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Volume 14, No. 1, December 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.57240/DUJM140106
Page No: 89-100, ISSN: 2221-2523
Razib Hossain1
Abstract: This paper aimed to explore the factors affecting entrepreneurship development in the online retailing business in Bangladesh. The study was conducted on a sample of 78 business owners who start and run online stores. It has used a quantitative research approach to discover the factors. According to the findings of this study, factors such as confidence, risk tolerance, and the need for independence are important but insufficient. The results show that the need for independence and confidence has a vigorous effect on starting businesses in the e-retailing sector. Other factors like risk tolerance, need for achievement, market economic trends, and attitude towards entrepreneurial behavior strongly affect the development of an entrepreneurial mindset in dot-com retailing in Bangladesh. The ability to make professional connections, gain family support, and gain entrepreneurial education have a few positive effects. E-retailers do not have adequate opportunities to access entrepreneurial education. The ability to build professional connections also needs to improve.
Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Independence, and Online Retailing Business.
1) Lecturer, Department of Management, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka.
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© DHAKA UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
Volume 14, No. 1, December 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.57240/DUJM140102
Page No: 23-34, ISSN: 2221-2523
Saira Banu1
Md. Mesbah Uddin, PhD2
Abstract: In today’s world, innovation is inevitable for the growth and survival of businesses, especially for the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). This study steered to identify the factors which affect innovation of the SMEs. Here, Jute Diversified Products (JDP) industry is selected as a study area as this has emerged from the most traditional SME sector of Bangladesh. Five cases are introduced here to analyze the perceptions of the entrepreneurs regarding the motivating/ de-motivating factors in relation to innovation. The findings of the study suggest that knowledge factors, institutional factors, cost factors, market factors, legal factors, political factors, and social factors have negative impacts on innovation while some forms of administrative factors act differently in the context of Bangladeshi SMEs.
Keywords: Innovation, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Jute Diversified Products (JDP) Industry, Entrepreneurs’ Perceptions.
1) Associate Professor, Department of Management, University of Dhaka.
2) Associate Professor, Department of Management, University of Dhaka.
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© DHAKA UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
Volume 14, No. 1, December 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.57240/DUJM140108
Page No: 115-132, ISSN: 2221-2523
Md. Masud Rana1
Hasibur Rahman Abir2
Abstract
E-commerce, though a recent invention, is now growing significantly all over the world because of the easy availability of the internet and other technological advancements. Holding a positivist philosophy, this study intends to measure the impact of five independent variables, taken from literature, on the online buying behavior of Bangladeshi consumers. The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) are two of the highly recognized theories used to explain purchase intention. Combining both theories, the study has taken five variables, including perceived behavioral control, perceived ease of use, attitude, perceived usefulness, and subjective norms to understand their impacts on the online buying decision of Bangladeshi consumers. After synthesizing existing literature, items have been developed to measure the impact validly and reliably. This study analyzes responses from 155 online consumers through an online questionnaire survey using the snowball sampling technique. This study finds that there are significant relationships among attitude, perceived ease of use, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control with customer purchase intention. However, the study has not found any association between perceived usefulness and customers’ online purchase intention. Methodologically, this study extends the study of consumer purchase behavior through the PLS-SEM method. Practically, it points out the key dimensions that online marketers should focus on grasping the attention of their existing and potential customers.
Keywords: Consumer Purchase Intention, Online Purchase, TAM Model, Planned Behavior.
JEL Classification: D03, D18, D91, L2
1) Lecturer, Department of Business Studies, State University of Bangladesh.
2) Management Trainee Officer (MTO), Dhaka Bank Limited.
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Volume 14, No. 1, December 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.57240/DUJM140107
Page No: 101-113, ISSN: 2221-2523
Md. Khaled Bin Amir1
Abstract: This study endeavors to determine the determinants that have an influence on bank liquidity over the tenure from 2008 to 2018. To achieve this purpose, some internal and external factors are identified and divided into bank-specific and macroeconomic determinants, respectively. Bank liquidity is measured as a function of bank-specific and macroeconomic factors using prominent liquidity indicators such as current ratio. Using multiple regression analysis, the results show that return on assets, non-performing loan, debt to assets ratio, and capital adequacy ratio have a significant impact on bank liquidity. However, macroeconomic factors such as annual gross domestic product growth rate, annual inflation rate, and annual unemployment rate have no significant impact separately on bank liquidity, but they have a unified impact on bank liquidity as they are non-diversified factors. So, the bank management body should concern mostly with internal determinants than external factors to maintain liquidity balance. Because internal factors are controllable but macroeconomic factors are equally influential for every banking institution and, they are non-diversifiable in nature. So, the results suggest that concern return on assets, non-performing loan, debt to asset ratio, and capital adequacy ratio will help improve liquidity management.
Keywords: Bank Liquidity, Inflation, ROA, and GDP
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Banking and Insurance, University of Dhaka
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Volume 14, No. 1, December 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.57240/DUJM140109
pp. 133-151, ISSN: 2221-2523
Mohammad Bin Amin1
Masnoon Salehin2
Abstract: This study is an attempt to investigate the impact of green management activities on organizational sustainability, which is very critical for achieving competitive advantage. Five components of green management activities, i.e., green production, green trading, green logistics, green environmental activities, and green regulation management, have been identified in this study from the literature. A total of 500 respondents were selected, and data were collected through a structured questionnaire from the samples who are permanent employees of the tourism organizations in Bangladesh. Results show that all five selected components of green management activities have a significant positive impact on organizational sustainability. Thus, this research is expected to contribute to broadening the profound insights of green management activities to explore the ecological execution of companies.
Keywords: Green Management Activities, Organizational Sustainability, Tourism Sector, Bangladesh
1) Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology, Saidpur Cantonment, Rangpur.
2) Assistant Professor, Department of Management, University of Dhaka.
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Mohammad Rabiul Basher Rubel, PhD1 Nadia Newaz Rimi, PhD2 Abstract: This study aims to investigate how the three aspects of business sustainability performance—economic, environmental, and social performance—are impacted by the five components of green supply chain management (GSCM). Eco-design, green purchasing, green manufacturing, green marketing, and internal environment management are the five areas of GSCM that this study addresses. Using cross-sectional survey data gathered from green ready- made garment (RMG) firms in Bangladesh, a research model was developed and tested by applying structural equation modeling. GSCM is positively related to three components of sustainable performance. The outcomes are critical in demonstrating the value of GSCM in enhancing the sustainable performance of green manufacturing businesses like RMG in Bangladesh. Keywords: Green supply chain management, sustainable performance, green RMG organization, Bangladesh. Paper type: Research paper. 1 Associate Professor, Department of Management Studies, Bangladesh University of Professionals, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2 Professor, Department of Management, University of Dhaka
