Associate Professor Stuart Locke

Qualifications: BEc(Hons) ANU, PhD Tasmania

Associate Professor Stuart Locke has a background in finance, economics, valuation and chartered accountancy, and is Chairperson of the Department of Finance. His current research interests are in corporate governance, agribusiness finance, small business finance and personal financial planning, and he is a frequent media commentator on these topics.

Stuart oversees the Management Research Centre, the commercial consultancy arm of the School which is now part of the IBR. The MRC produces financial benchmarking and business performance studies in conjunction with the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA).  Stuart has been on the Board of the Waikato Chamber of Commerce and is actively involved with NZICA facilitating professional accountancy school programmes

Expertise

Corporate governance; financial analysis and modelling; financial markets and institutions; small business finance.

Recent Publications

• Locke, S., Duppati, G., Lawrence, S. (2011) Market reactions to foreign investments in mergers and acquisitions: An empirical study of Indian Corporates
  Conference - Full Paper - 2011 International Conference on Economics and Finance Research (ICEFR 2011)
• Hewa-Wellalage, N., Locke, S. (2011) Agency costs, ownership structure and corporate governance mechanisms: A case study in New Zealand unlisted small companies
  Refereed Journal Articles - International Research Journal of Finance and Economics
• Reddy, K., Locke, S., Fauzi, F. (2011) Does corporate governance practices matter: A case study of registered charities in New Zealand
  Conference - Full Paper - 2011 International Corporate Governance Conference
• Hewa-Wellalage, N., Locke, S. (2011) Does CEO duality is really matter? Evidence from an emerging market
  Refereed Journal Articles - Corporate Ownership and Control
• Banchit, A., Locke, S., Choi, D., Abidin, S. (2011) Effects of size of acquisition on post-acquisition performance of target firms
  Conference - Full Paper - 18th Annual Multinational Finance Society Conference