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NAJLA OULD DAOUD ELLILI
nejla.ellili@adu.ac.ae
Professor of Finance (MSc., Ph. D, FHEA)
Business
College of Business
Personal and Professional Background
Research and Scholarly Work
Teaching and Educational Contributions
Professional Engagement and Media
Biography
Pr. Nejla Ould Daoud Ellili, PhD., joined the College of Business of Abu Dhabi University (UAE) in 2009. She obtained her Ph.D. in 2007 and MSc. in Finance in 2001 from the Institut Superieur de Gestion of Tunis (Tunisia). She holds a BBA in Banking Management from the Ecole Superieure de Commerce of Tunis (Tunisia). Before joining ADU, she taught at the Ecole Superieure de Commerce of Tunis (Tunisia) and the University of Sharjah (UAE). She earned the fellowship to Advance Higher Education (FHEA) in 2022. At the College of Business, she also served as a Coordinator of Finance and Economics from 2011 to 2018. She was a member of several committees (Recruitment, Curriculum, Accreditation, Assurance of Learning, and Promotion).
Research
Pr. Nejla's research interests are around five areas of Finance, including Corporate Governance, Ownership Structure, Managerial Entrenchment, Financial Policy, and Capital Structure. During the last ten years, she has published many in-field papers in international refereed and ranked journals and proceedings and presented many papers at international conferences. Dr. Nejla is also a reviewer in highly-ranked journals. Recently, she included in her research topics different corporate disclosures such as sustainability, corporate social responsibility, anti-money laundry, anti-terrorism financing, and anti-corruption ESG. More particularly, she is interested in examining the extent of the above-mentioned disclosures in the annual reports and websites of conventional and Islamic banks and other companies traded on the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange (ADX) and Dubai Financial Market (DFM) as well as their potential impacts on the banking performance and corporate governance. The ongoing project analyzes the interrelations between corporate governance and ESG disclosure to propose an appropriate framework for corporate sustainability disclosure and corporate governance to comply with international best practices. She has received 20 research grants from ADU over the last six years.
Selected Publications
Ellili, N.O.D, Nobanee, H., Alsaiari, L., Shanti, H., Hillebrand, B., Hassanain, N., and Elfout, L. (2023). The applications of big data in the insurance industry: A bibliometric and systematic review of relevant literature. The Journal of Finance and Data Science, 9, 100102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfds.2023.100102
Mertzanis, C., Ellili, N., Marashdeh, H. and Nobanee, H. (2023). Corporate governance, enforcement institutions, and corporate liquidity in the MENA region. International Journal of Emerging Markets, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOEM-11-2021-1673Ellili, N.O.D, Nobanee H., Alodat A.H., Dilshad, M.N., and Nuzhat, S. (2023). Mapping marine insurance: a bibliometric review: a taxonomical study using bibliometric visualization and systematic analysis. Journal of Financial Services Marketing. Forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41264-023-00232-w
Ellili, N.O.D. (2023). Bibliometric Analysis on corporate governance topics published in the Journal of Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society, Corporate Governance (Bingley), 23 (1), 262-286. https://doi.org/10.1108/CG-03-2022-0135
Nobanee, H., and Ellili, N. O. D (2023). What do we know about meme stocks? A bibliometric and systematic review, current streams, developments, and direction for future research. International Review of Economics and Finance. 85, 589-602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2023.02.012
Ellili, N. O. D. (2023). Bibliometric analysis of sustainability papers: Evidence from Environment, Development, and sustainability. Environment, Development and Sustainability. Forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-03067-6
Nobanee, H., and Ellili, N. O. D (2023). Non-fungible tokens (NFTs): A bibliometric and systematic review, current streams, developments, and directions for future research. International Review of Economics and Finance, 84, 460-473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2022.11.014
Ellili, N.O.D. (2023). Bibliometric analysis on corporate governance topics published in the journal of Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society. Corporate Governance, 23 (1), 262-286. https://doi.org/10.1108/CG-03-2022-0135
Ellili, N. O. D. (2023). Impact of corporate governance on environmental, social, and governance disclosure: Any difference between financial and non-financial companies? Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 30(2), 858–873. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2393
Sallemi, M., Ben Hamad, S. & Ould Daoud Ellili, N. (2023). Executive compensation and bank’s stability: Which role of the corruption control? An empirical evidence from OECD banks. Journal of Management and Governance, 27, 457–477. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10997-022-09649-2
Ellili, N.O.D., Nobanee, H. (2023). Impact of economic, environmental, and corporate social responsibility reporting on financial performance of UAE banks. Environment, Development and Sustainability 25, 3967–3983 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02225-6
Ellili, N.O.D. (2022). Is there any association between FinTech and sustainability? Evidence from bibliometric review and content analysis. Journal of Financial Services Marketing. Forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41264-022-00200-w
Nobanee, H., and Ellili, N. O. D (2022). Does Risk Disclosure Reporting Quality Reduce Credit Risk of GCC Conventional and Islamic Banks? Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment. https://doi.org/10.1080/20430795.2022.2124835.
