Biography

Dr. Umar works as Director, BBA (Account, Finance and Banking, and MIS) and Assistant Professor at Al Ain University, United Arab Emirates. He is a versatile academic with over 15 years of teaching, administrative, and regulatory experience in tertiary programs. He graduated from Lincoln University, New Zealand with a Ph.D. in Accounting and Finance. Recently, he completed his post-doctoral fellowship at Lincoln University, New Zealand. He has published refereed articles in leading international accounting and finance journals (ABDC - A* and ABS - 3). He is an Editorial board member and reviewer for international journals. He has also served as conference chair for multiple international conferences. Besides academia, he also worked as a Quality Assurance and Accreditation Expert for more than a decade at the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC).

Education

Post Doctorate, Finance, Lincoln University, New Zealand.

Ph.D. Accounting & Finance, Lincoln University, New Zealand.

MBA, Finance, Foundation University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Research Interests

• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Governance
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Energy & Environment
• Business Sustainable Performance
• Financial Markets, and Islamic Finance

Selected Publications

• Kayani, U., Ullah, M., Aysan, A. F., Nazir, S., & Frempong, J. (2024). Quantile connectedness among digital assets, traditional assets, and renewable energy prices during extreme economic crisis. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 208, 123635. doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123635
  
• Kayani, U., Hasnaoui, A., Khan, M., Zahoor, N., & Nawaz, F. (2024). Analyzing fossil fuel commodities' return spillovers during the Russia and Ukraine crisis in the energy market. Energy Economics, 135,107651. doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2024.107651
• Johan, S., Kayani, U., Naeem, M. A., & Karim, S. (2024). How effective is the cash conversion cycle in improving firm performance? Evidence from BRICS. Emerging Markets Review, 59, 101114. doi.org/10.1016/j.ememar.2024.101114
• Hasan, F., Al-Okaily, M., Choudhury, T., & Kayani, U., (2023). A comparative analysis between FinTech and traditional stock markets: using Russia and Ukraine war data. Electronic Commerce Research, 1-26. doi.org/10.1007/s10660-023-09734-0
• Hasan, F., Kayani, U., & Choudhury, T. (2023). Behavioral Risk Preferences and Dividend Changes: Exploring the Linkages with Prospect Theory Through Empirical Analysis. Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, 1-19. doi.org/10.1007/s40171-023-00350-3
• Kayani, U. N., Hassan, M. K., Moussa, F., & Hossain, G. F. (2023). Oil in crisis: What can we learn. The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, 28, e00339. doi.org/10.1016/j.jeca.2023.e00339
• Choudhury, T., Kayani, U., Gul, A., Haider, S. A., & Ahmad, S. (2023). Carbon emissions, environmental distortions, and impact on growth. Energy Economics, 107040. doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.107040
• Iqbal, U., Nadeem, M., Gull, A. A., & Kayani, U. (2022). Environmental innovation and firm value: The moderating role of organizational capital. Journal of Environmental Management, 316, 115253. doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.11525
• Kayani, U., Arif, M., & Hoang, K. (2021). Chairman age and corporate diversification: The cases of old and powerful captains in Chinese firms. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 31, 100534. doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2021.100534

Conferences

• Generative AI and Ethics: Examining the Intellectual Corpus Using Machine Learning Topic Modeling presented at Econometric Research Association Data Analytics and Machine Learning International Conference, Turkey, 2024.
• Does chairman education matter to accounting quality? Evidence from Chinese firms Presented at   International Society for the Advancement of Financial Economics (ISAFE), Vietnam, 2022.
• CEO Compensation And Say On Pay: Does CEO-To-Employee Pay Ratio Matter? Presented at 4th International Virtual Conference TASK 4, Al Falah University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2021.
• Investigating The Impact Of Covid-19 on Financial Aspects of Businesses: Evidence from the Developed & Emerging Market. Presented at 4th International Virtual Conference TASK 4, Al Falah University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2021.
• Does Working Capital Management Matter? An Empirical Investigation of Australasian Firms in the Context of the Global Financial Crisis 2008. Presented at 17th Global Business Research Conference, Japan, 2018.
• Does working capital management affect firm performance in New Zealand? A Dynamic Panel Estimation. Presented at the 9th NZ Management and Accounting Conference, 2017 at Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2017.
• Working Capital Management -A Systematic Literature Review.1st International Conference on Advances In Business, Management, and Law (ICABML-2017), Dubai Business School, University of Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2017.
• Mobility of Pakistani students towards Turkey presented at IKDER Economics Association, 2013, Turkey, 2013. 
• Quality of International Education in the Accreditations Councils and In the Private Sector Universities of Pakistan. Cambridge Business & Economics Conference, London, United Kingdom, 2012.
• Quality Assurance Initiative Of Higher Education Commission For Research Based Degrees In Pakistani HEIs- Arab Network for Quality in Higher Education, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2011. 

Teaching Courses

Corporate Finance, Financial Engineering, Financial Management, Financial Statement Analysis, International Financial Management, Risk Management, Operations Research. 

 

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

 

 

Memberships

• Fellowship, Commercial Education Society, Australia (CESA).  
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Pakistan.