Faculty Profile

Flladina Zilja

Visiting phd candidate - Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship

Biography

Flladina is a last year PhD Candidate at BI Norwegian Business School. Her research interests broadly lie in the human side of strategy with a focus on the influence of CEOs in strategic choices and the dynamics of the CEO- board relationship. In her dissertation, she investigates to what extent and how CEO characteristics shape firms’ global strategies e.g. internationalization, choice of entry mode and divestments.

Flladina holds a MSc in Financial Economics from BI. During her PhD, she has been a visiting research scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Furthermore, she has been engaged in the formulation and delivery of executive short programs for external clients. See full CV here.

Publications

Zilja, Flladina; Benito, Gabriel R G, Boustanifar, Hamid & Zhang, Dan (2018)

CEO personal wealth and cross-border acquisitions

[Academic lecture]. Academy of International Business Annual Meeting.

Zilja, Flladina & Boustanifar, Hamid (2017)

CEO Risk-Propensity and Internationalization

[Academic lecture]. Academy of International Business Annual Meeting.

Zilja, Flladina & Boustanifar, Hamid (2017)

CEO Risk-Propensity and Internationalization

[Academic lecture]. Academy of Management Annual Meeting.

Boustanifar, Hamid; Luzzi, Alessandra, Zhang, Dan & Zilja, Flladina (2017)

Entrepreneurs' Risk-aversion: effects on new ventures performance.

[Academic lecture]. DRUID17 Conference, New York.

Boustanifar, Hamid; Luzzi, Alessandra, Zhang, Dan & Zilja, Flladina (2017)

Entrepreneurs' Risk-aversion: effects on new ventures performance.

[Academic lecture]. 2017 ESA World Meeting, San Diego.

Boustanifar, Hamid; Luzzi, Alessandra, Zhang, Dan & Zilja, Flladina (2017)

Entrepreneurs' Risk-aversion: effects on new ventures performance.

[Academic lecture]. SMS 37th Annual Conference, Houston.

Academic Degrees
Year Academic Department Degree
2014 Handelshøyskolen BI Master of Science
Work Experience
Year Employer Job Title
2015 - Present BI Norwegian Business School PhD Candidate