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Dr. MD Shamim Hossain

Lecturer
PhD (Accounting) (Swinburne University of Technology);Master of Science (Accounting) (Putra Business School, University Putra Malaysia); MBA (Accounting & Information Systems (AIS)) (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh); Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) (AIS) (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)

Faculty of Business, Design and Arts

Fax No:+60 82 260 815
Room No: B339
Email: [email protected]

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Biography

Dr. Md. Shamim Hossain is a Lecturer at the School of Business, Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus, Malaysia. In 2025, he completed a Ph.D. in corporate sustainability disclosures from Swinburne University of Technology. He completed his MSc in 2018 at Putra Business School, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Mr. Shamim graduated with Honours (BBA) and an MBA in Accounting & Information Systems from the University of Dhaka. His MSc and Ph.D programs are funded by a full scholarship. He is a fellow member (FCMA) of the ICMAB (Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh) and also a Professional VAT Consultant. One of his papers, titled “The Nexus of Tax Avoidance and Firm Characteristics: Does Board Gender Diversity Have a Role? Evidence from an Emerging Economy,” received the ICMAB Research Excellence Award 2025. In 2024, he was awarded the Miyan Publications Award 2025 from IUBAT—International University of Business Agriculture and Technology. He was awarded the “Best Research Paper” in the 10th International Conference on Financial Criminology (ICFC2019), organized by United International University (UIU) in association with ARI-UniversitiTeknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia, on 7-8 December 2019 at UIU Campus, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He published several peer-reviewed research papers in quality journals, including Scopus Q1 and ABDC A-indexed journals.  He attended conferences in several countries, including Bangladesh, Thailand, and Malaysia.

Research Interests

Corporate Governance, Corporate Sustainability Reporting and Disclosures, Carbon Accounting, CSR, Financial Reporting, Tax Avoidance, Earnings Management

Teaching Areas

Management Accounting, Cost Accounting, Financial Accounting, Corporate Reporting and Financial statement analysis, Auditing, Organizational Behavior

Reviewer Assignments

  • Applied Economics [ABDC A, Scopus Q2, and WoS-ESCI
  • Business Strategy and Development [Scopus Q1 and WoS-ESCI]
  • International Social Science Journal [Scopus Q2, ABDC B and WoS-ESCI]
  • Accounting Research Journal [Scopus Q3, ABDC B and WoS-ESCI]
  • Applied Economics Letter [Scopus Q3, ABDC B and WoS-ESCI]
  • Journal of Business Ethics [ABDC A, Scopus Q1, and WoS-ESCI]
  • Discover Sustainability [Scopus Q1 and WoS-ESCI]
  • Qualitative Research in Financial Market [Scopus Q2, ABDC B and WoS-ESCI]
  • Sustainable Development [Scopus Q1, ABDC C and WoS-ESCI]
  • Journal of Economic and Administrative Science. [Scopus Q2 and WoS-ESCI]
  • Environment Development and Sustainability. [Scopus Q1 and WoS-ESCI]
  • Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. [Scopus Q1, ABS 1, ABDC C]
  • International Journal of Disclosure and Governance. [Scopus Q2, ABDC B, ABS 2 and WoS-ESCI]

Professional Membership & Appointments

FCMA (Fellow Member of Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB))

    Awards

    • [2025] ICMAB Research Excellence Award 2025: Paper titled “The Nexus of Tax Avoidance and Firm Characteristics: Does Board Gender Diversity Have a Role? Evidence from an Emerging Economy,”
    • [2025] Miyan Publication Reward: The event recognized IUBAT’s esteemed faculty members and researchers for their outstanding contributions to academic research publications. The ‘Miyan Publication Reward-2025’ was hosted by IUBAT on March 8, 2025, at 1:30 PM in the university’s conference room
    • [2019] Best Research Paper: 10th International Conference on Financial Criminology (ICFC2019) organized by United International University (UIU) in association with ARI-Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia at UIU Campus, Dhaka.

