Myint Moe Chit

Contact

• workRoom EB30 Block E
  Malaysia Campus
  Jalan Broga
  43500 Semenyih
  Selangor Darul Ehsan
  Malaysia
• work6(03) 8924 8764
• fax6 (03) 8924 8019
• MoeChit.Myint@nottingham.edu.my

Biography

Dr Myint Moe Chit is an Associate Professor in Quantitative Economics and Director of Accreditation, Quality & Employability at the Nottingham University Business School (NUBS) in the University of Nottingham Malaysia (UNM). Myint received his doctorate in Financial Economics from Middlesex University Business School, London. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK). His research interests include international trade, small business entrepreneurship and innovation, and the roles of Green Economy, Fintech development and Digital transformation on the growth and survival small businesses. He has published articles in peer-reviewed journals, including the World Economy, European Management Review,, Empirical Economics, International Journal of Finance & Economics, and Global Finance Journal.

Teaching Summary

His teaching interests are in Data Analytics, Econometrics and Managerial Economics. Currently, he is teaching Softwares and Tools for Data Analytics, Introductory Econometrics, and Business… read more

Research Summary

Myint's research interests include bilateral trade among ASEAN countries, SME innovation and development, the role of financial and institutional environment on capital structure of firms, and the… read more

Selected Publications

• MYINT MOE CHIT, RICHARD CROUCHER and MARIAN RIZOV, 2023. Surviving the COVID-19 pandemic: The antecedents of success among European SMEs European Management Review. 20(1), 113-127
• CHIT, M. M., 2018. Political openness and the growth of small and medium enterprises: Empirical evidence from transition economies Empirical Economics. 55(2), 781-804
• MYINT MOE CHIT and MARIAN RIZOV, 2023. SMEs’ diversification of financing sources: Strategy or desperation? International Journal of Finance and Economics.
• CHIT, M. M., RIZOV, M. and WILLENBOCKEL, D., 2010. Exchange Rate Volatility and Exports: New Empirical Evidence from the Emerging East Asian Economies The World Economy. 33(2), 239-263

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His teaching interests are in Data Analytics, Econometrics and Managerial Economics. Currently, he is teaching Softwares and Tools for Data Analytics, Introductory Econometrics, and Business Intelligence in Digital Economy.

Current Research

Myint's research interests include bilateral trade among ASEAN countries, SME innovation and development, the role of financial and institutional environment on capital structure of firms, and the role of digital transformation on orgasinational performance. Current research topics are:

• Surviving the Covid-19 pandemic: European and African SMEs compared (with Richard Croucher, Ellis Osabutey and Marian Rizav)
• A Systematic Literature Review and Gap Analysis on Models Predicting Sovereign Ratings (with Choy, S and Teo WL)
• Occupational Stress as a Mediator between Organisational Intelligence Traits and Digital Government Service Quality: A Triangulation Design Approach (with S Ramakrishnan, MS Wong, MM Chit, DS Mutum) submitted to Journal of Service Theory & Practice and under revision
• FinTech and financial constraints of small businesses: Empirical evidence from a cross-country analysis (presented at the Vietnam Symposium in Banking and Finance 2023, 26-28 October, 2023, Hanoi, Vietnam)

Past Research

• Drivers of absorptive capacities for technology acquisitions and successful commercialisation among SMEs in Malaysia (Project funded by MTDC: Completed)
• Understanding student engagement in different delivery modes and strategies to enhance it during and post COVID19 (Project funded by UNM T&L Funding Scheme (2021-22)

Future Research

• The role of Generative AI and its impacts on small businesses (Faculty of Art and Social Sciences Pump-Primed Research Grant)
• SMEs' sustainability behaviour and the moderating role of environmental policy and regulations

• RAMAKRISHNAN, S., WONG, M.S., CHIT, M.M. and MUTUM, D.S., 2024. Occupational Stress as a Mediator between Organisational Intelligence Traits and Digital Government Service Quality: A Triangulation Design Approach Journal of Service Theory and Practice. (In Press.)
• RICHARD CROUCHER, MYINT MOE CHIT, ELLIS OSABUTEY and MARIAN RIZOV, 2024. Surviving the COVID-19 pandemic: European and African SMEs and domestic public policies compared Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy.
• MYINT MOE CHIT, RICHARD CROUCHER and MARIAN RIZOV, 2023. Surviving the COVID-19 pandemic: The antecedents of success among European SMEs European Management Review. 20(1), 113-127
• MYINT MOE CHIT and MARIAN RIZOV, 2023. SMEs’ diversification of financing sources: Strategy or desperation? International Journal of Finance and Economics.
• RAMAKRISHNAN, S., WONG, M.S., CHIT, M.M. and MUTUM, D.S., 2023. The Mediating Role of Occupational Stress: A Missing Link between Organisational Intelligence Traits and Digital Government Service Quality International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management.
• RAMAKRISHNAN, S., WONG, M.S., CHIT, M.M. and MUTUM, D.S., 2022. A conceptual model of the relationship between organisational intelligence traits and digital government service quality: The role of occupational stress International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management. 39(6), 1429-1452
• SWEE YEW CHOY, MYINT MOE CHIT and WING LEONG TEO, 2021. Sovereign credit ratings: Discovering unorthodox factors and variables Global Finance Journal. 48(2021),
• CHIT, M. M., 2019. Financial information credibility, legal environment and SMEs access to finance International Journal of the Economics of Business. 26(3), 329-354
• CHIT, M. M., 2018. Political openness and the growth of small and medium enterprises: Empirical evidence from transition economies Empirical Economics. 55(2), 781-804
• CHIT M M, 2015. Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Financing Source Diversification: Strategy or Desperation In: The 47th Money, Macro and Finance Group Research Conference, Cardiff University Business School, Cardiff, UK.
• BORSE, G. and CHIT, M. M., 2014. Determinants of Credit Card Fraud: Is Asia different from the other regions? Management Development Journal of Singapore. 19(1), 74-90
• CHIT M M, 2014. Fractional Multi-response Logit Regression Estimation of SMEs’ Financing Decisions In: ISI Regional Statistics Conference 2014: Statistical Science for a Better Tomorrow; Sasana Kijang, Kuala Lumpur; Malaysia.
• CHIT, M. M., 2012. SMEs and Exports: An Empirical Analysis of SMEs in Developing and Emerging Economies Management Development Journal of Singapore. 18(1), 29-47
• CHIT, M. M. and JUDGE, A., 2011. Non-linear effect of exchange rate volatility on exports and the role of financial sector development: Evidence from the emerging East Asian economies International Review of Applied Economics. 25(1), 107-119
• CHIT, M. M., RIZOV, M. and WILLENBOCKEL, D., 2010. Exchange Rate Volatility and Exports: New Empirical Evidence from the Emerging East Asian Economies The World Economy. 33(2), 239-263
• CHIT, M. M., 2008. Exchange rate volatility and exports: evidence from the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. 6(3), 261-277
• CHIT M M, 2008. The role of financial sector development on the relationship between exchange rate volatility and exports: Empirical evidence from emerging East Asia economies In: The 19th CEA (UK) conference, Cambridge; UK.
• CHIT M M, 2007. Real Exchange Rate Volatility and Macroeconomic Fundamentals: Evidence from the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area In: The 18th CEA (UK) Annual Conference on Integrating China into the World Economy, Nottingham; UK.