Professor
Dr. Md. Saiful Alam
Department of Accounting
Faculty of Business Studies
Research profiles & links
Biography
Md. Saiful Alam is a Professor in the Department of Accounting & Information Systems, at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He obtained his PhD in Management Accounting from the University of Glasgow (2018) for a thesis titled ‘Management Accounting and Control in Microfinance Operation- Three Papers’. His research interest lies in Management Accounting and Control in Developing Countries, Accounting and ...
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| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Management Accounting and Control | University of Glasgow | United Kingdom | 2018 |
| Masters | Accounting & Finance | University of Manchester | United Kingdom | 2011 |
| Masters | Accounting & Information Systems | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2007 |
| Bachelor | Accounting & Information Systems | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2006 |
| Title | Organization | Location | From Date | To Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professor | University of Dhaka | Dhaka | Jan 2025 | Present |
| Associate Professor | University of Dhaka | Dhaka | Jan 2020 | Jan 2025 |
| Graduate Teaching Assistant | University of Glasgow | Glasgow, United Kingdom | Sep 2016 | Jan 2018 |
| Assistant Professor | University of Dhaka | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Oct 2012 | Jan 2020 |
| Lecturer | University of Dhaka | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Jul 2008 | Oct 2012 |
| Audit Staff | Nurul, Faruk, Hasan & Co. (A Member Firm of Deloitte International) | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Mar 2008 | Jun 2008 |
Research Interest
| Subject | Description | Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator) |
|---|---|---|
| Islamic Accounting | Explore the accounting, control and accountability issues of organisations run under Shariaah Law | |
| Accounting, accountability and control of NGOs | NGOs and their accounting, accountability and control practices. More interested in holistic view/rights based approach of NGO accountability. | |
| Accounting presence and absence | Researchers normally tend to explore the accounting issues of corporations. However there are numerous other contexts where accounting is present in mundane form. Interested to explore those. | |
| Accounting and development | Understand the intricacies of accounting around different development programme (e.g. microfinance). | |
| Management accounting and control in less developed countries | LDCs or developing nations offer an exciting contextual environment for alternative accounting researchers. Interested to explore various contexts from LDCs/developing nations using an alternative view. |
Project/Research Supervision
| Level of Study | Title | Supervisor | Co-Supervisor(s) | Name of Student(s) | Area of Research | Current Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Corporate Reporting and the Sustainable Development Goals: Evidence from an Emerging Economy | Dr. Md. Saiful Alam | Shobnom Munira | Sustainability Accounting |
Current Year | |
| Ph.D. | Impression Management Techniques in Integrated Reporting of Companies in Bangladesh | Dr. Dewan Mahboob Hossain | Dr. Md. Saiful Alam | Niaz Mohammad | Integrated Reporting |
Current Year |
Project/Research Work
| Subject | Project Name | Source of Fund | From Date | To Date | Collaboration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainability Accounting | Localisation of SDG | ICMAB | 01-01-2024 | 31-01-2025 | University of Birmingham |
| NGO Accountability | NGO Accountability in Bangladesh | Centenary Research Fund | 01-01-2022 | 31-12-2023 | |
| NGO Accountability | Role of Professional Accountants in the Accountability Framework of Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) | Bureau of Business Research, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka | 01-01-2019 | 31-12-2019 |
Invited Talk
| SL | Invited Talk |
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| No invited talk is found | |
| SL | Collaboration & Membership Name | Type | Membership Year | Expire Year |
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| 1 | Fellow of The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh | Professional Membership | 2009 | Life Time |
| Book | |
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| 1 |
Professor Dr. Tahmina Khatun, Professor Dr. Mohammad Tareq, Professor Dr. Dewan Mahboob Hossain, Dr. Minhaj Ferdous and Dr. Md. Saiful Alam
Department of Accounting & Information Systems: Traditions, Trends, and Prospects.
Dhaka: Department of Accounting & Information Systems, University of Dhaka, 2023 .
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| Book Section | |
| 1 |
Md. Saiful Alam "Supply Chain Management Accounting in Shari'ah-Compliant Firms: A Conceptual Framework."
Islamic Operations Management- Theories and Applications. Routledge, 2024 258-271 .
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| 2 |
Md. Saiful Alam "Corporate Climate Change-related Governance and Disclosures: Evidence from an Emerging Economy."
