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      Dr Suman Lodh

      ROLE: Senior Lecturer in Finance
      SCHOOL: Business School
      DEPARTMENT: Accounting & Finance
      TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 8411 5584
      EMAIL: S.Lodh@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • Biography &
        Qualifications

        Dr. Suman Lodh has joined the business school in 2012. Prior to joining Middlesex, he has held a visiting scholar position at the Lally School of Management and Technology, RPI (USA) for a year and engaged in a large research project. He also held academic position at the University of Surrey. He attended workshops by David M. Drukkar (STATA Corp.) and Badi Baltagi (Syracuse University, USA). He has several years of industry and teaching experience in India at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

        He received his PhD in applied economics from the University of Bergamo, Italy.

        He has published in highly ranked international journals including the Corporate Governance: An International Review, International Review of Financial Analysis as well as in Industrial and Corporate Change. His research works have been presented in a number of highly rated American and European conferences including the prestigious American Accounting Association Annual Conference and European Accounting Association Annual Conference. He serves as an ad-hoc referee of several top-ranked academic journals.

         

        Education:

        • PhD (Economics)
        • PGCert HE (Fellow of the Higher Education Academy)

        Languages Spoken

        English

      • Learning &
        Teaching Interests

        Suman is best known for his teaching in Econometrics at postgraduate and PhD level. However, he also has taught a range of modules including corproate finance, accounting theory, corporate social responsibility and business management in emerging markets at various levels. Below are the details:

        • Module Leader: Financial Modeling (MSc. Investment and Finance)
        • Module Leader: Financial Econometrics (MSc. Banking and Finance)
        • Accounting Theory (Undergraduate)
        • Corporate Finance (Postgraduate)
        • Business Management in Emerging Market (Undergraduate)
        • Corporate Social Responsibility (undergraduate) 

         

        Doctoral Student Supervision:

        • Marian Mgbame: Supervised with Ephraim Clark to completion: Thesis title- Risk management of CEO and CEO compensation (2016)

        Current PhD students

        • Vishwanath Sadanand: FDI Spillovers in Emerging Market
        • Le Tung: Momentum Trading
        • Lam Nguyen: Dividend Policy using Euro Stoxx 

         

        Recent Student Feedback:

        • "The best aspect was seeing my progress. Because I can confirm that I have started at a level where I would never imagine reaching the level of well understanding where I am now" (MSc Investment and Finance Student, 2015).
        • "I just want to thank you for being such a wonderful Programme Leader and also for talking to me today" (BA Business Management-Finance Student, 2016).
        • "I spoke with some of PhD students and we agreed that you have done a fantastic job of being an amazing, effective, yet different and distinguished doctor. So I am writing this email to you to express my gratitude, thanks, and appreciation for the pieces of advice regarding my PhD and during your classes I attended" (PhD Student, 2017).

         

         

      • Research Outputs &
        Interests

        Suman's research interests include Financial Econometrics, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Earnings Management, Mergers and Acquisitions, Industrial Organizations (including knowledge spillovers), Foreign Direct Investment, Emerging Markets and Banking. 

        He has held position of independent reviewer of a number of PhD thesis. He has also supervised a number of MSc dissertations in the areas mentioned above. 

        Journal Articles:

        • The performance of banks in the MENA region during the global financial crisis (2017), Research in International Business and Finance. Vol 42, 583-590, with Caporale, M.C. and Nandy. M. 
        • Gender inclusivity and accounting higher education (2017),  Industry and Higher Education. Vol 31(5), 335-347, with Nandy. M.
        • Accrual-based and Real Earnings Management and Political Connections (2015). The International Journal of Accounting. Vol. 50(2), pp. 111-141, with Braam, G. J. M., Nandy, M., and Weitzel, U.
        • Technological Breadth and Depth of Knowledge in Innovation: The Role of M&As in Biotech (2014). Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol 24(1), 383-415,  with Battaggion, M.
        • Innovation and Family Ownership: Evidence from Emerging Markets (2014). Corporate Governance: An International Review. Vol 22(1) pp. 4-33, with Nandy. M. & Chen. J.
        • Do Banks Value the Eco-friendliness of Firms in their Corporate Lending Decision? Some Empirical Evidence (2012). International Review of Financial Analysis. Vol 25 (Dec) pp. 83-93 with Nandy. M.

        Papers Under Review:

        • How Has the Global Financial Crisis Affected Syndicated Loan Terms in Emerging Markets? Evidence from China (2017): with Caporale, G.M. and Nandy M., International Journal of Finance and Economics. (R&R). An online version is available here econstor or here cesifo

        • Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Types of Earnings Management during Financial Crisis: A study on Chinese Listed Firms (2017) with Nandy, M., Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money (Under Review)

        • Mandatory audit rotation in the UK (2017), The International Journal of Accounting, with Nandy, M. and Jarvis, R (Under Review)

         

        For the impact of my research, please refer to my profile on Google Scholar and RePEc

        Contribution to Books:

        • Impact of IFRS adoption on earnings management. (2017). In Ekanem, I. (ed) Understanding Bankruptcy: Global Issues, Perspectives and Challenges, Nova Science, USA (In Press). 
        • Radical Innovation and Economic Growth: A Study of the Effect on Labour Market in India. (2009). in Pal, P. (ed) Reforms and Structural Changes in India. Regal Publication, New Delhi, ISBN 81-8484-017-9.

         

        Selected working papers:

        • Earnings Management and Culture (2017) with Chaney, P. and Nandy, M.
        • Financial Crisis on the Performance of International Banks (2016). With Pozzolo, A. & Nandy, M.

