Vietnam Symposium in Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Innovation 2025

Registration & Coffee

8:00 - 8:30 (30min)

Registration & Coffee

Conference Hall

Welcome and Opening Remarks

8:30 - 9:00 (30min)

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Ballroom

TBA

9:00 - 10:00 (1h)

TBA

Ballroom

Keynote Speech 1 - Professor Kose John

Coffee break

10:00 - 10:30 (30min)

Coffee break

Ballroom

A1: AI, Big Data, and Machine Learning Applications in Finance
A2: Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship, and Innovation
A3: Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability

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 - Anh Doan, University of Missouri-Columbia 10:30-11:00 (30min)

› Producing AI Innovation and Its Value Implications - Ambrus Kecskes, Schulich School of Business at York University 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 - Peter Huang, University of Waikato 10:30-11:00 (30min)

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

› A Qualitative Study of Entrepreneurship Education Curriculum in Public Universities in Southeast Asia - Nur Sa'adah Muhamad, Universiti Kebangsaan 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 - Ashita Goyal, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi 11:00-11:30 (30min)

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

Lunch Break

12:00 - 13:30 (1h30)

Lunch Break

Conference Hall

B2: Financial Markets
B1: Information Disclosures and Strategic Decisions
B3: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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 - Sarath Delpachitra, Imc Krems University 13:30-14:00 (30min)

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

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

13:30 - 15:00 (1h30)

B1: Information Disclosures and Strategic Decisions

Ballroom

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

14:30 - 15:00 (30min)

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. - JOEL CHRISTOPHER, Indian Institute of Management [Bangalore] 13:30-14:00 (30min)

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

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

Coffee break

15:00 - 15:30 (30min)

Coffee break

Conference Hall

C2: Corporate Finance and Governance
C1: ESG and Sustainable Finance
C3: Machine Learning Applications in Finance

15:30 - 17:00 (1h30)

C2: Corporate Finance and Governance

Apricot Room

Nguyen Yen Ngoc, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada

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

› Does Labor Market Flow Help or Hurt Firm Innovation? Evidence from OECD Countries - Yen Ngoc Nguyen, St. Francis Xavier University (CANADA) 16:00-16:30 (30min)

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 - Jun Duanmu, Seattle University 15:30-16:00 (30min)

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

› The geographic peer effects and corporate green innovation - Wenxi Shen, University of Birmingham [Birmingham] 16:30-17:00 (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 - Silvia Cortesia, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano 15:30-16:00 (30min)

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

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

Gala Dinner

18:00 - 21:00 (3h)

