Senior Lecturer
Ing. Michaela Blahová, Ph.D.
Department of Finance and AccountingShe is a senior lecturer of Corporate Finance 1 (basic course), Corporate Finance 2 (advanced course), Corporate Valuation, Value Based Management and Cross Cultural Management. Her primary areas of research are at the interface of corporate performance measurement with strategic management, business model design and contemporary challenges shaping corporate finance in the global business environment. She has been a leader/co-leader of various national and international research and educational projects supported by the European Commission (Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, Erasmus Mundus, Tempus), Czech Science Foundation (GACR), Visegrad Fund, CEEPUS, etc.
Selected external research projects:
| 2025 – 2029 | Horizon Europe | Easy2reUse – Reusable Easy to Breath and Use Masks – Elastomeric Half-Mask |
| 2022 – 2024 | Horizon Europe | Sustainable Horizons – European Universities Designing the Horizons of Sustainability |
| 2017 – 2019 | Horizon 2020 | Shape Energy – Social Sciences and Humanities for Advancing Policy in European Energy |
| 2014 – 2017 | GACR* | Creating Strat. Perf. Model Framework Based on Utilization of Synergy Effects of Selected Man. Systems |
| 2009 – 2011 | GACR* | Creating a Model for the Performance Measurement and Management of Enterprises |
| 2021 – 2023 | Visegrad Fund | Measuring University Excellence in the V4 Region; Eliminating Invisibility and Get Recognition |
| 2010 | Visegrad Fund | Profitable Business Methods on the FOREX Markets to be Used in the Entrepreneurial Sphere in the V4 |
| 2010 | Visegrad Fund | International Visegrad Summer School 2010 on Investment of Financial Resources on Financial Markets |
* The Czech Science Foundation
Selected external other (educational) projects:
| 2025 – 2028 |
Erasmus + |
PIONEER Alliance (European Universities) |
| 2020 – 2021 | MEYS* | Institutional Quality and Science Strategy Development at TBU Zlín |
| 2020 | MEYS* | Development and Quality Assurance of Joint Programs Implemented in Coop. with Foreign Universities |
| 2014 – 2016 | CEEPUS | Rural Tourism Programs Network |
| 2013 – 2017 | Erasmus Mundus | EFFORT – Education Force: Driving Mobility for EU-East Europe Cooperation |
| 2013 – 2017 | Erasmus Mundus | EA-CEA II. – Euro-Asian Cooperation for Excellence and Advancement II. |
| 2008 – 2011 | Erasmus Mundus | WISHES – Web-Based Information Service for Higher Education Students |
| 2012 – 2016 | Tempus | IMPRESS – Improving the Efficiency of Student Services |
| 2012 – 2015 | ESF** | Development of Manpower in Research of Perf. Meas. and Operation, Companies, Clusters and Regions |
* Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Czech Republic, ** European Social Fund
Teaching
Consulting hours
Wednesday 9am-11am (or any other time depending on the prior agreement)Curriculum vitae
Education
- 2008 - 2013: Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Faculty of Management and Economics, Doctoral degree programme in Economic Policy and Administration (course: Finance) - in ENGLISH
- 2005 - 2007: Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Faculty of Management and Economics, Follow-Up Master's degree programme in Economic Policy and Administration (course: Finance) (Tomas Bata Foundation Prize for the best Master thesis written in English)
- 2002 - 2005: Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Faculty of Management and Economics, Bachelor's degree programme in Economics and Management (course: Management and Economics)
- 1998 - 2002: Lesní čtvrť Grammar School, Zlín
Internships and study stays
- 2015: LIUC Universita Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy, international research internship
- 2015: Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, international research internship
- 2015: Northumbria University, Newcastle, United Kingdom, lecturer within the Tempus IMPRESS project
- 2014: Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, international research internship
- 2014: Northumbria University, Newcastle, United Kingdom, lecturer within the Tempus IMPRESS project
Process of employment
- 2015 - present: Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Faculty of Management and Economics, Department of Finance and Accounting, Senior Lecturer
- 2019 - 2021: Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Rectorate, Vice-Rector for Internationalization
- 2013 - 2015: Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Faculty of Management and Economics, Centre of Applied Economic Research, Post-Doctoral Researcher
- 2007 - 2013: Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Rectorate, International Office, International Officer (2007-2011), Head of Office (2011-2013)
- 2004 - 2007: Mervin, s.r.o., Language school, translations, interpreting, teaching
- 2002 - 2007: Trexim Plus spol. s r.o. and MATREX spol. s r.o., translations, interpreting
Membership of expert organizations
- Corporate Financial Institute (CFI), member since 2023
Membership of bodies
- Disciplinary Committee, FaME TBU, member since 2024
- Internal Grant Agency, Faculty Evaluation Committee, FaME TBU, member since 2023
- Scientific Board, FaME TBU, member in 2020-2021
- UAlgoritmo, Guest Editor of the "Special issue on Sustainable Horizons: Connecting Citizenship and Science", 2023
- European Regions for Smart Communities Summit, Scientific Committee member in 2022
- American Journal of Management Science and Engineering, Editorial Board member in 2018-2020
- International Conference on Finance and Economics, Programme Committee member in 2016-2017, 2020
- International Business Information Management Association, Programme Committee member in 2015-2017