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'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 | 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 |
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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
| Name | Research Title/Area |
|---|---|
| Alsaadi, Abdullah Mansour | Corporate Social Responsibility, Shariah-Complience, Financial Reporting Quality, Tax Avoidance and Ownership Structure |
| Al-Troudi, Wasfi | Dividend Policy and Stock Price Volatility in Jordan |
| Beelitz, Annika | Organisation Legitimacy, Impression Management, Corporate Social Responsibility |
| Benzennou, Bouchra | Market Microstructure |
| Bougioulos, Vasilieios | Defining and forecasting success in wage-bargaining negotiations among unions, employers and governments |
| Breitsohl, Jan | Online complaint communication psychology |
| Buxton, Samantha | Modelling and forecasting pharmaceutical life-cycles |
| Byast, Jenny | The influence of managerial demographics on strategic alliance |
| Cardias Williams, Maria de Fatima | Bankers' remuneration and incentive structures |
| Chen, Guanyu | Essays on financing bank M&A's in East Asia, bank capital requirements and systemic risk |
| Danisewicz, Piotr | Banks branch locations decisions and economic growth |
| Fisher, Sara | The Impact of Strategic Planning on Venture Performance: Evidence from Entrepreneurs based in the North West, UK |
| Hemmings, Danial Richard | Accounting Communication, Seasoned Equity Offerings |
| Izadi, Hossein | Strategic management formulation process in small and medium sized enterprises: The case of high tech industry in the UK |
| Jones, Natalie | Employee engagement in the Welsh public sector |
| Kao, Mao-Feng | Voluntary appointment of independent directors in Taiwan |
| King, Timothy | Corporate governance in banks and non-banks: Executive compensation, risk, efficiency and shareholder 'voice' |
| Klusak, Patrycja Karolina | Regulatory impact of ESMA identifiers on quality of ratings |
| Magro, Paul | Hedge Fund performance analysis |
| Mehl, Miriam | Consumer research, Social identity, Social cognition, Consumer decision making |
| Mohamad, Azhar | Short Interest and Stock Returns |
| O'Callaghan, Stephen | Corporate Governance, Agency Cost Conflicts |
| Osman Salleh, Murizah | The inhibition of Usury (Riba Al-Nasiha) and the economic under development of the Muslim world |
| Sahibzada, Irfan Ullah | Credit ratings and Stock market |
| Salem Al Saeedi, Khawla | Strategy implementation challenges in public sector organisations in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Tajvidi, Mina | The moderating role of innovation capacity on the relationship between strategic direction and entrepreneurial firm performance: Evidence from high-tech SMEs |
| Williams, Gwion | Sovereign credit ratings in emerging markets |
| Yarahamdi, Hossein | Selection of Strategies for SMEs |
| Zhu, Dan | Behavioural Finance |