Islam Abdeljawad | An-Najah Staff

Basic Information

Full Name:

Islam Abdeljawad

Gender:

Male

Birthday:

Sat, 1972-11-25

Martial Status:

Married

Contact Information

Faculty:

Economics and Administrative Sciences

Email addresses:

[email protected]

Email addresses:

[email protected]

Mobile Phone:

+972 59 7801131

Town/City:

Nablus

Country:

Palestine

Personal Information

About me:

Islam Abdeljawad is an assistant professor of financial economics, interested in the areas of corporate finance, local economic development, and engineering economics. He has over 20 years of teaching and consulting experience in the areas of corporate finance, investments, engineering economics and local development. He has a BA in accounting from the University of Jordan, an MA in Finance and Accounting from the Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences, Jordan, and a PhD from the Graduate School of Business, National University of Malaysia (UKM). He has several refereed papers, text books and conferences. Currently, he is an assistant professor of finance at Al-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine.

Short Curriculum Vitae

Education:

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Finance, Graduate School of Business (GSB), National University of Malaysia (UKM) (www.ukm.my), Malaysia. Thesis title: “The role of equity market timing in determining the capital structure of the firm”.
Master of Science (MA), Accounting and Finance, Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences (www.ubfs.edu.jo), Amman, Jordan, 1997. Graduation project title: “Testing the market efficiency of Amman Stock Exchange”
Bachelor’s degree of Accounting (BA), University of Jordan (www.ju.edu.jo), Amman, Jordan, 1995.
General Secondary Education Certificate (Tawjihi), Scientific Stream, Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Palestine, 1990.

Employment history:

2012– present Assistant professor, full time, Faculty of Economics and administrative Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine
2002- present Freelance Consultant, a member of the consulting team, as an economic expert, for many projects for both governmental and private sectors.
2000-present Trainer Worked with many institutions i.e Korean Palestinian IT Institute of Excellence, the Continuing Education Center both at An-Najah National University, and the Business Enabling and Supporting Team co. to mention few
2010-2011 Lecturer, part-time, Faculty of Business, Communications and Law, INTI International University, Nilai, Malaysia.
1997– 2012 Instructor, full time, Faculty of Economics and administrative Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine.
1995-1997 Accountant, C–Town Department Stores, Amman, Jordan.

Awards and distinctions:

Best Thesis Award, 2012, Graduate School of Business, UKM, Malaysia
Best Research Project Award, 1997, Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences, Amman, Jordan.

Research Interests: