Research & Grants

My broad area of research is in Firm, Growth, Earnings Management, Financial Markets,  Family Business, and SMEs.

Commercial/Research Grants/Fellowship & Awards:

• Strategic Financial Consultant - Aster Health Academy (Ongoing)

• Visiting Professor Research grant, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Italy. 

(Jan 2020 – June 2020) – EUR 12,000.

• Research Lead (Consultant), Expansion Plan of CTR, Family – INR 50,000.

• Reviewer – Journal of Business Research & European Management Journal.

• Visiting Scholar – Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (Sep 2016 – Mar 2017).

• PhD Fellowship from University of Naples Federico II, Italy (Dec 2014 – Feb 2018).

• Received Royalty grant – Emerald Emerging Market Case studies.

• Best Employee award for outstanding performance, Swiss Re Shared Services, India.

Publications 

• Cocozza, R., Gallo, S., Megaravalli, A., Verdoliva, V. Short-run pain, long-term gain? R&D investment and firm growth in Indian pharma. Journal of  Technology Transfer (2026) (Q1).

• Carpino, A., Megaravalli, A. V., Verdoliva, V, (2026). “Early Warning Signals of High Growth: Testing a Reverse-Altman Model on Emerging Market Firms. ” Finance Research Letters (Q1). 

• Megaravalli, A. V. (2023). Initial public offering: a critical review of literature. Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, 15(2), 385-411.  (Q2).

• Megaravalli, A. V., & BS, G. (2020). Expansion plan of Central Tiffin Room: a case on accounting. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, 10(3), 1-21. 

• Del Gaudio, B. L., Megaravalli, A. V., Sampagnaro, G., & Verdoliva, V. (2020). Mandatory disclosure tone and bank risk-taking: Evidence from Europe. Economics Letters, 186, 108531 (ABDC -A) 

• Megaravalli, A. V., & Sampagnaro, G. (2018). Firm age and liquidity ratio as predictors of firm growth: Evidence from Indian firms. Applied economics letters, 25(19), 1373-1375 (ABDC -B).

• Megaravalli, A. V., & Sampagnaro, G. (2018). Predicting the growth of high-growth SMEs: evidence from family business firms. Journal of Family Business Management, 9(1), 98-109 (Q1).

• Megaravalli, A. V., & Sampagnaro, G. (2018). Macroeconomic indicators and their impact on stock markets in ASIAN 3: A pooled mean group approach. Cogent Economics & Finance, 6(1), 1432450 (Q2) 

Book Chapter

• Macroeconomic indicators and their impact on stock markets in ASIAN 3 (Macroeconomics and Its Impact on Stock Markets of India, China, and Japan: ASIAN Markets: Business & Management Book Chapter | IGI Global (igi-global.com).

International Conference

• Arriving at the High-growth firm, 13th International CIRCLE Conference for Consumer Behaviour and Retailing Research ISBN: 978-0-9932345-1-4. page 69 (CIRCLE 2016 BoA (circleinternational.co.uk).