Emerging Trends and Innovation in Business and Finance

Dr. Rim Khoury is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Adnan Kassar School of Business at Lebanese American University, Lebanon, with a Ph.D. in International Finance from Sogang University, South Korea.  Prior to joining Lebanese American University, she taught at Hanyang University in South Korea and American University of Technology and served as the Finance Discipline Coordinator and the chair of the assessment of the learning at Notre Dame University in Lebanon. She is the recipient of several awards such as the Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award (2009), Grand winner for Korea Times Magazine Economic Contest (2007), and The Academic Excellence Award from the Korean Government (2006). She is also a reviewer for several prestigious academic journals, including the International Journal of Emerging Markets, Journal of Applied Accounting Research, and Journal of Financial Innovation, among others. She has guest edited special issues for journals such as Strategic Marketing, Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning, and Development and Learning in Organizations. She edited books, and she published several peer-reviewed articles in top-ranked academic journals such as Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Borsa Istanbul Review, Small Business Economics.

Nohade Nasrallah is a proactive researcher with 15 years of academic experience. She is now an associate professor at EM-Strasbourg, LaRGE research center. She is also affiliated with the Conservatoire National des Arts & Métiers (Le Cnam), France, LIRSA research center. She earned a Ph.D. in Business administration from the Lebanese University in 2018 and a Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) with high distinction from Notre Dame University in 2008. Dr. Nasrallah served as an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics at Notre Dame University, Lebanon. In addition, she taught at the Lebanese University and La Sagesse University, Lebanon. She has extensive professional experience and worked as the chief financial manager for Lebanese SMEs. She earned an online ACCA Certificate in International Auditing (CertIA)-2019. She has published several peer-reviewed articles in top-ranked academic journals. Her research interests include Corporate Governance, ESG, CSR, Green Finance, Digital Transformation, Digital Technology, Bibliometric analysis based on content analysis and Natural language processing (NLP), and Artificial Intelligence in Accounting and Finance.