Academic Service
Editorial Work
CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
EDITORIAL BOARD
Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice
Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal
Journal of Risk and Financial Management
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Journal of Industrial and Business Economics
SPECIAL ISSUE/conference GUEST EDITOR
British Accounting Review, 2023. Special Issue on Sustainability, Climate Change and Financial Innovation. (Conference organized at University of Egypt, Cairo, December 2023)
European Financial Management, 2023. Special Issue on Sustainability, Climate Change and Financial Innovation. (Conference organized at Sustainable Financial Innovation Research Centre- SFiC, Dubai, November 2023)
British Accounting Review, 2023. Special Guest Edited section devoted to Entrepreneurial Finance, EntFin Conference in 2023 at the University of Antwerp.
Global Finance Journal, 2023. Special Issue on Digital Finance for Technological Progress.
Finance Research Letters and Emerging Markets Review, 2022. Call for African Research Proposals
British Accounting Review, 2022. Special Issue on Green and Climate Finance (6th Shanghai-Edinburgh-London Green Finance Conference, 29 May 2022)
European Financial Management, 2022. Special Issue on Sustainability, Climate Change and Financial Innovation. (Conference organized at Sustainable Financial Innovation Research Centre- SFiC, Dubai, November 2022)
Emerging Markets Review, 2021. Special Issue on Fintech Adoption in emerging countries: cryptocurrencies and beyond.
Management International Review, 2021. Special Issue on E-Commerce Policy and International Business
Journal of Corporate Finance, 2020. Special Issue on Corporate Failures (Conference organized at FAU)
Corporate Governance: An International Review, 2020. Special Issue on Corporate Governance: An International Review: 21st Century Challenges for Corporate Governance (Conference organized at FAU)
Emerging Markets Review, 2020. Special Issue: Developments in Sustainable Finance and Responsible Investments in Emerging Markets
Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money (JIFMIM), 2020. Special Issue: Developments in Financial Technology.
International Journal of Managerial Finance, 2019. Special Issue on Law, Culture and Finance.
Birmingham Business School and Journal of Corporate Finance Co-Sponsored Conference, 2019. Developments in Alternative Finance
Information Systems Frontiers, 2017. Special Issue on Information Systems, Agency Problems, and Fraud
Journal of International Financial Markets, Instruments, & Money, 2017, Special Issue on Institutions, Governance, and Misconduct
Journal of Corporate Finance, 2015, Special Issue on Financial Market Misconduct and Agency Problems
Conference Participation
Academic Presentations (excluding presentations of co-authors)
Keynote Speaker at the 2024 “CER FinTech Symposium”, 3-4 June 2024 at the Centre for Research on Economic Relations (CER), Mid Sweden University.
Keynote Speaker at the Menard Family Initiative Entrepreneurship Conference, 4-5 October 2023 at University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
Keynote Speaker at the International Research Workshop on Green Finance and Sustainability, 18 May 2023 held at University Sains Malaysia.
Keynote Speaker at the IFMB 2023 Conference New Developments and Issues in Contemporary Financial Markets and Banking, 18-19 January 2023 at Nottingham Trent University.
Keynote Speaker at the 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Issues in Finance, Trade and Macroeconomy (ICOFINT: https://www.icofint.com), 28-29 May 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Keynote Speaker for an International Scientific Conference on "Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Theory and Practice", 26-27 April 2022, organized by WSB University in Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland.
Keynote Speaker for an International Conference on “Fostering a Resilient Business Ecosystems and Economic Growth: Towards the Next Normal”, 27-29 April 2022 organized by Dr. D. Y. Patil B-School, Pune, India in association with Dr. Soetomo University, Indonesia.
American Economic Association Meeting, 2020 (San Diego)
Eastern Finance Conference, 2019 (Miami)
Law and Entrepreneurship Conference, 2017 (University of California Berkeley) 2018 (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)
European Financial Management Conference 2016 (Basle), 2010 (Montreal), 2006 (Madrid) and 2005 (Milan), 2022 (Rome)
EM Lyon Business School, 2011, 2013, 2016
Financial Management Association Annual Meeting 2006, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022
CFA Institute - Journal of Corporate Finance Conference – Schulich Conference on Financial Market Misconduct, 2014
Abacus Special Issue Conference on Accounting in China, 2014
French Finance Association, 2013
Association Francaise de Science Economique Annual Conference, 2012, Paris
Canadian Law and Economics Association, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
Conference on Financing Public and Private Firms: Fraud, Ethics and Regulation, 2012, Toronto
French Finance Association AFFI Annual Conference, 2011, Montpelier
University of Calgary Haskayne School of Business, 2011
Corporate Governance Conference, 2011 Melbourne
Midwestern Finance Association, 2011, 2015, Chicago
Conference on Law, Ethics and Finance, 2010, Toronto
University of Manitoba Asper School of Business, 2010
Florida State University School of Law, 2010
Law and Society Annual Meeting 2011 (San Francisco), 2010 (Chicago), Montreal (2008)
American Law and Economics Association 2009, San Diego
Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2006 (Atlanta, Georgia), 2007 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 2018 (Minneapolis, Minnesota), 2019 (Boston, Massachusetts), 2022 (Seattle), 2023 (Boston). 2024 (Chicago)
American Law and Economics Association May 2007, Harvard
Asian Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting 2006, Bangalore
European Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting 2006, Madrid
American Law and Economics Association 2006, Berkeley
Alternative Views of Corporate Governance Conference 2006, Zurich
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, 2006
University if California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall Law School, 2005
HEC Tunisia Conference on Technological Entrepreneurship 2005, Tunis
Alternative Investment and Strategy Roundtable, Zurich 2005
SMARTS Inc. Conference on Stock Market Surveillance 2005, Stockholm
Asian Financial Management Association Conference 2005, Kuala Lumpur
Singapore Management University Entrepreneurship EDGE Conference 2005
Global Finance Conference 2005, Trinity College, Dublin
Managing & Financing Entrepreneurial Activities Conference 2005, Lausanne
Professional Presentations
“Introduction of a share collateral facility: Rules changes” presented to the management of Malaysian Central Depository, Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange in 2001
“Clearing & Settlement: Managing Legal Risk” presented to various participants during a road show organised by MDEX in Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia in 2000
“Establishment of an Industry Disciplinary Committee” presented to the Securities Commission Policy Reform in 1999
“Foreign currency collateral: the Central Bank of Malaysia, the clearing banks, the clearing members and the clearing house” presented at the Clearing Members’ Colloquium 1999
“Derivatives Settlement under exchange controls: New adjustments” presented to members of the Central Bank of Malaysia in 1999
“Regulatory Structure of the Malaysian Derivatives Industry” presented to representatives from the Indonesian derivatives market in 1999
Service to Academy of Management
Elected Representative at Large, Entrepreneurship Division of The Academy of Management [August 2021-2024]
Chair, Global Scholars Development Committee 2024-2025.