Dr Geeta Duppati

Senior Lecturer in Finance
Graduate Convenor, Finance
Keywords
Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility; Finance; International Finance; Sustainability
Qualifications: PhD; M.Phil; MEd & M.Com
Contact Details
Email: [email protected]Room: MSB.2.29
Phone: +64 7 837 9255
Papers Taught
About Geeta
Dr. Geeta Rani Duppati had seventeen years of teaching experience in India, Ethiopia, and Eritrea, as well as Auckland University of Technology, before moving to Waikato Management School at the University of Waikato in 2010.
As an academic, she taught a range of papers in Corporate Finance, International Finance, Investment Theory, Capital Markets and Financial Institutions, Entrepreneurial Finance, Financial Theory and Corporate Policy, Investment and Portfolio Management, Financial Theory and Corporate Policy, amongst various others for nearly twenty-eight years.
Her current research interests are primarily concerned with Exchange Traded Funds, Financing decisions, Liquidity Risk, and Ownership Structures. She has several publications in the area and is involved in professional development work with large corporates' in India. In 2017 she received Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Research Grants.
International Presence
As an Extra-Ordinary Associate Professor Dr. Duppati maintains her links with New West University, South Africa., Birla Institute of Technology, Goa Campus, and Institute of Public Enterprise in Hyderabad, India.
Teaching Philosophy
Connecting Teaching and learning to real life, Encouraging classroom engagement and interactions
Research Supervised
Research Supervised
Doctor of Philosophy
- Abhishek Mukherjee on the topic: CSR and its effects on Corporate financial performance: An Indian Evidence (Completed in 2017).
- Sanjeev Acharya on the topic: Corporate Governance issues and challenges in Nepalese Banks (Completed in 2018).
- Abidin A Alhassan on the topic: The Microfinance Revolution in Ghana; Social and Financial Inclusion or Extinction: A Case Study of Ghana Microfinance Institutions (Completed in 2019).
Supervision of Graduate Dissertations
Supervision of Graduate Dissertations
- MMS and MPM students, Dept of Finance, WMS, University of Waikato, New Zealand.
- MBA and MSc Accounting students, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
- MBA and PGDBM students, Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, India.
Research Interests
- Financing decisions
-Corporate Ownership Structures
- Exchange-Traded Funds
- Liquidity Risk and
-Corporate Governance and Institutional Investors
Recent Publications
Sakawa, H., Watanabel, N., Yamada, A., & Duppati, G. (2020). The real effect of mandatory disclosure in Japanese firms. Pacific Basin Finance Journal, 60, 6 pages. doi:10.1016/j.pacfin.2020.101298
Alhassan, A., Li, L., Reddy, K., & Duppati, G. (2020). Consumer acceptance and continuance of mobile money: Secondary data insights from Africa using the technology acceptance model. Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 24, 25 pages. doi:10.3127/AJIS.V24I0.2579
Duppati, G., Rao, N., Matlani, N., Scrimgeour, F., & Patnaik, D. (2020). Gender diversity and firm performance: evidence from India and Singapore. Applied Economics, 52(14), 1553-1565. doi:10.1080/00036846.2019.1676872
Alhassan, A., Li, L., Reddy, K., & Duppati, G. (2019). The impact of formal financial inclusion on informal financial intermediation and cash preference: evidence from Africa. Applied Economics, 51(42), 4597-4614. doi:10.1080/00036846.2019.1593316
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