The current research aims to investigate various factors that influence consumers’ intention of buying foreign products. The data were collected by means of self-structured questionnaires from a total of 260 Bangladeshi consumers residing in the two major cities of the country, Dhaka and Chittagong. At the initial stage, statistical analyses, par

Networking is important among students to achieve better understanding. Social networking plays an important role in the education. Realizing its huge potential, various organizations,including institutions of higher learning have moved to the area of social networks to interact with their students especially through Facebook. Therefore, measuring

The property industry acts as vital sector whereby the service environment directly correlates the customers’ behavioral intention in purchasing a property. However, to date, a study regarding service environment and its impact still not fully addressed in the property industry. Thus, the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship b

Background: This investigation was aimed to determine the current status of prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of uropathogens isolated in a teaching hospital in Bangladesh. A retrospective analysis was done at the department of Microbiology of Islami Bank Medical College, Rajshahi (IBMCR), Bangladesh during January to December, 2012. Mids

This study examines the volatility component of Malaysian stock index. Despite extensive studies on stock index volatility, there are relatively few studies examining the volatility component of stock index in Malaysia. Using data from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2013, this study aims to examine the volatility component of Malaysian stock index

Employing a dynamic approach, this study investigates the debt financing behaviour of Shariah compliant E50 SMEs in Malaysia covering the existence of target debt, speed of adjustment, factors affecting the adjustment speed and the rational financing behaviour for the period of 2009-2013. This study is motivated by the outstanding growth of Islamic

This research endeavour was undertaken in order to understand the effect of three different aspects namely, Country of Origin, Ethnocentrism, and Religiosity on Bangladeshi consumers' intention of purchasing imported or foreign products. At the initial stage of the study, 260 questionnaires were given out to Bangladeshi consumers in the cities

This report presents the output of two-year collaboration between the Centre for Islamic Economics, IIUM and the Statistical, Economic, Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) on a research project that covered three OIC member countries namely, Malaysia, Indonesia and Bangladesh. The report briefly examines the poverty p

Purpose – This paper aims to develop an integrated waqf-based Islamic microfinance (IsMF) for poverty reduction in Bangladesh. Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have been constrained by the high cost of funds, high interest rate charges and poor human resource quality of the recipients. Islamic MFIs have recently evolved with the hope of overcomin

Deoxyribonucleic acid (‘DNA’) testing of paternity has emerged as a conclusive scientific evidence of ascertaining paternity to overcome the problem of ‘paternity fraud’ and ‘misattributed paternity’ in the West. To harmonise it with old established common law principles of ‘presumption of paternity’ and ‘ex parte’ judgment for