Nouha BEN ARFA

Nouha BEN ARFA Research Active Faculty - Associate Professor
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    • Department
      Finance Department
    • Languages
      Arabic, French
    • Teaching specialisations
      Corporate Finance, Financial and Budgetary Management in tourism projects, Startup Financing, Sustainable Finance and Socially Responsible Investment
    • Areas of research
      Corporate Governance and Finance, Market Finance, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
    • Campus
      La Rochelle

    Biography

    Nouha Ben Arfa earned her PhD from the Université de Bordeaux in 2016. She has taught at the Université de Bordeaux, IAE Gustave Eiffel-Université Paris-Est Créteil, and the École Supérieure de Technologies et des Affaires. She is currently Associate Professor of Finance and Head of Master’s Program in Banking and Business Development at Excelia Business School. Her research interests include corporate governance, finance, and sustainable finance. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals including Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Strategic Change, Economics Bulletin, Research in International Business and Finance, Revue Française de Gestion, International Review of Financial Analysis, Journal of Cleaner Production, and Journal of Accounting Literature. She is also the author of two pedagogical case studies published by the Centrale des Cas et Médias Pédagogiques, as well as a book chapter on banking and accounting.

  • 2016

    PhD in Economics, Université de Bordeaux, France

    2010

    Master II Research in Finance, Université de Tunis, Institut Supérieur de Gestion de Tunis, Tunisia

    2008

    Masters in finance, Université de Tunis, Institut Supérieur de Gestion de Tunis, Tunisia

  • 2024

    Learning Coordinator, MSc in Banking & Business Administration, Excelia, La Rochelle, France

    2022

    Research Active Faculty - Associate Professor, Excelia, La Rochelle, France

    2017-2022

    Research Active Faculty, ESTA School of Business and Technology, Belfort, France

    2015-2020

    Part-time Lecturer, Excelia, La Rochelle, France

  • Journal articles

    UYAR, A., BEN ARFA, N., KUZEY, C., KARAMAN, A. S. (2024). Do creditors appreciate CSR transparency and credibility in emerging markets? Journal of Accounting Literature.
    CHEBBI, K., AMMARI, A., ATHARI, S. A., BEN ARFA, N. (2024). The impact of firm-level political risk on ESG practices: Does CEO Duality Matter? Journal of Cleaner Production, 480, pp. 144096.
    AMMARI, A., CHEBBI, K., BEN ARFA, N. (2023). How Does the COVID 19 pandemic shape the relationship between Twitter sentiment and stock liquidity of US firms? International Review of Financial Analysis, 88.
    SAGOT, S., BEN ARFA, N. (2023). Enhancing Efficiency of Crowdfunding Campaign Financing. International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences, 14 (1), 1-24. doi:10.4018/IJSDS.327790.
    BOUKATTAYA, S., FTITI, Z., BEN ARFA, N., OMRI, A. (2022). Financial performance under board gender diversity: The mediating effect of corporate social practices. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. doi:10.1002/csr.2333.
    BEN ARFA, N., AMMARI, A., BOUSSAADA, R. (2020). New evidence on value creation through hedge fund activism: A qualitative comparative analysis. Strategic Change, 29 (6), 681-690. doi:10.1002/jsc.2373.
    VACHER, S., BEN ARFA, N., AMMARI, A. (2020). A recipe for technological innovation: Does hedge fund activism matter? A fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis. Strategic Change, 29 (5), 543-551. doi:10.1002/jsc.2363.
    BOUSAADA, R., AMMARI, A., BEN ARFA, N. (2018). Board characteristics and MENA banks' credit risk: A fuzzy-set analysis. Economics Bulletin, 38 (4), 2284-2303.
    KARMANI, M., N.BEN ARFA, D.LABARONNE, "Antecedents of hedge fund activism in French listed target firms", Research in International Business and Finance, December 2017, vol. 2017, no. 42, pp. 1315-1326
    BEN ARFA, N., D.LABARONNE, "Activisme actionnarial des hedge funds Une étude exploratoire au sein des entreprises françaises", Revue Française de Gestion, January 2016, no. 254, pp. 17-36
    BEN ARFA, N., LABARONNE, D. (2014). Activisme des hedge funds au sein des entreprises cotées : Une étude exploratoire en France. Revue Française de Gestion.

    Chapters

    BEN FARHAT-TOUMI, N., BEN ARFA, N., KHEMIRI, R. (2022). Monitoring entrenched managers through board characteristics: Insights from gender diversity and director’s background. Banking and Accounting. -.

  • Proceedings from scholarly meetings

    BEN ARFA, N., BEN FARHAT, N. (2018). Profil des administrateurs et enracinement des dirigeants : Cas des entreprises du SBF 120. Nice: 17ème Conférence Internationale de Gouvernance (CIG) de l’Association Académique Internationale de Gouvernance (AAIG).
    BEN ARFA, N., LABARONNE, D. (2015). Does Corporate Governance Drive Hedge Fund Activism in France. Nice Sophia-Antipolis: 32èmes Journées Internationales Monnaie Banque Finance.

    Papers presented at academic or professional meetings

    BEN ARFA, N., " Liquidity, Risk, and Performance" in 8th Annual Hedge Fund Research Conference « Liquidity, Risk, and Performance, 2016, Paris, France
    BEN ARFA, N., D.LABARONNE, "Activisme des hedge funds et mécanismes de gouvernance en France : Quels déterminants?" in 36ème Congrès de l'Association Francophone de Comptabilité, 2015, Toulouse, France
    BEN ARFA, N., D.LABARONNE, "De l’impact des hedge funds activistes sur la gouvernance des entreprises françaises cotées en Bourse, enseignements pour la croissance au Maghreb " in Forum de l’Association des Economistes Tunisiens - ASECTU, 2012, Hammamet, Tunisia

    Published cases with instructional materials

    LAURENCE, L., BEN ARFA, N. (2023). Hop Crispy Crackers: Lancement d'une nouvelle gamme. CCMP.
    VACHER, S., BEN ARFA, N. (2021). Greet : Comment innover sur le marché du biscuit apéritif ? CCMP, G2064.
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