Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania

Alina Taran-Bozbay holds a PhD in Accounting from Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania, and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Romania. She also holds a specialized Psycho-pedagogical Teaching Certificate, which qualifies her to teach at the university level. Her primary research interests include financial accounting, financial reporting, auditing, corporate governance, and sustainability reporting, with a particular focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosures. She has authored numerous publications in peer-reviewed international journals in the fields of accounting and finance. Since 2018, she has been serving as a university lecturer, and since 2010, she has gained extensive professional experience in the field of accounting through her collaboration with various small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on financial reporting, tax compliance, budgeting, and consultancy.

Accounting

Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)

• Hou, D., Yuan, Z., Taran-Bozbay, A., & Zahid, R. M. (2025). Dividend policies and managerial ability beyond financial constraints: insights from China. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-04131-w (Q1)
• Zahid, A., Taran, A., Khan, K.M., Chersan, I.C. (2022). ESG, Dividend Payout Policy and the Moderating role of Audit Quality: Empirical evidence from Western Europe, Borsa Istanbul Review, 23(2), 350-367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bir.2022.10.012 (Q1)
• Zahid, R. A., Taran, A., Khan, M. K., Simga-Mugan, C. (2023). The effect of ownership composition on corporate financial performance in the European frontier markets. Baltic Journal of Management, 18(2), 242-261. https://doi.org/10.1108/BJM-12-2021-0457 (Q3)
• Mironiuc, M., Huian, M.C., Taran, A., Curea, M. (2022). Financial market reaction to R&D volatility in the pharmaceutical industry. A multi-country study, Journal of Business Economics and Management, 23(5), 1234–1256. https://doi.org/10.3846/jbem.2022.17844 (Q2)
• Taran, A., Simga-Mugan, C., Mironiuc, M. (2021). Country-segment disclosure of foreign operations from Central and Eastern Europe: country-level determinants and value relevance. Journal of Multinational Financial Management, 100718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mulfin.2021.100718 (Q1)
• Saygili, A. T., Saygili, E., Taran, A. (2021). The effects of corporate governance practices on firm-level financial performance: Evidence from Borsa Istanbul XKURY companies. Journal of Business Economics and Management, 22(4), 884-904. https://doi.org/10.3846/jbem.2021.14440 (Q2)
• Mironiuc, M., Ionașcu, E., Huian, M.C., Taran, A. (2021). Reflecting the Sustainability Dimensions on the Residential Real Estate Prices. Sustainability, 13(5), 2963. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052963 (Q2)
• Chersan, I.C., Chirilă, V., Taran, A., Danileț, M. (2019). Determinant factors of sustainable reporting in the UK – An analysis based on the reports from GRI’s sustainability disclosure database, Transformations in Business & Economics, 18(2A/47A), 568-585. http://www.transformations.knf.vu.lt/47a/article/dete (Q3)
• Saygili, E., Saygili, A.T., Taran, A. (2019). Who dictates corporate governance practices in Turkey? The role of ownership structure for XKURY companies, Turkish Studies, 21(3), 462-484. https://doi.org/10.1080/14683849.2019.1642752 (Q1)

Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)

• Agudaru, A.M., Taran, A. (2023). A nexus between foreign students, foreign medical students, international tourism and health tourism-global trends and the case of Turkey, Eastern Journal of European Studies, 14(SI), 159-180. https://ejes.uaic.ro/articles/EJES2023_14SI_AGU.pdf
• Taran, A. (2019). Corporate ownership and capital structure: evidence from Romania, Eastern Journal of European Studies, 10(1), 149-166. https://ejes.uaic.ro/articles/EJES2019_1001_TAR.pdf
• Zahid, R.M.A., Taran, A., Simga-Mugan, F.N.C. (2018). Cultural values and financial reporting practices: contemporary tendencies in Eastern European countries, Eastern Journal of European Studies, 9(2), 89-109. ejes.uaic.ro/articles/EJES2018_0902_ZAH.pdf

Other international peer-reviewed journals

• Taran, A., Mironiuc, M. (2018). Influence of local versus foreign corporations, as shareholders, on financial performance of Romanian listed companies, Review of Economic and Business Studies, 11(1), 97-116. rebs.feaa.uaic.ro/issues/pdfs/21.pdf#page=97
• Taran, A., Zahid, R.A., Mironiuc, M. (2017). Foreign ownership and financial disclosure in Central and Eastern Europe, Timisoara Journal of Economics and Business, 10(2), 151-168. https://www.tjeb.ro/index.php/tjeb/article/view/244
• Taran, A., Mironiuc, M., Huian, M.C. (2016). Examining the influence of some macroeconomic factors on foreign direct investment, Review of Economic and Business Studies, 9(2), 159-182. rebs.feaa.uaic.ro/issues/pdfs/18.pdf#page=159
• Mironiuc, M., Taran, A. (2015). The significance of financial and non-financial information in insolvency risk detection, Procedia Economics and Finance, 26, 750-756. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212567115008345

Articles in other peer-reviewed Turkish journals

• Taran, A. (2017). A critical approach to the corporate insolvency in Romania, Florya Chronicles of Political Economy, 3(1), 111-129. fcpe.aydin.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/fcpe_v3i1004.pdf 

Working Papers

• Zahid, R.M., Taran, A., Maqsood, U.S. (2023-present). Paris Accord and ESG Performance of Western European Companies 
• Khan, K.M., Zahid, R.M.A., Maqsood, U.S., Taran, A. (2023-present), Investing with a Conscience: The Impact of ESG performance on corporate financing ease in Western Europe 
• Taran, A. (2024-present). Sustainability Assurance in The Global Airline Industry (Book chapter)

ACCT201 Financial Accounting, ACCT301 Managerial Accounting