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Editorial: Covid-19: effects and innovation for future sustainability
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The new Coronavirus, commonly known as Covid-19 or SARS-CoV-2, was identified first in Wuhan, China, in 2019. However, it became a global pandemic within the first few months of 2020. Covid-19 has undergone numerous mutations between then and now, resulting in millions of infections and deaths worldwide. At the same time, the pandemic has created unprecedented global upheavals in every sphere of life. Sadly, any hopes of fully containing Covid-19 have remained uncertain since the pandemic has resurfaced in waves in most countries, demonstrating extreme resilience. As a result, Covid-19s economic burden has grown with each passing day.
Editorial: Covid-19: effects and innovation for future sustainability
Munim Kumar Barai; Gour Gobinda Goswami; Mamta B. Chowdhury
International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 1 - 13
The new Coronavirus, commonly known as Covid-19 or SARS-CoV-2, was identified first in Wuhan, China, in 2019. However, it became a global pandemic within the first few months of 2020. Covid-19 has undergone numerous mutations between then and now, resulting in millions of infections and deaths worldwide. At the same time, the pandemic has created unprecedented global upheavals in every sphere of life. Sadly, any hopes of fully containing Covid-19 have remained uncertain since the pandemic has resurfaced in waves in most countries, demonstrating extreme resilience. As a result, Covid-19s economic burden has grown with each passing day.]]>
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International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 1 - 13
Munim Kumar Barai
Gour Gobinda Goswami
Mamta B. Chowdhury
Graduate School of Management, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Oita 874-8577, Japan ' Department of Economics, School of Business and Economics, North South University, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh ' School of Business, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
Covid-19
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Global value chains in the era of changing globalisation scenario: perspective from BRICS
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The aim of the present study is to empirically examine the role of selected macro-economic variables on the global value chains participation index of BRICS countries using the Pooled Mean group Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag method. The study also highlighted the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the global value chains (GVC). The findings show that foreign direct investment is significant in the long run as well as short-run, while real effective exchange rate, current account balance, trade, and gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate are significant only in the long run for BRICS economies. The study further suggests that globalisation has way more positive effects than moving away from it.
Global value chains in the era of changing globalisation scenario: perspective from BRICS
Arti Yadav; Badar Alam Iqbal
International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 14 - 29
The aim of the present study is to empirically examine the role of selected macro-economic variables on the global value chains participation index of BRICS countries using the Pooled Mean group Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag method. The study also highlighted the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the global value chains (GVC). The findings show that foreign direct investment is significant in the long run as well as short-run, while real effective exchange rate, current account balance, trade, and gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate are significant only in the long run for BRICS economies. The study further suggests that globalisation has way more positive effects than moving away from it.]]>
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International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 14 - 29
Arti Yadav
Badar Alam Iqbal
Department of Management Studies, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 110019, India ' School of Transdisciplinary Research and Graduate Studies (STRGS), University of South Africa, Pretoria, 0003, South Africa
GVC
global value chains
globalisation
BRICS
Covid-19
economic growth
backward GVC
forward GVC
foreign direct investment
trade openness
current account balance
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Did Covid-19 influence adoption of e-commerce among elderly citizens? The role of social presence, self-efficacy and trust
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The 2020 lockdown amidst the Covid-19 pandemic has so far been the biggest lockdown in recorded world history. During this phase many of the elderly citizens had reduced their frequency of visiting marketplaces and some of them had shifted their buying behaviour from offline marketplaces to online apps with the intention of minimising the risk of getting infected. Although this has been supported by literature there are many studies that state lack of trust to be the primary reason for avoiding online shopping. This study has focused on the influence of social presence and Internet self-efficacy of elderly citizens in building trust with the apps. We have also empirically shown that trust acts as a mediator the relationships between social presence and purchase intention and between self-efficacy and purchase intention amongst elderly citizens.
