Research & publications

Research begins when the familiar explanation is no longer enough.

Academic inquiry gives us a disciplined way to examine governance, accounting, finance, markets and the institutional conditions that shape business behavior.

Featured research

Questions examined through evidence.

2024 · Book chapter

Are Independent and Non-Executive Directors Improving Corporate Governance and Firm Performance? An Evince from Bangladesh

Abul Fazal Wazir Ahmad and Shubhankar Shil

Finance and Law in the Metaverse World, Springer, pp. 45–57

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2015 · Journal article

An Exploratory Study on Bangladesh's Emerging Credit Rating Industry

Shubhankar Shil

Independent Business Review, 8(1–2)

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2015 · Journal article

Positive Accounting Theory and Changes in Accounting Principles: An Exploratory Inquiry into Bangladeshi Listed Companies

Shubhankar Shil

Independent Business Review, 7(2)

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Selected journal work

A browsable record.

  1. 2013

    Journal article

    Protecting Existing and Prospective Investors and Role of Internal Auditors

    Shubhankar Shil and Shoaib Ahmed · Independent Business Review

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  2. 2008

    Journal article

    Factors Influencing Customers' Willingness to Buy in the Context of PC Peripherals

    Shubhankar Shil, Nadim Jahangir and Noorjahan Parvez · Journal of Behavioural Sciences, University of the Punjab

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  3. 2007

    Journal article

    Examination of Profitability in the Context of Bangladesh Banking Industry

    Shubhankar Shil, Amlan J. Haque and Nadim Jahangir · ABAC Journal

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  4. 2007

    Journal article

    Information Search on Banking Products and Services

    Shubhankar Shil and Nadim Jahangir · Udyog Pragati, 31(3)

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  5. 2006

    Journal article

    Village Phone: Expectation vs. Execution

    Shubhankar Shil and Amlan J. Haque · The Journal of Social Studies, 112(4)

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Selected conference contributions

Ideas shared in academic conversation.

  1. Shil, S. & Ahmad, A. W. (2024). Are Independent and Nonexecutive Directors Improving Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: An Evince from Bangladesh. International Conference of Business and Innovative Technology (ICBIT), University College of Bahrain.
  2. Shil, S. (2024). Control and Capital: Bangladeshi Family Firms’ Attitude to Raise External Capital. India Finance Conference 2024 at IIM (IIM–Raipur), Chhattisgarh, India.
  3. Shil, S. (2024). An Exploratory Study on Emerging Technologies in Bangladeshi Industries. International Conference on Leveraging Emerging Technologies and Analytics for Development (LEAD), IIM Shillong, India.
  4. Shil, S. (2016). Rural Marketing in Bangladesh. International Conference on Global Strategy and Emerging Markets, Center for International Business Education and Research, University of Miami, USA.
  5. Shil, S. (2015). Clash in Corporate Rating: A Study on Competition Among Credit Rating Agencies and Their Neutrality in Rating, a Bangladeshi Perspective. India Finance Conference 2015 at IIM Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
  6. Shil, S. (2014). A Financial Diagnosis into the Cost of Capital, Capital Structure, and Firms’ Performances: Evidence from Listed Companies in Bangladesh. India Finance Conference 2014 at IIM Bangalore, India.

Research closing

Evidence does not make difficult choices easy.

It makes our reasoning more accountable.

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