Dr. Abul H. M. G. Azam

Professor-cum-Adviser
Department of Business Administration

Faculty

Faculty of Business and Economics

Address

A/2, Jahurul Islam Avenue
Jahurul Islam City, Aftabnagar
Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh

Office

Ext: 533 || Room No# 524
abul.azam@ewubd.edu

Academic Background

Degree Date Earned Major Institution Location

Ph.D. December 1984 Economics Duke University Durham, NC 27706, USA
M. A. May 1977 Economics Duke University Durham, NC 27706, USA
M.A. December 1974 Economics Dhaka University Dhaka, Bangladesh
B.A. (Honors) December 1972 Economics Dhaka University Dhaka, Bangladesh

Dissertation

Current Account Analysis: An Empirical Investigation

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Professional Experience

Professor-cum-Advisor, Department of Business Administration April 2, 2022 -
East West University
Professor, Department of Management February 2021 –February 2022
North South University
Professor and Dean, School of Business and Economics Oct 4, 2016 – Oct 3, 2020
(Concurrently held the position of Head of Economics Department until -May 2019)
United International University (UIU)
Professor, School of Business and Economics June 2015 -- October 2016
United International University (UIU)
Part-Time Faculty Fall 2014
United International University (UIU)
Courses Taught: MBA: International Business, Business Math
Part-time Faculty 2013 - 2014
Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)
Courses Taught: Strategic Management (MBA), Production Management (MBA 512), Managerial Economics (MBA 505), Macroeconomics (MBA 510), Business Math (BUS 202), Principles of Microeconomics (ECN 201)
Managing Partner Jan 2009 – May 2013
RA Global Exchange, LLC
Visiting Professor
Guilford College, Greensboro, NC Jan 2008 - Dec 2008
Courses Taught: Money and Financial Markets, Microeconomics, and Macroeconomics.
Visiting Faculty Summer, 2006
East-West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Courses Taught: Microeconomics, Mathematical Economics
Senior Fellow Jan 2005 – Dec 2007
School of Business and Economics
North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC
CEO 1994 - 2005
A&F Investment Inc., Greensboro, NC 27410
Assistant Professor 1984 - 1996
School of Business and Economics
North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC
Courses Taught: Micro and Macroeconomic theory, advanced statistics, International Business, Production and Operations Management, Quantitative Methods, Business Research Methods, Managerial Economics.
Assistant Professor/Graduate Faculty
Elon University, Elon, NC 1983 – 1984
Courses Taught: Economic Theory, Quantitative Methods, Advanced Statistics, Business Finance, Production and Operations Management.
Instructor
University of North Carolina at Greensboro 1980-1982
Courses Taught: Micro and Macroeconomics, quantitative methods.
Research Demographer 1977-1979
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
Adamjee Court, Motijheel, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Staff Demographer 1975-1977
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
Dhaka, Bangladesh. (On study leave.)
Lecturer
Economics Department, Dhaka University 1974-1975

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Selected Publications

"Subsidies and Inefficiency; a Stochastic Frontier Approach," Contemporary Economic Policy, vol. XV, July, 1997 (with Sakano and Obeng).
"Type of management and subsidy Induced Allocative Distortions in Urban Transit Firms --- A Time
Series Approach", Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Spring 1996. (with Kofi Obeng)
"Allocative Distortions From Transit Subsidies", International Journal of Transport Economics, February 1995. (with Kofi Obeng)
"The Intended Relationship Between Federal Operating Subsidy and Cost," Public Finance Quarterly, Vol. 23, No.1, January, 1995.
"Sources of Change in U.S. Manufactured Exports during the Eighties", Journal of Economics and
Finance, Vol. 18, Number 1, Spring 1994 (with Farida Azam).
"Revisiting Relationship Between Growth and Poverty", Review of Black Political Economy, Vol. 22, No. 1, Summer 1993 (with Alonzo Redmon).
"US Export Performance: 1978-1987" Proceedings of the Third Annual Symposium on International
Economic competitiveness, Institute of International Economic Competitiveness, Radford University, March 23-25, 1990 (with Farida Azam).
Modeling Economic Inefficiency from Transit Subsidies, Praeger 1997 (with Kofi Obeng and Ryoichi
Sakano). This is an advanced level book.
Government Subsidies and Economic Inefficiency in Public Transit (with Kofi Obeng). This research was done for the US Department of Transportation. The project was funded by the Federal Transit Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1994.
Terms of Trade for Jute: A Note" Bangladesh and UNCTAD V, ed. By K.M. Matin (Dhaka, Bangladesh: B.I.D.S., 1982) with S.R. Osmani, and Q.K. Ahmad.
World Trade in Primary Commodities, the Case of Jute, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1979. The project was funded by the Third World Forum.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

