Javad Izadi Z. D.

Associate Professor Javad Izadi

Associate Professor in Accounting and Finance
The Claude Littner Business School
javad.izadi@uwl.ac.uk

Dr Javad Izadi completed his PhD at the University of Sussex, United Kingdom. He joined the School of Business, Management and Economics at the University of Sussex in October 2010 as a tutor in Accounting and Finance. He was a visiting lecturer at Aberystwyth University in 2013 and a Senior Teaching Associate in Accounting and Finance at the University of Lancaster before joining the University of West London in 2015.

His work experience ranges from accountancy to management in the financial sector and his academic experience covers lecturing a wide range of accounting and financial courses. He has been delivering lectures to undergraduate and postgraduate students for over 11 years at esteemed UK institutions and 10 years at leading institutions in Iran. Currently, he is working as an Associate Professor at the University of West London. At an institutional level, he has provided academic leadership for colleagues and early career researchers.

In 2011, he was awarded a visiting scholarship by the University of Sydney. Over the last three years, Dr Izadi has published several academic papers in 4* and 2* journals with high impact factors. His current research interests cover all aspects of accounting and finance, with a particular focus on accrual accounting, earnings management, earnings quality, and stock returns.

  • Qualifications

    • PhD (University of Sussex)
    • HEA (University of West London)
    • MSc (Azad University)
    • BA (Ferdowsi University)
    • Certified instructor in Accounting and Finance (Vocational Training Centre Mashhad)

  • Memberships

    Editorial Board member, Cogent Business and Management
    Editorial Board member, Management and Business Academy
    Advisory Board Member, Cankiri Karatekin University
    Editorial Board Member, Business and Management Horizons

  • Research and publications

    Published papers

    IZADI, J., & MADIRIMOV, B. (2022). Does Foreign direct investment have a major potential impact on Sustainable Development Goals?  Evidence from Eurasian countries, Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment. DOI: 10.1080/20430795.2022.2163846

    DOUMENIS, Y., IZADI, J., DHAMDHERE, P., KATSIKAS, E., & KOUFOPOULOS, D. (2021). A critical analysis of volatility surprise in Bitcoin cryptocurrency and other financial assets. Risks, 9 (11), 207. DOI: 10.3390/risks9110207

    IZADI, J., FOROUDI, P., & NAZARIAN, A. (2021). Into the unknown: impact of Coronavirus on UK hotel stock performance. European Journal of International Management. ISSN 1751-6757 (In Press)

    BOURKE, J. G., IZADI, J., & OLYA, H. (2020). Failure of play on asset disposals and share buybacks: Application of game theory in the international hotel market, Tourism Management, 77, 103984. DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2019.103984.

    IZADI, J., ZIYADIN, S., PALAZZO, M. & SIDHU, M. (2020). The Evaluation of the Impact of Innovation management Capability to Organisational Performance, Qualitative Market Research, DOI: https://Doi.org/10.1108/QMR-04-2020-0052

    IZADI, J., MARIANO, S., & PRATT, M, C. (2020). Can We Predict the Likelihood of Financial Distress in Companies from their Corporate Governance and Borrowing? International Journal of Accounting and Information Management. DOI 10.1108/IJAIM-08-2020-0130

    PIETRUS, A., NAZARIAN, A. & IZADI, J (2020). Spillover Effects in the Banking Sector of Emerging Economies: a South Africa Case study. European Journal of International Management. ISSN 1751-6757. DOI: https://Doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2020.1800601

    IZADI, J., NAZARIAN, A., YE, J., & SHAHZAD, A. (2019). The association between accruals and stock return following FRS3. International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation, 15(3), 262-27. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJAAPE.2019.102249

    ORADI, J., & IZADI, J. (2019). Audit committee gender diversity and financial reporting: evidence from restatements. Managerial Auditing Journal. Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/MAJ-10-2018-2048

    IZADI, J., CHOUDHURY, H., & NAZARIAN, A . (2017), ‘Simulation Evidence on the Properties of Alternative Measures of Working Capital Accruals’, International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, Vol. 25, No. 4 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJAIM-12-2016-0114

