Miwako Nitani

Research Fellow

Expertise

Associate Professor

Telfer School of Business

University of Ottawa

Education

PhD, Carleton University

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Summary

Miwako Nitani is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa. Her research encompasses: Bank lending; Venture capital and Private Equity; Crowdfunding; Behavioural Finance; Corporate Social Responsibility; and Financial Literacy. Through her research she seeks to facilitate smooth capital flows to young small enterprises, especially those with growth potential. Her work also encompasses the impacts of entrepreneurs’ financial literacy on their financing choices. Research projects are often in collaboration with public sector agencies, including Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Export Development Canada and the Business Development Bank of Canada. These collaborations have often formed the basis for policy recommendations as well as publication in well-regarded academic journals, such as Journal of Banking and Finance and Small Business Economics.

Latest Publications by Author

Miwako Nitani, Aurin Shaila Nusrat

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