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ABU HENA REZA HASAN

Associate Professor
Department of International Business
Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
Telephone: 880 2 8115355; 01711788638 e‐Mail: ahrhasan@yahoo.com
Name : Abu Hena Reza Hasan
Designation : Associate Professor, Department of International Business
University of Dhaka
Nationality : Bangladeshi
Date of Birth : 25th January, 1965
Gender : Male
Address : Office:
Department of International Business, University of Dhaka
Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
Phone: 880 2 9661920‐59/7864; 8801711788638 (mobile)
Fax: 880 2 8615583
e‐Mail: ahrhasan@yahoo.com

Residential :
59/A, West Raja Bazar, Tejgaon, Dhaka 1215, Bangladesh.
Phone: 880 2 8115355

Education
University of Dhaka
Working on Ph.D. thesis for the Doctor of Philosophy degree at the Department of
Management Studies of University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The title of thesis
“Evaluation of Foreign Direct Investment in Services: A Case Study of Bangladesh”.
University of London, London, UK 1999‐2000
MSc in Health Policy Planning and Financing
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
London School of Economics and Political Science
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK 1993‐1994
Post‐Graduate Diploma in Operational Research
Department of Management Science, Strathclyde Business School
University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh 1982‐1986
M.Com. in Management (Examination held in 1989)
B.Com. (Honours) in Management (Examination held in 1988)
Department of Management, Faculty of Commerce

Training
1. South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE)
Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand April 30–May 17, 2007
Introductory Course in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
2. Directorate of Continuing Education,
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) May 13‐15, 2004
Environment Protection and Pollution Prevention Issues & Initiatives
3. Centre for Informatics & Electronics, Dhaka, Bangladesh 1987‐1988
Computer Programming
(Fundamentals of Computing and Computer Organisation; Information Systems Analysis and
Design; Programming Technique and BASIC Language; Data Structure and PASCAL; Data Base
Systems)

Job History
Associate Professor (April 30, 2003 to December 1, 2007)
Department of Management Studies, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000

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Assistant Professor (July 22, 2002 to April 29, 2003)

Department of Management Studies, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000

Research Scholar (July 31, 2001 to December 15, 2001)

Department of Economics, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore

Assistant Professor (July 1 1999 To July 21 2002)

Institute of Health Economics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh

Assistant Professor (May 6 1995 To June 30 1999)

Department of Management, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000

Lecturer (August 3 1992 To May 5 1995)

Department of Management, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Computer Associate (June 1 1991 To July 27 1992)

Informatics Computer Centre (ICC), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Policy Interpretation Internee (December 15 1990 To March 15 1991)

Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, Dhaka , Bangladesh

Planning, Information and Control (PIC) Officer (November 1 1989 To November 30 1990)
Pharma Division, Ciba‐Geigy (Bangladesh) Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Research Interest
1. Trade theories: Comparative and competitive analysis; Regional integration
2. Operations Management in Global Environment
3. Trade, Environment, Energy and Health
4. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
5. Human resource and international competitiveness
6. Health policy and health financing

Teaching Interest:
1. International business and economics
2. Operations Management
3. Managerial Economics
4. Quantitative methods
5. Human resource management

Academic Teaching Experience

Business Management Health Management
• International Trade / Business • Economic evaluation of health care
• Managerial Economics • Health Economics
• Development Economics • Health policy
• Business Mathematics • Health care management
• Statistics & Operations Research • Health care financing
• Operations Management
• Project Appraisal and Management
• Industrial relations and strategic human
resource management

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Publications in Academic/Research Journals

