Dr Nereida Polovina
Senior Lecturer
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Biography
Dr Nereida Polovina joined Manchester Metropolitan University as Senior Lecturer in 2016. She teaches and leads undergraduate (International Financial Management) and postgraduate (Corporate Finance, Extended Research Project and Dissertation) course units.
Nereida has a PhD from Lancaster University Management School and an MSc from the University of Manchester. She is an active academic researcher publishing in international academic journals.
Her research specialist area is Corporate Governance, Corporate Restructuring (M&A) and Emerging Markets.
She supervises PhD and MSc students.
Prizes and awards
Full scholarship for the PhD degree at Lancaster University Management School.
Completed MSc degree in Accounting and Finance with Distinction at The University of Manchester.
Completed BSc degree in Business Administration with High Honours (Distinction) at METU
Completed PGCLTHE with Distinction at Manchester Metropolitan University
Membership of professional associations
British Accounting & Finance Association (BAFA)
European Finance Association (EFA)
Eastern Finance Association
International Corporate Governance Society (ICGS)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Certified Management & Business Educator (CMBE)
Teaching
International Financial Management (Undergraduate)
Corporate Finance (Postgraduate)
Extended Research Proposal (Postgraduate)
Dissertation (Postgraduate)
Supervision
Currently supervising :
- Daniel M.C. Elkington :A study of the nature of commercialised profession in the context of financial planning in the UK.
- Howard Tingley : The impact of economic shocks on financial risk tolerance
Previous supervised students to PhD completion:
- Dr. Mahmoud Al-Ghemary:Earnings Management of Acquiring Companies and Non-Acquiring Companies in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
- Dr. Simms Mensah Kyei : Bank Risk, Corporate Governance and Bank performance in Africa
Research outputs
Primary research area
Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets, Foreign Investments in Emerging Markets, Financial Crisis in Emerging Financial Markets, Organizational changes and Firm performance
Secondary research area
Applicability of econometric methods in interdisciplinary areas.
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Chapters in books
Modu, B., Polovina, N., Lan, Y., Konur, S. (2019) 'Machine Learning Analysis and Agent-Based Modelling of Malaria Transmission.' Fuzzy Systems and Data Mining IV: Proceedings of FSDM 2018. IOS PRESS BV,
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Journal articles
Alghemary, M., Al-Najjar, B., Polovina, N. (2024) 'Acquisition deal characteristics and earnings management: new evidence from GCC countries.' International Journal of Finance and Economics,
Modu, B., Polovina, N., Konur, S. (2023) 'Agent-Based Modelling of Malaria Transmission.' IEEE Access, 11pp. 19794-19808.
Polovina, N., Peasnell, K. (2023) 'The effects of different modes of foreign bank entry in the Turkish banking sector during the 2007-2009 Global financial crisis.' Quantitative Finance and Economics, 7(1) pp. 19-49.
Alghemary, M., Al-Najjar, B., Polovina, N. (2023) 'What do we know about real earnings management in the GCC?.' Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies,
Alghemary, M., Polovina, N., Al-Najjar, B. (2023) 'Earnings management of acquiring and non-acquiring companies: the key role of ownership structure and national corporate governance in GCC.' International Journal of Disclosure and Governance,
Kyei, S.M., Polovina, N., Kumah, S.P. (2022) 'The dynamic relationship between bank risk and corporate governance in Africa.' Cogent Business and Management, 9(1) pp. 2124597-2124597.
Konur, S., Lan, Y., Thakker, D., Morkyani, G., Polovina, N., Sharp, J. (2021) 'Towards design and implementation of Industry 4.0 for food manufacturing.' Neural Computing and Applications,
Haveri, T., Polovina, N., Meco, M., Gjyrdedi, F., Kojqiqi, C. (2020) 'Comparative study on corneal profile and parameters between generations in Albania.' EC Ophthalmology, 11(3) pp. 01-12.
Polovina, N., Peasnell, K. (2020) 'Do minority acquisitions transfer better corporate governance practices? an analysis of UK's cross-border minority investments..' British Accounting Review, 52(3)
Modu, B., Polovina, N., Lan, Y., Konur, S., Asyhari, A., Peng, Y. (2017) 'Towards a Predictive Analytics-Based Intelligent Malaria Outbreak Warning System.' Applied Sciences, 7(8) pp. 1-20.
Polovina, N., Peasnell, K. (2015) 'The effects of foreign management and board membership on the performance of foreign acquired Turkish banks.' International Journal of Managerial Finance, 11(3) pp. 359-387.
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Conference papers
Polovina, N., Peasnell, K. (2020) 'Do Minority Acquisitions transfer better Corporate Governance Practises? An analysis of UK foreign minority investments.' In British Academy of Managemet Corporate Governance SIG. Leeds, 11/6/2018 - 12/6/2018.
Polovina, N., Peasnell, K, (2017) 'Cross-Border Partial Acquisitions and the relation between a Country's Investor Protection and a Target firm's Board of Directors.' In BAFA Annual Conference ( British Accounting & Finance Association). Edinburgh, 10/4/2017 - 12/4/2017.
Polovina, N., Peasnell, K. (2015) 'Investor protection and boards of partially acquired foreign firms.' In Inaugural Conference of the International Corporate Governance Society. Copenhagen, Denmark, 18/9/2015 - 19/9/2015.
Polovina, N., Peasnell, K, (2015) 'Strategies of foreign acquired banks, domestic banks and foreign branches in the Turkish banking market. Did the 2007-2008 financial turmoil have any impact on their strategies?.' In 5th Reading- UNCTAD International Business Conference 2015- Contemporary Issues in International Business Theory. Reading, United Kingdom, 13/6/2015 - 14/6/2015.
Polovina, N., Peasnell, K. (2015) 'Outside Directors, Investor Protection, Cross-Border Partial Acquisitions..' In 1st Hanken Centre for Corporate Governance on Corporate Governance and Corruption. Helsinki, Finland, 11/6/2015 - 12/6/2015.