The Digital Business Study Program, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) in collaboration with Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia, hosted a series of in-bound scholar activities from May 26 to May 30, 2023.

The first activity was a General Lecture on Finance entitled “Capital Structure and Dividend” delivered by Prof. Shafinar Ismail, which was attended by all of the Digital Business Study Program students. This event was conducted at Konimex Hall of Bachtiar Effendy Building FEB UNS. The General Lecture allows participants to gain insight and a lecture experience with lecturers from Malaysia.

The following agenda was conducted on May 27, 2023. This General Lecture entitled “Recent Issues in Empirical Finance Research” was delivered by Prof. Shafinar Ismail in room 4302 Bachtiar Effendy Building FEB UNS.

The event was attended by the Master of Management Study Program students at FEB UNS. On this occasion, Prof. Shafinar Ismail from Universiti Teknologi MARA reviewed the student’s proposal and discussed a topic in the proposal seminar. After that, the participants will get input on their research proposal that will be submitted. Hence they can carry on with the research smoothly in the future.

On May 29, 2023, Prof. Shafinar Ismail presented her recent article entitled “The Intention of Small and medium enterprises’ Owners to Participate in Waqf: a Case of Malaysia and Indonesia,” at the UNS Fintech Center. This presentation was followed by a discussion with FEB UNS lecturers on future research collaboration plans.

Plt. (Acting Officer) for the Head of the Digital Business Study Program FEB, Putra Pamungkas, M. Rech., Ph.D., revealed that the purpose of this activity is to improve UNS’s international reputation and to establish better global competitiveness. In addition, it will also improve UNS internationalization programs quality and increase UNS’ global academic reputation, as well as strengthen collaboration and MoU implementation with Universiti Teknologi MARA. “Overall, the inbound scholars from Universiti Teknologi MARA can improve UNS learning and research quality extensively along with the QS 100 university Top Scholar by subject,” he said.

He added that this activity will continue with other collaboration activities in the future and joint research collaboration between FEB UNS and Universiti Teknologi MARA. Following the efforts made within the implementation plan, the current Universiti Teknologi MARA Inbound Scholar provides new insights and further develops UNS exposure. This exposure will include guest lecture activities and discussions on collaborative projects such as webinars, seminars, research, and other activities in the future.