Faculty of International Business and Humanities

Accounting and Information Systems (AIS)

Financial Accounting and Reporting Systems

• CSR Systems in financial institutions
• Integrated reporting
• Digital reporting
• Sustainability reporting
• FinTech and Financial Reporting

Accounting Information Systems and Data Security

• Big Data database and artificial intelligence applications
• Blockchain technology
• Data analytics
• Cloud technology
• Cybersecurity in accounting
• Machine learning in accounting
• Smart contracts in accounting
• Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Auditing and Assurance of Computerized Systems

• Assurance on soft data and electronic systems
• Use of data analytics in auditing
• Auditing technological risks
• Continuous assurance
• Auditing in the Big Data environment
• Auditing blockchain
• Forensic accounting
• Role of artificial intelligence in auditing
• Auditing smart contracts

Management Accounting and Control Systems

• Design of management control systems for decision making purposes
• Automation of control systems
• Management systems in the digital environment
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
• Agile accounting

Investment and Finance (FIN)

Entrepreneurial Finance

• Private equity & venture capital
• Financial Technology (FINTECH)
• Startup valuation Models
• Theoretical Models for global entrepreneurism
• Crowded finance and crowd sourcing

Behavioral Finance

• Investor sentiment
• Behavioral Corporate Finance
• Behavioral Asset Pricing Models
• Social Interactions and Investing
• Artificial intelligence for behavioral finance
• Behavioral finance theories and investment decisions
• The interrelationship between behavioral biases
• Behavioral finance and traditional finance
• Psychological biases in financial investment behavior

Quantitative Finance

• Market microstructure
• Risk analysis models
• Startup valuation Models
• Blockchain and Bitcoins currency
• Models for Anomalies Studies

Investment

• Investment Portfolio Strategies
• Alternative Investments and real estate
• Mutual funds & exchange traded funds
• ESG investing and style investing Strategies
• Mutual funds and investment policies
• Portfolio management and multi asset allocation
• Capital markets integration and Investment strategies
• Foreign direct investment
• Fixed income and structured finance
• Derivatives and hedging strategies
• Risk management practices
• Liquidity and transparency role in alternative investments
• Dynamics investment model and financial firm policies
• Raising Equity capital in Emerging markets

Corporate Finance

• Capital Budgeting
• International financial management
• Corporate governance & corporate social responsibility
• Corporate governance and corporate finance
• Dividend Policies
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Integrating option theories in capital budgeting
• WACC and market risk and return in emerging markets
• Hedging
• Financial Distress and Corporate Restructuring

Financial Services Industry

• Conventional banks and Islamic banks
• Credit Management and capital adequacy ratio
• Financial efficiency in financial institutions
• Financial stability
• Financial inclusion in Emerging markets
• Corporate governance and financial efficiency
• Microfinance
• Leasing and factoring
• Consumer finance
• Securitization and Sukuk Issuance

Human Resource Management (HRM)

HRM Research practices topics

• Staffing
• Career Management and talent management
• Compensation and rewards
• Performance Management
• Development and Training
• Strategic HRM
• Interdisciplinary topics (e.g. employer branding)
• Succession planning

International HRM

• Diversity in Human Resources and its implications
• IHRM practices
• HRM in the global context
• Comparative HRM
• Ethical challenges in IHRM
• National Business Systems and IHRM

E-HRM and HRIS

• HR Information systems
• Industry 4.0 and its implications on HRM
• HR data and analytics
• The evolution of Digital HRM

Employee Relations

• Workplace Safety
• Employee relations in Egypt
• Workplace disputes and conflict management
• Industrial relations
• Employability skills
• Workplace socialization

Management and Organizational Behavior (MGT)

Strategic Management

• Corporate strategy
• Strategic alliances
• Change management
• Strategic leadership
• Organizational transformation

Management theory

• Organization Theory
• Management theory
• Decision theory
• Comparative management
• Stakeholders theory
• Management thought
• Human Relations Theory
• Contingency Management

Management -related topics

• Decision making
• Management Information systems
• Creativity and Innovation
• Talent management and intellectual capital
• Business ethics and social responsibility
• Excellence Management
• Sustainability of Business in disruptive world
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Organizational Behavior

• Contemporary issues in OB
• Micro-organizational behavior
• Dark side of OB
• Managing deviant behaviours at work
• Employee engagement, emotional intelligence and diversity at workplace
• Hybrid workplace

Marketing and International Business Studies (MKT)

Marketing Mix – Related Topics

• Product Innovation
• Pricing-Related Topics
• Retailing
• Mass Media VS Interactive Media employment
• Managing Promotional Mix
• Service marketing

Brand Management

• Measuring and Managing Brand Loyalty
• Customer Satisfaction and Brand Loyalty
• Service quality and Brand Equity
• Brand Awareness and Brand Equity

Entrepreneurship

• Entrepreneurship & Venture Decisions
• Entrepreneurship & Venture Performance in Emerging Markets
• Entrepreneurship & Small Business
• Entrepreneurial Marketing

Marketing Ethics

• Marketing Ethics and Marketing Strategy
• Marketing Ethics and Social Responsibility
• Marketing Ethics & Sustainability

Marketing Information Systems

• Big Data and Customer Preferences
• Big Data Analytics
• Challenges and Opportunities with Big Data
• E-marketing

Customer Relationship Management

• Customer Relationship Management and Customer Retention
• Customer Relationship Management and Knowledge Management
• Customer Relationship Management in Service Organizations

International Business

• Global Advertising
• Marketing strategy and Geographic Expansion
• Digital Marketing and Internationalization
• Multinational Corporations Case Studies
• International Marketing