What
is the Student Insights Program?
The
goal of the Student Insights Program
is to help create an active connection
between the academic community and the
corporate world.
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leaders and managers will be exposed
to the most innovative thinking
emerging from select universities,
while academic institutions and
their students will have an opportunity
to expose their thought leadership
to the corporate world. |
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Dinar
Stardard™ will select and profile
practical and high impact business insights
submitted by students from select universities.
These insights will be in the form of
short corporate success stories, case
studies, research summaries, and strategy
analysis that cover the topics of management,
innovation, marketing, and finance,
which relate to the Muslim world.
Submission
Guidelines & Requirements:
- Articles
may be submitted by individuals or
teams of students (graduate or undergraduate)
currently enrolled in a University
program.
- Faculty
member(s) can serve as advisors to
the submissions.
- Articles
must be short and concise and should
be kept to a maximum of 800-1000 words.
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Articles should provide practical
insights in the form of case studies,
best practices, success stories, research
summaries, or business strategy analysis.
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Articles should relate to key topical
sections of Dinar Stardard™.
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Articles must relate to the broader
Muslim world or can be specific to
any OIC member countries.
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Students from any University or department
are welcome to submit an article as
long as the submissions relate to
the above-mentioned criteria.
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All submissions must be in English.
- Submissions
should include supporting graphs or
visuals where applicable
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The Editorial Board will judge submissions
according to their respective section.
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The Editorial Board may edit submissions.
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There are no guarantees that a
submission will be published.
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All editorial decisions made by
the Editorial Board are final.
- All
submissions must include short (400
words maximum each) profiles of the
author(s) and their institution. Contact
information should also be included.
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Submissions must be approved by a
university representative (Asst. Professor,
Professor, Dean, Department head,
or Dean)
Subject
Categories:
All
submissions should align to providing
actionable insights addressing the unique
challenges and opportunities of businesses
in the Muslim world. Submissions
should be in the form of best practices,
success stories, research summaries, or
business strategy analyses.
Following
are the key subject areas covered by Dinar
Stardard™ and some suggested topics.
All topics must provide practical perspectives
for today's business managers:
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Current
Challenges
This
section addresses current geopolitical
and macro-economic challenges being
faced by businesses in the Muslim
world. Suggested
topics include:
- Post
9-11 image crisis
- Impact
of WTO agreements
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Impact of regional conflicts·
Industry changes
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Government barriers and support
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Social development
- And
more
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Innovation
This
section addresses 'Innovation' as
a business discipline and the opportunities
and barriers that are present within
the Muslim world. Suggested
topics include:
- New
products serving new markets
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Successful innovator profiles
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Innovation strategies and pitfalls
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Innovation as a business process
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Cultural hurdles
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And more
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Management
This
section covers management related
aspects with perspectives unique
to the Muslim world. Suggested topics
include:
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The Impact of corruption
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Corporate governance and transparency
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Visionary leadership
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Global quality standards and processes
- Islamic
principles of leadership and ethics
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Maximizing particular regional
human resource strengths
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Finance
This
section covers a variety of Finance
related topics with perspectives
unique to the Muslim world. Suggested
topics include:
- Venture
Capital/ Private Equity
- Public
Financing
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Recent capital raising analysis
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Risk management
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Regulations and Standards
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Mergers & Acquisitions
-
Islamic Financing options
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Marketing
This
section covers marketing related
aspects with perspectives unique
to the Muslim world. Suggested topics
include:
- Marketing
strategies
- Marketing
Budgets
- Branding
- Public
Relation strategies
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E-Marketing
- And
more
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Contact
& Deadlines
General
submissions must be sent to the
attention of Mr. Sajjad Chowdhry
by the 10th of the month.
Submissions
should be sent as an e-mail or be
attached as MSWord document to studentinsights
@dinarstandard.com. All related
inquiries are also welcome at this
address.
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