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Nur Adiana holds a Ph.D from Aston University, UK, MBA, University of Idaho, USA and BSc. in Finance (minor Economics), Northern Illinois University, USA. She has served the Sabah Inquiry Commission as an Internal Auditor, Credit Corporation Malaysia as a Credit Officer and Internal Auditor, and Global Dolls Corporation as a Manager before pursuing her career in the higher institutions. She is a Professor of Corporate Finance at the School of Economics, Finance and Banking, Universiti Utara Malaysia. She held several administrative positions, such as the Director of the Institute of Quality Management, Deputy Dean (Research and Development), Head of Department (Finance), Programme Chairperson, and Research Chairperson (Faculty of Finance and Banking). Her passion in learning and teaching has led her to be an expert in conducting case studies. Nur Adiana has provided several training sessions and consultations in financial management to the Pekan Rabu entrepreneurs, managers and executives of Johor Corporation and its subsidiaries, the Malaysian Qualifications Agency and the Malaysian Securities Commission. She was the co-founder of the Malaysian Finance Assocation and an executive member of the MFA until June, 2012. Her scholarly contributions could be observed in her service as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Banking and Finance (2017-2020) and an Editorial/Advisory board member of the International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, Contemporary Economics, Capital Markets Review, Malaysian Management Journal (2002-2016), The International Research Journal of Applied Finance, Accounting, Business and Economic Review, and Journal of Business Management and Accounting. She has contributed widely in terms of reviewing manuscripts for the national and international refereed journals and conferences. She also serves as an external examiner for PhD theses, within and outside of Malaysia as well as an external assessor for academic promotion to the private and public universities. Besides, Nur Adiana has presented numerous academic papers in the national and international seminars and conferences in which she has won several best paper awards. She has undertaken numerous research in the field of corporate finance and investment, covering topics such as rights issues, capital budgeting, initial public offerings, dividends, unit trusts and financial distress. Her written works appeared in refereed journals such as the Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, Global Business Review, Studies in Economics and Finance, Economics Business Letters, Pacific Rim Property Research Journal, Journal of Property Investment & Finance, Economics Bulletin and International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business.
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