Johanna Mair, Ignasi Martí
Jelle Van Loon, Lennart Woltering, Timothy J. Krupnik, Frédéric Baudron et al.
There is great untapped potential for farm mechanization to support rural development initiatives in low- and middle-income countries. As technology transfer of large machinery from high-income countries was ineffective during the 1980s and 90s, mechanization options were developed appropriate to re...
Ricardo Hernández, Ben Belton, Thomas Reardon, Chaoran Hu et al.
The study has produced a single, powerful finding: the fish value chain in Bangladesh is growing and transforming very rapidly, in all segments. (1) The quiet revolution in the fish value chain is a domestic market revolution: 94% of aquaculture production is destined for domestic consumption. (2) T...
Ataur Rahman Belal, Stuart M. Cooper, Niaz Ahmed Khan
Bangladesh has recently been enjoying significant economic growth mainly arising from an export led development strategy. However, in that process its natural environment has been degraded and become more vulnerable in geophysical terms (e.g. environmental pollution). Much of the Bangladeshi populat...
Md Mehedi Hasan Emon, Meherun Nisa Nipa
This systematic literature review explores the nuanced gender dimension in Bangladesh's entrepreneurship development. Employing a meticulous research methodology, including a comprehensive search strategy, data extraction, thematic analysis, and ethical considerations, the review synthesizes academi...
Seyedeh Khadijeh Taghizadeh, Syed Abidur Rahman, Md. Mosharref Hossain
Purpose This paper examines the influence of three dimensions of customer knowledge management – knowledge from customer, knowledge for customer and knowledge about customer – on innovation capabilities (speed and quality) and new service market performance. Design/methodology/approach The model lin...
Syed Abidur Rahman, Seyedeh Khadijeh Taghizadeh, T. Ramayah, Mirza Mohammad Didarul Alam
The Anthropology of Corporate Social Responsibility explores the meanings, practices, and impact of corporate social and environmental responsibility across a range of transnational corporations and geographical locations (Bangladesh, Cameroon, Chile, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Ind...
Syed Abidur Rahman, Azlan Amran, Noor Hazlina Ahmad, Seyedeh Khadijeh Taghizadeh
Purpose – Large private organisations (LPOs) creating entrepreneurship opportunities for people at the base of the economic pyramid (BoP) is a thought-provoking issue for researchers. The main purpose of this paper is to empirically explore the influence of support from LPOs on entrepreneurship busi...
Mario Pansera, Richard Owen
Malik Asghar Naeem, Richard Welford
Abstract Making a contribution to sustainable development through good corporate social responsibility presents businesses with a challenge, particularly in developing countries. This paper measures the sensitivity to corporate social responsibility amongst businesses operating in Bangladesh and Pak...
Nazamul Hoque, Mohammad Aktaruzzaman Khan, Kazi Deen Mohammad
Abstract 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 $139.3...
Eijaz Ahmed Khan, Mohammed Quaddus
Abstract The growing interest in sustainability has dominated the area of entrepreneurship research. However, the measuring of sustainability factors has been largely ignored. As a result, so far, no researchers have developed sustainability factor scales and this might lead to a question of scale v...
Kevin McKague, Charlene Zietsma, Christine Oliver
Motivated by the question of how to develop viable new markets and value chains in the resource-constrained settings of least developed countries, we adopted multi-year qualitative methods to examine the intervention of a nongovernmental organization (NGO) in developing the dairy value chain in Bang...
Bidit Lal Dey, Ameet Pandit, Mike Saren, Sanjay Bhowmick et al.