Ellili, N.O.D. (2022). Bibliometric analysis and systematic review of environmental, social, and governance disclosure papers: current topics and recommendations for future research. Environmental Research Communication, 4, 092001. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ac8b67
Sallemi, M., Ben Hamad, S. & Ould Daoud Ellili, N. (2022). Impact of board of directors on insolvency risk: Which role of the corruption control? Evidence from OECD banks. Review of Managerial Sciences. Forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-022-00605-w
Ellili, N. O. D. (2022). Impact of environmental, social and governance disclosure on dividend policy: What is the role of corporate governance? Evidence from an emerging market. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 29(5), 1396–1413. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2277
Al Maeeni, F., Ellili, N.O.D. and Nobanee, H. (2022), "Impact of corporate governance on corporate social responsibility disclosure of the UAE listed banks", Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFRA-11-2021-0424
AlKutbi, O., Ellili, N. O. D., and Nobanee, H. (2022). Firm Strategy and Financial Performance: What is the Role of Sustainability? Evidence from the Banking System of an Emerging Market. Business Strategy and Development, 5(3), 259–273. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsd2.197
Ellili, N. O. D. (2022). Impact of ESG Disclosure and Financial Quality Reporting on Investment Efficiency. Corporate Governance (Bingley), Forthcoming
Nobanee, H. E., Ellili, N. O. (2022). Voluntary Corporate Governance Disclosure and Bank Performance: Evidence from an Emerging Market. Corporate Governance (Bingley), 22 (4), 702-719. https://doi.org/10.1108/CG-12-2020-0535
Ellili, N. O. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Stock Prices Across Industries: Evidence from the UAE. Journal of Asian Finance, Economics, and Business, 8 (11), 11-19.https://doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2021.vol8.no11.0011
Ellili, N. O. (2020). Environmental, Social, and Governance Disclosure, Ownership Structure and Cost of Capital: Evidence from the UAE. Sustainability, 12 (8), 7706. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12187706
Nobanee, H. E., Ellili, N. O. (2020). Anti-Bribery Information: Extent and Impact on Banking Performance. Journal of Financial Crime, 27 (2), 683-695. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFC-11-2019-0144
Nobanee, H. E., Ellili, N. O. (2018). Anti-Money Laundering Disclosures and Banks’ Performance. Journal of Financial Crime, 25 (1), 95-108. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFC-10-2016-0063
Nobanee, H. E., Ellili, N. O., Abraham, J. A. (2017). The Impacts of Equity Concentration and Agency Costs on Performance of Non-Financial Firms Listed on the Saudi Stock Market (Tadawul). Global Business Review, 18(2), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.21511/imfi.14(2).2017.02
Nobanee, H., and Ellili, N. (2017). Does Operational Risk Disclosure Quality Increase Operating Cash Flows?, Brazilian Administration Review, 14 (4), 1-13.
https://doi.org/10.1590/1807-7692bar2017170025
Ellili, N, Nobanee, H. (2017). Corporate Risk Disclosure of Islamic and Conventional Banks. Banks and Bank Systems. 12 (3), 247-256.https://doi.org/10.21511/bbs.12(3-1).2017.09
Ellili, N. O. (2016). Dividend Policy, Corporate Governance, and Performance: Islamic Versus Conventional Banks. International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, 156 (November), 94-105.