Gala Dinner

Dong Son Drum Restaurant

	Thu. 10	Fri. 11
08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00	Registration & Coffee 8:00 - 8:30 (30min) Registration & Coffee Conference Hall Welcome and Opening Remarks 8:30 - 9:00 (30min) Welcome and Opening Remarks Ballroom TBA 9:00 - 10:00 (1h) TBA Ballroom Keynote Speech 1 - Professor Kose John Coffee break 10:00 - 10:30 (30min) Coffee break Ballroom A1: AI, Big Data, and Machine Learning Applications in Finance A2: Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship, and Innovation A3: Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability 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 - Anh Doan, University of Missouri-Columbia 10:30-11:00 (30min) › Producing AI Innovation and Its Value Implications - Ambrus Kecskes, Schulich School of Business at York University 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 - Peter Huang, University of Waikato 10:30-11:00 (30min) › The (Uneven) Spatial Distribution of Entrepreneurial Support Organizations in the Regional Ecosystem - Cathy Liu, Georgia State University 11:00-11:30 (30min) › A Qualitative Study of Entrepreneurship Education Curriculum in Public Universities in Southeast Asia - Nur Sa'adah Muhamad, Universiti Kebangsaan 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 - Ashita Goyal, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi 11:00-11:30 (30min) › Too few or too many? Nonlinear effects of women on corporate boards on firm environmental performance - Michel Simioni, MOISA 11:30-12:00 (30min) Lunch Break 12:00 - 13:30 (1h30) Lunch Break Conference Hall B2: Financial Markets B1: Information Disclosures and Strategic Decisions B3: Innovation and Entrepreneurship 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 - Sarath Delpachitra, Imc Krems University 13:30-14:00 (30min) › Forecasting Success: How Family Social Status Shapes Analyst Performance in Financial Markets - Tran Tri Trinh, Neoma Business School 14:00-14:30 (30min) › Effects of Price Limits: Evidence from Dual-Listed Companies in China - Xinyan Feng, Macau University of Science and Technology 14:30-15:00 (30min) 13:30 - 15:00 (1h30) B1: Information Disclosures and Strategic Decisions Ballroom Zhang Yong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR China 14:30 - 15:00 (30min) 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. - JOEL CHRISTOPHER, Indian Institute of Management [Bangalore] 13:30-14:00 (30min) › Handling Business Rules in Database Design by Using Integrity Constraints: A Multi Case Study Approach to Investigate Database Design - Tan Thanh Nguyen, Banking Academy of Vietnam 14:00-14:30 (30min) › Innovation efforts of Indian family firms: Role of an effective governance mechanism - Subash Sasidharan, Indian Institute of Technology Madras 14:30-15:00 (30min) Coffee break 15:00 - 15:30 (30min) Coffee break Conference Hall C2: Corporate Finance and Governance C1: ESG and Sustainable Finance C3: Machine Learning Applications in Finance 15:30 - 17:00 (1h30) C2: Corporate Finance and Governance Apricot Room Nguyen Yen Ngoc, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada › The Dark Side of Industry Tournament Incentives: Evidence from Workplace Misconduct - Anna Luong, The University of Sydney 15:30-16:00 (30min) › Does Labor Market Flow Help or Hurt Firm Innovation? Evidence from OECD Countries - Yen Ngoc Nguyen, St. Francis Xavier University (CANADA) 16:00-16:30 (30min) 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 - Jun Duanmu, Seattle University 15:30-16:00 (30min) › The Impact of ESG Risk on Financial Performance for Banks in Taiwan - Thao Nguyen Phuong, Chung Yuan Christian University 16:00-16:30 (30min) › The geographic peer effects and corporate green innovation - Wenxi Shen, University of Birmingham [Birmingham] 16:30-17:00 (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 - Silvia Cortesia, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano 15:30-16:00 (30min) › From Traditional Statistical Model to Modern Deep Learning: A Multi-Horizon Study of Stock Market Prediction in Vietnam - Minh-Chau Pham, AI Lab - AI VIETNAM 16:00-16:30 (30min) › Dual Investment Horizon in Portfolio Choice with Uncertain Forecast Sets - Ravi Shukla, Syracuse University 16:30-17:00 (30min) Gala Dinner 18:00 - 21:00 (3h) Gala Dinner Dong Son Drum Restaurant	Registration & Coffee 8:00 - 8:30 (30min) Registration & Coffee Conference Hall TBA 8:30 - 9:30 (1h) TBA Ballroom Keynote Speech 2 - Professor Wim Vanhaverbeke Coffee break 9:30 - 10:00 (30min) Coffee break Conference Hall D1: Household Finance D2: Sustainability and Risk Management D3: Entrepreneurship and Alternative Finance 10:00 - 11:30 (1h30) D1: Household Finance Ballroom Chou Shu-Ching, National Yunlin University of Science & Technology, Taiwan › The Impact of Tax Reform on Corporate Real Estate Investment - Shu-Ching Chou, National Yunlin University of Science & Technology 10:00-10:30 (30min) › Determinants of Retirement Savings Decisions: Evidence from a 401(k) Plan - MinhTam Schlosky, University of Illinois Springfield 10:30-11:00 (30min) › Present Bias, Fast Cash Loans, and Financial Literacy in the United States - Solomon Wang, St Mary's University 11:00-11:30 (30min) 10:00 - 11:30 (1h30) D2: Sustainability and Risk Management Apricot Room Woon Leong Lin, Taylor's University, Malaysia › U-shaped climate-credit risk dependency at the loan portfolio level: implications from the genetic algorithm for the correlated Bernoulli trials simulation - Henry Penikas, Research and Forecasting Department, Bank of Russia 10:00-10:30 (30min) › The Green Fallacy: Investigating the Relationship between Greenwashing and Firm Risk - Bhagya Bhutani, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi 10:30-11:00 (30min) › The Impact of Eco-Product and Eco-Process Innovation on Sustainability Risk Management in the Malaysian Furniture Industry: The Moderating Role of Market Turbulence - Lin Woon Leong, Taylor's University 11:00-11:30 (30min) 10:00 - 11:30 (1h30) D3: Entrepreneurship and Alternative Finance Orchid Room Toth Russell, University of Sydney, Australia › Payment Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Racial Disparities: Evidence from Money Service Business - Hieu Tran, University of Massachusetts, Boston 10:00-10:30 (30min) › Incentivizing Customer Referrals for Bank Loans to Female Entrepreneurs: Evidence from Vietnam - Russell Toth, University of Sydney 10:30-11:00 (30min) Special Session 11:30 - 12:30 (1h) Special Session Ballroom TBD Lunch Break 12:30 - 14:00 (1h30) Lunch Break Conference Hall F1: Boards, ESG, and Firm Performance F2: ESG and Sustainable Finance F3: Entrepreneurship and Financial Innovation 14:00 - 15:30 (1h30) F1: Boards, ESG, and Firm Performance Ballroom Gopalaswamy Arun Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India › Does Female Presence on Corporate Boards matter for Firm`s Cost of Equity? Evidence from Indian Firms - Praveen Bhagawan, IFMR GSB, Krea University, Sri City, India 14:00-14:30 (30min) › Earnings Management as an outcome of failure to reduce post-acquisition agency cost - Arun Kumar Gopalaswamy, Professor, Indian institute of technology Madras, Indian Institute of Technology Madras 14:30-15:00 (30min) › The Impact of ESG Risk on Stock Returns, and risks: An Empirical Analysis of the Energy Sector - Minh Dinh, University of Inland Norway 15:00-15:30 (30min) 14:00 - 15:30 (1h30) F2: ESG and Sustainable Finance Apricot Room Al-Yahyaee Khamis, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman; Muscat University, Oman › Spillovers between green bonds, oil, and stock markets in the U.S and the European stock markets - Khamis Al-Yahyaee, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat University 14:00-14:30 (30min) › The Economic and Financial Implications of Land and Water Pollution: Evidence from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake - Jun Myung Song, Hitotsubashi University 14:30-15:00 (30min) › Barriers to the expansion of community off-grid solar systems: Evidence from rural India - Keyur Thaker, Indian Institute of Management Indore 15:00-15:30 (30min) 14:00 - 15:30 (1h30) F3: Entrepreneurship and Financial Innovation Orchid Room Hanif Muhammad Shehzad, University of Central Punjab, Pakistan › ENTREPRENEURIAL RESILIENCE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SERIAL ENTREPRENEURS, HYBRID ENTREPRENEURS, AND NON-ENTREPRENEURS - Muhammad Shehzad Hanif, University of Central Punjab 14:00-14:30 (30min) › Impact of Mobile Banking on Liquidity and Credit Risk - Priya Choudhary, Indian Institute of Technology Madras 14:30-15:00 (30min)