Environmental Finance and Green Banking. S. Sosnovskikh & M.S. Alam Routledge, 2023 .
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| 3 |
Saiful Alam, Seuwandhi B. Ranasinghe and Danture Wickramasinghe "Ethnographic significance in researching management accounting: Bangladesh and Sri Lanka."
Routledge Companion: Accounting in Emerging Economies. P. Weetman & I. Tsalavoutas (eds) Routledge, 2020 .
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| Journal Article | |
| 1 |
Dewan Mahboob Hossain, Mohammed Mehadi Masud Mazumder and Md. Saiful Alam : Rhetorical strategies in the climate change disclosures of Bangladeshi banking companies,
International Journal of Emerging Markets Emerald , 2024
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| 2 |
Md. Saiful Alam and Dewan Mahboob Hossain : Accountability and legitimacy in the annual reports of Bangladeshi NGOs,
Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies (impact factor:3.1) Emerald , 2024
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| 3 |
Md. Mamunur Rashid, Dewan Mahboob Hossain and Md. Saiful Alam : An institutional explanation of management accounting change in an emerging economy: evidence from Bangladesh,
, vol.Vol. 20 , no.No. 3 Emerald , pp.pp. 513-535 , 2023
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| 4 |
Dewan Mahboob Hossain, Md. Saiful Alam and Mohammed Mehadi Masud Mazumder : Impression management tactics in Covid-19 related disclosures: a study on the annual reports of Bangladeshi listed insurance companies,
Asian Journal of Economics and Banking , vol.Vol. 7 , no.No. 2 Emerald Publishing Limited , pp.pp.234-250 , 2022
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| 5 |
Md. Saiful Alam : 30 years of research in Islamic accounting: a literature review,
PSU Research Review , vol.Ahead of Print , no.Ahead of Print Emerald Publishing Limited , 2022
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| 6 |
Md. Saiful Alam and Amirus Salat : An Evaluation of Studies on Professional Matters: Present Status and Future Initiatives,
The Jahangirnagar University Journal of Business Research , vol.18 , no.June , pp.85-97 , 2016
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| 7 |
Md. Saiful Alam : Strategic Performance Measurement of Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited with compare to Square Pharmaceuticals Limited: An Application of CORE Analysis,
The Cost & Management , vol.44 , no.2 , pp.3-11 , 2016
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| 8 |
Md. Saiful Alam and Abdul Alim Baser : Compliance of BAS-17 by the leasing Companies in Bangladesh,
Dhaka University Journal of Business Studies , vol.36 , no.3 , pp.133-146 , 2015
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| 9 |
Md. Saiful Alam and Abdul Alim Baser : Evaluating Management Accounting Issues in Professional Publications—A Literature Survey,
The Cost & Management , vol.43 , no.4 , pp.20-27 , 2015
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| 10 |
Md. Saiful Alam and Al Amin : Customer Lifetime Value as a Measure of Customer Profitability: Management Accounting Perspectives,
D. U. Journal of Marketing , vol.16 , no.1 , pp.127-141 , 2013
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| 11 |
Kazi Fayz Ahamed, M A B Billah and Md. Saiful Alam : Job Satisfaction of Public Primary School Teachers in Bangladesh: A Case Study in Sherpur District,
Dhaka University Journal of Business Studies , vol.34 , no.1 , pp.229-239 , 2013
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| 12 |
Md. Saiful Alam and Kazi Fayz Ahamed : Evaluation of Determinant Factors for the Purchase Decision of Mobile Sets in Bangladesh: An Empirical Study,
The Cost & Management , vol.41 , no.3 , pp.24-28 , 2013
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| 13 |
Md. Saiful Alam : An Evaluation of Variable Costing and Its Uses in Manufacturing Organizations,
The Cost & Management , vol.40 , no.4 , pp.16-20 , 2012
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| 14 |
Dewan Mahboob Hossain, Mohammed Mehadi Masud Mazumder and Md. Saiful Alam : Corporate social responsibility practices in Bangladesh: A survey on the perceptions of the people working in the corporate sector,
The Bangladesh Accountant , vol.68 , no.39 , pp.98-101 , 2010
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| 15 |