Did Covid-19 influence adoption of e-commerce among elderly citizens? The role of social presence, self-efficacy and trust
Boudhayan Ganguly; Tirthankar Nag; Pritha Chakraborty
International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 30 - 44
The 2020 lockdown amidst the Covid-19 pandemic has so far been the biggest lockdown in recorded world history. During this phase many of the elderly citizens had reduced their frequency of visiting marketplaces and some of them had shifted their buying behaviour from offline marketplaces to online apps with the intention of minimising the risk of getting infected. Although this has been supported by literature there are many studies that state lack of trust to be the primary reason for avoiding online shopping. This study has focused on the influence of social presence and Internet self-efficacy of elderly citizens in building trust with the apps. We have also empirically shown that trust acts as a mediator the relationships between social presence and purchase intention and between self-efficacy and purchase intention amongst elderly citizens.]]>
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International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 30 - 44
Boudhayan Ganguly
Tirthankar Nag
Pritha Chakraborty
International Management Institute Kolkata, 2/4 C Judges Court Road, Kolkata 700027,West Bengal, India ' International Management Institute Kolkata, 2/4 C Judges Court Road, Kolkata 700027,West Bengal, India ' International Management Institute Kolkata, 2/4 C Judges Court Road, Kolkata 700027,West Bengal, India
self-efficacy
social presence
trust
purchase intention
elderly citizens
mediator
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Pandemic-led trade shocks & supply chain disruption: case studies of the readymade garments (RMG) sector in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
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As a result of the pandemic, the global economy contracted by a staggering 4.3% in 2020, with the fallout on trade, supply chains and manufacturing sectors being particularly grave with cascading impacts on developing countries GDP, employment and livelihoods. This paper examines the global context of the pandemic on growth rates and trade, with focus on two South Asian developing economies of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, both being major suppliers of readymade garments (RMG) to western markets. The authors assess the supply chain disruptions in the RMG sector. The issue of raw materials and the decline in demand from western markets is also examined to understand the extent to which job losses and factory closures have been experienced. Several policy prescriptions include measures for surmounting bottlenecks of supplies of raw materials, the importance of government support as well as shorter and diversified supply chains.
Pandemic-led trade shocks & supply chain disruption: case studies of the readymade garments (RMG) sector in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
Reena Marwah; Sanika Sulochani Ramanayake
International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 45 - 70
As a result of the pandemic, the global economy contracted by a staggering 4.3% in 2020, with the fallout on trade, supply chains and manufacturing sectors being particularly grave with cascading impacts on developing countries GDP, employment and livelihoods. This paper examines the global context of the pandemic on growth rates and trade, with focus on two South Asian developing economies of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, both being major suppliers of readymade garments (RMG) to western markets. The authors assess the supply chain disruptions in the RMG sector. The issue of raw materials and the decline in demand from western markets is also examined to understand the extent to which job losses and factory closures have been experienced. Several policy prescriptions include measures for surmounting bottlenecks of supplies of raw materials, the importance of government support as well as shorter and diversified supply chains.]]>
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International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 45 - 70
Reena Marwah
Sanika Sulochani Ramanayake
Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India ' Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Statistics, University of Kelaniya, Dalugama, Sri Lanka
Covid 19 pandemic
trade
supply chain
readymade garment industry
Sri Lanka
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Effects of macroeconomic disturbances on the banking sector and equity markets in Sri Lanka: with special reference to civil war and COVID-19 pandemic
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This paper argues that the macroeconomic disturbances resulting from prolonged civil war and the recent COVID-19 pandemic have substantially curtailed the banking sector and equity market in Sri Lanka through widening interest spreads, contracting bank credit, slowing down equity market activity, and constraining bank branch network expansion. Further, the findings show how the banks and equity market have favourably responded during periods of relative macroeconomic stability. The contributions of this paper are threefold. First, it fills a vital gap in the Sri Lankan banking literature by providing evidence on the effects of the civil war on equity markets, financial intermediation and banking system performance. Second, it explains why banking systems in some countries with advanced financial infrastructures and healthy interest spreads have failed to achieve their potential growth. Third, it explores how widespread pandemics like COVID-19 can constrain the performance of banking systems and equity markets.
