Biography

Dr Nuri obtained a PhD in Financial Management from the University of Surrey. Her research interests cover a wide range of topics in the area of financial economics and financial management, in particular, corporate finance. Her teaching experience covers a number of Finance and Accounting modules in all UG and PG levels. Over the years she has held a number of important Departmental Duties culminating with the appointment as Director of MSc Studies until September 2010.

Prior to joining the University of Surrey, she had both academic experience (held academic positions in the UK) and industrial background (worked for the EU). She also has experiences on provision of short courses to professionals in private companies (Real Networks).

Research Interests

General Research Interests
• Corporate Finance with particular emphasis on capital structure, merger and acquisitions;
• Corporate Governance with particular emphasis on the use of financial instruments as governance instruments;
• Behavioural Finance with particular emphasis on behaviour aspects of financing decisions;
• Performance Management with particular emphasis on Financial Performance Measures
• The effect of institutional factors on accounting manipulation

Research Supervision
Currently supervises one PhD student on: The effect of exchange rate on the capital structure of Insurance Companies

She also supervises DBA students in the area of finance and accounting.

Previous PhD supervisions include:
• “Effects of Institutional Structures on Accounts Manipulation and Consequences for the Firms exposed in the Act: An International Study”
• “Effects of asset securitisation on originators in the UK”
• “The Market for Corporate Control: Takeover Likelihood of Underperforming Firms”  
• “The measurement of financial performance and its effect on the relationship between gearing and over-investment”

Publications

Publication

Skinner, Frank S. and Nuri, J "Hedging Emerging Market Bonds and the Rise of the Credit Default Swap", International Review of Financial Analysis, 2007

Paper under review:
The Price to Pay: Securitisation as a Funding Tool – journal of Financial Services research

Close to Submission:

Effects of Institutional Structures on Accounts Manipulation: An international Study – International Journal of Accounting.

The mystery for the Market for Corporate Control: Takeover Likelihood of Underperforming Firms” – target Financial Management

Stock Markets Reactions Under Unusual, (Ir)Rational Contexts – Accounting and Business Research

Work in progress:

The effect of asset securitisation on the risks of the originators – target Journal of Financial Intermediation

The effect of asset securitisation on the share price of the originators – target European Journal of Finance

An empirical investigation of the financial leasing puzzle - target Journal of Financial Research

Capital Structure choice in SMEs: Empirical evidence from European company panel data - target journal Small Business Economics

Journal Engagement
Acted as reviewer for the Review of Financial Economics and the International Review of Financial Analysis journals.

Conference presentations:
• The mystery for the Market for Corporate Control: Takeover Likelihood of Underperforming Firms - 17th Annual Conference of Multinational Finance Society – June 2010
• Target Adjustment Model against Pecking Order Model of Capital Structure: Evidence from UK Companies – 16th Annual Conference of Multinational Finance Society – July 2009
• Testing the debt-Leasing-Leasing Substitutability in UK – Academy of World Business Conference ; 14 – 17 July 2008
• Hedging Emerging Market Bonds and the rise of the Credit default Swap – Paper presented in the Emerging Markets Finance and Economics Conference 7 September, 2006
• The relationship between firm performance, overinvestment, and leverage: evidence from UK and US firms – paper presented in the 17th Annual Australasian Finance and Banking conference, December 2004
• Capital Structure choice in SMEs: Empirical evidence from European company panel data - paper presented in International Conference in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, August 2004.
• A re-examination of the Leasing – Debt puzzle: UK Evidence – paper presented in the International Business Conference, June 2003
• The Determinants of Capital Structure in UK quoted Hotel and Retail Companies - paper presented in the 15th Annual Australasian Finance and Banking conference, December 2002
• Target Adjustment model versus Pecking Order model of Capital Structure: An Application on UK Hotel and Retail Industries – paper discussed in the European Finance Association Annual Meeting, June 2001

Books
Reviewed three draft books in Management Accounting

Teaching

Module Leader for Financial Management, UG Level 3

Previous Teaching:
International Financial Management (MSc), Risk Management (Level 3 UG). Managerial Accounting (Level 2 UG); Management Accounting (Level 2 UG); Business Finance (Level 2 UG) Financial Accounting (Level 1 UG); Project Risk Management – Work Based Learning degree

External Examinations
• External Examiner – Kent Business School: Four Finance courses (Fundamentals of Corporate Finance and Investment; Corporate Finance;  Financial Management; Corporate Financial Reporting)
• External Examiner – Anglia Ruskin University: Three Management and Managerial Accounting modules

Departmental Duties

Previous Duties:

Director of MSc Studies for the School of Management: February 2006 – August 2010
Head of PG Admissions for the School of Management: 2003 – 2006
Chair of the MSc Joint Staff Student Liaison Committee: 2003 – 2006
Programme Leader for the MSc in Tourism Education: 2000 - 2003