Md. Saiful Alam and Wayesh Kuruni Azad : Customer satisfaction and Its impact on service development of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited,
The Cost & Management , vol.37 , no.3 , pp.30-33 , 2009
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| 16 |
Saiful Alam, Seuwandhi B. Ranasinghe and Danture Wickramasinghe : Another development challenge: gaining emancipation from a functional hegemony in accounting and management control research,
Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies , vol.11 , no.1 , pp.27-48 , 2020
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Dewan Mahboob Hossain, Md. Saiful Alam, Mohammed Mehadi Masud Mazumder and Al Amin : Gender-related discourses in corporate annual reports: an exploratory study on the Bangladeshi companies,
Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change , vol.17 , no.3 , pp.394-415 , 2021
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| 18 |
Dewan Mahboob Hossain, Md. Saiful Alam and Mohammed Mehadi Masud Mazumder : Forensic Accounting and Fraud Investigation: A Conceptual Summary,
The Cost & Management , vol.48 , no.6 , pp.4-11 , 2020
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| 19 |
Dewan Mahboob Hossain, Md. Saiful Alam and Al Amin : Forensic Accounting Education: A Brief Discussion on Existing Literature,
The Bangladesh Accountant , vol.January-March , no.1 , pp.31-41 , 2021
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Md. Saiful Alam and Dewan Mahboob Hossain : Management Accounting in the Era of Digitalization,
The Journal of Industrial Distribution & Business , vol.12 , no.11 Korea Distribution Science Association , pp.1-8 , 2021
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Md. Saiful Alam : A Reflexive Account of Microfinance Management Accounting: Ethnographic Experience in a Bangladeshi Village,
Journal of Entrepreneurship and Business , vol.9 , no.2 Universiti Malaysia Kelantan , pp.53-69 , 2021
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| Conference Proceedings | |
| 1 |
Md. Saiful Alam, Danture Wickramasinghe and Alvise Favotto "The Microfinance Toolkit: Is it a Biopolitical Move?."
Accounting and Accountability in Emerging Economies (AAEE) Conference 2018
Essex: 2018
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| 2 |
Md. Saiful Alam, Danture Wickramasinghe and Alvise Favotto "The Role of Social Controls in Microfinance (MF) Operation—An Ethopolitical Perspective."
Critical Perspective of Accounting (CPA) Conference 2017
Quebec, Canada: 2017
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| 3 |
Md. Saiful Alam, Danture Wickramasinghe and Alvise Favotto "Microfinance Toolkit—A Case of Disciplinary and Biopolitical Mechanisms for Poverty Management."
BAFA 17th Workshop on Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies (AFEE)
Cranfield: 2017
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| 4 |
Md. Saiful Alam, Danture Wickramasinghe and Alvisse Favotto "Making oral accounts: The case of Microfinance (MF) in Bangladesh."
Management Accounting Research Group (MARG) Conference 2016
Birmingham: 2016
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| Award Type | Title | Year | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International | Adam Smith Business School PhD Studentship, University of Glasgow | 2014 | United Kingdom | 3 Years PhD Scholarship 2014-17 for PhD at University of Glasgow (Grant Amount: £78,000 approx.) |
| International | Commonwealth Scholarship | 2010 | United Kingdom | 1 year Masters Scholarship 2010-11 for MSc at University of Manchester (Grant Amount: £30,000 approx.) |
| Local | FBS Deans Award | 2008 | Bangladesh | Deans Award for Excellent Result in both Bachelor and Masters Programme |
| Local | Sonali Bank MD Gold Medal | 2000 | Bangladesh | Gold Medal for Securing First Position in HSC 2000 Business Studies Group in Dhaka Borad |
| Local | Sonali Bank Chairman Gold Medal | 2000 | Bangladesh | Gold Medal for Securing First Position in HSC 2000 Business Studies Group in Dhaka Borad |
| Local | Sonali Bank MD Gold Medal | 1998 | Bangladesh | Gold Medal for Securing First Position in SSC 1998 Business Studies Group in Comilla Borad |
| Local | Sonali Bank Chairman Gold Medal | 1998 | Bangladesh | Gold Medal for Securing First Position in SSC 1998 Business Studies Group in Comilla Borad |
Name & designation
Dr. Md. Saiful Alam
Professor
Department
Department of Accounting Faculty of Business Studies
Email
s.alam@du.ac.bd