Rejaul KarimRejaul Karim is an Associate Professor of Finance and Banking in the Department of Business Administration at Varendra University, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. He received his PhD in finance from the Institute of Bangladesh Studies, University of Rajshahi, angladesh. He completed the Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration in Finance and Banking from the Pabna University of Science and Technology, Pabna, Bangladesh, with outstanding academic performance. Dr. Karim has teaching and research experience for over 10 years in undergraduate and master-level tertiary education at two different universities. His research focused on financial performance, sustainable development, SDGs, financial structure, sustainable finance, the circular economy, and other contemporary issues in finance and economics. Dr. Karim continuously contributes through his field research and publishing many papers in reputed national and international peer-reviewed journals, including book chapters and conference proceedings. Dr. Karim founded and headed BusinessXcel Lab, a center for business research— a voluntary organization that aims to facilitate collaboration among domestic and international undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students and professional researchers. Dr. Karim can be contacted at rkarimreja@gmail.com Read More Read Less