Dr Zakiya Abdul Samad
Dr Zakiya Abdul Samad
- Job title
- Assistant Professor - Edinburgh Business School
- z.samad@hw.ac.uk
- Role
- Assistant Professor - Edinburgh Business School
- Section
- School of Social Sciences
- z.samad@hw.ac.uk
About
Dr Zakiya teaches Economics and Finance Programs in the Edinburgh Business School, Dubai. She coordinates post graduate AEF Dissertations for the Dubai campus and supervises finance and economics dissertations for both undergraduate and graduate levels.
Biography
Dr. Zakiya has completed her PhD in International Finance from Bharathidasan University in 2019. She has 24 years of experience in teaching at higher educational institutions in India, Saudi Arabia and Online Programs from UK and USA, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Research
Her Teaching expertise is in the area of financial management, international finance, corporate finance, investments and fintech.
Her research interests cover ethical finance, Islamic finance, sustainability and inclusion in finance, entrepreneurial finance and fintech applications.
She has consultation experience in the area of entrepreneurial finance, finance for managers, women entrepreneurs and accounting for business
She is also a life and career coaching for youth and women
Publications
Sayed, Z. B., & Jayapal, G. (2021) “Factors Determining the Exchange Rate Exposure of Firms: Evidence from India”, Business Perspectives and Research, Sage Publications, DOI: 10.1177/22785337211033766
Sayed, Z. B., & Shahid, H. (2019). “Proposing A New Zakat Model - The Salwa Fund” Vol. 15 No.1 January - June 2019, DOI : 10.5958/2321-2012.2019.00008.3
Sayed, Z. B., & Jayapal, G. (2018). Equality in the Foreign Exchange Exposure of IT and FMCG Sector Firms. International Journal of Advanced Scientific Research and Management, 3(7).
Sayed, Z. B., & Gayathri, J. (2018). Comparing Approaches to Measuring Foreign Exchange Exposure of Indian firms, Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR) 5(7), 441–447
Sayed, Z. B., & Jayapal, G. (2017). Foreign Exchange Exposure and Multinationality of Indian Firms. Asian Journal of Research in Banking and Finance, 7(9), 30–42.
Sayed, Z. B., & Gayathri, J. (2017). Volatility in FX Rate and its Impact on Share Prices of BSE 500 Firms. Intercontinental Journal of Finance Research Review, 5(7), 99–110.