    IZADI, J. (2016), ‘The Role of Accrual Estimation Errors to Determine Accrual and Earnings Quality’, International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, Vol. 24, No. 2, 25 April 2016. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJAIM-04-2015-0022

    IZADI, J., HOLT, A., & KHANSALAR, E. (2015), ‘The Role of Working Capital Accruals on Earnings Quality and Stock Return’, International Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 7, No. 9, September 2015.  DOI:10.5539/ijef.v7n9p1

    IZADI, J., KHANSALAR, E. (2013), ‘Frequency of Financial Reports’, International Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 8, No. 17, August 2013. DOI:10.5539/ijbm.v8n17p121

    Book section

    BENGHEZAL, D & IZADI, J (2022) Exploring the impact of CSR strategy in food retail sector firms. In: Banking and Accounting.Chapter book

    FOROUDI, P., FOROUDI, M., HAFEEZ, K & IZADI, J (2021) Managing marketing competencies: a framework for understanding antecedents of marketing capability and its relation to company’s core competencies. In: Building Corporate Identity, Image and Reputation in the Digital Era. Melewar, T. C., Dennis, Charles and Foroudi, Pantea , eds. Routledge Studies in Marketing . Routledge, London, pp. 75-112. ISBN 9780367531232, e-ISBN 9781003080572, pbk-ISBN 9780367531249. [Book Section] (doi:10.4324/9781003080572-5)

    FOROUDI, P., MARVI, R., IZADI, J., FOROUDI, M & PIRZADEH POUYA (2021) Take a new turn: relationships between corporate identity management and corporate reputation in a hospitality context. In: Building Corporate Identity, Image and Reputation in the Digital Era.  Melewar, T. C., Dennis, Charles  and Foroudi, Pantea , eds. Routledge Studies in Marketing.Routledge, London, pp. 365-400. ISBN 9780367531232, e-ISBN 9781003080572, pbk-ISBN 9780367531249. [Book Section] (doi:10.4324/9781003080572-18)

    IZADI, J., PALAZZO M& SIANO, A(2020) The Market Reaction to Unexpected Earnings via Discretionary Accruals and Sustainability Reporting, In: Sustainable Branding: Ethical, Social, and Environmental Cases and Perspectives, [EID: 2-s2.0-85105839893], [Book Section] (doi:10.4324/9780367855703-22)

    Submitted papers

    IZADI, J., FORUDI, P. & BOURKE, J. G. (2022), ‘Intangible assets: From visible to hidden’, Submitted to the International Journal of Accounting Education

    TABAGHDEHI H A., FORUDI, P., & IZADI, J. (2022), ‘TEMPORARILY CLOSED: Impact of COVID-19 pandemic outbreaks on UK hotel and hospitality stock performance’, Submitted to the Journal of Business Research.

    IZADI J, KHORASHADI ZADEH, M., & PRATT, M. C. (2022), ‘Auditor choice and audit fees in family firms: evidence from Tehran Stock Exchange’, Submitted to Managerial Auditing Journal

    Working papers

    IZADI, J & BOURKE, J (2022). Alternative dual structures can preserve the benefit of real estate gains within a Real Estate Investment Trust, working paper

    PIETRUS, A., & IZADI, J (2022). Presence of Foreign Banks in South Africa, an emerging economy: motives, strategy and impacts. Working Paper

    MAHMOOD H, IZADI, J. Ethnic Pay gap, and employee unwillingness or hesitation to report: An empirical Analysis, Working Paper

    MAJIOUD, S., & IZADI, J. The Impact of IFRS Adoption on Performance’s Measure a Study of Companies from Tehran Stock Exchange, Working paper

  • Conferences

    IZADI, J (2022), ‘Simulation Evidence on the Properties of Alternative Measures of Working Capital Accruals’, the 3rd International Conference on Modern Management based on Big Data, August 15th-18th, 2022, Keimyung University, Seoul, South Korea (invited speech) 

    IZADI, J., FORUDI, P. & BOURKE, J. G. (2022), ‘Hospitality Industry and Intangible assets: From visible to hidden’, Submitted to the International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2nd CLBS Research Symposium, University of West London, 5th July 2022 

    IZADI, J (2021), European Accounting Review 2021 Annual Conference, 18-19 November 2021, Virtual Event. 

