Dr Ja Ryong Kim

PhD

Senior Lecturer in Financial Accounting

Oxford Brookes Business School

Role

Dr. Ja Ryong Kim is a Senior Lecturer in Financial Accounting at Oxford Brookes Business School. His research focuses on the impact of technology, including artificial intelligence, on individuals, businesses, and society, as well as key areas such as climate change, corporate governance, and valuation. His work has been published in leading academic journals, including the British Journal of Management (4*), Energy Economics (3*), Technological Forecasting and Social Change (3*), and the International Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Taxation (3*).

Dr. Kim has successfully supervised seven PhD students, all of whom are now employed in academic positions. He is currently open to new PhD supervision opportunities.

Professionally, Dr. Kim is a CFA charterholder and an ACCA affiliate. He holds several board-level leadership roles, serving as a Senator and Chair of the People & Communities Committee at Co-op Group Limited, Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors at Britannia School of Academics, and a Trustee at LiFE Multi-Academy Trust.

Teaching and supervision

Courses

Modules taught

ECON6010-Cont Issues in Finance
ACFI4016-Finance for Marketing
ACFI4029-Finance for Managers
ECON6010-Cont Issues in Finance
ACFI7015-Research Project

Supervision

MSc Dissertation supervisions

Research

Dr. Kim's research focuses on the impact of technology, including artificial intelligence, on individuals, businesses, and society, as well as key areas such as climate change, corporate governance, and valuation. His work has been published in leading academic journals, including the British Journal of Management (4*), Energy Economics (3*), Technological Forecasting and Social Change (3*), and the International Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Taxation (3*). Dr. Kim has successfully supervised seven PhD students, all of whom are now employed in academic positions. He is currently open to new PhD supervision opportunities.

Publications

Chen J, Dedman E, Kim JR, Metwally T, Stark AW, Board Nationality Diversity and Firm Value
British Journal of Management [online first] (2024) ISSN: 1045-3172 eISSN: 1467-8551
Nasim A, Ullah S, Kim JR, Hameed A, Energy shocks and bank efficiency in emerging economies
Energy Economics 126 (2023) ISSN: 0140-9883 eISSN: 1873-6181
Ullah S, Irfan M, Kim JR, Ullah F, Capital expenditures, corporate hedging and firm value
The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 87 (2023) pp.360-366 ISSN: 1062-9769 eISSN: 1878-4259
Ullah S, Agyei-Boapeah H, Kim JR, Nasim A, Does national culture matter for environmental innovation? A study of emerging economies
Technological Forecasting and Social Change 181 (2022) ISSN: 0040-1625 eISSN: 1873-5509
Kimani D, Adams K, Attah-Boakye R, Ullah S, Frecknall-Hughes J, Kim J, Blockchain, business and the fourth industrial revolution: Whence, whither, wherefore and how?
Technological Forecasting and Social Change 161 (2020) ISSN: 0040-1625 eISSN: 1873-5509
Kim JR, A Comparison of Equity Valuation Models: Empirical Evidence from a Sample of UK Companies
European Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies 4 (2) (2019) pp.105-120 ISSN: 2414-8377 eISSN: 2414-8385
Kim Ja Ryong, Industry Leader Premium
European Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies 4 (2) (2019) pp.84-94 ISSN: 2414-8377 eISSN: 2414-8385
Li J, Kim JR, Adegbite E, Green Credit Policy and Environmental Outcomes in China: The Critical Role of Local Banks in Pollution Reduction and Innovation
International Journal of Finance & Economics [in press] ISSN: 1076-9307 eISSN: 1099-1158 Green Credit Policy and Environmental Outcomes in China: The Critical Role of Local Banks in Pollution Reduction and Innovation Open Access version on RADAR

Kim JR, Montoya Martinez E, Handbook of Equity Crowdfunding: Success Factors in the UK ,
Lap Lambert Academic Publishing ISBN: 6200484724 eISBN: 978-6200484727

Ding Y, Frecknall-Hughes J, Kim JR, Starbucks and media allegations of tax avoidance
in Baratrancea L, Erdogu M, Cevik S (ed.), Behavioural Public Finance: Individuals, Society, and the State, Routledge (2020) ISBN: 9780815364306 eISBN: 9781351107372

Professional information

Memberships of professional bodies

CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) charterholder
ACCA Affiliate

Consultancy

Judge for UK Social Enterprise Award, 2024
Advisor to University and College Union (UCU), University of Nottingham, 2020-2021

Further details

Co-operative Group PLC, 2023 – present
Senator & Council member
Chair of People & Communities committee
Vice-chair of Business Performance (=Finance) Committee
Organisation with £11.5 bn sales and 6 million active members
Trustee, Life Multi-Academy Trust, 2024 – present
10 schools, £62mil income, £130mil assets, 1,200 employees and 8,000 students
Member of Finance, Audit & Risk, Infrastructure committees
Vice-Chair of Governors, Britannia School of Academics, 2023 – present
Treasurer director, Home Start Erewash, 2023 – 2024
Governor & Finance committee member, Priory Junior School, 2023 – 2024