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Dr PETR POLAK

Lecturer, Finance
MSc/VSB - Technical University of Ostrava
PhD/VSB - Technical University of Ostrava


Ph +61 3 9214 8791
Fax +61 3 9819 2117
Room BA1222
ppolak@swin.edu.au

Dr. Petr Polak teaches Finance in the Faculty of Business and Enterpise. Before that he was involved in finance, and accounting, in various senior positions with major corporations in the Czech Republic, and Canada. He is a member of the editorial panel of the Journal of Corporate Treasury Management and Treasury Management International both based in London, and the United States based The International Journal of Business and Finance Research. He is a Certified Finance and Treasury Professional of the FTA (Australia), and in 2001 was appointed Vice-President of the CAT (Czech Association of Corporate Treasurers). He has a Ph.D. in Finance.

Areas of teaching include Financial Management, Financial Risk Management, Capital Markets.

Professional Memberships
CAT (Czech Association of Treasury), EACT (European Association of Corporate Treasurers)

Research Profile

Research Interests

  • Finance
  • Financial Markets

Recent Publications

Polak Petr, Kocurek Kamil: Cash and Working Capital Management in the Czech Republic. International Research Journal: Investment Management and Financial Innovations (ISSN 1810-4967), Number 1/2007. Sumy, Ukraine 2007, pp. 17-30.

Polak Petr, Simon Ondrej.: The Application of Cash Pooling and Cash Management into Business Practice. In: Global Conference on Business and Finance, Proceedings (ISSN 1941-9589). The IBFR, Hilo, Hawaii, United States of America, pp. 12-17.

Polak Petr: The Influence of the Development of Reference Interest Rates in Choosing Investment and Debt Financial Tools for Corporations – Case of the Czech Republic in 1997-2002. Journal of Emerging Markets (ISSN 1083-9798),Volume 12, Number 2. St. John’s University, New York, United States of America 2007, pp. 16-25.

Polak Petr, Kocurek Kamil: How Cash Pooling Works in the Czech Republic. Management - Journal of Contemporary Management Issues (ISSN 1846-3363), Volume 12, Number 2. University of Split, Croatia 2007, pp. 85-95.

Polak Petr: Appreciation of the Impact of the Development of Financial Markets on Financial Decisions made by Corporations in the Czech Republic. International Research Journal: Investment Management and Financial Innovations (ISSN 1810-4967), #2/2005, Sumy, Ukraine 2005, pp. 8-17.

Polak Petr: Adopting euro in the CzechRepublic. The Canadian Treasurer (ISSN 0845-7328) December 2004 / January 2005 Volume 20, Number 6. TMAC, Toronto, Canada 2004, pp. 24-25.

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