Effects of macroeconomic disturbances on the banking sector and equity markets in Sri Lanka: with special reference to civil war and COVID-19 pandemic
Manjula Kumara Wanniarachchige
International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 71 - 90
This paper argues that the macroeconomic disturbances resulting from prolonged civil war and the recent COVID-19 pandemic have substantially curtailed the banking sector and equity market in Sri Lanka through widening interest spreads, contracting bank credit, slowing down equity market activity, and constraining bank branch network expansion. Further, the findings show how the banks and equity market have favourably responded during periods of relative macroeconomic stability. The contributions of this paper are threefold. First, it fills a vital gap in the Sri Lankan banking literature by providing evidence on the effects of the civil war on equity markets, financial intermediation and banking system performance. Second, it explains why banking systems in some countries with advanced financial infrastructures and healthy interest spreads have failed to achieve their potential growth. Third, it explores how widespread pandemics like COVID-19 can constrain the performance of banking systems and equity markets.]]>
10.1504/IJISD.2024.135247
International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 71 - 90
Reena Marwah
Sanika Sulochani Ramanayake
Department of Finance, Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Ruhuna, Matara, 81000, Sri Lanka
civil war
COVID-19 pandemic
credit expansion
equity market
interest spread
bank branches
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Is the new normal driving sustainability: evidence from Indian wedding industry
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This paper highlights the industrialisation of weddings in India which is in contradiction with the importance given to the marital union in Indian culture and tradition. Weddings of late in India are not just extravagant celebrations, they are also the sites of wasteful expenditure, conspicuous consumption and exhibition of wealth. The overindulgence and ostentatious expenditures are reflective of the utter disregard for teachings and wisdom of Indian knowledge system. The pan-Indian patterns of hyper-consumerism pose challenges to sustainability and ethical living. By applying qualitative research methods, the paper has explored the impact of Covid-19 on the Indian wedding industry and initiated a dialogue around a more permanent shift towards curbing conspicuous consumption and conspicuous waste that the weddings have come to symbolise lately. The findings indicate towards the proposition that the new normal phenomenon is driving towards curbing wastefulness and promoting sustainable living which has a strong foundational footing in ancient Indian value system and culture.
Is the new normal driving sustainability: evidence from Indian wedding industry
Rabi Narayan Kar; Kusha Tiwari
International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 91 - 105
This paper highlights the industrialisation of weddings in India which is in contradiction with the importance given to the marital union in Indian culture and tradition. Weddings of late in India are not just extravagant celebrations, they are also the sites of wasteful expenditure, conspicuous consumption and exhibition of wealth. The overindulgence and ostentatious expenditures are reflective of the utter disregard for teachings and wisdom of Indian knowledge system. The pan-Indian patterns of hyper-consumerism pose challenges to sustainability and ethical living. By applying qualitative research methods, the paper has explored the impact of Covid-19 on the Indian wedding industry and initiated a dialogue around a more permanent shift towards curbing conspicuous consumption and conspicuous waste that the weddings have come to symbolise lately. The findings indicate towards the proposition that the new normal phenomenon is driving towards curbing wastefulness and promoting sustainable living which has a strong foundational footing in ancient Indian value system and culture.]]>
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International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 91 - 105
Rabi Narayan Kar
Kusha Tiwari
Shyam Lal College, University of Delhi, G.T. Road, Shahdara, Delhi †110032, India ' Department of English, Shyam Lal College, University of Delhi, G.T. Road, Shahdara, Delhi †110032, India
Covid-19
Indian wedding industry
sustainability
conspicuous consumption
wasteful expenditure
curbing wasteful expenditure
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Changing patterns of household water consumption and conservation behaviour in Bangladesh: an exploration in the context of COVID-19 pandemic
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COVID-19 prevention and control strategies have relied heavily on water. Thus, the goal of this research was to realise how the pandemic changed household water usage and conservation practices. We collected data from 418 participants across Bangladesh using an online survey. Our study revealed that during COVID-19, individuals used more water to wash hands, shower, wash foods after purchasing, and wash clothes than they did previously. However, no significant variations in water conservation were noted between before and during COVID-19. Individuals with a higher level of education, who resided in an urban setting, and had elderly family members in their houses were more likely than others to engage in water consumption while less likely to involve in conservation behaviours during COVID-19. Therefore, households should conserve water by using water-saving technologies, reusing treated water, storing rainwater, and establishing a water-saving culture in their homes to meet future demands.
