Full name: Botond BENEDEK
Role in project: postdoctoral researcher
Main affiliation: Babeș-Bolyai University
Main affiliation title: Assistant professor
Research topics: digitalization and financial performance
Contact: botond.benedek@econ.ubbcluj.ro
Personal website: https://econ.ubbcluj.ro/cv.php?id=633

Google scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=r7s-u5MAAAAJ&hl=en
ORCID link: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3792-2952
Linkedin link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/botond-benedek-295048238/

Teaching: Corporate finance, Insurance, Financing direct investments, Investments management, IT for Business, Business process automation

TOP5 publications:
1. Socaciu, E. M., Nagy, B. Z., & Benedek, B. (2023). No place like home: Home bias and flight-to-quality in Group of Seven countries. Economic Modelling, 129, 106549.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264999323003619?casa_token=WYqq-L7DOxcAAAAA:BIKCJ2E7XWBpRcaf2fnzDLsAn6ukvrIB83UThj3MEO2U76CQbDtiqAjAQm1SAMZ0Vc6CRHb2R2cc

2. Nagy, B. Z., & Benedek, B. (2021). Higher co-moments and adjusted Sharpe ratios for cryptocurrencies. Finance Research Letters, 39, 101543.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1544612319313807

3. Alt, M. A., Săplăcan, Z., Benedek, B., & Nagy, B. Z. (2021). Digital touchpoints and multichannel segmentation approach in the life insurance industry. International journal of retail & distribution management, 49(5), 652-677.
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJRDM-02-2020-0040/full/html

4. Nagy, B. Z., Alt, M. A., Benedek, B., & Săplăcan, Z. (2020). How do loss aversion and technology acceptance affect life insurance demand?. Applied Economics Letters, 27(12), 977-981.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13504851.2019.1650882

5. Szász, L., Rácz, B. G., Borza, A., & Benedek, B. (2019). A Comparative Study of Multinational Subsidiaries and Local Companies in Emerging Economies: A Manufacturing Practice Approach. Acta Oeconomica, 69(S2), 107-129.
https://akjournals.com/view/journals/032/69/S2/article-p107.xml

Research projects:
1. 2022 – Scientific researcher “Cost-efficiency of automobile insurance fraud detection methods”, project code: Domus senior team – 86/12/2022/HTMT
2. 2020 – 2022: Research assistant “The fourth industrial revolution: overcoming the challenges of implementing Industry 4.0 technologies at manufacturing companies in Central-Eastern Europe”, project code: UEFISCDI PN-III-P1.1-TE-2019-1773
3. 2020 – Research assistant “The risk-return profile of traditional and crypto assets. Developing novel statistical indicators for examining the risk-return tradeoff”, project code: Domus senior team – 1872/22/2020/HTMT
4. 2018 – 2020: Research assistant “Increasing the competitiveness of local suppliers of multinational companies in emerging countries – a knowledge transfer perspective”, project code: UEFISCDI PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2016-0502
5. 2018 – Research assistant “Acceptance of digital tools in the purchase process of life insurance – the case of Romania and Hungary”, project code: Domus senior team – 4039/1/2018/HTMT