Prof. Hussein A. Abdou

Department of Accountancy & Finance, The Business School

Huddersfield University, UK

Professor of Finance and Banking

Email: h.abdou@hud.ac.uk (preferred), hussein75hr@yahoo.com

Research fields:

Capital structure and credit-arbitrage methods

Commercial insurance and reinsurance

Risk and performance management and measurement

Risk management processes

Risk modelling

Qualifications

2013  FHEA, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK

2009  Ph.D. Finance & Banking, The University of Plymouth Business School, Plymouth, UK

2007  PGCert., Higher Education, UK.

1997  BCom (Hon) Business Administration, The University of Mansoura Business School, Egypt

Publications (selected)

1. Abdou, H., Alam, S. and Mulkeen, J. (2014) ‘Would credit scoring work for Islamic finance? A neural network approach’ International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, 7 (1), pp. 112-125.
2. Abdou, H., Muslem, O. and Ismal, R. (2014) ‘Risk Management Practices in the Republic of Yemen: Are Islamic banks different?’ Journal of Islamic Economics, Banking and Finance, 10 (3). Pp. 46-73.
3. Abdou, H., Ali, K. and Lister, R. (2014) ‘A comparative study of Takaful and conventional insurance: empirical evidence from the Malaysian market’ Insurance Markets and Companies: Analyses and Actuarial Computations, 4 (1), pp. 22-34.
4. Abdou, H., English, J. and Adewunmi, P. (2014) ‘An investigation of risk management practices in electronic banking: the case of the UK banks’ Banks and Bank Systems, 9 (3).
5. Abdou, H., Idiongette, E. and Mulkeen, J. (2012) ‘An evaluation of customer perceptions on CRM within the UK retail banking’ Journal of Money, Investment and Banking (26), pp. 74-86.
6. Abdou, H., Pointon, J., El-Masry, A., Olugbode, M. and Lister, R. (2012) ‘A variable impact neural network analysis of dividend policies and share prices of transportation and related companies’ Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 22 (4), pp. 796-813.
7. Abdou, H., Kuzmic, A., Pointon, J. and Lister, R. (2012) ‘Determinants of capital structure in the UK retail industry: a comparison of multiple regression and generalized regression neural network’ Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management, 19 (3), pp. 151-169.
8. Serra, F., Pointon, J. and Abdou, H. (2012) ‘Factors influencing the propensity to export: A study of UK and Portuguese textile firms’ International Business Review, 21 (2), pp. 210-224.
9. Mostafa, W., Eldomiaty, T. and Abdou, H. (2011) ‘The effect of bank capital structure and financial indicators on CI's financial strength ratings: the case of the Middle East’ Banks and Bank Systems, 6 (3), pp. 5-15.
10. Abdou, H. and Pointon, J. (2011) ‘Credit scoring, statistical techniques and evaluation criteria: a review of the literature’ Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management, 18 (2-3), pp. 59-88.
11. Duggimpudi, R., Abdou, H. and Zaki, M. (2010) ‘An evaluation of equity diversified mutual funds: the case of the Indian market’ Investment management and Financial Innovations, 7 (4), pp. 66-73.
12. Abdou, H (2009) ‘Genetic programming for credit scoring: The case of Egyptian public sector banks’ Expert Systems with Applications, 36 (9), pp. 11402-11417.
13. Abdou, H. and Pointon, J. (2009) ‘Credit scoring and decision making in Egyptian public sector banks’ International Journal of Managerial Finance, 5 (4), pp. 391-406.
14. Dakrory, M. and Abdou, H. (2009) ‘Virtual teams processes: a conceptualization and application’ Problems and Perspectives in Management, 7 (3), pp. 15-26.
15. Delamaire, L., Abdou, H. and Pointon , J. (2009) ‘Credit card fraud and detection techniques: a review’ Banks and Bank Systems, 4 (2), pp. 57-68.
16. Abdou, H (2009) ‘An evaluation of alternative scoring models in private banking’ The Journal of Risk Finance, 10 (1), pp. 38-53.
17. Abdou, H., Pointon, J. and El-Masry, A. (2008) ‘Neural nets versus conventional techniques in credit scoring in Egyptian banking’ Expert Systems with Applications , 35 (3), pp. 1275-1292.

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Last Updated: 2014-03-31