• Dr. Adnan Ahmad
  • Experience

    Designation Service Type From To
    Associate Professor TTS Aug 20, 2020 October 3 2025
    Assistant Professor TTS Oct 13, 2013 Aug 19, 2020
  • Biblography

    PhD (Accounting specializing in Corporate Governance) Thesis: My thesis investigated stock price synchronicity (co-movement) of stock prices in stock exchanges in a cross-country environment covering 40 capital markets of the world consisting of both developed and developing countries. Specifically, thesis investigated the effects of investor protection institutional environment and the use of firm fundamentals information on investors’ decisions in capital markets around the world. Investor Protection is used as a level and quality of the use of firm fundamentals information and its effects on stock price synchronicity in these capital markets for the countries for the sixteen years period from 1995-2010. Major subjects studied • Advance Accounting Theory • Research Methods in Accounting • Contemporary Issues in Financial Accounting • Regression Analysis for Researchers • Multivariate Analysis for Researchers Research Interest My research specialization is in the field of Corporate Governance, Investor Protection, firm fundamentals information and stock price co-movements in stock exchanges, Accounting Quality, Firm Fundamental Information Disclosures and research methods in accounting. I have supervised 3 PhD Students (including 1 as a co-supervisor) and more than 15 MS students. Moreover, I have also supervised more than 30 MBA 1.5 and MBA 3.5 students besides mentoring and supervising more than 50 BBA and BS Banking and Finance Students.
  • Research Publications

    S.No: Title
    1 The Resilience of Central Bank Interest Rate on the Association of Financial Leverage and Firm Performance
    2 Growth and Productivity Analysis of Microfinance Sector: A Case Study of Pakistan
    3 Does Voluntary Disclosure improve Firm Performance: Evidence from Pakistan
    4 Pakistani Firms’ Efficiency: An empirical Study of Pakistan Stock Exchange through Data Envelopment Analysis
    5 Corporate Governance and Firm Efficiency: Empirical Study of Pakistan
    6 The Impact of Corporate Governance on Earnings Management: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan
    7 The Impact of GDP, Inflation, Exchange Rate, Unemployment and Tax Rate on the Non-Performing Loans of Banks: Evidence from Pakistani Commercial Banks
    8 Corporate Governance as a Determinant of Stock Price Synchronicity: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan
    9 Assessing Macroeconomic and Country Level Institutional Factors as determinants of Non-performing Loans of Banks: Evidence from Pakistani Commercial Banks
  • Awards

    Organization Description Date
    Higher Education Commission, Government of Pakistan Overseas Scholarship for MS Leading to PhD Aug 21, 2008
    US Department of State Awarded fellowship/Training at University of Kentucky, US Apr 9, 2015
    Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Best Paper Award in Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand conference for the paper titled, “Investor Protection, Firm Fundamentals Information and Stock Price Synchronicity” May 12, 2012
    La Trobe University Australia Best Research Proposal Award, PhD Symposium at La Trobe University Australia. Awarded Travel and Accommodation grant for the conference at Melbourne, Australia. Sep 21, 2012
    Massey University New Zealand Awarded travel and accommodation grant to attend Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics (JCAE) at Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong to present my paper. Jan 5, 2011
  • Conferences

    Level Country City Conference Dated
    International United States Kentucky Teaching Pedagogy and Seminar Development at University of Kentucky, US Apr 22, 2015
    International United States Atlanta, Georgia American Accounting Association Atlanta Georgia, United States Mar 22, 2014
    International Australia Melbourne PhD Symposium at La Trobe University, Australia. Sep 21, 2012
    International Hong Kong/China Hong Kong Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics (JCAE), Hong Kong Jan 5, 2011
    National New Zealand Auckland Auckland Regional Accounting Symposium, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand. Sep 21, 2009
  • Memberships

    Title Organization From Date To Dated
    Member US Alumni in Pakistan Apr 9, 2015 Dec 26, 2020
  • Fundings

    Title Type Source From Date To Date
    US-KP Universities Consortium for Post Doc and Teaching Pedagogy Teaching/Fellowship US Department of State Apr 9, 2015 Jun 16, 2015
    Continuous Professional Development Program Training and Development Program for University Teachers Higher Education Commission of Pakistan Oct 10, 2016 Oct 14, 2016
    Continuous Professional Development Program Research Methodology Training for University Teachers and MS/PhD Students Higher Education Commission of Pakistan Oct 24, 2016 Oct 28, 2016
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