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Lena Seissian
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Lena A. Seissian, DBA, CMA, is a full-time Assistant Professor at the American University of Armenia.
DBA American Graduate School of Business, Switzerland.
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Assistant Professor
Manoogian Simone College of Business and Economics/BAB and MSE
https://people.aua.am/team_member/lena-seissian-dba-cma/
223W

Summer Course: MWF 9:00 AM - 10:48 AM Room 207E.
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:00PM till 3:30PM Room 223W.

.Corporate Voluntary Disclosures in Emerging Markets: Empirical Evidence from the GCC Equity Markets

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“Education is one thing no one can take away from you.” —Elin Nordegren
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
“The first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind. Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world.” – Norman Borlaug

Short Bio:

Lena Seissian is a Lebanese Armenian. She holds a Doctorate in Business Administration majoring in Corporate Finance and is a Certified Management Accountant. She has a Master’s Degree in Finance in addition to two Bachelor Degrees, one in Business Accounting and another in Hospitality Management.
She joined the American University of Armenia in 2020 as a full-time lecturer, a couple of months short from receiving her Doctorate of Business Administration from the American Graduate School of Business, Genève. Prior to AUA, She was the coordinator of the Hospitality and Travel & Tourism Department as well as a Full-time Finance and Accounting Lecturer at the American University of Science and Technology.
She has been in the world of education from the earliest days after graduating from University. It has been more than nine years now, moving from a teaching assistant to a full-timer, she has witnessed and experienced different educational, cultural, social, and even financial instances that shaped her passion for teaching.
She currently live in Yerevan, Armenia. When she is not keeping busy with her academic duties, you can find her spending her time by either watching movies and series or having a cup of coffee at one of Yerevan’s coffeeshops.

Publications:

. Gharios Robert, Hamdar, Bassam, and Seissian, Lena (2016).” The Economic Impacts of Liquidity and Leverage on the Financial Performance of MENA and GCC listed companies. International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management (IJECM), Vol.4, issue 10/15thOctober issue.
. Seissian, Lena, Gharios, Robert, & Awad, Antoine (2017). “Structural and Market-Related Factors Impacting Profitability: A Cross Sectional Study of Listed Companies” Arab Economic and Business Journal (AEBJ), Vol. 13, issue 2nd December issue.
. Awad, Antoine, Seissian, Lena, and Gharios, Robert (2022). “Corporate Voluntary
Disclosures in Emerging Markets: Empirical Evidence from the GCC Equity Markets”
International Journal of Accounting and Financial Reporting, Vol.12, issue 1/February
issue. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5296/ijafr.v12i1.19453

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