Vietnam Symposium in Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Innovation 2025

8:00 - 8:30 (30min)

Registration & Coffee

Conference Hall

8:30 - 9:00 (30min)

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Ballroom

9:00 - 10:00 (1h)

Bank Regulation, Deposit Insurance Design and Financial System Stability

Ballroom

Keynote Speech 1 - Professor Kose John

10:00 - 10:30 (30min)

Coffee break

Ballroom

10:30 - 12:00 (1h30)

A1: AI, Big Data, and Machine Learning Applications in Finance

Ballroom

Li Steven, RMIT University, Australia

› Smart Matches: A Neural Network Approach to CEO-Firm Fit and Success - Doan Anh, University of Missouri-Columbia, United States 10:30-11:00 (30min)

› Producing AI Innovation and Its Value Implications - Kecskes Ambrus, Schulich School of Business at York University, Canada 11:00-11:30 (30min)

› Predicting Stock Market Movement Directions Using SVM: Evidence from Australia - Li Steven, RMIT University, Australia 11:30-12:00 (30min)

10:30 - 12:00 (1h30)

A2: Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship, and Innovation

Apricot Room

Liu Cathy, Georgia State University, United States

› Does Innovation Always Create Value? Evidence from a Quasi-natural Experiment - Huang Peter, University of Waikato, New Zealand 10:30-11:00 (30min)

› The (Uneven) Spatial Distribution of Entrepreneurial Support Organizations in the Regional Ecosystem - Liu Cathy, Georgia State University, United States 11:00-11:30 (30min)

› A Qualitative Study of Entrepreneurship Education Curriculum in Public Universities in Southeast Asia - Muhamad Nur Sa'adah, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia 11:30-12:00 (30min)

10:30 - 12:00 (1h30)

A3: Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability

Orchid Room

Simioni Michel, MOISA, France

› Corporate Governance Beyond Shareholders: Employee Interests and Shareholder-Employee Risk-Shifting in Pension Plans - Yanase Noriyoshi, Keio University, Japan 10:30-11:00 (30min)

› Does ESG Mitigate Uncertainty? Examining the Impact of EPU on M&A Performance - Goyal Ashita, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India 11:00-11:30 (30min)

› Too few or too many? Nonlinear effects of women on corporate boards on firm environmental performance - Simioni Michel, MOISA, France 11:30-12:00 (30min)

12:00 - 13:30 (1h30)

Lunch Break

Conference Hall

13:30 - 15:00 (1h30)

B1: Information Disclosures and Strategic Decisions

Ballroom

Zhang Yong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR China

› Trading with Congress: Analyzing First-Mover Advantage and Post-Trade Opportunities - Pyun Chaehyun, University of Alabama in Huntsville, United States 13:30-14:00 (30min)

› Founder CEOs and Information Uncertainty: The Role of IPO Disclosures - Lukose Jijo, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India 14:00-14:30 (30min)

› Picking the brains of private competitors: Public firms' innovative activities and private peers' employee reviews - Zhang Yong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR China 14:30-15:00 (30min)

13:30 - 15:00 (1h30)

B2: Financial Markets

Apricot Room

Trinh Tran Tri, Neoma Business School, France

› The impact of enhanced capital regulation on G-SIBs' default risk - Delpachitra Sarath, IMC Krems University, Austria 13:30-14:00 (30min)

› Forecasting Success: How Family Social Status Shapes Analyst Performance in Financial Markets - Trinh Tran Tri, Neoma Business School, France 14:00-14:30 (30min)

› Effects of Price Limits: Evidence from Dual-Listed Companies in China - Xinyan Feng, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau SAR China 14:30-15:00 (30min)

13:30 - 15:00 (1h30)

B3: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Orchid Room

Sasidharan Subash, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

› Banking Against the Odds: Performance and Lending Efficiency of Government Banks during Crisis. - Christopher Joel, Indian Institute of Management, India 13:30-14:00 (30min)

› Handling Business Rules in Database Design by Using Integrity Constraints: A Multi Case Study Approach to Investigate Database Design - Nguyen Tan Thanh, Banking Academy of Vietnam, Vietnam 14:00-14:30 (30min)

› Innovation efforts of Indian family firms: Role of an effective governance mechanism - Sasidharan Subash, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India 14:30-15:00 (30min)

15:00 - 15:30 (30min)

Coffee break

Conference Hall

15:30 - 17:00 (1h30)

C1: ESG and Sustainable Finance

Ballroom

Duanmu Jun, Seattle University, United States

› ESG Ratings and Female Executive Structure – Evidence from China - Duanmu Jun, Seattle University, United States 15:30-16:00 (30min)

› The Impact of ESG Risk on Financial Performance for Banks in Taiwan - Nguyen Phuong Thao, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan 16:00-16:30 (30min)

› The geographic peer effects and corporate green innovation - Shen Wenxi, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom 16:30-17:00 (30min)

15:30 - 17:00 (1h30)

C2: Corporate Finance and Governance

Apricot Room

Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy Alex, Lehigh University, United States

› The Dark Side of Industry Tournament Incentives: Evidence from Workplace Misconduct - Luong Anna, The University of Sydney, Australia 15:30-16:00 (30min)

› Foreign Eyes on Wall Street: Investor Attention and U.S. Stock Reactions - Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy Alex, Lehigh University, United States 16:00-16:30 (30min)

15:30 - 17:00 (1h30)

C3: Machine Learning Applications in Finance

Orchid Room

Shukla Ravi, Syracuse University, United States

› Decision Making and Early-Stage Investment in the Age of AI: A Systematic Literature Review - Cortesia Silvia, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy 15:30-16:00 (30min)

› From Traditional Statistical Model to Modern Deep Learning: A Multi-Horizon Study of Stock Market Prediction in Vietnam - Pham Minh-Chau, AI Lab, Vietnam 16:00-16:30 (30min)

› Dual Investment Horizon in Portfolio Choice with Uncertain Forecast Sets - Shukla Ravi, Syracuse University, United States 16:30-17:00 (30min)

18:00 - 21:00 (3h)

Gala Dinner

Dong Son Drum Restaurant