- Financial and performance measurement aspects of the charity and public sectors.
Ciaran Connolly is Professor of Accounting and Subject Leader for the Accounting Group in Queen’s Management School. Ciaran’s main area of research is in the field of public services, particularly the financial and performance measurement aspects of the charity and public sectors. He has published in the areas of charity accounting, the private finance initiative/public private partnerships and resource accounting and budgeting.
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Professor Ciaran Connolly
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- Applied research in labour economics and regional economics
- Particularly in the areas of inequality, labour mobility, migration, and policy evaluation.
My main research interests are in the fields of applied labour economics, regional economics, and micro-econometrics. My research has focused on regional wage inequality, occupational and geographical mobility, the integration of migrants, job satisfaction, the intersection of regional inequality and migration, multiple job holding, and wage equation models. More recent research interests include the evaluation of health policy.
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Dr Heather Dickey
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My research focuses on household finance and health economics. To date I have worked on a diverse range of topics including labour force HIV ; financial literacy ; housing equity release and household financial strain.
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Professor Declan French
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- Economics
- Economic History
- Pedagogy
I am an economic historian with research interests in banking crises, corporate governance, innovation policy, cultural economics, and demographic change. My research mostly addresses issues in the business and financial history of the Netherlands, and the economic and social history of Ireland.
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Dr Chris Colvin
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- Healthcare management
- Healthcare quality management and healthcare systems
My main research interests are on healthcare management, healthcare quality management and healthcare systems. So far most of my research has focused on exploring the organizational dynamics associated with the implementation of patient safety innovations. Currently, I am particularly interested in researching the impact of new technologies (e.g. eHealth, internet-of-things, robotics, artificial intelligence, big data, etc.) in the organization and provision of healthcare at micro-, meso- and macro-levels.
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Dr Sara Melo
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- Social policy evaluation
- Disability and the labour market
- Contingent employment
- Education
- Health behaviours
My research interests include: social policy evaluation; disability and the labour market; contingent employment; education; health behaviours. Current projects include research on the impacts of zero hours contracts on workers, on disability benefit claiming and reforms, and on health effects of pollution. I have recently published in European Sociological Review; Journal of the Royal Statistics Society A; Economics of Education Review; Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis; Social Science and Medicine; British Journal of Industrial Relations; Economic Record; Industrial Relations.
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Professor Duncan McVicar
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- Circular economy
- Supply chains
- Logistics focused on best practices
- Process improvement and modelling to create robust and resilient supply chains
I am passionate about both, research and teaching on supply chains, logistics, and operations. In particular, I am interested in creating knowledge on circular economy and sustainable supply chains that are economically viable, environmentally friendly, socially responsible, as well as robust and resilient to an occurrence of unexpected events. My key research area is focused, but not limited to food industry, and logistics processes in production, wholesale and retail.
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Dr Jelena Vlajic
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- Operations and supply chain management, including supply chain relationship management, social capital, sustainable supply chain management, supplier development
- Supply chain learning, knowledge management, supply chain finance
- Production management
- New product/process development and innovation
- Platform and ecosystem
My main research interests are in operations and supply chain management. I am particularly interested in the impact of supply chain management on companies’ competitive advantages. Recent projects include: the development of mass customization capability, interrelationships between innovation and mass customization, innovation in emerging economies, improving supply chain sustainability through supplier development, impacts of supply chain integration and social capital, supply chain quality management and product recall, the integration of physical, information and financial flows, and supply chain finance.
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Professor Min ZHANG
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- Management accounting change, including associated accounting information systems change;
- Accounting history and
- Accounting in small/family business
My main research interests are in management accounting change and accounting history. I also research in information systems/technology change associated with accounting change. Small and family business accounting is also among my research interests.
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Dr Martin Quinn
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- Financial History
- Corporate Governance
- Asset Pricing
Corporate Governance
My recent work, published in the Review of Financial Studies, highlights how effective governance can occur without shareholder protection laws. This is supported by my previous research, which examines the separation of ownership and control historically.
Asset Pricing
Another major topic of interest is the performance of the stock market in different eras. My research has examined the major financial boom and bust during the British Railway Mania, and the fluctuations of financial markets over the long run.
