Tomas Bata University in Zlín

Senior Lecturer

Ing. Michaela Blahová, Ph.D.

Department of Finance and Accounting
E-mail: mblahova@utb.cz TEL: +420 576 032 509 Office:
U2/405

She 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:

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:

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

  • UAlgoritmo, Guest Editor of the "Special issue on Sustainable Horizons: Connecting Citizenship and Science", 2023
  • Internal Grant Agency, Faculty Evaluation Committee, Faculty of Management and Economics of Tomas Bata University in Zlín, member in 2023
  • European Regions for Smart Communities Summit, Scientific Committee member in 2022
  • Scientific Board of the Faculty of Management and Economics of Tomas Bata University in Zlín, member in 2020-2021
  • 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

Faculties and departments

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