Rita Szalai
Mgr. Rita Szalai, PhD., has been working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics and Finance at the Faculty of Management, Comenius University in Bratislava since 2018. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Management, where she completed her master’s studies with honors and received the Rector’s Academic Commendation for outstanding academic performance throughout her university studies. She earned her PhD by defending her dissertation on the topic “Heterogeneity of Corporate Capital Structure in a Global Environment”.
Teaching Activities
Mgr. Rita Szalai, PhD. is involved in teaching courses in both Slovak and English in various areas of accounting:
- Principles of Financial Accounting I
- Principles of Financial Accounting II
- Financial Accounting and Control in the EEA
- International Financial Reporting Standards
- Financial Reporting and Analysis
- Sustainable Finance
- Principles of Financial Management
Research Activities and Projects
Her scientific and research work focuses primarily on the fields of economics and management, with an emphasis on international accounting standards and reporting, sustainable finance, corporate financial management, and the issue of tax evasion.
In 2016, she received a Grant for Doctoral Students and Young Researchers from Comenius University for a project titled “Analysis of the Impact of Capital Structure on Investor Returns, Innovation Development, Knowledge Progress, and Employee Satisfaction”. In the same year, she also participated as a co-investigator in the project MVZP/2016/40 titled “Bilateral Academic Forum Slovakia – France in the Perspective of Slovak Foreign Policy”.
Publications
Mgr. Rita Szalai, PhD. is a co-author of several publications.
Thesis Topics
She offers bachelor’s and master’s thesis topics focused on sustainable finance, capital structure management, and the issue of tax evasion.
Examples of thesis topics offered:
- Financial and Capital Structure of Companies
- ESG Factors and Corporate Financing
- ESG Reporting in Slovakia – Status, Barriers, and Opportunities
- Evaluation of Corporate ESG Performance
- Motivation and Consequences of Share Buybacks
- Employee Shares and Their Impact on Capital Structure
- Tax Havens as a Global Issue
- The Issue of Tax Havens from the Perspective of Financial Managemen