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Professor Gareth Campbell
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- SME internationalisation,
- International strategy
- Emerging market firms
- Internationalisation of Chinese and African firms
- Global working arrangements such as international assignments or international business travel
Looking to supervise PhD students in the broad area of international management and global business. Examples of particular topics include, SME internationalisation, international strategy, emerging market firms, internationalisation of Chinese and African firms, and global working arrangements such as international assignments or international business travel. Also interested in hearing from students with interdisciplinary backgrounds such as political science, sociology, human rights and economic geography.
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Kieran Conroy
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- Financial
- Economic
- Business history
My main research interests are in business, economic and financial history. In particular, my research has been is focused on the long-run evolution and development of banking, banking crises, bubbles, corporate law, and financial markets.
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Professor John D. Turner
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- Financial Econometrics with Application to Commodity Markets
- Crisis Prevention Mechanisms in Financial Markets
Research interests include econometric modeling within the fields of finance, energy finance, and energy economics; the financialization of commodity markets and dynamic correlations to stock markets; and volatility forecasting with application in financial risk management and portfolio optimization.
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Dr Tony Klein
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- Asset pricing
- Trading strategies
- Return
- Volatility forecasting
My research interests include financial markets, empirical asset pricing, financial econometrics and forecasting. I am particularly interested in trading strategies in stock and futures markets, portfolio allocation for large number of assets, and financial time series forecasting.
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Dr Jiadong Liu
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- Game theory
- Operations research
- Industrial organization
Dr Chakrabarti’s research is focused on purely game theoretic themes such as networks, coalitions, partial cooperation as well as areas in applied economic theory such as telecommunications policy, advertising and international environmental agreements.
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Dr Subhadip Chakrabarti
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- Projects relating to aspects political economy
Dr Alan de Bromhead is an economic historian with research interests in the political economy of globalisation from a historical perspective, the history of trade, migration and capital flows and how changes in how domestic and international politics influenced policy choices in these areas.
His research interests more generally extend to the political economy of the interwar years, with a particular interest in the rise of extremist parties. I also have research interests in Irish economic history.
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Dr Alan de Bromhead
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- Consumer culture
- Consumer vulnerability
- Health
- Wellbeing
- Experiential consumption
Dr Downey’s research addresses the concept of vulnerability (disability, chronic illness, ageing) health and wellbeing and consumer culture (experiential consumption) concerns.
Dr Downey adopts ethnographic/Netnographic and arts based (poetry, film) research approaches to explore consumers lived experiences.
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Dr Hilary Downey
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- The digitization of historical documents and maps, and analyzing these data with cutting edge econometrics methods.
Dr Fernihough is an economic historian with research interests in demography, economic growth, and applied econometrics.
His own published research addresses issues in population and development across Europe. He has researched population and development in Ireland, Britain, and Italy. His research has also focused on interwar trade policy.
His goal as a PhD supervisor is to help his students graduate with a collection of interesting papers that have the potential to be published in peer-reviewed journals.
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Dr Alan Fernihough
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- Environmental operations and supply chain management
Dr. Graham’s research interests are in the area of environmental operations and supply chain management. Within this area, she has conducted research on the link between environmental strategy, practices and performance outcomes using survey data collected from manufacturing companies within the UK food industry.
She is currently working on a project that seeks to understand more about the implementation of environmental practices and how this links with company performance.
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Dr Stephanie Graham
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- History of economic thought particularly that relating to the themes of development, innovation, the role of knowledge, and the relationship between ethics and economics
Dr Prendergast has written on the concept of development in Schumpeter, Marshall and Marx, on economics in Ireland, on conceptions of freedom in economics and the role of knowledge in economic thought.
Recent papers have been on aspects of the economic thought of Swift and Mandeville, on predecessors of historical materialism, on Charles Babbage and on Classical economists on the role of education.
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Dr Renee Prendergast
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- Behavioural economics with a special interest in social learning
As a behavioural economist, my research focuses primarily on incorporating empirically sound assumptions into applicable formal economic theory.
My main topic of interest is social learning. The process of social learning is the diffusion of the private information to all individuals through the interactions of observations, learning and choices. In numerous contexts, learning from others leads individuals to herd. My work investigates the validity of the rational view of herding with the aim of building behavioural models of social learning.
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Dr Anthony Ziegelmeyer
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- Industrial relations
- Work and employment studies
- Sociology of work
- Labour history
- Industrial relations public policy
- Legal regulation of employment
- Trade unionism
Research interests lie broadly in the field of work, employment relations and trade unionism.
