Research Students

Our current PhD students are a lively and friendly community, and their areas of research interest are as diverse and interesting as their backgrounds. Listed below are both our current research students and those who recently completed their studies with us.

If you are considering joining us, please take a look at our current PhD opportunities. If you'd like to discuss your application further, please contact a relevant member of staff, or email us at business.pg@bangor.ac.uk.

Current research students

Name	Email	Research Title/Area
Abdelkareem, Reda		An Analysis of Strategic Approaches Undertaken within the SME Sector
Ajeeli, Saher Abdulkadhim Mahdi		Intellectual capital and SME performance
Alawadhi, Khuloud M. S. M. Z.		Liquidity Risks; Islamic Financial Institutions
Al-Hajri, Sama Nasser S A		The impact of project practices on the performance of public and non-profit organisations
Ali, Mohamed Abdelmonem Zaki		Artificial Intelligence and Banking: Off-Balance-Sheet Activities, Shadow Banking, Securitization and Online Banking
Allam, Almutasembilla Zaki		Determinants of Financial Inclusion
Alroomi, Azzam J. M. A. H.		Essays in Forecasting, Trading and Risk in Financial Markets with predictive & prescriptive analytics methods
Anagho, Philomena Ewomazino		Strategic Knowledge Management and Innovation in Pharmaceutical Industry
Castellanos, Sergio		Origins, development and effects of consumer credit on British households and the British economy
Closs-Davies, Sara Cathryn		A Conceptual Framework of Tax Credits: The Claimant's Perspective
Dang, Ho Phuong Lan		Digitalization and The New Shape of Banking
Darsih, Ridhotama Shanti		Does geography influence the banking performance in Indonesia?
Davies, Marc Christian		Improving Forecasting and Inventory Management at a Local SME
Esen, Sefika Betul		Impact of Banks on Regional Economic Development
Gholampur, Soheil		E-Procurement: Benefits, Challenges and Implementations
Gorzynski, Robert Anthony		An experiential approach to strategic thinking: studying the importance of the connection to the natural world and a sense of personal and community identity.
Haf, Sioned		Sustainable Energy
Haines, Ben		Decision making conducted in the consumer environment
Hassanabadi, Masoud		Strategic Thinking in UK High Tech Small Medium Enterprises
Hillier, Charlotte Mary		Exploring innovation and entrepreneurship in public service provision - the role of organisational culture
Huang, Sheng (Irena)		Banking Competition, Efficiency, Liquidity and Risks
Hughes, Emma Sara		'Frames of reference’, Impression Management and Contemporary Labour Disputes
Hussain, Chris Farouk		Fiscal de-centralisation and Economic management
Iveson, Kieron		Stakeholder perceptions of new electricity infrastructure
Jain, Surbhi		Perceived value and its measurement
Jones, Audrey Elizabeth		Psychological contracts; Theory of equity and personality
Jones, Brian Mervyn		Governance of Collaborative Partnerships and Network in the Welsh Public Sector
Jones, Laurence Joseph Harries		Credit ratings agencies, credit ratings
Litsiou, Konstantia		Consumer Behaviour, Payment Instruments Economic Austerity
Martin Merizalde, Andrea Del Pilar		The rationale for soliciting a global rating and its effects on emerging market firms' cost of debt
Nguyen, Anh Quang		Credit Ratings
Nguyen, Phuc Lam Thy		Political economy, Financial instability
Onal, Mehmet Maksud		Corporate Governance and Banking
Pancotto, Livia		Towards Banking Union in Europe: Evidence from the CDS Market
Phillips, Christina Jane		Lean and sustainable operations in a high tech pharmaceutical manufacturing sector
Pipatnarapong, Jirarat		Tax Aggressiveness, CSR, and investor decision making
Powell, Owen H. J.		The Fifth Principle: How co-operatives educate, train, and inform
Reghezza, Alessio		The impact of negative interest rate on banks’ lending behaviour
Razak, Rizalniyani Abdul		Consumer Psychology, Online Consumer Behaviour and Social Media
Rouse, Marybeth		Payment systems, mobile payment innovations and financial inclusion in Africa
Smith, Georgina Vanda		Theory of Planned Behaviour
Tajvidi, Rana		E-networking and firm performance in SMEs
Uymaz, Yurtsev		Corporate governance in banking: bank performance and ownership structure
Wang, Guan		Modelling exchange rates with time series and neural network models
Wang, Yang		Corporate Fraud, Corporate Governance
Williams, Nia Wyn		Bank Merger Premiums
Yang, Jingwen (Wendy)		Financial Reporting Quality and Privately-held Firms
Zhang, Shijin		Graduate Employment and Underemployment
Zhang, Yong Rui		Informational efficiency on sports betting markets

Recent completions