia supports it. Based on this, the paper goes on to analyse the determinants of the capital struirture affirms ... -
Impact of Small Medium Enterprise (SME) Program on Socioeconomic Development of Poor Women in Bangladesh: A Case Study on SME Program of BRAC Bank
(School of Business, Independent University, Bangladesh, 2008-07-01)This paper analyzes the impact of SME program of BRAC Bank on socio economic development of poor women in Bangladesh. In Bangladesh 50% people are living below poverty line and 25% are living in absolute poverty. They are ... -
A Closer Look at the Size Effect in the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE)
(School of Business, Independent University, Bangladesh, 2008-07-01)The tendency of small firms to produce more returns than large firms is often referred to as ‘size eflect“. While this eflect is evident in many research papers pursued in the context of developed markets, little attention is ... -
Factors Affecting IT Project Implementation Success in the Manufacturing Industry in Malaysia
(School of Business, Independent University, Bangladesh, 2008-07-01)Globally bi/lions of dollars are spent on information technology projects by both public and private sectors annually. Unfortunately, more than half of these projects fail to deliver the intended objectives. Thus, millions ... -
UGC Based Websites: Exploring the Business Models and their Sustainability
(School of Business, Independent University, Bangladesh, 2008-07-01)At present web content is not only flowingfroni firm to its end users but also from users to the web. Users are empowered to generate the content. Y0uTube, Wikipedia, Flickr, C)=w0rld. OhmyNews etc. are gaining millions of ... -
BOOK REVIEW: Sen, Dilip Kumar. Anatomy of Human Resource Measurement and Accounting (Dhaka: The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh), June 2008, pp.XXVI+443, Hardcover TK.365.00, US $10.00
(School of Business, Independent University, Bangladesh, 2008-07-01)Numerous challenges for the decade of 1990s still facing the industrial and economic world, where the distinctive feature of an emerging economy is the increasing emphasis on "human capital"—the knowledge, skills and ... -
Role of Information Technology in Socio-economic Development of Bangladesh: An Overview
(School of Business, Independent University, Bangladesh, 2008-07-01)Information Technology (IT) is a crucial source in socioeconomic development of a country. It is considered in Bangladesh as a thrust sector and its impact is very important in socio-economic development of the country. ...
