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Overview

Sofia Johan is affiliated with Florida Atlantic University in the United States. Their research spans multiple core areas within business, management, and finance, with significant contributions to understanding financial technologies and corporate finance.

Their main fields of study include Business, Management and Accounting, and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Within these, they have focused on several subfields such as Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Management Information Systems, Information Systems, and Finance.

Their primary research topics cover:

  • FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital
  • Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Economic Growth and Development
  • Sharing Economy and Platforms
  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences

Sofia Johan's body of work includes publications in well-regarded venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Corporate Finance
  • British Journal of Management
  • Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money
  • Academy of Management Proceedings

Among recent papers attributed to or connected with Sofia Johan are:

  • Quality revealing versus overstating in equity crowdfunding (2020), Journal of Corporate Finance
  • Global fintech trends and their impact on international business: a review (2023), Multinational Business Review
  • Corporate failures: Declines, collapses, and scandals (2021), Journal of Corporate Finance
  • Does religiosity influence venture capital investment decisions? (2020), Journal of Corporate Finance
  • WITHDRAWN: How alternative finance informs central themes in corporate finance (2021), Journal of Corporate Finance

Frequent collaborators working with Sofia Johan include:

  • Douglas J. Cumming
  • Rodiat Lawal
  • Robert S. Reardon
  • Yelin Zhang
  • Hisham Farag

Best Publications

  • Venture Capital and Private Equity Contracting: An International Perspective

    Douglas J. Cumming;Sofia A. Johan

  • Exchange trading rules and stock market liquidity.

    Douglas Cumming;Sofia Johan;Sofia Johan;Dan Li

  • Institutional Investors, Political Connections, and the Incidence of Regulatory Enforcement Against Corporate Fraud

    Wenfeng Wu;Sofia A. Johan;Oliver M. Rui

  • The economic impact of entrepreneurship: : comparing international datasets

    Douglas Cumming;Sofia Johan;Minjie Zhang

  • Preplanned exit strategies in venture capital

    Douglas Cumming;Sofia Atiqah binti Johan

  • Is the crowd sensitive to distance?—how investment decisions differ by investor type

    Christina Guenther;Sofia Johan;Denis Schweizer

  • Global market surveillance

    Douglas Cumming;S.A. Johan

  • Information asymmetries, agency costs and venture capital exit outcomes

    Douglas Cumming;Sofia Johan

  • Demand-driven securities regulation: evidence from crowdfunding

    Douglas Cumming;Sofia Johan

  • Regulatory harmonization and the development of private equity markets

    Douglas Cumming;Sofia Johan

  • Venture Capital Investment Duration

    Douglas Cumming;Sofia Johan

  • The role of due diligence in crowdfunding platforms

    Douglas J. Cumming;Douglas J. Cumming;Sofia A. Johan;Yelin Zhang

  • Determinants of sovereign wealth fund investment in private equity vs public equity

    Sofia A Johan;Sofia A Johan;April Knill;Nathan Mauck

  • Financial market misconduct and agency conflicts: A synthesis and future directions

    Douglas Cumming;Robert Dannhauser;Sofia Johan;Sofia Johan

  • Determinants of Cross-border Venture Capital Investments in Emerging and Developed Economies: The Effects of Relational and Institutional Trust

    Daniel S. Hain;Sofia A. Johan;Sofia A. Johan;Daojuan Wang

  • The Problems with and Promise of Entrepreneurial Finance

    Douglas Cumming;Sofia Johan

  • Socially responsible institutional investment in private equity

    Douglas Cumming;Sofia Johan

  • Pre-seed government venture capital funds

    Douglas Cumming;Sofia Johan

  • The Differential Impact of the Internet on Spurring Regional Entrepreneurship

    Douglas Cumming;Sofia Johan

  • Regulation of the Crypto-Economy: Managing Risks, Challenges, and Regulatory Uncertainty

    Douglas J. Cumming;Sofia Johan;Anshum Pant

  • Financial Market Misconduct and Agency Conflicts: A Synthesis and Future Directions

    Douglas J. Cumming;Bob Dannhauser;Sofia Johan;Sofia Johan

  • Is the Crowd Sensitive to Distance? — How Investment Decisions Differ by Investor Type

    Christina Günther;Sofia Johan;Sofia Johan;Denis Schweizer

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas J. Cumming
Douglas J. Cumming Stevens Institute of Technology
Oliver M. Rui
Oliver M. Rui China Europe International Business School
Rebel A. Cole
Rebel A. Cole Florida Atlantic University
Geoffrey Wood
Geoffrey Wood University of Western Ontario

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