DR. Muslima Zahan
Associate Professor
PhD in Business & Management
University of Turin, Italy
Phone: +880-2-55668200 Ext- 1731
Email: muslima.zahan@northsouth.edu
Office: NAC 835
Visiting Hours (Spring 2025): Will be posted accordingly.
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Muslima Zahan is an Associate Professor at the School of Business and Economics (SBE), NSU. She was assigned the position Director, MBA and EMBA Programs from Janurary 2016 to January 2017. Dr. Zahan has obtained her PhD in Business & Management as well as a second Level Master degree in Finance from University of Turin, Italy, and MS in Industrial Management from Technical University Madrid, Spain. She obtained her BBA from Jahangirnagar University and in school, she stood 13th in the HSC and 9th in the SSC from Rajshahi Board. She worked as Assistant Professor, Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), Research Fellow in Bangladesh Social Research Institute and Business Development Consultant, Agro based Industries and Technology Development Project, Phase-2, Dhaka, Bangladesh as well as Research intern in UNIDO, Vienna, Austria. She has energy management, business strategy and sustainability related several articles published in peer-reviewed international journals and eventually achieved a good number of google scholar citations. Her research interest is working on Sustainable Global Business, Energy Efficiency and Climate Finance, Business and Organizational Strategy, Ethics, CSR and Business History etc.
Working Paper
Zahan, M & Zulfa Sultana, 'Business and Strategy in Hollywood Films: A Content Analysis' (Working paper).
GenZ leadership strategy during the Student Movement in July Revolution, Preprint available on ...
Journal Publications
2024 Zahan, M & MD Al-Amin, 'Recovery Strategy in Tourism and Hospitality Management', North South Business Review (fortcoming)
2021 Zahan, M. Sustainable Strategy to Sustainable Business: An Empirical Analysis on Energy Efficient Light Bulb, Sustainability (MDPI; SCOPUS); 13(24), 1-17
Zahan, M. (2021), ‘Political Business: Strategies of Parliament Members of Bangladesh’, North South Business Review (CrossRef), 11(2), 71-85. 2020 Zahan, M & Alam, S.R. ‘Sustainable Rice Business: A Survey for Strategic Implication, Journal of Asia Entrepreneurship and Sustainability (ABDC, Crossref, ProQuest), vol. 16(2), pp. 73-105.
Zahan, M, Sultana, H, & Zaman, Bin R. 'Role of Big Data Analytics for Resource-Constrained Organizations in a developing economy', Journal of Information Technology Case Application and Research (Taylor and Francis, SCOPUS), 22(2), 111-130.
Zahan, M & Bonadonna, A. 'Food Insecurity and the Young Generations’ Perceptions: A systematic Review', Food Economy Journal (Scimago JR Q3, SCOPUS), 22(3), 1-16.
Zahan, M & Laila Israt, 'Restaurant Waste Management in Dhaka City: Current Measures and the Way Forward', Journal of Asia Entrepreneurship and Sustainability (ABDC, Crossref, ProQuest), 25(4), 65-98.
Zahan, M & Das, S.C. 'Job Satisfaction and Employee Engagement: An Empirical Analysis on Kindergarten School Teacher in Bangladesh', IUBAT Review A Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, 3(1), 43-53.
2019 Zahan, M & Sultana, H. ‘Sustainable Mission Statement of International Firms', The Jahangirnagar University Journal of Business Research, Vol. 20, pp. 37-51.
Zahan, M, Sultana, H. & Wade, F. 'Retailers' Ethics: An Empirical Analysis on Traditional Bangladeshi Shops', International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management (IJECM), Vol. 7 (10), pp.473-488.
2018 Zahan, M. & Wade, F. H. ‘Sustainable 7P’s for Marketing’, North South Business Review, Vol. 9(1), pp. 49-68 Zahan, M., Sultana, H. & Shirin, H. ‘A Sustainable E-waste Management Model for Emerging Economies and Developing countries, North South Business Review, Vol 9(1), pp. 1-19.
Zahan, M., Sultana, H. & Shirin, H. ‘EOLManagement for Consumer Electronics in Bangladesh: with special focus on Television’, World Journal of Social Sciences, vol.8, no. 2, pp. 84-94
2017 Zahan, M. ‘Economic Sustainability of Small Business: An empirical analysis on mobile banking business in Dhaka city’, International Journal of Sustainable Strategic Management, 5(3), pp. 231-244.
2016 Zahan, M. & Al-Amin, Md (2016). Usage and Sustainability of Solar Home System in Dhaka City, North South Business Review, Vol. 7, Issue. 1, pp. 57-68.
2015 Zahan, M. (2015). ‘European Energy Industry Sustainability in Growth, Efficiency and Effectiveness, Journal of Research in Economics and International Finance, Vol. 4(1), pp. 19-21.
2013 Zahan, M., & Kenett, R. S. ‘Comparative price forecast model of conventional and Islamic bank stock prices’, Electronic Journal of Applied Statistical Analysis (e-ISSN: 2070-5948), vol. 4, Issue. 1, pp. 33-46
Zahan, M. & Sufian, A. ‘Ownership Structure and Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure in Bangladesh’, International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Volume 3, Issue 4, pp 901-909.
