17 December 2014

A rundown of all of our post graduate research students who graduated in 2014.
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Students Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy on 2nd July 2014

Md Abdus Sobhan, examined on 4th March 2014

The title of the thesis is “The corporate governance reform in a developing country – the case of Bangladesh” and the Principal Supervisor was Professor Bill Rees

Employment: Lecturer in Accounting & Financial Management, Newcastle Business School

Alison Jane Cumming, examined on 24th October 2013

The title of the thesis is The Audit Society: in action: A study of audit and performance management in the national health service in Scotland” and the Principal Supervisor was Dr Ingrid Jeacle

Employment: Tax Policy Team Leader, Scottish Government

Abdel Khalik Mahmoud Ahmed, examined on 15th April 2014

The title of the thesis is “A holistic and exploratory approach to the internationalisation of location-intensive food service SMEs from emerging markets” and the Principal Supervisor was Professor Simon Harris

Employment: Lecturer at St Andrews University

Tatiana Rodionova, examined on 25th October 2013

The title of the thesis is “Engaging on Corporate Social Responsibility: the Impact of FTSE4Good on Environmental Management, Countering Bribery and Mitigating Climate Change” and the Principal Supervisor was Professor Bill Rees

Employment: Early Career Fellow, University of Edinburgh Business School

Pui Yuen Lee, examined on Friday 6th December 2013

The title of the thesis is “Towards a triadic creative role: Hong Kong advertising creatives' responses to the rise of social media” and the Principal Supervisor, Professor Stephanie O’Donohoe.

Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies Hong Kong Baptist University

Heather Webb, examined on 4th April 2014

The title of the thesis is “Comparative Analysis of Mobile Payment Sectoral Systems of Innovation and Service Innovation between the United Kingdom and India” and the Principal Supervisor was Dr Tony Kinder

Employment: Lecturer/consultant, Dubai

Yan Zhuang, examined on 8th May 2013

The title of the thesis is “Learning and capabilities development in Chinese MNCs: Chinese and UK cases” and the Principal Supervisor was Professor Nick Oliver

Employment: Correspondent, Portrait Magazine (China)

Zhiyong Li, examined on 28th April 2014

The title of the thesis is “Predicting Corporate Financial Distress with Corporate Efficiency and Corporate Governance Measures” and the Principal Supervisor was Jonathan Crook and Galina Andreeva.

Employment: Assistant Professor, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics China

Mehdi Safavi, examined on, 5th November 2013

The title of the thesis is ” A Performative View of Knowledge, Exploitation and Exploration: A Case Study of a Higher Education Merger” and the Principal Supervisor was Dr Rick Woodward.

Employment: Early Career Fellow, University of Edinburgh Business School

Shariq Zia Sheikh, examined on 12th March 2013

The title of the thesis is “Trans-generational Continuity in Family Business” and the Principal Supervisor was Professor Peter Rosa

Jose Godinez, examined on 1st November 2013

The title of the thesis is “The Effect of Corruption Distance on FDI Flows to Latin America” and the Principal Supervisor was Dr Ling Liu

Employment: Lecturer, Merrimack College

Sulemana Iddrisu, examined on 11 November 2013

The title of the thesis is “Polytechnics and National Development: Their Contribution to National Prosperity and Challenges to their Sustainability – the Case of Ghana Focusing on Staff Turnover” and the Principal Supervisor was Dr Tony Kinder.

Employment: Principal, Tamele Teacher Training College

Students Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy on 25th November 2014

Elisa Henderson, examined on 27th January 2014

The title of the thesis is “Public Accountability and Crisis in the Banking Sector: The Case of the UK” and the Principal Supervisor was Dr Ingrid Jeacle.

Employment: Early Career Fellow, University of Edinburgh Business School

Hanim Misbah, examined on 5th March 2014

The title of the thesis is “Customer Switching Behaviour: An Exploratory Study of Predictive Factors in the UK Retail Banking Context” and the Principal Supervisor was Dr Tina Harrison

Employment: Lecturer / Head of Program, Faculty of Economics and Muamalat, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia

Stoyan Stoyanov, examined on 17th April 2014

The title of the thesis is “Strangers in a Strange Land: Strategy development for diminishing liabilities of newness and foreignness in transnational entrepreneurial companies” and the Principal Supervisor was Dr Rick Woodward

Employment: Lecturer, University of Strathclyde

Desné Masie, examined on 29th April 2014

The title of the thesis is “Corporate Capture of Financial News Media” and the Principal Supervisor was Professor Bill Rees

Employment: Lecturer, University of Northumbria

Fenfang Lin, examined on 20th May 2014

The title of the thesis is “From ‘Made in China’ to ‘Created in China’ – The Development of a Country Brand in the International Exporting Context” and the Principal Supervisor was Professor Jake Ansell

Employment: Lecturer In Marketing, University of Southampton

Sarah Ivory, examined on 8th August 2014

The title of the thesis is “Legitimising Sustainability: how individuals gain legitimacy for an emerging corporate strategy from internal organisational actors” The Principal Supervisor was Professor Brad Mackay.

Francisco Ascui, examined on 16th June 2014

The title of the thesis is “Making carbon count: The role of carbon accounting in carbon management and markets” and the Principal Supervisor was Dr Craig Mackenzie

Employment: Lecturer, University of Edinburgh Business School

Christine Soh, who submitted well within three years’, was examined on 30th June 2014

The title of the thesis is “Influences of context and culture on Singaporean Strategic Investment Decision Making Practices” and the Principal Supervisor was Professor Chris Carr.

Employment: Lecturer, Kean University Wenzhou, China

Students Graduated with Master of Science by Research on 25th November 2014

Karen Vargas Daza

Zhou Zhou