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Biography

Dr. Umar Farooq is an experienced academic with a passion for teaching finance and leveraging data for analysis and visualization. Currently, he holds the position of Associate Professor at NAMAL University, Mianwali. Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor at FAST-NUCES from 2015 to 2024. He also served Lahore Leads University as lecturer from 2012 to 2015.

Dr. Farooq completed his PhD from COMSATS Lahore in the area of costs and prediction of financial distress. He also completed his BBA (Finance) and MBA (Finance) from University of the Punjab. Currently, he is also completing his online Dars e Nizami from https://www.quranteacher.net/.

He is specialized in corporate finance issues especially regarding prediction of financial distress, costs of financial distress, restructuring strategies, capital structure decisions, working capital policies and dividend policy. He is also an expert of various mind mapping software, literature review software, reference management software and quantitative data analysis software.

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Employment (4)

Namal College: Mianwali, PK

2024-02-15 to present | Associate Professor (Department of Business Studies)
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National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences FAST School of Management: Faisalabad, PK

2018-07-01 to 2024-02-10 | Assistant Professor (FAST School of Management)
Employment
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National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences FAST School of Management: Faisalabad, PK

2015-08-01 to 2018-06-30 | Lecturer (FAST School of Management)
Employment
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Lahore Leads University: Lahore, PK

2012-09-01 to 2015-07-31 | Lecturer (Management Sciences)
Employment
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Education and qualifications (4)

Faizan Online Academy: Faisalabad, PK

2019-08-01 to present | 8-Years Dars e Nizami
Education
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COMSATS Institute of Information Technology: Lahore, PK

2012-06-01 to 2020-06-30 | PhD (Management Science)
Education
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University of the Punjab Institute of Business Administration: Gujranwala, PK

2010-02-01 to 2011-11-31 | MBA (Finance, 18 years)
Education
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University of the Punjab Institute of Business Administration: Gujranwala, PK

2005-08-01 to 2009-10-31 | BBA (Hons., Finance)
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Works (26)

Stock returns, government response strategies, and daily new case bursts during COVID‐19: A cross‐country perspective

International Journal of Finance & Economics
2024-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ijfe.2694
Contributors: Bilal; Adeel Nasir; Umar Farooq; Muhammad Farhan Bashir
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Corrigendum: Organisational caring ethical climate and its relationship with workplace bullying and post traumatic stress disorder: The role of type A/B behavioural patterns(Front. Psychol., (2022), 13, (1042297), 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1042297)

Frontiers in Psychology
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1137029
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2-s2.0-85147678099

Part of ISSN: 16641078
Contributors: Jin, F.; Ashraf, A.A.; Ul Din, S.M.; Farooq, U.; Zheng, K.; Shaukat, G.
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Umar Farooq via Scopus - Elsevier

An assessment of the quality of the search strategy: a case of bibliometric studies published in business and economics

Scientometrics
2023-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-023-04765-8
Contributors: Umar Farooq; Adeel Nasir; Kanwal Iqbal Khan
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Organisational caring ethical climate and its relationship with workplace bullying and post traumatic stress disorder: The role of type A/B behavioural patterns

Frontiers in Psychology
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1042297
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2-s2.0-85142200518

Part of ISSN: 16641078
Contributors: Jin, F.; Ashraf, A.A.; Ul Din, S.M.; Farooq, U.; Zheng, K.; Shaukat, G.
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The COVID-19 pandemic and stock market performance of transportation and travel services firms: a cross-country study

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja
2022-12-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/1331677X.2022.2053784
Contributors: Umar Farooq; Adeel Nasir; Bilal; Muhammad Farhan Bashir
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A Bibliometric Retrospection of CSR from the Lens of Finance and Economics: Towards Sustainable Development

Sustainability
2022-12-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/su142416852
Contributors: Samreen Hamid; Asif Saeed; Umar Farooq; Faisal Alnori
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Conceptual and influential structure of Takaful literature: a bibliometric review

