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Neha

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Tampere University
neha.neha [at] tuni.fi (neha[dot]neha[at]tuni[dot]fi)
phone number+358503271073

About me

Neha completed her Ph.D. in Management and Finance from the University of Calabria, Italy. She is currently working as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Faculty of Management and Business at Tampere University, Finland. Her Ph.D. research work focused on exploring the impact of women on corporate performance and corporate fraud. At present, she is working on a collaborative research project of Tampere University and LUT University- “Action4Commons: Collective Stakeholder Action for Commons: Integrating Business-Stakeholder Value Creation with Polycentric Governance”. Neha is also an active member of the RESPMAN research group, which conducts research on the relationships between business, society, and nature from different perspectives, including responsible management, firm-stakeholder interaction, corporate responsibility, and sustainable development. Her fields of research interest include gender diversity, corporate fraud, firm value, sustainability, biodiversity, and stakeholder engagement.

Research topics

Gender diversity, Sustainability, Stakeholder engagement, Biodiversity, Environmental reporting

Selected publications

1. La Rocca, M., Fasano, F., Cappa, F., & Neha N. (2022). The relationship between political connections and firm performance: an empirical analysis in Europe. Finance Research Letters, 49, 103157.  

       https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.103157 

2. La Rocca, M., Neha N., La Rocca, T. (2020). Female Management, Overconfidence and Debt Maturity: European Evidence. Journal of Management and Governance, 24, 713-745.

      https://doi.org/10.1007/s10997-019-09479-9  

3. La Rocca, M., Fasano, F., La Rocca, T. & Neha, N. (2023). Women in CEO duality and firm performance in Europe. Journal of Management Governance. 

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10997-023-09669-6 

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