Contact Professor Catarina Figueira
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754846
- Email: catarina.figueira@cranfield.ac.uk
Background
Catarina is Professor of Applied Economics and Policy and Director of Education for Cranfield School of Management. She is also Head of the Economics & Banking group. She was a former Director of the Cranfield Executive MBA Programme.
As the Director of Education at Cranfield School of Management Catarina is responsible for ongoing academic quality and governance of the School's taught degree programmes (MBA and MScs).
Current activities
Catarina's research interests lie in the area of financial modelling, institutions' performance and the effects of regulatory changes. She has also published work which has focused on the intricacies between corporate governance and company performance, the value of board diversity and the importance of cosmopolitanism in fostering entrepreneurship.
Catarina has worked on various projects which have focused on the dynamics of housing markets, including the analysis of house prices and mortgage arrears and has co-developed the new DPS rent index for the UK.
Catarina was previously a scholar at the European Parliament, having worked at the Directorate General for Research. She has published in leading international journals and is a frequent contributor to a wide range of international conferences, having successfully secured a number of prizes in recognition for the excellence of some of her academic papers. She has provided advice to both the private and public sector, including to a number of international organisations as well as to several government departments and charities.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Caselli G & Figueira C. (2022). Monetary policy, ownership structure, and risk-taking at financial intermediaries. Financial Review, 58(1)
- Zwarteveen JW, Figueira C, Zawwar I & Angus A. (2021). Barriers and drivers of the global imbalance of wind energy diffusion: A meta-analysis from a wind power Original Equipment Manufacturer perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production, 290
- Caselli G, Figueira C & Nellis JG. (2020). Ownership diversity and the risk-taking channel of monetary policy transmission. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 44(6)
- Figueira C, Theodorakopoulos N & Caselli G. (2018). Unveiling faculty conceptions of academic risk taking: a phenomenographic study. Studies in Higher Education, 43(8)
- Figueira C, Caselli G & Theodorakopoulos N. (2016). Migrant entrepreneurs as cosmopolitan change agents. Society and Business Review, 11(3)
- Kakabadse NK, Figueira C, Nicolopoulou K, Hong Yang J, Kakabadse AP, .... (2015). Gender diversity and board performance: women's experiences and perspectives. Human Resource Management, 54(2)
- Theodorakopoulos N, McGowan C, Bennett D, Kakabadse N & Figueira C. (2014). Diversifying into technical clothing manufacture as entrepreneurial learning. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 25(5)
- Theodorakopoulos N & Figueira C. (2012). What Can Situated Learning Theory Tell Us About Leading to Develop Organizational Learning Capabilities for Entrepreneurial Performance? Lessons from a Knowledge‐Intensive Small Firm. Thunderbird International Business Review, 54(6)
- Figueira C & Nellis J. (2009). Bank merger and acquisitions activity in the EU: much ado about nothing?. The Service Industries Journal, 29(7)
- Figueira C, Nellis JG & Parker D. (2009). Banking performance and technological change in non-core EU countries: A study of Spain and Portugal. Studies in Economics and Finance, 26(3)
- Figueira C, Nellis JG & Schoenberg R. (2007). Travel abroad or stay at home?: Investigating the patterns of bank industry M&As in the EU.. European Business Review, 19(1)
- Figueira C, Nellis JG & Parker D. (2006). Does Ownership Affect the Efficiency of African Banks?. The Journal of Developing Areas, 40(1)
Conference Papers
- Figueira C & Subramanian L. (2023). FinTech, financial inclusion, and different dimensions of inequality: channels and evidence
- Figueira C. (2009). Developing Strategic Learning Capabilities for Open Innovation under Entrepreneurial Leadership: Lessons from a Technology-based Small Firm
- Figueira C, Nellis J & Parker D. (2009). The effects of ownership on bank efficiency in Latin America
- Parker D, Kirkpatrick C & Figueira C. (2008). Infrastructure regulation and poverty reduction in developing countries: a review of the evidence and a research agenda
- Figueira C & Nellis J. (2007). Banking efficiency in non-core EU countries - a comparative analysis of Portugal and Spain
- Figueira C & Nellis J. (2006). M and A activity in the EU Banking Industry - Much ado about nothing?
- Figueira C, Glen J & Nellis J. (2005). A Dynamic Analysis of Mortgage Arrears in the UK Housing Market
- Figueira C, Nellis J & Parker D. (2004). Are international financial markets integrating
- Figueira C, Nellis J & Parker D. (2004). The effects of private versus state and foreign versus domestic ownership on bank efficiency in Latin America
- Figueira C. (2004). Testing for international financial markets integration
- Figueira C. (2004). How efficient is the Polish Banking Industry?
- Figueira C & Nellis J. (2003). Assessing the performance of the Polish banking industry: a comparative study
- Phelps B, Figueira C & Nellis JG. (2003). International Banking Strategy and Efficiency: issues and directions.
- Figueira C. (2003). Wage setting in the United Kingdom
- Figueira C. (2002). Where have all the mortgage arrears gone?
- Figueira C & Nellis J. (2002). Testing for international financial integration
- Figueira C. (2001). Are direct payments preferable to price support?
Books
- Caselli G & Figueira C. (2020). The Impact of Climate Risks on the Insurance and Banking Industries In Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance. Springer International Publishing.
- Theodorakopoulos N, Figueira C, Kakabadse N & Kakabadse A. (2011). Dynamic Learning as Entrepreneurial Action in the Context of Open Innovation In Rahman H & Ramos I (eds), SMEs and Open Innovation. IGI Global.
- Figueira C & Parker D. (2011). infrastructure liberalization: Challenges to the new economic paradigm in the context of developing countries In Finger M & Kuenneke RW (eds), International Handbook of Network Industries: The Liberalization of Infrastructure. Edward Elgar.
- Parker D & Figueira C. (2010). Ppps in developed and developing economies: What lessons can be learned? In Hodge G, Greve C & Boardman AE (eds), International Handbook on Public-Private Partnerships. Edward Elgar.
- Nellis J & Figueira C. (2005). The importance of accurate house price measurement in the context of mortgage risk modelling In Jajuga K & Krysiak Z (eds), Credit Risk of Mortgage Loans. Modelling and Management. Polish Bank Association.
- Nellis J, Figueira C & Glen J. (2005). An econometric model of mortgage arrears - implications for credit risk In Jajuga K & Krysiak Z (eds), Credit Risk of Mortgage Loans. Modelling and Management. Polish Bank Association.