Nobanee, H. E., Ellili, N. O. (2016). Corporate Sustainability Disclosure in Annual Reports: Evidence from UAE Banks: Islamic versus Conventional. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 55 (March), 1336-1341.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.07.084
Nobanee, H. E., Ellili, N. O. (2015). Does Credit Policy Affect the Performance of Saudi Construction Companies?. Actual Problems of Economics, 171 (9), 226-234.http://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2970187
Nobanee, H. E., Ellili, N. O. (2015). Working Capital Management and Performance of Kuwait Construction Companies. Corporate Ownership & Control, 12(2, Winter), 349-355. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2970057
Teaching and Educational Contributions
Dr. Nejla teaches undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) Finance courses and supervises Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) students. Her teaching and learning experiences meet the criteria of the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF).
Dr. Nejla's teaching philosophy is based on two main objectives:
1- Preparing students to develop their critical thinking and analytical skills by applying several appropriate models of financial analysis, capital budgeting, cost of capital, portfolio management, and efficient diversification.
2- Coaching students for their professional careers as the finance courses are intended to develop and reinforce skills highly needed and valued by employers.
In 2018, she coordinated with the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute to review the curriculum for the BBA in Finance and increase the similarity between Finance courses taught at ADU and the CFA module. The BBA in Finance was successfully accredited by the CFA Institute, and Abu Dhabi University (ADU) has become a member of the CFA University Affiliation Programme (UAP). This membership ensures a higher pass rate for Finance graduates in CFA 1 exam, improves their employability, and enhances their professional careers. She also participated in a workshop organized by the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the UK Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) to review quality assurance for higher education in the UAE, and benchmark the list of required finance courses to be included in all the Finance programs offered by the different universities within the UAE.
In addition, Dr. Nejla twice organized stock market competitions in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX). These attracted more than 100 teams of Business Schools across the UAE who competed in trading AED 1,000,000 of virtual cash on the ADX platform. The top 10 teams who generated the highest returns presented their investment strategies in front of the judges’ panels consisting of professional brokers. In addition, she introduced the Bloomberg Market Certificate (BMC) into her investment courses. The BMC is a self-paced e-learning course available on the Bloomberg for Education website that provides students with an interactive introduction to the financial markets and consists of different finance modules. At completion, students earn an international certificate whcih they add to their CVs.
The list of courses taught:
Dr. Nejla's teaching philosophy is based on two main objectives:
1- Preparing students to develop their critical thinking and analytical skills by applying several appropriate models of financial analysis, capital budgeting, cost of capital, portfolio management, and efficient diversification.
2- Coaching students for their professional careers as the finance courses are intended to develop and reinforce skills highly needed and valued by employers.
In 2018, she coordinated with the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute to review the curriculum for the BBA in Finance and increase the similarity between Finance courses taught at ADU and the CFA module. The BBA in Finance was successfully accredited by the CFA Institute, and Abu Dhabi University (ADU) has become a member of the CFA University Affiliation Programme (UAP). This membership ensures a higher pass rate for Finance graduates in CFA 1 exam, improves their employability, and enhances their professional careers. She also participated in a workshop organized by the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the UK Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) to review quality assurance for higher education in the UAE, and benchmark the list of required finance courses to be included in all the Finance programs offered by the different universities within the UAE.
In addition, Dr. Nejla twice organized stock market competitions in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX). These attracted more than 100 teams of Business Schools across the UAE who competed in trading AED 1,000,000 of virtual cash on the ADX platform. The top 10 teams who generated the highest returns presented their investment strategies in front of the judges’ panels consisting of professional brokers. In addition, she introduced the Bloomberg Market Certificate (BMC) into her investment courses. The BMC is a self-paced e-learning course available on the Bloomberg for Education website that provides students with an interactive introduction to the financial markets and consists of different finance modules. At completion, students earn an international certificate whcih they add to their CVs.
The list of courses taught:
- Introduction to Management
- Production Management
- Personal Finance
- International Business
- Principles of Finance
- Managerial Finance
- Corporate Financial Statement Analysis
- Project in Finance
- Internship in Finance
- Investment and Finance Policy
- Financial Management
- Investment Theory and Analysis
- Advanced Corporate Finance
External Activities
Memberships:
Association of North America Higher Education International (ANAHEI)
British Academy of Management (BAM)
Financial Management Association International (FMAI)
Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES)
Middle East Economic Association (MEEA)
American Finance Association (AFA)
Association Francaise de Finance (AFFI)
Association of North America Higher Education International (ANAHEI)
British Academy of Management (BAM)
Financial Management Association International (FMAI)
Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES)
Middle East Economic Association (MEEA)
American Finance Association (AFA)
Association Francaise de Finance (AFFI)
My Network
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Global Engagement Program
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