Lecturer in Finance and Accounting

Contact Details

• Tel: +44(0) 116 252 3376
• Email: a.moro@le.ac.uk
• Office: Room 311, Level 3, Ken Edwards Building
• Office Hours: by appointment

Biography 

Andrea graduated in Economics at University of Trieste (Italy) before taking an MBA at the Open University Business School (UK) and a PhD at Lancaster University Management School (UK). After fifteen years as senior financial advisor for SMEs in a consulting firm completely owned by a group of small local banks, he moved to the academia in 2008 joining The Open University Business School where he taught finance modules in the MBA. In 2010 he started working with the University of Leicester School of Management. Currently he is member of the board of directors of two real estate development firms and advises a leading Italian insurance company about CSR and Corporate social responsibility reporting.

Research Interests 

Andrea’s research interests are mainly on SMEs – bank lending relationship. He investigates issues SMEs face accessing credit, what can reduce the information asymmetry between SMEs and banks and the role of soft factors such as trust in the lending relationships. In addition, he is interested in SMEs capital structure and its optimisation, in SMEs financial planning, and in social responsibility reporting in the service sector.

PhD Supervision 

He is happy to supervise dissertations about SMEs financing and particularly about SMEs capital structure and about the relationship between SMEs and banks both in Europe and in developing countries.

Teaching 

Currently Andrea teaches Performance Measurement (MSc in Finance), Dissertation Methods (MSc in Finance) and International Business (BA Management Studies).

Most Recent Publications 

Recent journal articles and conference papers (2010)
Howorth, C., A. Moro, 2010, “Trustworthiness and the Cost of Credit: An Empirical Study of SMEs and Small Banks in Italy”, Small Business Economics.

Moro A., M. Fink, 2010, “Perceived Competence and Credit Access of SMEs - Can Trust Change the Rules of the Game”, Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Recovery: A Focus on Job Creation and Economic Stabilization, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Atlanta, US - October, 2010).

Moro A., M. Lucas, D. Kodwani, 2010, “Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs), and Their Cost of Capital”, International Conference on Management of SMEs 2010, Institute of Management Technology (Nagpur, India - September, 2010).

Moro A., M. Lucas, U. Grimm, E. Grassi, 2010, “Financing SMEs: a Model for Optimising the Capital Structure”, 17th Annual Global Finance Conference (Poznan, Poland - June, 2010).

Moro A., M. Lucas, D. Kodwani, 2010, “SMEs and Banks: Investigating the Link between Trust and the Pledging of Personal Collateral”, International Conference on Business and Finance (Hyderabad – India - March 2010).

Moro, A., D. Kodwani, 2010, “Trust me, I’m an Entrepreneur. Can Trust Help Firm to Gain the Credit They Need?” 5th Workshop on Trust Within and Between Organisations (Madrid – Spain, January 2010).

Journal articles, conference papers and working papers
Moro, A., C. Howorth, 2009, “The Role of Trust in Accessing Short-Term Credit” in D. Masciandaro, G Bracco (eds.) XIV Rapporto sul sistema finanziario italiano: le banche italiane fra crisi finanziaria, protezione del risparmio e sviluppo di prodotti, EdiBanca – Rome.

Moro, A., M. Lukas, E. Grassi, C. Bazzanella, 2009, “The Short Term Debt vs. Long Term Debt Puzzle: A Model for the Optimal Mix” 5th Conference on Performance Measurement and Management Control, (Nice, France September 2009).

Moro, A., L. Romeo, C.J. Tarfusser, 2009, “Social responsibility reporting in the public prosecution service: a tool to improve service performance”, 6th ADERSE Conference, (Pau, France, January 2009).

Moro, A., E. Grassi, C. Bazzanella, 2009, “Social responsibility reporting at group level in a mutual insurance company: the experience of ITAS Mutua Assicurazioni”, 6th ADERSE Conference, (Pau, France, January 2009).

Giancane, S., A. Moro, C. J. Tarfusser, B. Turra, 2007, “La sperimentazione del Bilancio Sociale della Procura della Repubblica di Bolzano: aspetti metodologici e pratici” in, Paolo Ricci ed. Lo standard GBS per la rendicontazione sociale nella pubblica amministrazione pp. 202-212, Franco Angeli.

Howorth, C., A. Moro, 2006, “Trust within Entrepreneur Bank Relationships: Insights from Italy”, Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 30, 4, pp. 495-517.

Moro, A., O. Kiesswetter, 2006. “Predisposizione di un fondo di garanzia per il terzo settore”, Solidaris on behalf of Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – internal working paper.

Howorth, C., A. Moro, 2005, “Benevolence, Integrity and Ability: A Survey of Italian Small Firms and Banks”, Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship 28th National Conference Proceedings.

Moro, A., P. Tanesini, R. Notaro, 2003. “Analisi preventiva per un fondo finanziario a supporto del privato sociale”, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano, Rip. 24 – Servizio Sociale – internal working paper

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