Salma Lemkhente

PhD Candidate in Management Sciences
ESADE Business School, Ramon Llull University
Group for Research in Economics and Finance (GREF)

On the 2026–2027 academic job market in finance

I study how firms build intangible capital through the people they hire, how markets value it, and how competition shapes firms’ innovation.

Corporate Finance · Intangible Capital · Innovation & Competition · Sustainable Finance

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Salma Lemkhente

Research

Job Market Paper

What Firms Build: Capability Investment in Hiring and Its Value

Solo-authored

Main result. [One sentence with the headline finding, added when the paper is final.]

Presented at the EFMA Doctoral Consortium, Kristiansand, 2026 (earlier version)

Abstract

[Abstract, at most 150 words, added when the paper is final.]

Working Papers

Work in Progress

Dynamic Innovation Responses to Market Structure Change: A Theoretical Framework

with Ariadna Dumitrescu

Teaching

Instructor of record for more than 30 course sections at BBA and MBA level (2017–2020), all taught in English, and first finance subject coordinator at EU Business School.

EU Business SchoolLecturer in Finance · 2017–2020
  • Business Finance, Corporate Finance, Cases in Finance (BBA)
  • Corporate Finance, Advanced Finance (MBA)
  • Managing Financial Resources, University of Derby programme (BBA, co-taught)
  • Finance Subject Coordinator, 2018–2020: syllabus harmonization, common exams and rubrics, grade moderation across sections
La Salle, Ramon Llull UniversityLecturer in Finance · 2017–2020
  • Corporate Finance, Financial Management, Principles of Finance, Accounting Principles II, Entrepreneurial Finance for E-Business (BBA)
ESADE Business SchoolTeaching Assistant · 2023
  • Corporate Finance (MSc), for Vicente J. Bermejo, Fall 2023
  • Organizational Behavior Theory (BBA), for François Collet, Spring 2023

References

Carolina Villegas-Sanchez (advisor)

Full Professor
Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting
ESADE Business School
carolina.villegas@esade.edu

Ariadna Dumitrescu (advisor)

Associate Professor
Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting
ESADE Business School
ariadna.dumitrescu@esade.edu

Vicente J. Bermejo

Associate Professor
Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting
Director, Group for Research in Economics and Finance (GREF)
ESADE Business School
vicente.bermejo@esade.edu