Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nereida Polovina

nereida.polovina@wbu.edu.al

Senior Lecturer
Research Center for Medical Sciences, Technology and Innovation
Faculty of Economics, Technology and Innovation

Bio

Education

Publications

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nereida Polovina is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at the Manchester Metropolitan University Business School. She also holds an Honorary Academic Position as an academic advisor at Western Balkans University. Assoc. Prof. Dr Polovina is a senior academic with more than 10 years of international teaching and research experience in universities. She is a Certified Business Management Educator and holds the Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education from Manchester Metropolitan University. She specializes in teaching and leading course modules related to finance, accounting and international business management at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Along with her teaching, she is also an active academic researcher publishing in international peer reviewed academic journals. Her research focuses on the nexus of Corporate Governance, Foreign Investment, and the Institutional Regulatory Environment in developing sustainable corporate performance and sustainable economic growth in Emerging Markets and Transition Economies in Western Balkans region.

· Ph.D in Accounting and Finance from Lancaster University Management School (United Kingdom)

· MSc in Accounting and Finance from University of Manchester (United Kingdom).

· B.Sc. in Business Administration from Middle East Technical University (Turkiye).

As an experienced academic, her research work has been published in leading academic journals and been presented in several international conferences. Some of her recent publications are as follows:

Selected Academic Publications:

Alghemary, M., Al-Najjar, B., Polovina, N. (2025) 'Acquisition deal characteristics and earnings management: new evidence from Gulf Cooperation Council countries.' International Journal of Finance and Economics, 30(2) pp. 1500-1521.

Alghemary, M., Polovina, N., Al-Najjar, B. (2024) 'Earnings management of acquiring and non-acquiring companies: the key role of ownership structure and national corporate governance in GCC.' International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, 21(4) pp. 568-588.

Alghemary, M., Al-Najjar, B., Polovina, N. (2024) 'What do we know about real earnings management in the GCC?.' Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies,

Polovina, N., Peasnell, K. (2023) 'The effects of different modes of foreign bank entry in the Turkish banking sector during the 2007-2009 Global financial crisis.' Quantitative Finance and Economics, 7(1) pp. 19-49.

Kyei, S.M., Polovina, N., Kumah, S.P. (2022) 'The dynamic relationship between bank risk and corporate governance in Africa.' Cogent Business and Management, 9(1) pp. 2124597-2124597.

Polovina, N., Peasnell, K. (2020) 'Do minority acquisitions transfer better corporate governance practices? An analysis of UK's cross-border minority investments..' British Accounting Review, 52(3)

Polovina, N., Peasnell, K. (2015) 'The effects of foreign management and board membership on the performance of foreign acquired Turkish banks.' International Journal of Managerial Finance, 11(3) pp. 359-387.

Selected Conference Presentations:

Polovina, N., Wynne, S. (2025) 'The Western Balkans' journey toward EU membership: Its impact on Regional and Non-Regional Investment trends and Sustainable Growth.' In Faculty of Business and Law Research Conference. Manchester Metropolitan University, 15/5/2025 - 15/5/2025.

Polovina, N., Wynne, S. (2024) 'Regional vs non-regional investments in Western Balkans – An empirical analysis of the factors influencing the investment characteristics between 2000 -2021.' In BAM2024. Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom, 2/9/2024 - 6/9/2024.

Polovina, N., Peasnell, K. (2020) 'Do Minority Acquisitions transfer better Corporate Governance Practises? An analysis of UK foreign minority investments.' In British Academy of Management Corporate Governance SIG. Leeds, 11/6/2018 - 12/6/2018.

Polovina, N., Peasnell, K, (2017) 'Cross-Border Partial Acquisitions and the relation between a Country's Investor Protection and a Target firm's Board of Directors.' In BAFA Annual Conference ( British Accounting & Finance Association). Edinburgh, 10/4/2017 - 12/4/2017.

Polovina, N., Peasnell, K. (2015) 'Investor protection and boards of partially acquired foreign firms.' In Inaugural Conference of the International Corporate Governance Society. Copenhagen, Denmark, 18/9/2015 - 19/9/2015.

Polovina, N., Peasnell, K, (2015) 'Strategies of foreign acquired banks, domestic banks and foreign branches in the Turkish banking market. Did the 2007-2008 financial turmoil have any impact on their strategies?.' In 5th Reading- UNCTAD International Business Conference 2015- Contemporary Issues in International Business Theory. Reading, United Kingdom, 13/6/2015 - 14/6/2015.

Polovina, N., Peasnell, K. (2015) 'Outside Directors, Investor Protection, Cross-Border Partial Acquisitions..' In 1st Hanken Centre for Corporate Governance on Corporate Governance and Corruption. Helsinki, Finland, 11/6/2015 - 12/6/2015.