Changing patterns of household water consumption and conservation behaviour in Bangladesh: an exploration in the context of COVID-19 pandemic
Bipasha Singha; Osama Eljamal; Shamal Chandra Karmaker
International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 106 - 122
COVID-19 prevention and control strategies have relied heavily on water. Thus, the goal of this research was to realise how the pandemic changed household water usage and conservation practices. We collected data from 418 participants across Bangladesh using an online survey. Our study revealed that during COVID-19, individuals used more water to wash hands, shower, wash foods after purchasing, and wash clothes than they did previously. However, no significant variations in water conservation were noted between before and during COVID-19. Individuals with a higher level of education, who resided in an urban setting, and had elderly family members in their houses were more likely than others to engage in water consumption while less likely to involve in conservation behaviours during COVID-19. Therefore, households should conserve water by using water-saving technologies, reusing treated water, storing rainwater, and establishing a water-saving culture in their homes to meet future demands.]]>
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International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 106 - 122
Bipasha Singha
Osama Eljamal
Shamal Chandra Karmaker
Water and Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Earth System Science and Technology, Kyushu University, Kasuga-koen 6-1, Kasuga-shi, Fukuoka, 816-8588, Japan; Department of Psychology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh ' Water and Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Earth System Science and Technology, Kyushu University, Kasuga-koen 6-1, Kasuga-shi, Fukuoka, 816-8588, Japan ' International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan; Department of Statistics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
COVID-19
future water demand
hygiene-related diseases
water conservation
water consumption
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Coping strategies of ready-made garments workers in Bangladesh during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative assessment
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COVID-19 has so far affected the global readymade garments (RMG) industry in multifaceted ways, and the RMG of Bangladesh was no exception in terms of facing repercussions. While there is a public perspective about the RMG workers being mostly unaffected by the pandemic, the study reveals a different narrative as the majority of the respondents suffered economically; while some received their wages at irregular intervals, others faced a huge dent in their savings. In addition, the respondents seemed to have operated in conditions which largely ignored the health risks of the pandemic. Nevertheless, workers developed different kinds of coping strategies to battle against the pandemic. Some coping mechanisms were found to be positive, whereas other strategies revealed the hidden hardships, for instance, reduced food consumption, a tendency to seek loans, which too were hard to find, resulting in rising debts, and a constant struggle of finding alternative sources of income.
Coping strategies of ready-made garments workers in Bangladesh during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative assessment
Kazi Mahmudur Rahman; Kishore Kumer Basak; Nibras Bin Sayed
International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 123 - 145
COVID-19 has so far affected the global readymade garments (RMG) industry in multifaceted ways, and the RMG of Bangladesh was no exception in terms of facing repercussions. While there is a public perspective about the RMG workers being mostly unaffected by the pandemic, the study reveals a different narrative as the majority of the respondents suffered economically; while some received their wages at irregular intervals, others faced a huge dent in their savings. In addition, the respondents seemed to have operated in conditions which largely ignored the health risks of the pandemic. Nevertheless, workers developed different kinds of coping strategies to battle against the pandemic. Some coping mechanisms were found to be positive, whereas other strategies revealed the hidden hardships, for instance, reduced food consumption, a tendency to seek loans, which too were hard to find, resulting in rising debts, and a constant struggle of finding alternative sources of income.]]>
10.1504/IJISD.2024.135254
International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 123 - 145
Kazi Mahmudur Rahman
Kishore Kumer Basak
Nibras Bin Sayed
Department of Social Sciences & Humanities, School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Independent University Bangladesh (IUB), Dhaka †1229, Bangladesh ' Dhaka †1205, Bangladesh ' Dhaka †1205, Bangladesh
COVID-19
pandemic
garment workers
RMG sector
apparel industry
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Green algae Caulerpa lentillifera cultivation technique utilising CO2 and its social impacts
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The demand for the <i>Caulerpa lentillifera</i>, an important mariculture species in Okinawa, Japan, is rapidly increasing due to its wide use as food. Moreover, the extracted sulphated polysaccharides from <i>Caulerpa lentillifera</i> inhibit coronavirus. However, the harvesting capacity is insufficient throughout the year as per demand. Importing food from abroad due to COVID-19 poses a severe health risk, and local production needs to be increased. Accordingly, it is required to ensure the supply of this algae by improving the production technologies. It has been reported that adding CO<SUB align="right">2 can upsurge the growth rate of algae to seawater, but no case has been yet examined on a laboratory scale. Therefore, the growth effect was observed to increase the weight ratio by about 1.8-fold in CO<SUB align="right">2-enriched seawater. Moreover, the high value of R<SUP align="right">2</SUP> (0.9974) and low value of RSS (0.00198) implied that modified Gompertz model was significantly fitted with the experimental data.