“Which Way is Liberal Democracy Headed”, The Independent, September 27, 2012.
“The Making of Iraq War”, Daily Sun, January, 2012.
"From Plassey to PRSP: The anatomy of poverty creation", The Daily Star, Vol. 5, Aug 2006.
A Doctrinal History of US Foreign Policy: The Missing Link, Greensboro News & Record, January 2002.
“Koran Foretells Inevitable Conflict – A Reply,” Greensboro News & Record, December 2001.

Conference Presentations/Participations/Other Professional Activities

Keynote Speaker at the Golden Jubilee if the Victory Day of Bangladesh and China as the Development Partner of Bangladesh, December 18, 2023.
Member, International Best of Regions Award Committee, Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs, 2022 and 2023.
Evaluator, International Teaching Excellence Award, Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs, 2022.
Marketing Evolution in the Post Covit Scenario, presented at the Valedictory session, 4^th International Marketing Conference, SIES College of Management Studies, February 13, 2021.
Challenges in Higher Education, Annual Meeting of the Higher Education Forum held on December 7, 2019, in Mumbai, India. (Distinguished Speaker)
ACBSP Annual Conference on the Art of Developing Entrepreneurial Leaders, held on June 21-24, 2019, in Houston, Texas, USA, USA.
ACBSP Annual Conference on Transforming Student Success through Recruitment, Retention, and Re-entry, June 8-11, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
ACBSP Annual Conference on Preparing Students for Career Success, held on June 23-26, 2017, in Anaheim, California, USA.
"Rise of the West: Evidence from the Early Modern Period", East-West University, Dhaka Bangladesh, August 2005.
"Subsidies and Inefficiency: A Stochastic Frontier Approach," with Sakano R. and K. Obeng. Presented at the Western Economic Association meeting held in San Francisco, June 29-July 2, 1996.
"Transit subsidies, Allocative Distortion and Input Demand", with K. Obeng. Presented at the Western Economic Association meeting held in San Francisco, June 29-July 2, 1996.
"The Intended Relationship between Federal Operating Subsidy and Cost," with K. Obeng. Presented at the Southern Economic Association Meeting held in San Francisco, July 9-13, 1992.
"Government Debt and U.S. German Interest Rate Differential," with Faik Koray. Presented at the Western Economic Association Meeting held in San Francisco, July 9-13, 1992
"Twin Deficit Linkages, Some Empirical Results." Presented at the Eastern Economic Association Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 29-April 1, 1990.
"Real Factors in Exchange Rate Determination,” with Farida Azam. Presented at the Eastern Economic Association Meeting, Boston, Mass, March 10-12, 1988.
Discussant, Third Annual Symposium of the Institute for International Economic Competitiveness, College of Business and Economics, Radford University, Radford, Virginia, March 23-25, 1990.
Participant, Negotiated International Economic Change, Assessing Progress after UNCTAD V, Institute of Developing Studies, Sussex University, Brighton, U.K., June 2-29, 1979.

Guilford College Anti-Racism Team: 2003 - 2005.
Greensboro Civic Entrepreneur Initiative: This project aimed to foster community participation in decision-making through leadership development. A three-year project, it was funded by the Pew Charitable Trust and hosted by the Community Foundation of Greensboro. Twenty Cities across the nation participated in it. I was a member of the steering committee.
ARC of Greensboro: For more than a decade I have been a member of ARC of Greensboro, an advocacy group for the mentally challenged, and have served as the Treasurer for several years.

Project title: Government Subsidy and Economic Efficiency
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Transportation. Grant amount: $80,802.00

Awards & Achievements

Honors & Awards

Ford Foundation Fellow, 1975-1977.
Graduate Fellow, Duke University, 1979-1981.

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Chair, ACBSP Region 10 (South Asia) 2020-2021. Now a member of the executive committee.
Advisor, Higher Education Form (HEF), India.

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