Catarina Fernandes is an Assistant Professor at Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal, and a researcher at UNIAG – Applied Management Research Unit, Portugal, and at CEF.UP ­ Center for Economics and Finance at University of Porto, Portugal. Holds a Bachelor in Management from ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon, Portugal; a Master in Monetary and Financial Economics also from ISEG; and a PhD in Management, specialization in Finance, from the Faculty of Economics, University of Porto, Portugal. She is the author of publications in international academic peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and proceedings and has had communications at international academic conferences. Her research interests include corporate governance, corporate finance, banking, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

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