Featured Papers

Amini, S, Johan, S., Kashefi Pour, E.K and Mohamed, A., 2023. Employee welfare, social capital, and IPO Firm survival. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 47(6), 2174-2204. [A* 4 FT]

Cumming, D., Farag, H., Johan, S., & McGowan, D., 2022. The Digital Credit Divide: Marketplace Lending and Entrepreneurship. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 57(7), 2659-2692. [A* 4 FT]

Johan, S. and Zhang, M., 2021. Information asymmetries in private equity: Reporting frequency, endowments, and governance. Journal of Business Ethics, 174, 199-220 [A 3 FT]

Shafi, K., Mohammadi, A. and Johan, S.A., 2020. Investment ties gone awry. Academy of Management Journal, 63(1), 295-327. [A* 4* FT]

Cumming, D. and Johan, S., 2017. The problems with and promise of entrepreneurial finance. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 11(3), 357-370. [A 4 FT]

Haß, L.H., Johan, S. and Schweizer, D., 2016. Is corporate governance in China related to performance persistence? Journal of Business Ethics, 134(4), 575-592. [A 3 FT]

Haß, L.H., Johan, S. and Müller, M.A., 2016. The effectiveness of public enforcement: Evidence from the resolution of tunnelling in China. Journal of Business Ethics, 134(4), 649-668. [A 3 FT]

Wu, W., Johan, S.A. and Rui, O.M., 2016. Institutional investors, political connections, and the incidence of regulatory enforcement against corporate fraud. Journal of Business Ethics, 134(4), 709-726. [A 3 FT]

Hain, D., Johan, S. and Wang, D., 2016. Determinants of cross-border venture capital investments in emerging and developed economies: The effects of relational and institutional trust. Journal of Business Ethics, 138(4), 743-764. [A 3 FT]

Johan, S.A., Knill, A. and Mauck, N., 2013. Determinants of sovereign wealth fund investment in private equity vs public equity. Journal of International Business Studies, 44(2), 155-172. [A* 4* FT]

Cumming, D., Johan, S. and Li, D., 2011. Exchange trading rules and stock market liquidity. Journal of Financial Economics, 99(3), 651-671. [A* 4* FT]

1. Research awarded the 2008-2009 Paolo Baffi Research Fellow Award (Boconni University)

Johan, S.A. and Najar, D., 2010. The role of corruption, culture, and law in investment fund manager fees. Journal of Business Ethics, 95(2), 147-172. [A 3 FT]

1. Reprinted in Cressy, R., D.J. Cumming, and C. Malin, 2012, eds.,  Entrepreneurship, Governance and Ethics, Springer Press (2012)

Cumming, D. and Johan, S., 2010. The differential impact of the internet on spurring regional entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 34(5), 857-884. [A* 4 FT]

Cumming, D. and Johan, S., 2007. Socially responsible institutional investment in private equity. Journal of Business Ethics, 75(4), 395-416. [A 3 FT] 

Etudaiye-Muhtar, F.O., S. Johan, R. Lawal, 2024. FinTech, human development and energy poverty in sub-Saharan Africa Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money 91, 101931.

Farag, H. and Johan, S., 2021. How alternative finance informs central themes in corporate finance. Journal of Corporate Finance, 67, 101879. [A* 4]

Cole, R., Johan, S. and Schweizer, D., 2021. Corporate failures: Declines, collapses, and scandals. Journal of Corporate Finance, 67, 101872.  [A* 4]

Cumming, D., Dai, N. and Johan, S., 2020. Dodd-Franking the hedge funds. Journal of Banking & Finance, 119, p.105216. [A*, 3] 

Allen, M.L., Allen, M.M.C., Cumming, D.J., Johan, S.A., 2020. “Comparative capitalisms and the environment: the ubiquity of markets against the environment?” Socio Economic Review, 18(1), 271–279. [ABS 3]

1. This publication was part of a series of papers published as: Wood, G., Finnegan, J.J., Allen, M.L., Allen, M.M.C., Cumming, D.J., Johan, S.A., Nicklich, M., Endo, T., Lim S., and Tanaka, S., 2020. “The comparative institutional analysis of energy transitions” Socio Economic Review, 18(1), 257–294. [ABS 3]