Green algae Caulerpa lentillifera cultivation technique utilising CO2 and its social impacts
Mir Shariful Islam; Izuru Senaha; Kazunari Nagamatsu; Yoshifumi Yoda; Bidyut Baran Saha
International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 146 - 167
The demand for the <i>Caulerpa lentillifera</i>, an important mariculture species in Okinawa, Japan, is rapidly increasing due to its wide use as food. Moreover, the extracted sulphated polysaccharides from <i>Caulerpa lentillifera</i> inhibit coronavirus. However, the harvesting capacity is insufficient throughout the year as per demand. Importing food from abroad due to COVID-19 poses a severe health risk, and local production needs to be increased. Accordingly, it is required to ensure the supply of this algae by improving the production technologies. It has been reported that adding CO<SUB align="right">2 can upsurge the growth rate of algae to seawater, but no case has been yet examined on a laboratory scale. Therefore, the growth effect was observed to increase the weight ratio by about 1.8-fold in CO<SUB align="right">2-enriched seawater. Moreover, the high value of R<SUP align="right">2</SUP> (0.9974) and low value of RSS (0.00198) implied that modified Gompertz model was significantly fitted with the experimental data.]]>
10.1504/IJISD.2024.135261
International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 146 - 167
Mir Shariful Islam
Izuru Senaha
Kazunari Nagamatsu
Yoshifumi Yoda
Bidyut Baran Saha
Department of Oceanography, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh; Mechanical Engineering Department, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan ' Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara-Cho, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan ' Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara-Cho, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan ' Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara-Cho, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan ' International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan; Mechanical Engineering Department, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
algae
Caulerpa lentillifera
COVID-19
CO2
Gompertz model
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Assessing Bangladesh's administrative leadership and governance challenges in tackling the corona virus crisis
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Coronavirus Disease has turned to be a major health crisis in Bangladesh. The densely populated poor country is struggling to battle the health hazards through implementing various preventive measures. However irregularities, mismanagement and lack of good governance has put the nation in dire straits. This study tries to articulate Bangladesh's administrative leadership and governance challenges in tackling the crisis. A content analysis of various textual data is used to exemplify the COVID-19 catastrophe by evaluating measures and actions taken by the relevant agencies. Seven governance indicators have been explored. The study found that there is a huge deficit in every indicator of good governance. The long-term lack of planning, lack of effective leadership, and inadequate budget allocation have exposed the weak capacity of the Bangladesh government. Lacks in transparency, accountability and coordination in various activities undertaken by the government has been clearly noticed.
Assessing Bangladesh's administrative leadership and governance challenges in tackling the corona virus crisis
Mohammad Imran Hossain
International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 168 - 186
Coronavirus Disease has turned to be a major health crisis in Bangladesh. The densely populated poor country is struggling to battle the health hazards through implementing various preventive measures. However irregularities, mismanagement and lack of good governance has put the nation in dire straits. This study tries to articulate Bangladesh's administrative leadership and governance challenges in tackling the crisis. A content analysis of various textual data is used to exemplify the COVID-19 catastrophe by evaluating measures and actions taken by the relevant agencies. Seven governance indicators have been explored. The study found that there is a huge deficit in every indicator of good governance. The long-term lack of planning, lack of effective leadership, and inadequate budget allocation have exposed the weak capacity of the Bangladesh government. Lacks in transparency, accountability and coordination in various activities undertaken by the government has been clearly noticed.]]>
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International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 168 - 186
Mir Shariful Islam
Izuru Senaha
Kazunari Nagamatsu
Yoshifumi Yoda
Bidyut Baran Saha
ULAB School of Business, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh
COVID-19
Bangladesh
responsiveness
capacity and effectiveness
coordination and participation
transparency
accountability
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Social enterprise marketing strategies' to achieving sustainable development goals in an emerging economy: lessons from emerging economies
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The paper focuses on the social business enterprise model that has recently gained significance in Bangladesh using case study methodology on GDFL, a French-Bangladeshi joint venture. The purpose is to evaluate and establish whether similar social business models can be implemented in developing and transitional economies to address poverty issues and achieve several sustainable development goals (SDGs). The authors intend to establish how social businesses impact economies and improve people's lives. Based on this article, it can be argued that GDFL is a social enterprise that utilises the blended revenue approach to remain economically sustainable. The multifaceted GDFL initiative positively contributes to sustainable development across the value chain and in achieving SDG 1, 2, 3, 8. This can also be successfully implemented in similar developing and transitional economies in Asia and Africa. Using Grameen Danone as an illustration, the study explores the nature, operations, objectives, and implications of social businesses.