         

        Some selected publications in Indian peer reviewed journals (past):

        • Overnight Indexed Swaps: An Analytical Study on Indian Market (2011). Decision (Indian Institute of Management), Vol. 38(3). with Nandy M.
        • The Growth Prospects of Internet Banking in Islamic Countries: A Comparison with Other Developed Countries (2008). ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance, Vol. 14(6), pp. 56-75, with Nandy, M.
        • India at her best: Investors’ right option (2008), Portfolio Organizer, pp. 44-50, with Nandy, M.
        • Exploring the country risk: MNCs mindset (2008). ICFAI Journal of International Business, 3 (2). pp. 24-35, with Nandy, M.
        • Catch the web if you can: click and get money (2007). MBA Review. pp. 51-54, with Nandy, M.

         

         

        Selected Conferences (Paper presentation since 2014):

        2017

        • European Accounting Association (40th) Congress 2017 (May), University of Valencia, Spain: "M&A and Earnings Management in China" (Paper presentation and Chairing a session).
        • British Accounting and Finance Association 2017 Annual Conference (April), Herriot Watt University, Edinburgh: "Mandatory Audit Rotation in the UK".

        2016

        • 4th European Conference on the Banking and the Economy (ECOBATE): October 2016, University of Southampton: “Earnings Management and M&A in China”.
        • British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA) Annual Conference, University of Bath, March 2016. “Negative Sentiment and Earnings Manipulation: Evidence from the UK”.

        2015

        • Paris Financial Management Conference - IPAG Business School, Paris: December 2015
        • International Corporate Governance Society (ICGS) Annual conference, Copenhagen, Denmark: September 2015
        • European Accounting Association (EAA) Annual Conference, Glasgow, UK: April 2015: "Media Involvement and Earnings Management".
        • British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA) Annual Conference, Manchester, UK: March 2015: "Impact of cognitive abilities on the stock performance during crisis".

        2014

        • Paris Financial Management Conference, Paris, France. December 15-16.
        • British Academy of Management Annual conference: Belfast, Ireland. September: Paper title: "Performance of Banks from MENA Region during Crisis"
        • EFMA Annual Conference: University of Rome, Italy (2014). (Paper accepted for presentation).
        • International Conference of the Financial Engineering and Banking Society (ICFEBS): University of Surrey, UK (2014). (Paper accepted for presentation).
        • American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Conference: Atlanta, GA, USA (2014). (Paper accepted for presentation).
        • 50th Annual BAFA Conference: London School of Economcis, UK. April 2014.

         

         

        Conference participation (Past):

        • Corporate Entrepreneurship Conference (June 2010), Lally School of Management and Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY, USA.
        • Rising Stars Finance Conference (2010), Organized by Lally School of Management and Technology, RPI and NYU-Stern School of Business, USA.
        • Triple Crown Conference (April 2010), Organized by Rutgers Business School, Baruch College and Fordham University, NY, USA.
        • Academic Entrepreneur and Entrepreneurial Science (June, 2009), University of Brescia and KITes, Italy.

        Publication Feed

        The performance of banks in the MENA region during the global financial crisis

        Caporale, Guglielmo Maria and Lodh, Suman and Nandy, Monomita (2017) The performance of banks in the MENA region during the global financial crisis. Research in International Business and Finance, 42 . pp. 583-590. ISSN 0275-5319

        Gender inequality and disabled inclusivity in accounting higher education and profession during financial crisis

        Lodh, Suman and Nandy, Monomita (2017) Gender inequality and disabled inclusivity in accounting higher education and profession during financial crisis. Industry and Higher Education, 31 (5). pp. 335-347. ISSN 0950-4222

        The impact of international financial reporting standards adoption on earnings management: evidence from EU countries

        Lodh, Suman and Nandy, Monomita (2017) The impact of international financial reporting standards adoption on earnings management: evidence from EU countries. In: Understanding Bankruptcy: Global Issues, Perspectives and Challenges. Ekanem, Ignatius U. , ed. Nova Science. (Accepted/In press)

        Accrual-based and real earnings management and political connections

        Braam, Geert and Nandy, Monomita and Weitzel, Utz and Lodh, Suman (2015) Accrual-based and real earnings management and political connections. The International Journal of Accounting, 50 (2). pp. 111-141. ISSN 0020-7063

        Innovation and family ownership: empirical evidence from India

        Lodh, Suman and Nandy, Monomita and Chen, Jean (2014) Innovation and family ownership: empirical evidence from India. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 22 (1). pp. 4-23. ISSN 0964-8410

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      • Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects

        • Governance Framework and Policy Innovation in Public Sector. £50,000 research grant from Institute of Public Administration (2017-2019).

      • Engagement &
        Impact

        Departmental Responsibilities:

        • Departmental Research Leader for Accounting and Finance department
        • Programme Leader for BA Business Management (Finance)

         

        External Examiner: 

        • Ulster University, Ireland.

         

        Guest Lectures/ Seminars:

        • Brunel Business School, Brunel University, UK (2017)
        • University of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, India (2017)
        • Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, India (2017)
        • Queen Mary University of London, UK (seminar series 2017)

         

        Editorial Board:

        • Business Perspective and Research (Sage Publication, ISSN: 22785337)- Member of the Editorial Board 

         

        Ad-hoc Referee

        • International Review of Financial Analysis (ABS 3*)
        • Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting (ABS 3*)
        • Corporate Governance: An International Review (ABS 3*)
        • Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies.
        • European Journal of Finance (ABS 3*)
        • Industrial and Corporate Change (ABS 3*)
        • American Accounting Association Annual congress meeting and conference

         

        Membership/Affiliation:

        • American Economic Association
        • European Economic Association
        • Financial Management Association (International)
        • British Accounting and Finance Association
        • Fellow of Association of International Accountants

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