Johan, S. and Zhang, Y., 2020. Quality revealing versus overstating in equity crowdfunding. Journal of Corporate Finance, 65, 101741. [ A* 4]

Chircop, J., Johan, S. and Tarsalewska, M., 2020. Does religiosity influence venture capital investment decisions? Journal of Corporate Finance, 62, 101589. [A* 4]

Cumming, D.J., Johan, S.A. and Zhang, Y., 2019. The role of due diligence in crowdfunding platforms. Journal of Banking & Finance, 108, 105661. 

Cumming, D., Johan, S. and Zhang, Y., 2018. Public policy towards entrepreneurial finance: spillovers and the scale-up gap. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 34(4), 652-675. 

Jacob, M., Johan, S., Schweizer, D. and Zhan, F., 2016. Corporate finance and the governance implications of removing government support programs. Journal of Banking & Finance, 63, 35-47. [A* 3] 

Cumming, D., Dannhauser, R. and Johan, S., 2015. Financial market misconduct and agency conflicts: A synthesis and future directions. Journal of Corporate Finance, 34, 150-168. [A* 4]

Cumming, D., Dai, N. and Johan, S., 2015. Are hedge funds registered in Delaware different? Journal of Corporate Finance, 35, 232-246. [A* 4]

Johan, S.A., 2010. Listing standards as a signal of IPO preparedness and quality. International Review of Law and Economics, 30(2), 128-144.

Cumming, D. and Johan, S.A., 2008. Preplanned exit strategies in venture capital. European Economic Review, 52(7), 1209-1241. [A* 3]

Cumming, D. and Johan, S., 2008. Global market surveillance. American Law and Economics Review, 10(2), 454-506.

Cumming, D. and Johan, S., 2007. Regulatory harmonization and the development of private equity markets. Journal of Banking & Finance, 31(10), 3218-3250. [A* 3] (GSC 147)

 Levasseur, L., Johan, S. and Eckhardt, J., 2022. Mixed Methods in Venture Capital Research: An Illustrative Study and Directions for Future Work. British Journal of Management, 33, 26-45. [A 4]

Guedhami, O., Johan, S., Lopez-de-Silanes, F. and Terjesen, S., 2022. Challenges for corporate governance at the national and firm levels. Corporate Governance: An International Review 30 (1), 2-9. [A 3] 

Johan, S. and Valenzuela, P., 2021. Business advisory services and female employment in an extreme institutional context. British Journal of Management, 32(4), 1082-1096. [A 4]

Johan, S. and Zhang, Y., 2021. Investors’ industry preference in equity crowdfunding.  The Journal of Technology Transfer, Forthcoming  [3]

Allen, M.L., Allen, M.M., Cumming, D. and Johan, S., 2021. Comparative capitalisms and energy transitions: renewable energy in the European Union. British Journal of Management, 32(3), 611-629,  doi:10.1111/1467-8551.12352 [A 4]

Cumming, D., Ji, S., Johan, S. and Tarsalewska, M., 2020. End‐of‐day price manipulation and M&As. British Journal of Management, 31(1), 184-205. [A 4]

Guenther, C., Johan, S. and Schweizer, D., 2018. Is the crowd sensitive to distance? How investment decisions differ by investor type. Small Business Economics, 50(2), 289-305. [A 3]

Cumming, D. and Johan, S., 2016. Venture’s economic impact in Australia. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 41(1), 25-59.

Cumming, D., Johan, S. and Zhang, M., 2014. The economic impact of entrepreneurship: Comparing international datasets. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 22(2), 162-178. [A 3] (GSC 178)

Johan, S., Schweizer, D. and Zhan, F., 2014. The Changing Latitude: Labor‐Sponsored Venture Capital Corporations in Canada. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 22(2), 145-161. [A 3] 

Cumming, D. and Johan, S., 2010. Venture capital investment duration. Journal of Small Business Management, 48(2), 228-257. [A 3]