Contact Dr Matthias Nnadi
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- Email: matthias.nnadi@cranfield.ac.uk
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Background
Matthias' academic background cuts across financial and management accounting, as well as corporate finance. He holds a Bachelor degree specialising in Accounting (BSc), Master in Business Education (MEd), Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a PhD. He also holds Postgraduate certificates in Academic Practice and in Business Enterprise. His scholarly interest focuses on accounting in emerging economies particularly questioning the relevance of international accounting standards in developing economies. His extended academic interest explores the role of accounting in corporate mergers and acquisitions.
He is a member of several accounting and other professional bodies. His industry engagements include training of corporate organisations and government agencies in understanding, and in the application of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS); International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) and budgetary management. He has worked as a budget manager of large telecommunication company, as well as a stock accountant of a multinational company.
He has developed executive courses in IFRS and IPSAS targeting accounting and finance managers in both private and government organisations and has trained several organisations on how to prepare their financial statements in line with the requirements of both IFRS and IPSAS. He was a recipient of the Chartered Institute of Taxation grant as well as Seedcorn funding for research.
Current activities
Dr Nnadi is a senior lecturer in accounting. He has developed a teaching and assessment model in accounting - Individualised Accounting Technique (IAQ), for the assessment of students in large accounting classes which is widely used in some Business Schools. Some of his works have been published in international accounting journals, and he serves as reviewer for several accounting journals. Matthias is a member of the editorial board of Journal of Bonds and Derivatives.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Nnadi M, Keskudee A & Amaewhule W. (2023). IFRS 9 and earnings management: the case of European commercial banks. International Journal of Accounting & Information Management, 31(3)
- Weston P & Nnadi M. (2021). Evaluation of strategic and financial variables of corporate sustainability and ESG policies on corporate finance performance. Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment, 13(2)
- Choudhry T, Dissanaike G, Jayasekera R, Kang W-Y & Nnadi M. (2021). Loss sensitive investors and positively biased analysts in Hong Kong stock market. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 57(4)
- Nnadi M. (2021). Covid leaves a scar in Africa. Accounting and Business, 21-Nov
- Nnadi M, Surichamorn V, Jayasekera R & Belghitar Y. (2021). Empirical analysis of debt maturity, cash holdings and firm investment in developing economies. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 27(3)
- Nnadi M, Volokitina E & Aghanya D. (2020). The effect of government involvement and payment method on merger and acquisition performance: the case of China. International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance, 11(3)
- Tanna S, Yousef I & Nnadi M. (2020). Probability of mergers and acquisitions deal failure. Journal of Financial Economic Policy, 13(1)
- Rubanov D & Nnadi M. (2018). The impact of international financial reporting standards on fund performance. Accounting Research Journal, 31(1)
- Nnadi MA & Nwobu OA. (2017). The impact of international financial reporting standards adoption and banking reforms on earnings management: evidence from Nigerian banks. African J. of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, 5(3)
- Nnadi MA & Tanna S. (2017). Accounting analyses of momentum and contrarian strategies in emerging markets. Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, 26(4)
- Nnadi M & Aghanya D. (2015). Evaluation of merger premium and firm performance in Europe. International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance, 9(2)
- Nnadi M & Soobaroyen T. (2015). International financial reporting standards and foreign direct investment: The case of Africa. Advances in Accounting, 31(2)
- Nnadi M. (2015). Stock market reaction, financial reporting quality and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) convergence of listed firms in China. Global Business and Economics Review, 17(4)
- Nnadi M, Omoteso K & Yu Y. (2015). Does Regulatory Environment affect Earnings Management in Transitional Economies? An Empirical Examination of the Financial Reporting Quality of Cross-Listed Firms of China and Hong Kong. International Finance Review, 16
- Nnadi MA & Tanna S. (2014). Post-acquisition profitability of banks: a comparison of domestic and cross-border acquisitions in the European Union. Global Business and Economics Review, 16(3)
- Nnadi M & Rosser M. (2014). The ‘Individualised Accounting Questions’ Technique: Using Excel to Generate Quantitative Exercises for Large Classes with Unique Individual Answers. Accounting Education, 23(3)
- Nnadi M & Tanna S. (2013). Analysis of cross‐border and domestic mega‐M&As of European commercial banks. Managerial Finance, 39(9)
- Nnadi M, Wogboroma N & Kabel B. (2013). Determinants of dividend policy: Evidence from listed firms in the African stock exchanges. Panoeconomicus, 60(6)
- Tanna S, Pasiouras F & Nnadi M. (2011). The Effect of Board Size and Composition on the Efficiency of UK Banks. International Journal of the Economics of Business, 18(3)
- Kiabel BD, Agundu PUC & Nnadi MA. (2011). Corporate budgetary control in Nigeria's oil- driven economy: Survey of government owned business Investments. European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences
- Nwokocha PI, Akpomi ME & Nnadi MA. (2008). Classroom goal structure and students' cognitive performance. European Journal of Scientific Research, 19(4)