    Research Output

    • Journal Article: Islam, M.Z. and Hossain M.S., Amin. M.B., Md. Ahamed, M., and Oláh, J. (2025). The asymmetric impacts of remittances on innovation in middle-income economics: A NARDL approach. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge Vol. 10 ahead-of-print. [ABDC A, Scopus Q1 and WoS-ESCI]
    • Journal Article: Hossain, M.S., M. Ling, C.C., Pathiranage, N. W. & Fung, C.Y. (2025). Nexus Between Corporate Sustainability Disclosures and Tax Avoidance; Does Gender Quotas on Board Make Any Difference? International Journal of Disclosure and Governance. (Accepted on initial submission) [Scopus Q2, ABDC B, ABS 2 and WoS-ESCI, IF 2.9].
    • Journal Article: Hossain, M.S., Ali, M.S., Islam, M.Z., Safiuddin, M. Ling, C.C. & Fung, C.Y. (2025). The Nexus of Tax Avoidance and Firms Characteristics – Do Independent Directors Have a Role? Evidence from an Emerging Economy. Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. [Scopus Q2, ABDC B, ABS 2 and WoS-ESCI, CiteScore 6.8, IF 3.2]. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAEE-03-2024-0120
    • Journal Article: Hossain, M.S., M. Ling, C.C., Pathiranage, N. W. & Fung, C.Y. (2025). The Nexus of corporate sustainability disclosures & Earnings management – Does Female Directors have a Role? Evidence from Malaysia. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.3113 [IF: 8.3, Scopus Q1, ABS 1, WoS ranking: 23/302 (Business;1); 23/301 (Management, Q1); 14/182 (Environmental Studies; Q1), ABDC C, JCI Score: 1.87, CiteScore (2023): 17.2]
    • Journal Article: Hossain, M.S., Islam, M.Z., Ali, M.S., Safiuddin, M. Ling, C.C. & Fung, C.Y. (2024). The Nexus of Tax Avoidance and Firms Characteristics – Does Board Gender Diversity have a role? Evidence from an Emerging Economy. Asia Pacific Journal of Business Administration, Vol. 17 No. 2, pp. 401-427. https://doi.org/10.1108/APJBA-10-2023-0521 [Scopus Q1, ABDC C, ABS 1, and WoS-ESCI, CiteScore 7.2, IF:3.6]
    • Journal Article: Rahaman, S.H., Islam, M. R. & Hossain, M.S. (2024). ICT’s impact on food security in South Asian countries: The role of economic growth, energy consumption, and environmental quality. Journal of the Knowledge Economy (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-024-02301-4 [Scopus Q2, and WoS-ESCI, SSCI, ABDC C, IF: 4]
    • Journal Article: Rahaman, S.H., Islam, M. R. & Hossain, M.S. (2024). ICT’s impact on food security in South Asian countries: The role of economic growth, energy consumption, and environmental quality. Journal of the Knowledge Economy (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-024-02301-4 [Scopus Q2, and WoS-ESCI, SSCI, ABDC C, IF: 4]
    • Journal Article: Hossain, M.S., Ali, M.S., Islam, M.Z., Ling, C.C. & Fung, C.Y. (2024). Nexus between profitability, firm size and leverage and tax avoidance: evidence from an emerging economy”, Asian Review of Accounting, Vol. 32 No. 5, pp. 759-780. [Scopus Q3, ABS 2, ABDC B and WoS-ESCI, IF: 2.3, Cite Score: 3.2] https://doi.org/10.1108/ARA-08-2023-0238
    • Journal Article: Hossain, M.S., Ali, M.S., Ling, C.C. & Fung, C.Y. (2024). Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion: Current Insights and Future Research Directions from an Emerging Economy. Asian Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 9 No. 3, pp. 275-292. DOI: 10.1108/AJAR-09-2023-0305. [Scopus Q2, ABDC C, ABS 1 and WoS-ESCI, IF: 5.3, Cite Score: 4.4]
    • Journal Article: Hossain, M. S., Latiff, A. R. A., & Osman, M. N. H. B. (2022). Money creation and commercial banks’ money lending activity through the accounting treatment: stakeholders’ perceptions in Malaysia. Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, 14(5), 657-678, DOI 10.1108/QRFM-07-2021-0110. [Scopus Q2, ABDC B, ABS 1 and WoS-ESCI, IF: 1.9, Cite Score: 4.6]
    • Journal Article: Alam, M. K., Rahman, S. A., Mustafa, H., Shah, S. M., Hossain, M. S. (2019). Shariah Governance Framework of Islamic Banks in Bangladesh: Practices, Problems and Recommendations. Asian Economic and Financial Review, ISSN: 2222-6737 (Online), 2305-2147 (Paper), 9(1), 18-132. DOI: 10.18488/journal.aefr.2019.91.118132. [Scopus Q3 and ABDC C, IF: 1.2, Cite Score: 1.8]