Nationality

Nigerian

Subjects Taught

Finance 2 (FINC 401), Valuation and Investment (FINC 412), Finance Management (FINC 671)

Qualifications

PhD, FMVA

MUHAMMAD MUHAMMAD MA'AJI

Professor

Profile

Dr. Muhammad M. Ma’aji is a Chartered Accountant (ACCA), Certified Valuation Analyst (CFI), and a Professor at CamEd Business School in Cambodia. He also serves as a business consultant for Yuanta Securities, an investment banking firm in Cambodia. Dr. Ma’aji holds a PhD and MSc in Finance from Universiti Utara Malaysia, and a BA in Accounting & Finance from the University of Greenwich, UK. He has a proven track record of mentoring and coaching CamEd students for local and international competitions, including leading the CamEd team to win the Local CFA Research Challenge Competition in 2021, 2022, and 2023, and becoming Sub-Regional ASEAN Champions in 2021. Before joining CamEd Business School, Dr. Ma’aji was a Research Assistant at the Centre for University-Industry Collaboration (CUIC) at Universiti Utara Malaysia, where he participated in two national research grants awarded by the Ministry of Higher Education and the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development, Malaysia. Additionally, he has experience as an Account Assistant at Gidauniya Investment & Securities LTD and Saleh A.D. & Co. in Nigeria. Dr. Ma’aji is a published scholar in finance and accounting, with research interests in financial distress, bankruptcy prediction, corporate finance, corporate governance, cross-listing, and financial management. He has successfully published articles in high-impact international journals.

Publications

  • Measuring the Performance of an Employee is an Essential Tool within Management Control readmore
  • Ma’aji, M., Abdullah, N., & Lee, K. (2018). Predicting Financial Distress among SMEs in Malaysia, European Scientic Journal, Vol.14, No.7 ISSN: 1857 – 7881.
  • Ma’aji, M., Abdullah, N., & Lee, K. (2018). Financial Distress among SMEs in Malaysia: An Early Warning Signal, International Journal of Business and Society (IJBS), (Accepted, Scopus Index).
  • Ma’aji, M. (2018). What are the challenges in the implementation of ERP systems? CamEd Business School, Working Paper, 2018.
  • Abdullah, N., Ma’aji, M. & Lee, K. (2016). The Value of Governance Variables in Predicting Financial Distress among Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Malaysia, Asian Academy of Management Journal of Accounting & Finance, 12 (1), 77–91 (Scopus Index). Ahmad, H., Ma’aji, M., & Jalil, J (2015). Management of Change, Lean Practice and organisational Performance of Private Companies in Malaysia, Advances in Global Business Research, Vol. 12 N0. 1, ISSN 1549-9332.
  • Ahmad, H., Ma’aji, M., & Mahmood, R. (2015). Talent Management, Management of Change and Firm Performance: An Exploratory Study on Government Link Companies (GLCs), European Journal of Business and Social Sciences, Vol. 3, N0. 12, pp. 68-80.
  • Ma’aji, M., Rahima, A., & Hadi, A. (2014). Performance of Asset and Commodity-Based Securities in Malaysia’s Islamic Inter-Bank Money Market, Journal of Islamic Banking and Finance, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 1 - 13.
  • Ma’aji, M and Rabiu, S. (2014). Market Reaction to International Cross-listing: Evidence from Nigeria, International Journal of Information Technology and Business Management, Vol 27. N0 1, pp. 13-25.
  • Traditional Absorption versus Activity Based Costing System: Applications among companies in emerging market readmore
  • Working Capital Financing Preference among Small Businesses in a Frontier Market readmore
  • Determinant of business Success or failure among SMEs in Cambodia readmore

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