1. Economic and financial aspects of bankruptcies and restructurings. Bankruptcy prediction
The research is theoretical and empirical in nature and concerns issues related to bankruptcy and restructuring processes, with particular emphasis on corporate and consumer bankruptcy prediction. The main research problems concern: searching for effective tools for forecasting bankruptcy risk, examining the causes and symptoms of bankruptcy, assessing the efficiency of bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings, investing in distressed companies.
- Theory of bankruptcy.
- Efficiency of bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings.
- New tools in corporate bankruptcy prediction.
- Fuzzy logic in forecasting the financial situation of enterprise.
- Personal bankruptcy prediction.
- Comparative analysis of bankruptcy prediction methods.
- Symptoms and causes of business failure.
- Determinants of personal bankruptcy.
- Predictors of bankruptcy.
- Bankruptcy trajectories.
- Bankruptcy prediction in times of economic boom and crisis.
- Vulture investing.
Keywords: bankruptcy prediction, theory of bankruptcy, causes and symptoms of bankruptcy, bankruptcy trajectories, artificial intelligence, parametric and non-parametric methods.
2. Business valuation
The research is theoretical and empirical in nature and concerns issues related to business valuation. The main research problems concern: searching for more effective methods of business valuation, the use of new risk analysis methods in the valuation of enterprises, valuation of specific groups of businesses, e.g. distressed companies, evaluation of the accuracy of stock market recommendations.
- Theory of business valuation.
- Methods of business valuation.
- Valuation of intangible assets.
- Premiums and discounts in business valuation.
- Efficiency of stock recommendations.
- Standards of valuation.
- Valuation of distressed, young and mature businesses.
- Risk analysis in business valuation.
Keywords: valuation, standards of valuation, methods of valuation, premiums and discounts in business valuation.
3. Financial markets & financial instruments
The research is theoretical and empirical and deals with the role of financial markets in the economy, the structure and organization of financial markets, the efficiency of markets, the role of the various players in financial markets (i.e. governments, regulators, financial institutions, investment banks, security firms, institutional and retail investors) and the determinants of asset pricing and interest rates. This area involves also investment management and concerns among others investment policy and portfolio strategy. The complex nature of financial markets requires a researcher to draw from the fields of statistics and econometrics in order to describe the movement in asset prices and returns as well as to obtain meaningful measures of risk.
- The efficiency of financial markets.
- Investment and portfolio management.
- Mathematical tools and techniques for financial markets & instruments modelling and analysis.
- Alternative investments.
- Fixed income portfolio management.
- Inflation-hedging products.
- Derivative instruments and their applications.
Keywords: financial markets, financial instruments, portfolio management, investment management.
4. Artificial intelligence use in an enterprise management system
The research is theoretical and empirical in nature and concerns issues related to business management. The main research problems related to the search for more effective methods of accounting and analysis, the use of new methods of analysis in the evaluation of enterprises, the evaluation of specific groups of enterprises using the capabilities of artificial intelligence.
- Accounting theory.
- Assets and liabilities valuation.
- Economic analysis methods.
- Professional judgment.
- Cognitive limitations.
- Cognitive biases.
- Artificial intelligence.
- Machine learning.
Keywords: accounting, analyses, artificial intelligence, enterprise, information, management
5. Financial transactions prospects in the smart city concept
The study is theoretical and empirical in nature and addresses issues related to the concept of a smart city and the construction of a modern model of financial transactions based on the concept of sustainable development. The main problems of the research are related to the search for more effective approaches to the organization of money circulation in society, the development of improved business models for a perfect society.
- Theory of finance
- Smart city concept
- Organization of money circulation
- Assessment of social challenges and their overcoming
- Incomes and expenditures in society
- Socially responsible business in a socially responsible environment
Keywords: finance, cashless payments, payment instruments, payment means, sustainable development, society, interpersonal relationships, business model
6. Event Study in Finance and Economics
The research is theoretical and empirical in nature and concerns issues related to the use of the concept of event study to assess the reaction of prices in capital markets to different types of events. The main research problems concern:
- Theory of event study.
- Methods of event study.
- Price reaction on negative, positive events as well as on fake news.
Keywords: event study, finance, economics, stock market.
