Browsing by Author "Shafiq, Sumaiya"

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    Ease of doing business and its impact on inward FDI
    (2018-06-10) Hossain, Mohamed Tareq; Hassan, Zubair; Shafiq, Sumaiya; Basit, Abdul
    This study investigates the impact of Ease of Doing Business on Inward FDI over the period from 2011 to 2015 across the globe. This study measures ease of doing business using starting a business, getting credit, registering property, paying taxes and enforcing contracts. The research used a sample of 177 countries from 190 countries listed in World Bank. Least square regression model via E-views software used to examine causal relationship. The study found that ease of doing business indicators ‘Enforcing Contracts’ was found to have a positive significant impact on Inward FDI. Nevertheless,‘Getting Credit’and ‘Registering Property’were found to have a negative significant impact on Inward FDI. However,‘Starting a Business’ and ‘Paying Taxes’ have no significant impact on Inward FDI in the studied time frame of this research. The findings of the study suggested the ease of doing business enables inward FDI through better contract enforcement, getting credit and registering property. The findings of the research will assist international managers and companies to know the importance of ease of doing business when investing in foreign countries through FDI.
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    Impact of CEO gender on employee turnover and employee returns
    (2019) Hassan, Zubair; Shafiq, Sumaiya
    This purpose of this research was to investigate the impact of CEO gender on Employee Turnover and Returns for the year 2017 in 40 companies of Fortune 1000. This research adopted causal research design and quantitative research method. The collected data were examined by the independent sample t-test via SPSS software. The study found that CEO Gender has a significant impact on Returns per Employee in terms of profits. However, CEO Gender was not found to have any impact on Employee Turnover. The findings of the study suggest that gender of the CEO matters in giving rise to returns per employee through profit. The findings also suggested that despite gender impacts, underrepresentation of women in executive managerial positions are results of social perceptions and should be looked up to reduce gender gaps to increase organisational performance and productivity. This research also emphasises that organisational policies and practices could be implemented to encourage women into leadership positions and offer equal opportunities in terms of recruitment, pay and evaluation of performance to improve performance.