Kais
Bouslah

Publications

Articles

• El Guengue, H., Hmaittane, A., Bouslah, K., & M'zali, B. (2025). Do investors value corporate sustainability structures? Evidence from the cost of equity capital. Finance Research Letters, 85(Part E), 108207. DOI : 10.1016/j.frl.2025.108207
• Bouslah, K., Li, Q. (., & Mobarek, A. (2025). Female directors and social responsibility of microfinance institutions. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, 102. DOI : 10.1016/j.intfin.2025.102164
• Makpotche, M., Bouslah, K., & M'zali, B. (2024). Corporate governance and green innovation: international evidence. Review of Accounting and Finance, 23(2), 280-309. DOI : 10.1108/RAF-04-2023-0137
• Makpotche, M., Bouslah, K., & M'zali, B. (2024). Corporate governance mechanisms and renewable energy transition. Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society, 24(3), 627-662. DOI : 10.1108/CG-06-2023-0245
• Makpotche, M., Bouslah, K., & M'zali, B. (2024). Long-run performance following corporate green bond issuance. Managerial Finance, 50(1), 140-178. DOI : 10.1108/MF-12-2022-0588
• Bouslah, K., Hmaittane, A., Kryzanowski, L., & M'zali, B. (2023). CSR structures: Evidence, drivers, and firm value implications. Journal of Business Ethics, 185, 115-145. DOI : 10.1007/s10551-022-05219-6
• Hmaittane, A., Bouslah, K., M'zali, B., & Ibariouen, I. (2022). Corporate sustainability and cost of equity capital: Do managerial abilities matter?. Sustainability, 14(18), 11363. DOI : 10.3390/su141811363
• Abedifar, P., Bouslah, K., Neumann, C., & Tarazi, A. (2022). Resilience of environmental and social stocks under stress: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. Financial Markets, Institutions & Instruments, 32, 23-50. DOI : 10.1111/fmii.12166
• Bouslah, K., Liern, V., Ouenniche, J., & Perez-Gladish, B. (2022). Ranking firms based on their financial and diversity performance using multiple-stage unweighted TOPSIS. International Transactions in Operational Research, 30, 2485-2505. DOI : 10.1111/itor.13143
• Marhfor, A., Bouslah, K., & Hmaittane, A. (2022). Does firm political risk affect the relationship between corporate social responsibility and firm value?. Sustainability, 14(18). DOI : 10.3390/su141811217
• Marhfor, A., Bouslah, K., & M'zali, B. (2021). Corporate social responsibility as a managerial learning process. ACRN Journal of Finance and Risk Perspectives, 10(1), 77-94. DOI : 10.35944/jofrp.2021.10.1.005
• Abedifar, P., Bouslah, K., & Zheng, Y. (2021). Stock price synchronicity and price informativeness: Evidence from a regulatory change in the U.S. banking industry. Finance Research Letters, 40, 101678. DOI : 10.1016/j.frl.2020.101678
• Hmaittane, A., Mnasri, M., Bouslah, K., & M'zali, B. (2021). Social capital and cost of bank loans during the financial crisis. Management International, 25(2), 107-123. DOI : 10.7202/1077787ar
• Abedifar, P., Bouslah, K., Qamhieh Hashem, S., & Song, L. (2020). How informative are stock prices of Islamic Banks?. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, 66, 101203. DOI : 10.1016/j.intfin.2020.101203
• Marhfor, A., Bouslah, K., M'zali, B., & Ghilal, R. (2020). Corporate social responsibility and stock price informativeness: The public interest perspective. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des sciences de l'administration, 38, 29-41. DOI : 10.1002/cjas.1576
• Marhfor, A., Bouslah, K., & M'zali, B. (2020). Corporate social responsibility and executive compensation: the negative externality perspective. ACRN Journal of Finance and Risk Perspectives, 9, 15-31. DOI : 10.35944/jofrp.2020.9.1.002

Contributions to the Advancement of the Discipline

Evaluation Committee Membership(s)

• Co-advisor for the doctoral thesis of Marcellin Makpotche, alongside Bouchra M'Zali, ÉSG-UQAM, May 2024 (2024)
• Ph.D. Thesis Advisor: Yeliangzi Zhen, China Scholarship Council (CSC), April 2024 (2024)
• Ph.D. Thesis Advisor, Caixia Shu, China Scholarship Council (CSC), June 2023 (2023)

Editorial Responsibilities

• Guest Editor (with Asma Mobarek and Qian Li, Cardiff University) of the special issue “Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Issues during Crises and Beyond,” Sustainability (2022)

University and Faculty Involvement

University

• Professor and Academic Director of the Jean-Louis Tassé Trading Room, UQTR (2023 - ...)
• Member of the African Chair in Innovation and Sustainable Management, Mohammed VI-Polytechniq University (2020 - ...)

Prizes and Awards

Prizes and Awards

• Award for Best Paper Presented at the 2022 Conference of the Canadian Association for Administrative Sciences (CAAS) for the paper “CSR Structures: Evidence, Drivers, and Firm Value Implications” (with co-authors Abdelmajid Hmaittane, Lawrence Kryzanowski, and Bouchra M’Zali)s du Canada (ASAC) de 2022 pour l’article "CSR structures: evidence, drivers and firm value implications" (avec les co-auteurs Abdelmajid Hmaittane, Lawrence Kryzanowski et Bouchra M’Zali) (2022)
• Award for Excellence in Teaching Sustainable Development (Golden Dandelion), University of St. Andrews (2021)