New Practices for Entrepreneurship Innovation

Modern business's fast-paced, ever-evolving nature presents a significant challenge for entrepreneurs and business leaders. Staying abreast of emerging trends, technologies, and consumer preferences is crucial for maintaining a competitive edge. However, with the constant influx of information and the rapid pace of change, many struggle to keep up. This can lead to missed opportunities, outdated strategies, and, ultimately, stagnation or failure in the market. New Practices for Entrepreneurship Innovation offers a solution to this challenge by providing a comprehensive guide to navigating the complexities of the modern business landscape. It equips readers with the knowledge and tools they need to thrive, offering not just theoretical concepts but practical insights and real-world examples. This emphasis on practicality makes the book a valuable and applicable resource, ensuring that the audience feels that they are gaining actionable knowledge.

Syed Ahmed Salman is an Associate Professor at Lincoln University, Malaysia's Faculty of Business. He brings with him over ten years of experience in teaching and research. Dr. Syed Ahmed Salman is a Ph.D. holder in Islamic Banking and Finance from the Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance, International Islamic University Malaysia, and a researcher in Islamic finance, especially Takaful. He has done a post-doctorate from the IIUM Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance. Dr. Salman actively participates in research and has received several research grants. He has published over ninety research papers in scholarly journals and authored “Implementing Takaful in India: Prospects, Challenges and Solutions” and “Financial Accounting and Reporting for Islamic banks.” Fifty published documents are under Scopus, ERA, and WOS. He has presented more than seventy papers at local and international conferences. He has been the chairperson of some conference sections and keynote speaker at the 18th International Conference on Islamic Accounting and Finance ICIAF. Dr. Salman has received several awards for his research excellence. Award for International Award, India Prime 100 Researchers Award, Best Paper Award for “Simultaneous Relationship among Market Performance, Risk and Disclosure Quality: Empirical Evidence from Malaysian Listed Banks” at International Islamic Accounting and Finance Conference Organized by Universiti Teknologi Mara in 2012 in Malaysia, “Proposed Best Practices of Financial Information Disclosure for Zakat Institutions: A Case Study of Malaysia” at the International Conference on Innovation Challenges in Multidisciplinary Research and Practice (ICMRP) in 2013 in Malaysia, and “Insurance as the Backbone of Risk Management at the International Conference on “Trends in Multidisciplinary Business and Economic Research” in 2014 in Thailand. Moreover, he received 2nd Winner for “Integrating Zakat, Waqf and Sadaqah: Myint Myat Phu Zin Clinic Model in Myanmar” at the 1st International Conference on Islamic Wealth Management ICIWM Tazkia Institute for Research and Community Empowerment in 2013 in Indonesia. Dr. Salman is actively involved in professional organizations. He is a Shari’ah Complaint Officer at Eco-Ethics Business Consultancy in Canada and has been providing his service to Global Illuminators as a scientific review committee member. Also, Dr. Salman was a program committee member at the 27th and 30th International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA) Conference 2016. He has been providing his services to a few journals as a reviewer. Dr. Salman has actively participated in research projects and grants since studying at the IIUM Institute of Islamic Banking Finance. He was the co-principal researcher for “Determining Factors of Adoption and Rejection of Takaful by Malaysian Youths.” Also, he was a co-principal for “Towards Providing the Innovative Takaful Products in Malaysia: The Perception of Consumers, Shari’ah Advisors, and Takaful Operators.” Furthermore, he has participated in many research grants such as “Invisible Hands behind the Corporate Governance Practices in Malaysia, Critical Review of Shariah Screening Guidelines for Islamic Equity Market,” “Financial Accounting and Reporting for Islamic Banks, Integrating Zakat, Waqf and Sadaqah: Myint Myat Phu Zin Clinic Model in Myanmar” and “Takaful in India: Prospects and Potentials, Enhancing independence of takaful operators from retakaful operators in Malaysia: A Critical Approach, Shariah governance framework in the capital market.” Moreover, Dr. Salman was involved in several projects and events, namely, an Industry research commissioned project for the Centre for Entrepreneur Development and Research at SME Bank Berhad, Islamic financial Institutions, Auditing and Risk, Module Writing “Introduction to Financial Accounting and Reporting for Islamic Financial Institutions,” Implementation of Shari’ah Auditing in Islamic-Based Business Model: A Study of the Malaysian, Shari’ah Advisors’ Opinions on the need of Shari’ah Governance Framework for Islamic Capital Market in Malaysia and Towards Providing the Innovation Takaful Products in Malaysia: The perspective of Consumers, Shari’ah Advisors, and Takaful Operators.

Amiya Bhaumik holds a Bachelor and double Master degrees, and a PhD in a number of disciplines such as biology, culture and psychology, and international management. He is founder and President of Lincoln University College Malaysia which offers more than 160 programs including various PhDs and MBBS programs via 12 faculties. Dr Amiya is also Founder CEO of Lincoln Institute of Higher Education, Sydney, Australia. He is a visionary leader for developing society via education and training. He has worked with many international organisations. Most notable position was Director of International for Ottawa University (USA). He also serving as Mayor for the City of Akko in Gombe, Africa 2022 till date. He has been awarded Bintang Cemerlang Melaka (B.C.M.) in the year 2020 by Government of Melaka, Malaysia. While working with international universities he has gained various types of educational development work that include writing policies and strategies of education for a number of countries. He has travelled all the continents of world too more than 120 countries that inclue to Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, Latin America and Australasia for his work. He has vast editorial work of several books from reputed publishers like NOVA sc Inc USA, IGI Global, and more than 200 research publications in reputed journals. He is also serving as Editor in Chief of different journals in Malaysia and Australia. Dr Amiya believes in Abraham Lincoln’s philosophy of providing education to each and every human being of the world. Further, that through education we can help each and every human being to manifest their hidden divinity, power, strength and scholarships of wisdom to the humanity. Dr Amiya terms this kind of activity as “WORK IS WORSHIP”. Wih this self discipline, Prof Bhaumik has expanded Lincoln University College and its programs in more than 30 over countries. Lincoln University College has extensive programs in health care especially medicine where students upon graduation apply for USA, UK, Australia medical licensing examination.