Dr. Zeeshan Ahmed

Assistant Professor

zeeshan.ahmed@cust.edu.pk

PROFILE SUMMARY

He has experience and exposure in the banking industry. After his banking experience, he pursued a Doctor of Philosophy from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) with a finance specialization in 2018 and transitioned to academia. It indicates that by choice, he wanted to launch himself in academia where he could work for the betterment of the students. He supervised a number of students as a main supervisor. Moreover, he has a number of good publications in well-recognized journals. There are a few articles which are in pipelines and waiting for publications. He is honored as an external examiner in various national and international universities. He has developed his interest and expertise for research in corporate finance, corporate governance, market efficiency, financial reporting, earnings management, accounting, sustainable development, and performance evaluation of firms, etc.

QUALIFICATION
PhD	Finance	University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)	2018
MS	Finance	Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad	2014
MS	Commerce	The University of Punjab, Pakistan	2007
BS	Commerce	The University of Punjab, Pakistan	2005

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor	Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad	Since – 2023
Assistant Professor	The University of Chenab, Gujrat, Pakistan	2018 – 2022
Assistant Professor	The University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus, Pakistan	2018 – 2022

RESEARCH AREAS / INTERESTS
1.	Management Accounting
2.	Cost Accounting
3.	Principles of Management
4.	Strategic Finance

SR.	JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS	YEAR
1	M. Z. Khan, I. Khan, Z. Ahmed, M. S. Khattak, and M. A. Afridi, “Evaluating the kuznets curve relationship between economic growth and child labor in an emerging economy,” International Journal of Social Economics, 2024.	2024
2	Z. Ahmed, H. Qiu, and Y. Zhao, “The joint forces of how to live: Does intellectual capital matter between innovation and financial vulnerability?” Journal of Risk and Financial Management, vol. 17, no. 2, p. 47, 2024.	2024
3	Z. Ahmed, Z. Shakoor, S. Jabeen, M. Hanif, and R. Ishaque, “Monetary policy, cash flow and corporate investment: Evidence from pakistan,” Foundation University Journal of Business & Economics, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 221–234, 2024.	2024
4	Y. Bashir, Y. Zhao, H. Qiu, Z. Ahmed, and J. T.-H. Yau, “Environmental, social, and governance performance and value creation in product market: Evidence from emerging economies,” Journal of Risk and Financial Management, vol. 16, no. 12, p. 517, 2023.	2023
5	Z. U. Abideen, Z. Ahmed, H. Qiu, and Y. Zhao, “Do behavioral biases affect investors’ investment decision making? evidence from the pakistani equity market,” Risks, vol. 11, no. 6, p. 109, 2023.	2023
6	M. F. Jalil, B. Tariq, M. A. Zaheer, and Z. Ahmed, “Responses to covid-19, small and medium enterprises’ corporate social responsibility and psychological capital of employees: From the mediating perspective of affective commitment,” Heliyon, vol. 9, no. 4, p. e15004, 2023.	2023
7	M. A. Khan, J. T. H. Yau, A. Marsidi, and Z. Ahmed, “Pushing a balloon: does corporate risk disclosure matter for investment efficiency?” Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 1021–1048, 2023.	2023
8	I. Ullah, X. Qian, M. H. Shah, A. Rehman, S. Ali, and Z. Ahmed, “Forecasting wages inequality in response of trade openness in pakistan: An artificial neural network approach,” The Singapore Economic Review, vol. 68, no. 06, pp. 1875–1890, 2023.	2023
9	Z. Ahmed, Q. Saleem, M. M. Ajmal, and H. Jameel, “Cost of high leverage in socially responsible firms in a linear dynamic panel model. evidence from product market interactions,” Heliyon, vol. 8, no. 4, p. e09235, 2022.	2022
10	Z. Ahmed, S. Rasool, Q. Saleem, M. A. Khan, and S. Kanwal, “Mediating role of risk perception between behavioral biases and investor’s investment decisions,” Sage Open, vol. 12, no. 2, p. 21582440221097394, 2022.	2022
11	Q. Saleem, Z. Ahmed, M. Noreen, and A. Aslam, “Market uncertainty and distance to default of non-financial firms in pakistan,” International Journal of Trade and Global Markets, vol. 16, no. 1-3, pp. 59–72, 2022.	2022
12	M. F. Jalil, A. Ali, and Z. Ahmed, “Microfinance services and mse growth in pakistan: The mediating perspective of social and psychological capital,” vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 93-129, 2022.	2022
13	M. F. Jalil, W. Ullah, and Z. Ahmed, “Training perception and innovative behavior of sme employees: examining the mediating effects of firm commitment,” Sage Open, vol. 11, no. 4, p. 21582440211067250, 2021.	2021
14	M. F. Jalil, A. Ali, Z. Ahmed, and R. Kamarulzaman, “The mediating effect of coping strategies between psychological capital and small tourism organization resilience: insights from the covid-19 pandemic, malaysia,” Frontiers in psychology, vol. 12, p. 766528, 2021	2021
15	M. U. Arshad, Z. Ahmed, A. Ramzan, M. N. Shabbir, Z. Bashir, and F. N. Khan, “Financial inclusion and monetary policy effectiveness: A sustainable development approach of developed and under-developed countries,” PLoS One, vol. 16, no. 12, p. e0261337, 2021.	2021
16	N. I. Dar, S. Z. A. Shah, and Z. Ahmed, “Behavioral cost of managerial decisions under risk perception and culture: A comparative study between the united states and pakistan,” SAGE Open, vol. 11, no. 3, p. 21582440211027896, 2021.	2021
17	Z. Ahmed, Z. Shakoor, M. A. Khan, and W. Ullah, “The role of financial risk management in predicting financial performance: a case study of commercial banks in pakistan,” The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 639–648, 2021.	2021
18	M. U. Cheema, Z. Ahmed, Q. Saleem, Z. U. Abideen, and Z. Jabeen, “The nexus of cash flow, capital expenditures and financial leverage with pharmaceutical firm’s performance in pakistan,” PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 1040–1050, 2021.	2021
19	S. M. Ul Din, A. Regupathi, A. Abu-Bakar, C.-C. Lim, and Z. Ahmed, “Insurance-growth nexus: A comparative analysis with multiple insurance proxies,” Economic research-Ekonomska istraˇzivanja, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 604–622, 2020.	2020
20	Z. Ahmed, S. Khan, M. Usman, N. Baig, and I. B. Dar, “Herding behavior in pakistani financial markets: A study of behavioral finance,” Foundation University Journal of Business & Economics, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 11–18, 2019	2019
21	I. Ullah, G. Rukh, J. Zhou, F. U. Khan, and Z. Ahmed, “Modeling customer satisfaction in online hotel booking,” Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, vol. 48, pp. 100–104, 2019.	2019
22	Z. Ahmed and D. T. Hla, “Stock return volatility and capital structure measures of nonfinancial firms in a dynamic panel model: Evidence from p akistan,” International Journal of Finance & Economics, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 604–628, 2019.	2019
23	S. Sulong, Q. Saleem, and Z. Ahmed, “The role of stock market development in influencing the firms performance: A study based on pakistan stock market,” International Journal of Economics and Finance, vol. 10, no. 12, p. 104, 2018.	2018

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