Social enterprise marketing strategies' to achieving sustainable development goals in an emerging economy: lessons from emerging economies
Jashim Uddin Ahmed; Quazi Tafsirul Islam; Asma Ahmed
International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 187 - 205
The paper focuses on the social business enterprise model that has recently gained significance in Bangladesh using case study methodology on GDFL, a French-Bangladeshi joint venture. The purpose is to evaluate and establish whether similar social business models can be implemented in developing and transitional economies to address poverty issues and achieve several sustainable development goals (SDGs). The authors intend to establish how social businesses impact economies and improve people's lives. Based on this article, it can be argued that GDFL is a social enterprise that utilises the blended revenue approach to remain economically sustainable. The multifaceted GDFL initiative positively contributes to sustainable development across the value chain and in achieving SDG 1, 2, 3, 8. This can also be successfully implemented in similar developing and transitional economies in Asia and Africa. Using Grameen Danone as an illustration, the study explores the nature, operations, objectives, and implications of social businesses.]]>
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International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 187 - 205
Jashim Uddin Ahmed
Quazi Tafsirul Islam
Asma Ahmed
Department of Management, School of Business and Economics, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh ' Department of Management, School of Business and Economics, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh ' InterResearch, Bashundhara, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh
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Bangladesh
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BOP
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social business
strategy
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Reverse migration, sustainable development, and innovation during Covid-19 pandemic: a case study of Indian women and children
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The COVID-19 pandemic has created a devastating and far-reaching consequences for countries and communities across the globe. However, a month-long national-lockdown during the first wave of COVID-19 in March- April 2020 in India has drawn enormous attention from media, policy makers and researchers around the world. The national lockdown has been especially difficult for the sizable migrant population of India, whose woes were heightened by their engagement in India's informal economy, which denied them any access to social security benefits upon stoppage of work. This was reflected in the unprecedented reverse migration witnessed in India. Hence, this study uses an analytical framework with some statistical figures to explore the effects of the pandemic on migrant workers in particular women and children and how it threats the Unites Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs). It also critically analyses the current policies to reduce the economic effect of this adverse shock.
Reverse migration, sustainable development, and innovation during Covid-19 pandemic: a case study of Indian women and children
Subhomay Saha; Karanx Peer; Shrabani Saha
International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 206 - 226
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a devastating and far-reaching consequences for countries and communities across the globe. However, a month-long national-lockdown during the first wave of COVID-19 in March- April 2020 in India has drawn enormous attention from media, policy makers and researchers around the world. The national lockdown has been especially difficult for the sizable migrant population of India, whose woes were heightened by their engagement in India's informal economy, which denied them any access to social security benefits upon stoppage of work. This was reflected in the unprecedented reverse migration witnessed in India. Hence, this study uses an analytical framework with some statistical figures to explore the effects of the pandemic on migrant workers in particular women and children and how it threats the Unites Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs). It also critically analyses the current policies to reduce the economic effect of this adverse shock.]]>
10.1504/IJISD.2024.135260
International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (2024) pp. 206 - 226
Subhomay Saha
Karanx Peer
Shrabani Saha
KPMG India, Mumbai, 400013, India ' GIST Impact, Mumbai, 400072, India ' Lincoln International Business School, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, LN6 7TS, UK
COVID-19 pandemic
return migration
women and children
SDGs
sustainable development goals
India
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