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Business Analysis of Pharmaceutical Firms in Bangladesh: Problems and Prospects

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The aim of the study is to present the current scenario of the pharmaceutical industry in Bangladesh. Since inception, there was little consensus on the development of pharmaceutical policies best suited in a developing country such as Bangladesh. Here, the pharmaceutical industry developed rapidly from the 1980s after the introduction of Drug (Control) Ordinance-1982. Adequate infrastructure and use of trained manpower were two essential requisites for implementation of national pharmaceutical policies in Bangladesh. The country was importing significant amount of medicine and also raw materials for the industry from abroad. But the industry has started to export its products in foreign market, especially in the Middle East and Europe with great success. This study tries to identify the major problems of marketing, exporting, production and operations, quality control in the pharmaceutical sector and proposes strategies to overcome these problems, it also identifies the prospects of pharmaceutical industry in Bangladesh.

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Risk Management Practices: A Critical Diagnosis of Some Selected Commercial Banks in Bangladesh.

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The paper is about risk management practices of commercial banks in Bangladesh based on five commercial banks operating in Bangladesh. The number of respondents was 25, five from each bank. While collecting the requisite data, five points Likert Scale has been used. The objective of the study was to critically examine risk management practices of Bangladeshi banks i.e., types of risk facing a bank, procedure and techniques used to minimize the risk etc. The study also examines how far the banks follow the guidelines of Bangladesh Bank regarding risk management. The study reveals that credit risk, market risk and operational risk are the major risks to the bankers which are managed through three layers of management system. The Board of Directors performs the responsibility of the main risk oversight, the Executive Committee monitors risk and the Audit Committee oversees all the activities of banking operations. In the context of opinions regarding use of risk management techniques, it is found that internal rating system and risk adjusted rate of return on capital are relatively more important techniques used by banks.

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Customers’ Perception about the Determinants of Service Quality of Foreign and Domestic Banks: An Empirical Study on Bangladesh

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This paper investigates the determinants of perceived service quality among the customers of domestic and foreign banks in Dhaka, Bangladesh using a modified version of SERVQUAL model. It finds that in general the foreign banks provided marginally better measures in most of the dimensions than did the domestic banks. For domestic private banks reliability, communication, credibility, security, and tangibility are found to be significantly affecting the service quality. On the other hand, for foreign banks, reliability, credibility, and tangibility are the only significant factors affecting their service quality.

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Growth and Development of leasing business in Bangladesh :An Evalution.

Muhammad Azizul Islam
Khulna University Studies 1(2): 311-317

Summary:
Leasing is a contract between the owner of the equipment (lessor) and the user (lessee) that gives the lessee the right to use specific property, owned by the lessor, for a specific period of time in return forstipulated and generally periodic, cash payments (rents). It is an innovative and alternative way of
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The challenges of International Marketers in the 21st Century: The Case of Ready-made Garment (RMG) Industry of Bangladesh.

Fatema Begum
Muhammad Salahuddin Ahamed
Journal of Business Research, vol. 2, 1999

Summary:
By the year 2005 according to the policy of WTO (World Trade Organization) - the facilities like GSP and Quota in Readymade Garment sector will be phased out. The restrictions under the Multi-Fiber  Agreement (MFA) will be phased out in four stages. As  an impact of the withdrawal of these facilities, Less Developed
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