Dr. Mahdi Mousavi,Associate Professor
Information about Dr. Mahdi Mousavi at the University of Bradford.
- School of Management
(Faculty of Mgmt, Law & Social Sciences) - Email:
- m.mousavi@bradford.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 1274 238027
Biography
Dr. Mahdi Mousavi (PhD, MSc, MA, BA, FHEA) is an Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Bradford School of Management. He earned his PhD in finance from the University of Edinburgh Business School, UK, where he was awarded a scholarship from the College of Humanities and Social Science. Additionally, he holds an MSc in Finance from Essex Business School, UK, and a BA and MA in Financial Management from Iran. He also received an abroad PhD scholarship from the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology of Iran.Dr. Mousavi's research interests are varied and encompass fields such as the design and performance evaluation of bankruptcy prediction models, credit scoring, corporate finance, carbon finance, international business, and energy economics. His scholarly contributions have been recognized through publication in numerous esteemed peer-reviewed international journals, including the Journal of International Management, Expert Systems with Applications, Annals of Operation Research, International Review of Financial Analysis, Energy Economics, Journal of Developing Areas, Journal of Economics, Business, and Management. In addition, he has contributed a chapter to the book "Advances in DEA Theory and Applications with Extensions to Forecasting Models" published by Wiley. In addition to his research endeavours, Dr. Mousavi is deeply involved in academic instruction, teaching a diverse array of executive, postgraduate, and undergraduate modules. Notably, he is the founder and Programme leader of the MSc Financial Technology (FinTech) program at the University of Bradford School of Management. Before his current role, Dr. Mousavi served as an Assistant Professor of Finance at the American University of Kean in China and as a Lecturer of Finance at the University of Economic Science in Iran. His rich industry experience includes several years as a capital market analyst, reflecting his commitment to bridging the gap between academia and practical industry applications.
Research
My research interests encompass a wide range of topics in finance: (i) Corporate Financial Distress and Risk Management, (ii) Energy Markets and Financial Performance, (iii) Sustainability and Corporate Governance, (iv) International Finance and Foreign Investment, (v) Innovation and Political Risk, (vi) FinTech and Crowdfunding, and (vii) Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Outcomes.
Teaching
Details on teaching interests, highlights and modules are available for Dr. Mahdi Mousavi as follows:
Teaching modules
| Title | Subject | Module code | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Finance | |||
| Corporate Finance and Venture Funding | |||
| Risk Management and Derivatives |
Professional activities
Information about education, employment and areas of particular interest for Dr. Mahdi Mousavi is as follows:
Education
- University of Edinburgh Business School - PhD
- University of Essex - MSC
- ISU - Tehran - MA
- ISU - Tehran - BSc
Employment
- Pardisa Investment Company - Portfolio Manager in the year 2005 (specified as 01/01/2005)
- University of Economics Science, Tehran, Iran - Adjunct Professor of Finance in the year 2009 (specified as 01/10/2009)
- University of Essex - MSc Student & PhD Scholar in the year 2010 (specified as 01/10/2010)
- University of Edinburgh - PhD Scholar & Research Assistant in the year 2012 (specified as 05/10/2012)
- Kean University - Lecture in Finance in the year 2014 (specified as 05/09/2014)
- Kean University - Assitant Professor of Finance in the year 2017 (specified as 01/10/2017)
- University of Bradford - Assitant Professor of Finance in the year 2018 (specified as 01/10/2018)
- University of Bradford - Associate Professor of Finance in the year 2022 (specified as 01/05/2022)
- PhD Scholarship in the year 01-SEP-12 (specified as 01/09/2012)
Publications
There are 15 publications involving or that are attributed to Dr. Mahdi Mousavi. They are listed as:
- book chapter (1)
- peer reviewed journal (14)
Book Chapter
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RANKING OF BANKRUPTCY PREDICTION MULTIPLE CRITERIA1 MODELS UNDER | 2017 | Advances in DEA Theory and Applications: With Extensions to Forecasting Models | Advances in DEA Theory and Applications: With Extensions to Forecasting Models | OUENNICHE, JAMAL, MOHAMMAD M. MOUSAVI, BING XU, and KAORU TONE | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The impact of energy diversification on firm performance: The moderating role of corporate social responsibility | 2024 | International Review of Financial Analysis | 96 | Giray Gozgor;Thang Ho;Jing Li;Mohammad Mahdi Mousavi | Elsevier | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103704 | |||||
| Do oil market shocks affect financial distress? Evidence from firm-level global data | 2024 | Journal of Commodity Markets | Mohammad Mahdi Mousavi;Giray Gozgor;Albert Acheampong | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomm.2024.100436 | |||||||
| The impact of carbon risk on the cost of debt in the listed firms in G7 economies: The role of the Paris agreement | 2024 | Energy Economics | Owolabi, A.;Mousavi, M.M.;Gozgor, G.;Li, J. | Elsevier | doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2024.107925 | ||||||
| Does FDI affect energy consumption in the belt and road initiative economies? The role of green technologies | 2024 | Energy Economics | Riazullah Shinwari;Yangjie Wang;Giray Gozgor;Mohammad Mahdi Mousavi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2024.107409 | |||||||
| A dynamic performance evaluation of distress prediction models | 2023 | Journal of Forecasting | Mohammad Mahdi Mousavi;Jamal Ouenniche;Kaoru Tone | 10.1002/for.2915 | |||||||
| A dynamic performance evaluation of distress prediction models | 2022 | Journal of Forecasting | 0 | Mousavi M. M., Ouenniche J., Tone K | http://doi.org/10.1002/for.2915 | ||||||
| Foreign interfirm networks and internationalization: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa | 2021 | Journal of International Management | 27 | Liu L; Henley J; Mousavi MM | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2020.100810 | ||||||
| Foreign interfirm networks and internationalization: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa | 2021 | Journal of International Management | Ling Liu;John Henley;Mohammad Mahdi Mousavi | 1075-4253 | 10.1016/j.intman.2020.100810 | ||||||
| The application of PROMETHEE multi-criteria decision aid in financial decision making: Case of distress prediction models evaluation | 2020 | Expert Systems with Applications | Mohammad Mahdi Mousavi;Jilei Lin | 10.1016/j.eswa.2020.113438 | |||||||
| A comparative analysis of two-stage distress prediction models | 2019 | Expert Systems with Applications | Mohammad Mahdi Mousavi;Jamal Ouenniche;Kaoru Tone | 10.1016/j.eswa.2018.10.053 | |||||||
| Multi-criteria ranking of corporate distress prediction models: empirical evaluation and methodological contributions | 2018 | Annals of Operations Research | 271 | 853 - 886 | Mousavi M.;Ouenniche J. | 0254-5330 | Springer | 10.1007/s10479-018-2814-2 | |||
| Performance evaluation of bankruptcy prediction models: An orientation-free super-efficiency DEA-based framework | 2015 | International Review of Financial Analysis | 42 | 64 - 75 | Mousavi M.;Ouenniche J.;Xu B. | 1057-5219 | 10.1016/j.irfa.2015.01.006 | ||||
| What Are the Top Variables Leading to Strategic Investment Decision Making Performance | 2015 | JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS, BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT | 3 | 1169 - 1173 | 10.7763/JOEBM.2015.V3.353 | ||||||
| The impact of MENA conflicts (the Arab Spring) on global financial markets | 2014 | Mousavi, Mohammad M.; Quenniche, J. |