SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

Overview

Name:

Ms Ewa Karwowski

Email address:

ek12@soas.ac.uk

Thesis title:

Financial Operations of Firms: The Case of South Africa (working title)

Year of Study:

Year of Entry: 2011-2012

Internal Supervisors

• Jan Toporowski

PhD Research

Financial operations of firms, i.e. active management of company assets and liabilities, are neglected in mainstream economic theory. Understanding these operations is crucial to develop valid economic theory and policy. Therefore, this thesis attempts to conceptualise corporate financial operations while reviewing evidence on firms’ balance sheet management. The focus and the originality of this research lie in the consideration of the emerging market economy (EME) setting, analysing the case of South Africa.

The thesis will argue that contrary to popular belief deep and developed financial markets do not seem to accelerate and support growth and development but rather induce financial fragility.

PhD Publications

• KARWOWSKI, E. (2012) ‘Financial Operations of South African Listed Firms: Growth and Financial Stability in an Emerging Market Setting’, Conference paper 6, III Conferência do IESE, Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Econónomicos (IESE), Maputo  [available under: http://www.iese.ac.mz/lib/publication/III_Conf2012/IESE_IIIConf_Paper6.pdf].
• KARWOWSKI, E. (2012) ‘Islamic Banking’, in: TOPOROWSKI, J. and J. MICHELL: Handbook of Critical Issues in Finance, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Cheltenham.
• KARWOWSKI, E. (2010) ‘Bringing Islamic Banking into the Mainstream is not an Alternative to Conventional Finance’, in: Journal of Financial Transformation, Vol. 30, pp. 155-161
• KARWOWSKI, E. (2010) Halving Unemployment: Poland in the 2000s, Proceedings of the Third Meeting of the ERSA Public Economics Meeting, Pretoria, 9-10 September 2010, [available under: www.econrsa.org].
• KARWOWSKI, E. (2010) ‘Financial Stability: The Significance and Distinctiveness of Islamic Banking in Malaysia’, in: TAVASCI, D. and J. TOPOROWSKI (eds.): Minsky, Crisis and Development, Macmillian Publishers, Hampshire.
• KARWOWSKI, E. (2010) ‘Challenging the Conventional Banking System: Does Islamic Banking Provide more Financial Stability? – A Theoretical Review’, in: HERTWIG, J., MAUS, S., MEYER SCHWABEDISSEN, A. and M. SCHULER (eds.): Global Risks, Construction World Order through Law, Politics and Economics, Dresdner Schriften zu Recht und Politik der Vereinten Nationen, Band 14, TUD Press, Dresden.
• KARWOWSKI, E. (2009) ‘Financial Stability: The Significance and Distinctiveness of Islamic Banking in Malaysia’, Levy Economics Institute Working Papers, No. 555.
• KARWOWSKI, E., KLÖPPER, H. and R. MÜLLER-EISELT (2007) ‘Die Problematik des Technologietransfers in den deutsch-chinesischen Wirtschaftsbeziehungen am Beispiel des Automobilsektors’, in: NIEMANN, A. and A. BRAND (eds.): Aktuelle Probleme Bundesrepublikanischer Außenpolitik, TUD Press, Dresden.