International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1108/IMEFM-04-2020-0192
WOSUID: WOS:000609187700001
Contributors: Nasir, Adeel; Farooq, Umar; Khan, Ashraf
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The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on abnormal returns of insurance firms: a cross-country evidence

Applied Economics
2021-07-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2021.1884839
Contributors: Umar Farooq; Adeel Nasir; Bilal; Muhammad Umer Quddoos
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Impact Size and Determinants of Indirect Cost of Financial Distress: Role of Receivable and Inventory Management

Asian Academy of Management Journal of Accounting and Finance
2020-12-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.21315/aamjaf2020.16.2.8
Part of ISSN: 2180-4192
Part of ISSN: 1823-4992
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Predicting multistage financial distress: Reflections on sampling, feature and model selection criteria

Journal of Forecasting
2019-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/for.2588
Contributors: Umar Farooq; Muhammad Ali Jibran Qamar
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Scope , measurement , impact size and determinants of indirect cost of financial distress

Qualitative Research in Financial Markets
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1108/QRFM-08-2017-0080
Part of ISBN: 0220170010
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Umar Farooq

A three-stage dynamic model of financial distress

Managerial Finance
2018-08-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1108/MF-07-2017-0244
Contributors: Umar Farooq; Muhammad Ali Jibran Qamar; Abdul Haque
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Analysis of Value at Risk of Sukuk and Conventional Bonds in Pakistan

Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1108/EL-01-2017-0019
Part of ISBN: 1120110017
PMID: 42012058
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Umar Farooq

Firm Size as Moderator to Non-Linear Leverage-Performance Relation: An Emerging Market Review

Binus Business Review
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.21512/bbr.v8i2.1711
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Umar Farooq

Determinants of Debt Financing and Their Moderating Role to Leverage-Performance Relation: An Emerging Market Review

International Journal of Economics and Finance
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5539/ijef.v8n5p300
Part of ISBN:

1916-9728
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Umar Farooq

Exploring the association of E- Recruitment with organizational attraction and mediating role of Cost Effectiveness & Easy to Use

Sci.Int.(Lahore)
2016 | Journal article
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Umar Farooq

Exploring the association of E- Recruitment with organizational attraction and mediating role of Cost Effectiveness & Easy to Use

5th International Multidisciplinary Conference
2015 | Conference paper
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Umar Farooq

An Investigation of Leadership-Culture Fit with Quality Improvement and Cost Reduction by Synchronizing TQM and KM Philosophies

World Applied Sciences Journal
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2014.32.03.691
Part of ISBN: 9232146606
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Umar Farooq

How Firms Finance their Operations. A Case of Non-Financial Firms Listed at KSE

SICON
2014 | Conference paper
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Umar Farooq

Investigating the Moderating Role of Firm Strategy in the Relationship Between Leverage and Performance

Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.mejsr.2014.21.02.1767
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Umar Farooq

Exchange rate and stock market volatility : A case of Pakistan

Journal of Business Administration and Management Sciences Research
2013 | Journal article
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Umar Farooq

Financing Pattern in Developing Nations Empirical Evidence from Pakistan

World Applied Sciences Journal
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2013.22.09.40
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Umar Farooq

Impact of Cost of Marine and General Insurance on International Trade and Economic Growth of Pakistan

World Applied Sciences Journal
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2013.28.05.1646
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Umar Farooq

Operating or Financial Distress ? How much Costly these are ?

American Journal of Scientific Research
2012 | Journal article
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Umar Farooq

An Analysis of Operating and Financial Distress in Pakistani Firms

Elixir Finance
2012-03-10 | Journal article
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Risk analysis of Sukuk and Conventional Bonds in Pakistan

Conference paper
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Umar Farooq

Peer review (17 reviews for 9 publications/grants)

Review activity for Asian journal of accounting research. (1)
Review activity for Binus business review (5)
Review activity for Economic change and restructuring. (1)
Review activity for Ekonomska istraživanja. (1)
Review activity for FIIB business review. (2)
Review activity for Finance research letters. (1)
Review activity for Managerial finance. (4)
Review activity for The Investment analysts journal. (1)
Review activity for The journal of risk model validation (1)
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