Zahan, M. Review on ‘Evolution of Microcredit (in Italian), BancaFinanza, July-August, pp. 52.
Zahan, M., Sarkar, T., & Corradetti, R. ‘Energy Sources and Carbon Emissions in the Iron and Steel Industry of south Asia’, International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Vol.3, No.1, pp. 30-42.
Zahan, M. & Kenett, R.S. ‘Modelling and Forecasting Energy Consumption in the Manufacturing industry in South Asia, International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Vol 3, No.1, pp. 87-98.
2012 Zahan, M., & Sarkar, T. , Corradetti, R. ’Policy and projects: Reduction of carbon emissions in the manufacturing industry South Asia’, Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 3, No. 14, pp. 110-120.
2011 Zahan, M., & Kenett, R. S. ‘Hedging Instruments in conventional and Islamic finance’, ‘Electronic Journal of Applied Statistical Analysis: Decision Support System and Services Evaluation, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 59-74.
Conferences:
Thasin, T & Zahan, M. (2024). ICRSP-2024 (INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on RESILIENCE and SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE), Title : Job Structure and Employee Productivity for Work-life Balance - A Case Study on Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd, MDI, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India, 6-7 December.
XXIX congresso nationale di scienze merceologiche nell era 4.0, AISME2020 (29th National Conference on Consumer Science), University of Salerno, Italy, February 2020.
Proceedings: Zahan, M., Bonadonna, A., Varese, E. & Lo Giudice, A. 'INSICUREZZA ALIMENTARE E STUDENTI UNIVERSITARI: UNA REVISIONE SISTEMATICA DELLA LETTERATURA' 4th International Conference on Globalisation, Entrepreneurship and Emerging Economies, Dhaka, Dec 2019
Proceedings: Zahan, M & Zim, Z, 'Internationalization process: local vs global beverage industry'. BEST Paper Award 4th International Conference on Business and Economics, Dhaka University, October 2019
Proceedings: Zahan, M., Shahriar, H. & Islam, A. 'International Customers' view on Hybrid Cars'. 7th Global Business Research Conference, Dhaka, April 2017
Books
1) Essay on Energy Consumption in the Manufacturing Industry in South Asia, 2013.
2) Draft on International Business History: Bangladesh Perspective
3) Ethics Dilemma Justification: The 50 Cases (Working Paper)
বাংলা নিবন্ধ
১) মা কেন সন্তানের অভিভাবক নয়
২) কারা করবে রাজনীতি
বাংলা সাহিত্য (লেখক নাম: ময়নামতি)
১) টাইমলাইন (সংকলন; ২০২২)
২) ঈশ্বর ও জীবন (কবিতা; ২০২৩)
৩) ফেইল করে কেউ করিস না ভয় (ছোট গল্প; ২০২৪)
Regional Champion, Sheikh Hasina Youth Volunteer Award 2020 (in Community Leadership and Service; Response to COVID-19)
Best Paper Award, 4th ICGEEE Conference 2019, Dhaka CTRG Grant 2017, North South University.
PhD: Full Scholarship Master in Finance:
Full Scholarhsip,Erasmus Mundus Master in Industrial Management,
Partial Fee Scholarship.
BBA Program: Full Fee Stipend
HSC and SSC: Full Fee Stipend,
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia Academic Excellent Certificate 1995, and
Gold Medal from Sugarcane Research Institute High School.
PhD in Business & Management, University of Turin, Italy.
Master in Finance, University of Turin, Italy.
Erasmus Mundus Master in Industrial Management, Technical University Madrid, Spain.
Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA Program), Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
HSC, Merit list 13th in Rajshahi Board.
SSC, Merit list 9th in Rajshahi Board.
Teaching Assistantship, University of Turin, Italy.
Research Intern, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Vienna, Austria.
Assistant Professor (Part time), Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), Mirpur, Dhaka,
Bangladesh.Research Fellow, Bangladesh Institute of Social Research (BISR), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Regional Office Manager,
Regional Agribusiness Development Consultant,
Program & Promotion Coordinator--Agrobased Industries and Technology Development Project, Phase-II, Dhaka
1) Research Methodology using SPSS
2) Leadership (MGT656)
3) Organizational Behavior (MGT321, BUS520)
4) Strategic Management (MGT489, BUS690, EMB690)
5) International Business (BUS685)
6) Environmental Management/Sustainable Business (MGT682)
7) Business Research Method (BUS535)
SME consultant, Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industries (DCCI),Member,
European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics (ENBIS) Guest Editor: Sustainability ( (ISSN 2071-1050) Special Issues 'Animal Welfare and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities'. It belongs to the section "Human Geography and Social Sustainability".
Review Board Member: Journal of Ethical and Legal Issues
Reviewer: Emerald Journal of Managerial Finance, and
Asian Journal of Economic Modelling.
AASHE 2016 Conference and Expo.
EIBA (European International Business Academy) Annual Conference 2016
Sustainable Global Business, Climate Finance, Strategy, Ethics and Business History.