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Miwako Nitani

Nitani, Miwako
Associate Professor
Co-Director of the Microprogram Capital Markets; Ian Telfer Teaching Fellowship
B.A. (Tokiwamatsu Women's College of Art), B.A. (Hon.) (Musashino Art University), M.B.A. (Sprott), Ph.D. (Sprott)
Location
DMS 7108
Telephone
613-562-5800 x 4913
Email
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Biography

Miwako Nitani holds a PhD in Finance from the Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, where her doctoral dissertation examined structural challenges in the Canadian venture capital sector. She has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses including statistics, equity valuation, international financial management, venture capital and private equity, among others. She has contributed to policy-related research projects such as the parliamentary review of the Business Development Bank of Canada and an examination of the Canada Small Business Financing Program administrated by the Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. Currently she works as a member of the Research Committee on Financial Literacy, at the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada. Her research has been published in academic journals such as the Journal of Banking and Finance, Small Business Economics, Journal of Small Business Management, International Journal of Managerial Finance, and International Small Business Journal.

Research Interests

Professor Nitani's research encompasses: Bank lending; Venture capital and Private Equity; Crowdfunding; Behavioural Finance; Corporate Social Responsibility; and Financial Literacy. A particular aspect of her research relates to the financing of entrepreneurial firms, including the evaluation of existing (and design of new) public policies. Overall, her research seeks to understand how to achieve smoother capital flows in Canada and wealth maximization for society as a whole. Her work identifies obstacles facing companies in need of capital and evaluates existing, and informs new, public policies in support of business creation and growth.

Publications during the last 7 years

Papers in Refereed Journals

  • Rostamkalaei, A., Nitani, M. and Riding, A.L. 2022. Self-employment, financial knowledge, and retirement planning. Journal of Small Business Management, 60(1): 63-92.
  • Legendre, N., Nitani, M. and Riding, A.L. 2021. Are franchises really more viable? Evidence from Loan Defaults. Journal of Business Research, 133: 23-33.
  • Georgieva, V., Nitani, M. and Riding, A.L. 2021. Budgeting and Gender: Employees and Self-Employed. Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 49(4): 310-327.
  • Nitani, M. and Legendre, N. 2021. Cooperative lenders and the performance of small business loans. Journal of Banking and Finance, 128(July).
  • Rostamkalaei, A., Nitani, M. and Riding, A.L. 2020. Borrower discouragement: the role of informal turndowns. Small Business Economics, 54: 173-188.
  • Nitani, M., Riding, A.L. and Orser, B. 2020. Self-employment, gender, financial knowledge, and high-cost borrowing. Journal of Small Business Management, 58(4): 669-706.
  • Nitani, M., Riding, A.L. and He, B. 2019. On Equity Crowdfunding: Investor Rationality and Success Factors. Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, 21(2-3): 243-272.
  • Nitani, M. and Neville, F. 2018. Growth Aspirations and Financing Choices of Immigrant-Owned New Ventures in Canada. Kindai Management Review, 6.

Invited Contributions and/or Technical Reports

  • Nitani, M. and Nusrat, A.S. 2023. "Scaling Up Is Hard To Do: Financing Canadian Small Firms", July, No. 644, available at https://www.cdhowe.org/public-policy-research/scaling-hard-do-financing-canadian-small-firms.

Funded Research during the last 7 years

Funded Research during the last 7 years
From-To Source Title * ** Role Amount
2024-2026 Telfer School of Management Telfer Teaching fellowship (Renewal of the Telfer Educational Excellence fellowship, 2021-2023) R I PI $ 45,000
2023-2026 SSHRC Insight Grant Scarcity and Financial Decisions on Necessity and Opportunity Entrepreneurs R C PI $ 88,532
2022 Mitacs-JSPS Summer Program The impact of public SME finance on R&D and innovation R O Collaborator $ 3,000
2021-2023 Telfer School of Management Telfer Educational Excellence fellowship R I PI $ 45,000
2018-2022 SSHRC Insight Grant Drawing upon the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: SMEs, Capital Suppliers, and Public Policy R C PI $ 80,445
2018-2020 SSHRC Insight Grant Over-confidence and Financial Decisions among Self-employed Canadians R C Co-I $ 34,000
2018-2019 SSHRC Partnership Grant Financial Literacy and Canadian Business Owners R C Co-I $ 24,900
2018-2019 SSHRC Partnership Grant Growth Aspirations, Financing and Strategies: Outcomes among SMEs R C PI $ 24,000
2014-2018 SSHRC Insight Grant Financing and the Growth of SMEs R C Co-I $ 82,070

LEGEND:

*Purpose
C: Contract (R and D) | E: Equipment Grant | R: Research Grant | S: Support Award | P: Pedagogical Grant | O: Other, U: Unknown

**Type
C: Granting Councils | G: Government | F: Foundations | I: UO Internal Funding | O: Other | U: Unknown

Role
PI = Principal Investigator | Co-I = Co-Investigator | Co-PI = Co-Principal Investigator

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