Polina Khmeleva

Doctoral Student:Faculty of Economic Sciences / School of Finance

Responsibilities

Working on the project 'F inancial Architerure' in the Corporate Finance Center. Research topic: “Overconfidence and Other Behavioral Biases of CEO founder and its influence on strategic decisions made by the company (concerning R&D investments, marketing spending and dividends payout”.

Main objectives:

§ Empathizing main biases arising from founder involvement as a CEO

§ Characterizing of CEO-founder influence on decision making processes in the firm and its impact on strategy is sphere of R&D investments, marketing spending and dividends payout

§ Data collection for empirical analysis (Capital IQ, Bloomberg, annual filings, official company`s sites)

§ Construction and testing regressions models to value influence of CEO biases on company`s decisions

National Research University «Higher School of Economics», Master of Science, Strategic Corporate Finance (2018-2020)

National Research University « Higher School of Economics», Bachelor of Business and Management, Faculty of Economic sciences (2014-2018)

Professional Interests

corporate finance financial architecture Corporate Governance corporate management innovative companies

Postgraduate Studies

3rd year of study
Approved topic of thesis: Cultural determinants of firm`s invesment decisions
Academic Supervisor: Stepanova, Anastasia N.

Publications²

Article Хмелева П. А. Образование генерального директора и инвестиции в инновации // Journal of Corporate Finance Research. 2023. Vol. 17. No. 1. P. 78-89. doi
Preprint Хмелева П. А., Stepanova A. N. THE IMPACT OF FAMILY TIES AND FOUNDER INVOLVEMENT ON INNOVATION IN HIGH-TECH FIRMS / National Research University Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Basic research program". 2022.

Conferences

2023
XXIV Ясинская (Апрельская) международная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества (Москва). Presentation: Образование генерального директора и инвестиции в инновации
2021
18TH EIASM WORKSHOP ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE. Presentation: MANAGERIAL AND CULTURAL DETERMINANTS OF FIRM`S INVESTMENT DECISIONS
2020
World Finance and Banking Symposium (online). Presentation: Role of Culture and CEO Personality in Technological Firms
2019
15Tth EIASM Workshop On Family Firm Management Research Family Entrepreneurship And Society (Нант). Presentation: FAMILY TIES AND INVOLVEMENT IMPACT ON INNOVATION PROCESS IN HIGH-TECH FIRMS
2018
5th GSOM Emerging Markets Conference (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Влияние семейных связей и участия на инновационную деятельность в высокотехнологичных компаниях

Oct

2021