PROF. DR. MOHAMMAD ZAHIR RAIHAN

Research Areas

Dr. Mohammad Zahir Raihan is a Professor of Finance at the School of Business, Bangladesh Open University, and serves as the Director of the Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC). He has extensive experience in corporate finance, banking, microfinance, and institutional quality assurance, with a focus on emerging economies. Dr. Raihan’s research combines finance, corporate governance, sustainability, and higher education quality, aiming to enhance both academic outcomes and industry-relevant practices in Bangladesh.

Selected Publications

1. Chowdhury, T.I., Raihan, M.Z., Azad, M.A.K. (2025). Dancing with consumers: A configurational analysis of consumer satisfaction and repurchase trends in social commerce. Journal of Contemporary Marketing Science. [Ahead-of-print] 

2. Bhuiyan, N.N., Raihan, M.Z., Azad, M.A.K. (2024). The Interplay of Gender and Cultural Diversity on Board Composition and Capital Structure. BAIUST Academic Journal. 

3. Masud, S., Raihan, M.Z., Kamal, M.A.K. (2024). Appraising the gap in Business Educators’ and Employers’ perceptions regarding Business Graduate skills: A study on the BBA graduates of Bangladesh Open University. BOU Journal of Business Studies, Vol-6 (1 & 2)

4. Islam, J., Huynh, T.L.D., Chowdhury, M.A.F., Raihan, M.Z., Azad, M.A.K. (2023). To whose benefit – single earner vs. dual-earning couples? Comparative investigation of user experience of work from home. International Journal of Business Excellence

5. Chowdhury, T.I., Hoque, M.R., Wanke, P., Raihan, M.Z., Azad, M.A.K. (2022). Antecedents of Perceived Service Quality of Online Education During a Pandemic: Configuration Analysis Based on Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis. Evaluation Review, 43(3), 135–165. 

6. Raihan, M.Z., Azad, M.A.K. (2021). A Bibliometric Review on Outcome-Based Learning for Graduate Employability: Mapping the Research Front. Journal of Education, 203(1), 71–93. 

7. Azad, M., Wanke, P., Raihan, M.Z., Anwar, S.Z., Mustafa, R. (2020). Bank efficiency in Bangladesh revisited: a slack-based network DEA approach. Journal of Economic Studies, 47(5), 1001–1014.

8. Nabi, G., Raihan, M.Z., Ahmed, S. (2020). What Factors Affect the Technical Efficiency of Commercial Banks in Bangladesh? Bangladesh Open University Journal of Business Studies, Vol. 6 (1 & 2)

9. Raihan, M.Z. (2019). Sustainable Finance from Customers’ Perspective- Examining Banking Industry of Bangladesh. MIST International Journal of Science and Technology, 7(1), 41–51

10. Biswas, P.B., Nabi, G., Raihan, M.Z. (2020). Agricultural Credit and Its Impacts on the Economy of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Open University Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development

11. Raihan, M.Z. (2019). Sustainable Finance for Growth and Development of Banking Industry in Bangladesh: An Equity Perspective. BOU Journal of Business Studies, Vol. 5 (1 & 2), 91–102

12. Raihan, M.Z. (2019). Reducing Audit Expectation Gap through Audit Education: Evidence from Bangladesh. BOU Journal of Business Studies, Vol. 5 (1 & 2), 103–115