1. “Business Response to HIV/AIDS: Motivations and Policies” Dhaka University Journal of
Business Studies, Vol. XXV, No. 2, December 2004.
2. “Private Medical Clinics in Dhaka: An Analysis from Management Perspectives” Dhaka University
Journal of Business Studies, Vol. XXIII, No. 2, December 2002.
3. “Mistakes in Strategy Formulation: Some Explanations”, Journal of Management (Dhaka
University), Vol. 4, July 1998
4. "Economic Evaluation of Natural Gas Use in Bangladesh", Dhaka University Journal of Business
Studies, Vol. XVIII, No. 1, June 1997.
5. “Decision Support System: A Tool for Managerial Decision Making”, Journal of Management
(Dhaka University), Vol. 1, No. 1, July 1995
6. "An Analysis of Seasonality of Scheduled Banks' Advances" The Journal of The Institute of Bankers
of Bangladesh, The Journal of the Institute of Bankers Bangladesh, Volume 42, December 1995.
7. "Tracking Inflation Rates: A Box‐Jenkins ARIMA Model for Bangladesh", Dhaka University Journal
of Business Studies, Vol. XVI, No. 2, December 1995.
8. "Efficiency Through Competition: Comparison of Commercial Banks of Bangladesh in Respect of
Several Dimensions of Deposits", Dhaka University Journal of Business Studies, Vol. XVI, No. 1, June
1995.
9. "Analysing Intra and Inter Actor Conflicts Within Same Framework by Integrating Multiple
Criteria Decision Making and Conflict Analysis Approaches", Dhaka University Journal of Business
Studies, Vol. XV, No. 2, December 1994.

Conference Papers/Conference Proceedings

1. “Cross‐Border Trade in Health Services between Bangladesh and India: Implications for Global
Health Systems” 9th South Asian Management Forum; 24‐25 February 2007; Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2. “Understanding Working Women in Rural Bangladesh: Background and Comparative Success”,
the International Seminar on Women’s Situation and Women’s Studies: South Asian Perspectives
18 – 19 December, 2006, Centre for Women Studies, North Bengal University, Darjeeling, West
Bengal, India
3. “Economic Analysis of Male‐Female Compositions in Rural Households of Bangladesh”, Sixth
Annual Population Research Conference Linkages between Population and Millennium
Development Goals: An Asian Perspective; 29 November ‐ 01 December 2005, Islamabad –
Pakistan
4. “Environmental goods and services for sustainable development: big business for developed
countries” First International Conference ‐ Environmentally Sustainable Development, 26‐28 June
2005, COMSATS Institute of InformationTechnology, Abbottabad, NWFP, Pakistan
5. “An analysis of strategic importance of health in poverty reduction process: some suggestions
for Bangladesh” In seminar on “Selected Health Economic Issues and Poverty Reduction Strategy
in Bangladesh, Institute of Health Economics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, April 28 2002.
6. “Willingness ‐to‐pay for health insurance in the rural areas of bangladesh: level and
determinants” Conference of the International Health Economics Association, 22‐26 July, 2001,
University of York, York, United Kingdom (with Sushil Ranjan Howlader, Zahidul Quayyum,
Shamsuddin Ahmed, Tim Ensor)
7. “Gender and Income Based Inequality in Health in Rural Areas of Bangladesh”, Bangladesh
Health Economics Conference, 4‐5 July 2001, Hotel Sheraton, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Project Reports
1. Analysis of Future Resource Envelope Available to Government of Bangladesh, in Public
Expenditure Review (PER) 2003‐04 of Health Nutrition and Population Sector Program of Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh, June 2006 (just finished).
2. “Study on enhancing health system performance using procurement and supply of goods under
Health and Population Sector Programme”, Health Systems Development Programme, London
School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Health Economics Unit, Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare (MOHFW), Government of Bangladesh. (Year: 2002 ‐2003).

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Reference (Report 52) on:

http://www.hsd.lshtm.ac.uk/projects/show_all_projects.php?PHPSESSID=e2d61478f34c6ce24c5
d9e6c9f1d68da#9
3. “Cross‐border use of health care by Bangladeshi patients in India: an analysis of determinants”,
Institute of Health Economics, University of Dhaka. (Year: 2001 – 2002)
4. “Willingness to pay for rural health insurance in Bangladesh: Determinants and Level”, Institute of
Health Economics, University of Dhaka. (Year: 2000 – 2001)
5. “Towards Industrial Competitiveness in Bangladesh: Addressing The Technological Factor ‐ The
Shrimp Industries” conducted by Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Dhaka,
Bangladesh. (Year: 1997 –1998)