Rate My Professor Melita Mehjabeen

Dr. Mehjabeen's research specializations include corporate governance, ESG, sustainability, circular economy, CSR reporting and accountability in emerging economies, SME finance, and formalization of informal enterprises. Key publications feature "Motivating Factors Affecting Formalisation of Small Informal Enterprises: Evidence from an Emerging Economy" with Sadia Noor Khan (Business Strategy and Development, Wiley, 2024), "Emergence of Corporate Political Activities in the Guise of Social Responsibility: Dispatches from a Developing Economy" with J. Siddiqui and P. Stapleton, and works on sustainability reporting practices in Bangladesh. She has garnered major grants and honors, including the International Research Grant for Climate Change and Plastic Recycling (Denmark, 2024), ESG Disclosure Practices research grant (Bangladesh, 2023), National Research Grant for Challenges in Formalising Informal Enterprises (2022), International Centennial Research (2020), Erasmus Faculty Exchange Program (Finland, 2017), and the Commonwealth Scholarship (UK, 2017). Mehjabeen has presented at international conferences such as CSEAR (UK), APIRA (New Zealand), and AAEE (UK), supervises PhD research on transitions to circular economy, and consults for organizations like the ILO on green jobs. Her influence extends through independent directorships at Grameenphone Ltd., Unilever Consumer Care Limited, BAT Bangladesh, and as Chairman of National Bank PLC.