Ahmad Alqatan

Ahmad Alqatan is currently an Assistant Professor at Arab Open University and former Assistant of the Dean of the Faculty of Business and Law. Dr Ahmad has published 20-refereed papers in academic journals, three chapters and one book. In addition, he organised a member of committees, a discussant, and a presenter at more than 58 international conferences. His principal research area is concerned with corporate governance, diversity earnings management, and firm performance. He has been awarded several times, such as the prestigious 2019 Best Paper Award of the honour issuer Financial Economics Meeting: Post-crisis challenge conference and the prestigious 2019, Best poster Award of the 15th Research and Innovation Conference, Most viewed paper award (2019). Also, Dr Ahmad got the title “The Pride of Kuwait” from Youth Public Authority in 2019. In addition, Alqatan got the fifth rank for the accounting research award in Kuwait (2021). Alqatan is a Co-Editor-in-Chief of eight international journals. Also, he got a Professional Internation Certificate of CertIFR, Certificate in International Financial Reporting Standards, ACCA, UK. (2021), Professional Internation Certificate of CertIA, Certificate in International Auditing, ACCA, UK (2022), Professional Internation Certificate of CertIPSAS, Certificate in International Public Sector Accounting Standards, ACCA, UK (2022) and the status of Fellow (FHEA), UK.

Publications

Impact of Digitalization on Reporting, Tax Avoidance, Accounting, and Green Finance
Impact of Digitalization on Reporting, Tax Avoidance, Accounting, and Green Finance
Ahmad Alqatan, Khaled Hussainey, Mounira Hamed, Kameleddine Benameur. © 2024. 358 pages.
Digital era reporting undergoes a seismic shift as automation takes center stage. The transition from manual reporting to real-time automated systems enhances precision and...
Diversification, Ownership Structure, and Solidity of Banks in Era of Digitalisation
Diversification, Ownership Structure, and Solidity of Banks in Era of Digitalisation
Ahmad Alqatan, Raoudha Dhouibi, Najoua Talbi, Muhammad Arslan. © 2024. 30 pages.
Through the mechanics of contagion, bank failures not only cause economic agents to suffer financial losses but also cause the entire financial system to become unstable. As a...