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Dr Niall Cullinane
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- Demographic change and social policy impact on HRM and employment careers
- Age, gender and health/disability diversity and management in organisations
International and Comparative Human Resource Management. Focus on diversity (age, gender, health) and its implications on public and social policy in the UK, Germany, Japan and Korea; on firm-level Human Resource Management and on career outcomes of individual workers.
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Dr Heike Schroder
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- Economic/Labour Geography
- Political Economy
- The wider Sociology of Work traditions
I have a background in human/economic geography and maintain a longstanding interest in experiences of modern work. I am interested in examining the role of different institutional actors in effecting economic and labour market change. Related research interests and themes include: - The political economy of labour market institutions. - Labour inspection and the enforcement of worker rights. - Institutional approaches to regulating unlawful work arrangements.
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Dr Thomas Hastings
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- Ethnicity and Economic Development in Africa and the US
- Gender and Ethnic Norms
- Organised Crime
- Political Reforms and Economic Policy
My main research interests focus on modern development economics, with broad applications to labor, political economy, education, gender and family. I have written contributions on the legacies of slavery, the extension of the voting franchise, political reforms and rent-seeking, the determinants of gender gaps, migration and citizenship policies.
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Dr Arcangelo Dimico
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- Technology
- Entrepreneurship
- Academic Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurial Orientation
- SME
- Internationalisation
- Born Globals
My research focuses on the early development of high-technology firms and its medium to long-term consequences, such as the timing of first market entry, internationalisation and long-term business sustainability. In particular, my research has focused on the context of university spin-out companies and academic entrepreneurship.
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Dr Lisa Messina
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- International business strategy (broadly defined)
- Entrepreneurship
- Innovation
- Economic geography
- Corporate responsibility
Mike's research interests lie in International Business, Economic Geography and related fields. Topics include: International business strategy, particularly as it relates to geographic and institutional contexts and regional development; the multinational enterprise and MNE subsidiary; foreign direct investment; offshoring; global production networks/global value chains; international entrepreneurship; the Irish economies.
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Dr Mike Crone
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- Behavioural economics
- Ethical decision making
- Social choice theory
My recent research explores the moral motives in human behaviours, social choice theory and the governance of personal data.
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Dr Sinong Ma
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- Political economy and economic theory of the social division of labour and supply chains
- Economics of production networks
- Economics of collective goods and institutions
- Game theory of socio-economic behaviour in networks
General equilibrium theory; Economic theory of the social division of labour; Economic theory of collective goods and institutions; Game theory of network formation.
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Professor Rob Gilles
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- Finance
- Financial crises
- Contagion and spillovers
- Econometrics
- Structural break modelling
Financial crises, contagion and spillovers, risk assessment and analysis, time series econometrics, structural break analysis, Markov-switching models
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Dr Lisa Sheenan
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- University-Business Engagement
- Contribution of universities to economic development
- University Spin-Off companies
Innovation, Small Businesses, Technology Transfer, Innovation Policy, Entrepreneurship, Regional Development
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Professor Nola Hewitt-Dundas
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- Employment relations
- Workplace conflict management
- Diversity and inclusion
- Human capital development
- Work and employment in the social care and/ or non profit and voluntary sector
My research interests lie broadly in employee relations with particular interest in the various dynamics and organisational processes that are integral to creating positive working environments. Specifically, I have interests in conflict management, partnering and collaboration, and more recently, in diversity and inclusion. My current work often involves examining these issues within context of the social care sector and considers the disciplines of HRM, organisational behaviour and the sociology of work.
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Dr Denise Currie
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- Digital technology and new types of entrepreneurship
- International repatriation management
Research Projects:
(1) Addresses how new types of labor markets shape the nature of work and individual experiences;
(2) Focuses on the impact of the pandemic on the experiences of students repatriating from an international work placement.
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Dr Grainne Kelly
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- Financial regulation
- Association football
- Statistical learning and advance data analytics
- Applied econometrics
- Benchmarking performance using frontier efficiency
My research focuses on applying state of the art statistical techniques to predictive and causal problems in business and finance. These problems include: Financial regulation; credit unions; association football; statistical learning and advance data analytics; applied econometrics; and benchmarking performance using frontier efficiency.