    IZADI, J., FORUDI, P., BOURKE, J. G. (2021), ‘The Hidden Effect of Intangible Assets on the Abnormal Earnings of Hotel, public bar, and Restaurant, CLBS Research Symposium, Virtual Event, 2nd July 2021 

    IZADI, J., KHORASHADI, M. (2020), ‘Depression in education; A Comparative Study of Quantitative Research in the field of accounting education in Iran and the United States, MBA Academy International Business Conference, 10 to 13 December 2019, Virtual Event Brunel University, London 

    IZADI J, PITRUS A and NAZARIAN A (2019), ‘Knowledge transfer and spillover effects: Evidence from banking sector case study’, MBA Academy International Business Conference, 16 to 17 August 2018, Barcelona, Spain 

    IZADI J, RUIZ ALBA ROBLEDO, SOARES A and Abou-Foul (2018), The Financial Consequences of Servitization in Manufacturing Firms: An Empirical Analysis. At: International Conference on Business Servitization 2017 (ICBS2017), 16 to 17 Nov. 2017, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech), Barcelona, Spain 

    IZADI J, RUIZ ALBA ROBLEDO and SOARES A (2017), ‘Servitization of manufacturing: exploring financial performance’, 22nd CBIM Academic Workshop Conference, Stockholm Business School, 19 to 22 June 2017 

    IZADI J, CHOUDHURY H (2016), ‘Simulation Evidence on the Properties of Alternative Measures of Working Capital Accruals’, abstract in conference proceedings published by Management and Business Academy, 3 July, 2015, London, UK 

    IZADI J, DAVIDSON I, MCLEAY S.J (2014), ‘Interim Accounting Earnings and price momentum’. Has been accepted for presentation in a parallel session at the 37th European Accounting Association EAA Annual Congress, 2014, 21 May in Tallinn, Estonia 

    IZADI J, MCLEAY S.J (2013), ‘Interim Accounting Earnings and price momentum’, Abstract in conference proceedings published by 36th European Accounting Association EAA Annual Congress 2013, 9 May, Paris, France 

    IZADI J, MCLEAY S.J (2012), ‘The Impact of the Management of Accounting Earnings on The Short-Term Returns of Winner and Loser Firms’, abstract in conference proceedings published by 35th European Accounting Association, EAA Annual Congress 2012, 11 May, Ljubljana, Slovenia 

    IZADI J, MCLEAY S.J, OSBORNE M (2012), The Impact of the Management of Accounting Earnings on the Short-Term Returns of Winner and Loser Firms: UK interim reports evidence, abstract in conference proceedings published by 48th British Accounting and Finance Association BAFA Annual Conference, 19 April 2012, Brighton, UK 

    IZADI J, MCLEAY S.J (2012), ‘Interim Accounting Earnings and Price Momentum’, Accounting & Finance Colloquium, 25 May, Gregynog, UK 

    IZADI J, MCLEAY S.J (2011), The Impact of the Management of Accounting Earnings on the Short-Term Returns of Winner and Loser Firms, European Accounting Association (EAA), Abstract in conference proceedings published by 34th EEA Annual Congress, 20 to 22 April, Rome, Italy 

  • Research degree supervision

    Principal supervisor

    Empirical tests of leading Earnings Manipulation detection models to establish their effectiveness under IFRS reporting in order to develop their predictive power. (Oladipo Tokosi)

    Gender Pay Gap in the Banking Industry. (Enva Doda)

    Mergers and Acquisitions in The Banking and Value Creation Operations: Some empirical Evidence from Dr Congo. (Mr Michel Kabeya Kasengulu Muyunga)

    Entrepreneurial Finance: Firm Growth, Innovation and Agency Costs (Farshad Eshraghi)

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