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Business & Economics

Dr Rehman Uddin Mian

BBA, MS, PhD

Contact Details

Lecturer - Contract Type B
School of Business & Economics
University of Galway
E: RehmanUddin.Mian@universityofgalway.ie

Biography

Rehman is a Lecturer in Accountancy & Finance. His research interests primarily focus on the monitoring role of foreign institutional investors in corporate strategic decisions worldwide, alongside institutional investor activism and ESG considerations. Rehman has contributed to publications in peer-reviewed journals of international repute including the International Review of Financial Analysis, Economics Letters, and the International Journal of Managerial Finance.
Rehman is an active member of the Japan Finance Association and has a background as a former Japanese MEXT Research fellow. He completed his PhD at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2016, having previously served as a Research Student at Hitotsubashi University until 2012. Before joining J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics in 2024, he held the position of Assistant Professor of Finance & Investment at NUST Business School from July 2016 to February 2024.

Research Interests

Rehman's research centers on studying various dimensions related to the effectiveness of monitoring by foreign institutional investors in corporate strategic decisions around the world. His research explores multifaceted aspects of foreign institutional monitoring, including investment horizon, activism, economic weights within cross-border portfolios, and governance quality in the home countries of foreign investors.

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2024)	'Country-level heterogeneity in foreign institutional investment horizons and firm value' Rahim, I; Mian, RU; Mian, A (2024) 'Country-level heterogeneity in foreign institutional investment horizons and firm value'. International Review Of Financial Analysis, 92 (103080) [DOI] [Details]
	(2023)	'Foreign institutional investment horizon and investment efficiency in emerging markets' Mian, RU; Mian, A (2023) 'Foreign institutional investment horizon and investment efficiency in emerging markets'. Economics Letters, 232 (111340) [DOI] [Details]
	(2023)	'Foreign institutional investment horizon and earnings management: Evidence from around the world' Mian, RU; Irfan, S; Mian, A (2023) 'Foreign institutional investment horizon and earnings management: Evidence from around the world'. International Review Of Financial Analysis, 86 (102509) [DOI] [Details]
	(2023)	'International evidence on the monitoring role of foreign institutional investors in corporate investment efficiency' Ilyas, M; Mian, RU; Mian, A (2023) 'International evidence on the monitoring role of foreign institutional investors in corporate investment efficiency'. International Journal of Managerial Finance, [DOI] [Details]
	(2023)	'Foreign institutional investors and the value of excess cash holdings: international evidence' Ilyas, M; Mian, RU; Mian, A (2023) 'Foreign institutional investors and the value of excess cash holdings: international evidence'. International Journal of Accounting & Information Management, 31 (5):705-725 [DOI] [Details]
	(2022)	'Cross-border spillover of institutional activism: The monitoring role of locally-aggressive foreign institutional investors' Mian, RU; Mian, A; Safdar, N; Ilyas, M (2022) 'Cross-border spillover of institutional activism: The monitoring role of locally-aggressive foreign institutional investors'. Finance Research Letters, 46 [DOI] [Details]
	(2022)	'Economic policy uncertainty and firm propensity to invest in corporate social responsibility' Ilyas, M; Mian, RU; Suleman, M.T (2022) 'Economic policy uncertainty and firm propensity to invest in corporate social responsibility'. Management Decision, 60 (12) [DOI] [Details]
	(2021)	'Institutional investors and the value of excess cash holdings: empirical evidence from Pakistan' Ilyas, M; Mian, RU; Safdar, N (2021) 'Institutional investors and the value of excess cash holdings: empirical evidence from Pakistan'. Managerial Finance, 48 (1):158-179 [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	'Do foreign institutional investors promote governance improvements in Japan?' Mian, RU; Nagata, K (2015) 'Do foreign institutional investors promote governance improvements in Japan?'. Japan Journal of Finance, 35 (12):29-54 [DOI] [Details]

Conference Publications

	Year	Publication
	(2023)	*18th Economics & Finance Conference, London, United Kingdom* Rahim, I; Mian, R.U; Mian, A (2023) Country-level foreign institutional investment horizons, excess cash holdings, and firm value: International evidence 18th Economics & Finance Conference, London, United Kingdom [Details]
	(2021)	*1th FMCG Conference and PhD Symposium, Melbourne, Australia* Ilyas, M; Mian, R.U (2021) Does foreign institutional ownership affect investment efficiency? Evidence from around the world 1th FMCG Conference and PhD Symposium, Melbourne, Australia [Details]
	(2019)	*Japan Finance Association 43rd Annual Meeting, Kobe, Japan* Mian, R.U; Safdar, N; Nagata, K; Mian, A (2019) Foreign institutional monitoring effectiveness and firm performance in Japan Japan Finance Association 43rd Annual Meeting, Kobe, Japan [Details]
	(2016)	*Japan Finance Association 40th Annual Meeting, Tokyo, Japan* Mian, R.U; Nagata, K (2016) The impact of foreign institutional ownership on corporate cash holdings in Japan Japan Finance Association 40th Annual Meeting, Tokyo, Japan [Details]
	(2015)	*Japan Finance Association 39th Annual Meeting, Fukuoka, Japan* Mian, R.U; Nagata, K (2015) Ownership Structure, relationship-sensitivity, and investment efficiency Japan Finance Association 39th Annual Meeting, Fukuoka, Japan [Details]
	(2015)	*2nd Vietnam International Conference in Finance, Saigon, Vietnam* Mian, R.U; Nagata, K (2015) Foreign institutional ownership and the valuation effect of investment and payout decisions 2nd Vietnam International Conference in Finance, Saigon, Vietnam [Details]
	(2014)	*Asian Finance Association conference, Bali, Indonesia* Mian, R.U; Nagata, K (2014) Institutional ownership and corporate cash holdings in Japan Asian Finance Association conference, Bali, Indonesia [Details]
	(2013)	*Japan Finance Association 37th Annual Meeting, Hyogo, Japan* Mian, R.U; Nagata, K (2013) Why do Japanese firms hold less cash than they used to? Japan Finance Association 37th Annual Meeting, Hyogo, Japan [Details]

Honours and Awards

Year	Title	Awarding Body
2022	Best Teacher Award	NUST Business School, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan
2015	Ishii Memorial Securities Research Promotion Foundation Japan Research Grant	Ishii Memorial Securities Research Promotion Foundation Japan
2011	MEXT Research Scholarship	Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) Japan