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Banking and financial markets

Entry of foreign banks and their effect on the financial development of the country

Syndicate loan market: before and after crisis

Role of financial conglomerates

Factors determining bank loans: any related topic Bank risk taking

Bank liquidity

Bank corporate governance

Banking regulations

Bank efficiency or profitability

Merger and Acquisitions

Networks, institutional development and M&A

The Effect of Method of Payment in Mergers and Acquisitions

Investment Banking and Mergers and Acquisitions

What Factors Affect the Performance of Acquiring and Target Firms in Mergers and

Acquisitions?

Cross-Border Acquisitions and the Effect of Legal Systems

Valuation in Takeover Situation

Corporate Governance

Executive compensation and capital structure

Effect of firm and country governance in determining cash holding

Corporate Governance and Earnings Management

Corporate Governance and Firm Performance

Information Disclosure

Ownership Structure

Corporate governance reform and firm performance

Board composition and capital structure

Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)

Earnings Management and IPO IPOs in crises: How does international financial environment affects listing. CEO payments around an Initial Public Offering. Executive remuneration in Maritime Industry. Regulatory impact on IPO performance: A global case. Founder CEO Management and the performance of IPO firms. Earnings quality at initial public offerings: UK Evidence. IPO through a Cross listing (in a foreign market).

Corporate Finance

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Capital Structure

The connection between Operating Leverage and Financial Leverage Issues of capital structure in Small and Medium Size businesses Financing issues

Dividend policy

Investment management

Efficient Market Hypothesis Behavioural Finance Benefits of Diversification and Correlation between Asset Classes Tactical Asset Allocation Liability Driven Investment Styles of Active Equity and Bond Management Active versus Passive Management, ETFs Risk Management in Portfolios Use of Derivatives Trends in the Industry Performance of different strategies Regulatory issues Role in Portfolios Commercial Property Private Equity Commodities Risk-Adjusted Performance Performance Attribution

Style Analysis Trends in industry Intermediation Ownership of participants Industry analysis Methods used to Analyse Companies Company Valuation - methods and correlation with outcomes Do managers learn from the private information in stock price when they make corporate

investment decisions? Equity investment Styles, Fama French 3 factor & 4 factor models, Investment Performance, Taxtual sentiment in financial accouncements

Accounting

Accounting Disclosure Corruption and accounting Bribery Act Forensic Accounting Forensic Auditing Board of Directors and accounting issues.

IFRS and Accounting Manipulation management accounting systems for enterprise resource planning systems

new management accounting techniques, processes and information

linkages between competitive strategy and management accounting

Privatization, deregulation and other changes in the institutional business environment, and their

effect on management accounting and control system

Implementation of new costing systems (e.g., ABC) and new performance measurement systems

(e.g., BSC)

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Other topics

PCAOB, SOX, Antitakeover Laws

Political connection Monetary Policy

CSR, sustainability

E-commerce, electronic data interchange, electronic meetings,

Customer relationship management,

Supply chain management

Emerging markets finance

Institutions, culture and finance Finance and economic growth

Corruption and mode of foreign bank/firm entry

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