Dr Monika WIECZOREK-KOSMALA


Title                                          Dr

First Name                                Monika

Last Name                                WIECZOREK-KOSMALA

Name of the Institute                University of Economics in Katowice, Faculty of Finance and Insurance

Position within Institute             Assistant Professor

Field of Expertise                      Business and Economics, Corporate Finance and Governance,                                                                         Entrepreneurship and Finance and Investment


Short Biography              

Professional Experience

2007 – onwards: Assistant Professor in the Department of Finance, Faculty of Finance and Insurance, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland (courses taught Corporate Finance, Insurance, Enterprise Risk Management, Financial Analysis, Banking and Finance)

1997 – onwards: Insurance broker (individual activity)

Education:

Ph.D. in Economic Science, University of Economics in Katowice,

Doctoral thesis title “The Impact of Insurance on Company’s Market Value Added Creation” , November 2007

MBA in Finance, University of Economics in Katowice, February 2002

Research Interests:

Risk management in non-financial companies; the application of non-life insurance in companies in terms of risk management, substitution of insurance with other, alternative risk-finance mechanisms, the impact of risk-finance methods on main decisive areas within corporate finance (in this value creation, performance efficiency, cost of capital)

Current Boards:

Editorial Board Member of "International Business Research”, ISSN: 1913-9004 (Print) ISSN: 1913-9012 (Online), Editor Canadian Center of Science and Education

Editorial Board Member of “Journal of Modern Accounting & Auditing” ISSN: 1548-6583, Editor David Publishing Company, USA

Grants/Honours:

Director of Research Grant honoured by Polish National Centre of Science and Ministry of Higher Education in 2011-2014 (title: “Shaping company’s capital structure in terms of risk management implementation. Procedural and instrumental dimension”, Grant No. UMO-2011/01/D/HS4/04003)

1st Prize for Doctoral Thesis in the competition for best doctoral theses in insurance, banking and bank assurance (organized by TUiR WARTA S.A. and Kredyt Bank S.A. Foundation, 2009 edition)

Awards granted by the Rector of the University of Economics – 2 individual awards for scientific and research achievements (for 2012 and 2011), 3 group awards for research achievements