Dr Ramchandra Bhusal
Dr. Ramchandra Bhusal
- Job title
- Associate Professor - Edinburgh Business School
- Role
- Associate Professor - Edinburgh Business School
- Section
- School of Social Sciences
About
Dr. Ramchandra Bhusal, PhD, CGMA, FHEA, is an Assistant Professor in Finance at Heriot-Watt University, Dubai. Specialising in entrepreneurial finance, financial innovation, and sustainable finance, he teaches finance programmes at both Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels. Previously, he served as Programme Leader and Lecturer at Queen Margaret University. His research focuses on sustainable finance, fintech and financial inclusion, SME financing, and accounting for sustainability. Dr. Bhusal is a Chartered Global Management Accountant and a Fellow with Advance HE.
Biography
Academic Leadership and Affiliations
- British Accounting and Finance Association–Executive member of Scottish Area Group.
- Britain Nepal Academic Council–Member.
- Edinburgh Napier University–External examiner.
- University of South Wales – External examiner - Chartered Institute of Management Accountants – Member
- Advance HE (previously Higher Education Academy) – Fellow
Qualifications:
- PgCert in Professional and Higher Education,
Queen Margaret University Edinburgh (2022) - PhD in Finance,
Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge (2019) - MBA Finance,
Cardiff Metropolitan University (2015) - MSc Finance and Accounting,
University of Wolverhampton (2012) - BA (Hons) Economics and Econometrics,
Tribhuvan University Nepal (2008)
Research
Ramchandra's core research interests include entrepreneurial finance, sustainable finance and fintech, fintech and access to finance(particularly forSMEs),and sustainability accounting. His current research project explores sustainable investing in SMEs on the path to net zero. Ramchandra is an active supervisor of undergraduate, and postgraduate dissertations and PhD thesis and welcomes any prospective PhD candidates to get in touch in the areas of his expertise.
Publications
- The impact of entrepreneurial capital on preference for external financing: an empirical study of ethnic minority business owners in the UK. De Gruyter Hand book of SME Entrepreneurship, edited by Marina Dabic and Sascha Kraus, Berlin Boston: De Gruyter, 2024, pp. 519–54: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110747652-024
- Does discouragement influence preferences for external financing? Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing-under review
- ‘Identity through entrepreneurship’: does perceived discrimination create barriers on the path to shaping one’s identity through entrepreneurial endeavours? ’Equity in Education and Society–under review
- Onboarding SMEs for Net Zero Scotland: Owner/managers’ responses, readiness, and resilience to sustainable financing. Working paper