Basil Al-najjar

Biography

Basil is Professor of Accounting and Finance and Subject Group Leader of the Accountancy and Finance Subject Group. I joined Huddersfield in 2017 from Birkbeck College, University of London where I was the chair of the Accounting and Finance subject group and director of Accounting and finance postgraduate programmes. Prior to joining Birkbeck, I worked at Middlesex University in the Accounting and Finance Department as a Senior Lecturer in Finance. My background is corporate finance in the fields of capital structure, dividend policy and cash holdings as well as corporate governance implications in corporate finance and accounting. I have also developed interest in sector applications in finance, namely, tourism financial management. I have also interests in curriculum development. At Birkbeck College, University of London, I have developed and redesigned the MSc Investment Management and the MSc Accounting and Financial Management. In addition, I created new modules in finance and investment including topics related to international finance, financial modelling and portfolio management. During his career Basil has taught various finance modules at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has special interest in teaching Corporate Finance, International Finance, Financial Modelling and Contemporary Issues in Accounting and Finance, where he uses his research to inform his teaching.

Research Interest

Basil’s research is in the areas of corporate finance, financial reporting, applications of corporate governance in financial management, and most recently in tourism financial management. His work is published in different Journals including: Tourism Management; Journal of Small Business Management; International Business Review; Business Strategy and the Environment; Research in International Business and Finance; International Journal of Auditing; International Journal of Managerial Finance, Emerging Market Finance, Managerial and Decision Economics; Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences; International Review of Applied Economics; Applied Accounting Research; Managerial Finance; Managerial Auditing Journal; Studies in Economics and Finance; Corporate Governance; Risk Finance; and Journal of Enterprise information Management.