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Dr Barry Quinn
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- Economic History, Business History, Institutional Economics, Regional Economics (including devolution), Business Economics, Economic Communication
Economic History, Business History, Institutional Economics, Regional Economics (including devolution), Business Economics, Economic Communication
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Dr Graham Brownlow
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- Business History or interest in the application of historical methods to management
- Organisational forms
- Globalization and International trade
- CEOs, leadership, and firm performance
I'm a business historian with an interest in the ownership and organisation of firms. Recently I investigated the historical evolution of firms involved in international trade and business in the 19th century. This research focused on how choice of organizational form effects firm performance, and considering implications for understanding globalization. Currently I'm working on a Leverhulme Trust grant investigating British CEOs in the 20th century, examining the effect of factors such as personality traits, career progression, and networks, on firm performance.
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Dr Michael Aldous
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- Game Theory
- Network Economics
- Mechanism Design
- Welfare Economics
- Development Economics
My research interest is primarily in Economic Theory. In particular, this includes distributive Justice, Game Theory (cooperative and non-cooperative), Mechanism Design, Welfare Economics, and Network Economics. I also have interest in Development Economics. My present research focuses on the fields of cost sharing, network economics, industrial organization, and resource allocation mechanisms.
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Dr Rajnish Kumar
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- International portfolio investments
- Bond and equity investments
- Corporate governance
- Cost of debt
- Crowdfunding
My research focus includes various themes in finance and accounting, including foreign equity ownership, cost of debt, home and foreign bias, crowdfunding, and corporate governance.
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Dr Bibek Bhatta
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- Business Ethics
- Social Responsibility
- Sustainability
- Responsible Management
- Education
Laura's research interests lie in the areas of business ethics, social responsibility, sustainability (in particular the impact of the UN Sustainable Development Goals), and responsible management education. More recently, her focus has expanded to include the impact of technologies such as Artificial Intelligence on business and society.
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Dr Laura Steele
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- Macroeconomics
- Labour Economics
- Economic Growth
My research concentrates on the macroeconomic analysis of the labour market.
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Dr Luis Guimaraes
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- Economic and financial history
Speculative bubbles, short selling, and market manipulation in historical financial markets.
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Dr William Quinn
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- Strategic communication in games
My research interests are in Game Theory in general and Strategic Communication and Contract Theory in particular. I am interested in the role of cheap talk in strategic situations, mediated mechanisms, persuasion games, formal and informal contracting.
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Dr Chirantan Ganguly
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- Commodity finance
- Forecasting
- Option volatility
- Cybersecurity
- Machine learning
- Fintech
Commodity finance; forecasting; option volatility; cybersecurity; machine learning; fintech
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Dr Fearghal Kearney
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- Textual analysis in financial markets, both historic and contemporary
His research focuses on textual analysis in financial markets, both historic and contemporary.
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Dr Clive Walker
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- Innovation Disclosure
- Exploration and Exploitation
- R&D Disclosure, Carbon Disclosure
- Cost of capital
- Audit quality
- Information Asymmetry
- Corporate governance
Innovation Disclosure, R&D Disclosure, Carbon Disclosure, Cost of capital, Audit quality, Information Asymmetry, corporate governance.
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Dr Lane Matthews
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- Public sector accounting/ budgeting/ financial management reform
- Issues in public sector accounting
Public sector accounting reforms.
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Dr Elaine Stewart
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My research interests include model-based and data-driven healthcare operations management and healthcare analytics. I am particularly interested in planning and scheduling specialty care services such as cancer treatments.
Healthcare Analytics, Business Analytics, Operations Management, Healthcare, Cancer Treatment
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Dr Faersheed Hesaraki
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- Business Ethics, but, in particular, ethical decision-making, managing ethics internally, managing trust, managing stakeholders
- Responsible business and Sustainability
Ethics in business; ethical decision-making; Ethics and stakeholders. Managing ethics internally, including ethical leadership Responsible Business and Sustainability - what works, when, for whom and under what circumstances?
Ethics, Sustainability, Social Responsibility, Stakeholders, Education, Leadership, Change
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Dr Shirley-Ann Hazlett
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- Market-based accounting research
- Corporate governance
- Corporate disclosures
- External auditing
- Internal controls
- Textual analysis
- Corporate failure
I employ quantitative research methods to examine topics that lie at the intersection of market-based accounting research, corporate governance, corporate disclosures, external auditing, internal controls, textual analysis, and corporate failure..
Market-based accounting research, Corporate governance, Corporate disclosures, External auditing, Textual analysis, Internal controls, Corporate failure.
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Dr Mohamed Elsayed
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