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IV.7 Business Operations, Governance and Innovation ■ A considerable improvement is observed in case of performance of business operations during 2022 though government related issues are remained at low level Better performance in business operations are observed in cases where companies somewhat nurture an internal culture of open collaboration (0.04, 37%); management somewhat delegating authority to the subordinates (0.01; 39.7%) companies somewhat embracing risky or disruptive business ideas (-0.28; 45.8%); companies taking risks to pursue entrepreneurial projects (0.04, 40.3%) Corporatization in management practices is highly important. Companies should maintain a business continuity plan to avert systemic and operational risks The business culture is somewhat changed positively compared to previous year though at low level in the following indicators- Businesses and universities somewhat now collaborate on R&D (-0.03, 42.5%);, companies somewhat participate in mutually beneficial collaboration on R&D (- 0.85, 67.1%) However, perception is deteriorated in some of the cases About 50% respondents replied that relatives and friends without having necessary merit holding senior management position (-0.31; 50%) This indicates lack of professionalism in the corporate sector of Bangladesh A number of new indicators are added in the EOS 2022. However performance is poor on those indicators - Public reporting of companies on various issues are somewhat poor public reporting on environment (-0.7, 56.2%), social (-0.63, 58.3%) and governmental (-0.38, 51.4%) issues

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