Ishwar Khatri
About
Ishwar Khatri is a Postdoc Researcher at NTNU Business School at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). He holds a PhD in Economics and Management from NTNU Business School. He also has an MBA in Finance and a Master's in International Business. His research is interdisciplinary, with a strong focus on contributing to corporate sustainability. His key areas of interest include corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, sustainable finance, sustainability reporting, and sustainable real estate. He has publications in several journals like British Journal of Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, International Review of Financial Analysis, Journal of Real Estate Research, among others. He is a recipient of the "Responsible Research in Management" Award (2025), which is co-sponsored by the Academy of Management Fellows Group and Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM) network, awarded at the 85th Academy of Management Annual Meeting Conference, Copenhagen.
Publications
2026
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Khatri, Ishwar;
Oust, Are.
(2026)
Do Sustainable Retrofits Pay Off? Evidence from U.S. Real Estate Investment Trusts.
Journal of Real Estate Research
Academic article
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Hosseinniakani, Seyed Mahmoud;
Khatri, Ishwar;
Knardal, Per Ståle;
Wahlstrøm, Ranik Raaen.
(2026)
Abnormal disclosure and the cost of equity capital: evidence from textual characteristics of sustainability disclosure.
Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting
Academic article
2025
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Khatri, Ishwar.
(2025)
Does CSR matter in times of crisis? Evidence from the Nordic stock market response to COVID-19.
Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment
Academic article
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Khatri, Ishwar;
Giskås, Paul Einar;
Kyrrø, Anneli Kalliainen;
Kjærland, Frode.
(2025)
Corporate governance mechanisms and non-financial disclosure quality: Evidence from sustainability committee, external CSR assurance, and stakeholder engagement.
International Review of Financial Analysis
Academic article
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Khatri, Ishwar;
Bui, Phuong;
Kyaw, Khine.
(2025)
Corporate Environmental Performance and Stock Price Synchronicity: Examining Industry Sensitivity and Disclosure Regimes in Stakeholder‐Oriented Markets.
Business Strategy and the Environment (BSE)
Academic article
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Khatri, Ishwar.
(2025)
From risk aversion to sustainability: How women directors influence investment in the energy firms?.
Finance Research Letters
Academic article
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Khatri, Ishwar.
(2025)
The effect of non-financial disclosure regulation on earnings management: information symmetry, signalling or political costs?.
Accounting Research Journal
Academic article
2024
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Kyaw, Khine Aye Myat;
Khatri, Ishwar;
Treepongkaruna, Sirimon.
(2024)
When R&D investment improves firm value: the role of board gender diversity.
Corporate Governance : The international journal of business in society
Academic article
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Khatri, Ishwar.
(2024)
Boardroom Diversity and Carbon Emissions: Evidence from the UK Firms.
Journal of Business Ethics
Academic article
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Mustafa, Ghulam;
Khatri, Ishwar.
(2024)
Board Gender Diversity and CSR Performance: Do Societal Harmony/Mastery Orientation and Cultural Tightness-Looseness Matter?.
British Journal of Management
Academic article
2023
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Khatri, Ishwar.
(2023)
The role of analyst coverage and value-relevance of energy efficiency.
Review of Accounting and Finance
Academic article
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Khatri, Ishwar;
Kjærland, Frode.
(2023)
Sustainability reporting practices and environmental performance amongst nordic listed firms.
Journal of Cleaner Production
Academic article
2022
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Khatri, Ishwar.
(2022)
Board gender diversity and sustainability performance: Nordic evidence.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
Academic article
2021
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Khatri, Ishwar.
(2021)
Dynamic relationship between board gender diversity and renewable energy.
Academic chapter
Journal publications
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Khatri, Ishwar;
Oust, Are.
(2026)
Do Sustainable Retrofits Pay Off? Evidence from U.S. Real Estate Investment Trusts.
Journal of Real Estate Research
Academic article
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Hosseinniakani, Seyed Mahmoud;
Khatri, Ishwar;
Knardal, Per Ståle;
Wahlstrøm, Ranik Raaen.
(2026)
Abnormal disclosure and the cost of equity capital: evidence from textual characteristics of sustainability disclosure.
Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting
Academic article
-
Khatri, Ishwar.
(2025)
Does CSR matter in times of crisis? Evidence from the Nordic stock market response to COVID-19.
Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment
Academic article
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Khatri, Ishwar;
Giskås, Paul Einar;
Kyrrø, Anneli Kalliainen;
Kjærland, Frode.
(2025)
Corporate governance mechanisms and non-financial disclosure quality: Evidence from sustainability committee, external CSR assurance, and stakeholder engagement.
International Review of Financial Analysis
Academic article
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Khatri, Ishwar;
Bui, Phuong;
Kyaw, Khine.
(2025)
Corporate Environmental Performance and Stock Price Synchronicity: Examining Industry Sensitivity and Disclosure Regimes in Stakeholder‐Oriented Markets.
Business Strategy and the Environment (BSE)
Academic article
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Kyaw, Khine Aye Myat;
Khatri, Ishwar;
Treepongkaruna, Sirimon.
(2024)
When R&D investment improves firm value: the role of board gender diversity.
Corporate Governance : The international journal of business in society
Academic article
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Khatri, Ishwar.
(2023)
The role of analyst coverage and value-relevance of energy efficiency.
Review of Accounting and Finance
Academic article
-
Khatri, Ishwar;
Kjærland, Frode.
(2023)
Sustainability reporting practices and environmental performance amongst nordic listed firms.
Journal of Cleaner Production
Academic article
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Khatri, Ishwar.
(2022)
Board gender diversity and sustainability performance: Nordic evidence.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
Academic article
-
Khatri, Ishwar.
(2024)
Boardroom Diversity and Carbon Emissions: Evidence from the UK Firms.
Journal of Business Ethics
Academic article
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Mustafa, Ghulam;
Khatri, Ishwar.
(2024)
Board Gender Diversity and CSR Performance: Do Societal Harmony/Mastery Orientation and Cultural Tightness-Looseness Matter?.
British Journal of Management
Academic article
-
Khatri, Ishwar.
(2025)
From risk aversion to sustainability: How women directors influence investment in the energy firms?.
Finance Research Letters
Academic article
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Khatri, Ishwar.
(2025)
The effect of non-financial disclosure regulation on earnings management: information symmetry, signalling or political costs?.
Accounting Research Journal
Academic article
Part of book/report
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Khatri, Ishwar.
(2021)
Dynamic relationship between board gender diversity and renewable energy.
Academic chapter
Teaching
Courses
Outreach
2026
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Conference lectureKhatri, Ishwar; Kalhoro, Muhammad Ramzan. (2026) Do Lenders Price Nature-related Risk? Evidence from the Real Estate Sector. Symposium on Biodiversity and Nature-Based Finance and the Financial Markets, 2026
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Conference lectureKalhoro, Muhammad Ramzan; Khatri, Ishwar. (2026) Biodiversity transition risk in capital markets: Evidence from European short sellers. World Biodiversity Forum 2026
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Conference lectureKhatri, Ishwar. (2026) Vocal Tone in Corporate Disclosure and Stock Return Volatility: Evidence from REIT Earnings Calls. 32nd ERES Annual Conference 2026
2025
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Conference lectureKhatri, Ishwar; Oust, Are. (2025) Do Sustainable Retrofits Pay off? Evidence from US REITs. IIM Calcutta Finance Research Conference (IIMCFRC) 2025
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Conference lectureKhatri, Ishwar; Bui, Phuong; Oust, Are; Sønstebø, Ole Jakob. (2025) Environmental certification and debt financing: Evidence from global real estate investment trusts (REITs). 31st Annual Conference of the European Real Estate Society (ERES)
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Conference posterMustafa, Ghulam; Khatri, Ishwar. (2025) Global Imbalance in Renewable Energy Use: Unentangling the Role of Board Gender Diversity in Different Legal Systems. 85th Academy of Management Annual Meeting Conference
2024
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Conference lectureHosseinniakani, Seyed Mahmoud; Khatri, Ishwar; Wahlstrøm, Ranik Raaen; Knardal, Per Ståle. (2024) Sustainability disclosure and cost of capital. BAFA Annual Conference and Doctoral Masterclass
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Conference lectureKhatri, Ishwar. (2024) CSR Performance and Stock Price Synchronicity: Evidence from the Nordic Stock Markets. ØA-NORDAB-conference
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Conference lectureKhatri, Ishwar. (2024) Environmental Performance and Stock-price Synchronicity. PhD Workshop in Banking and Finance
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Conference lectureKhatri, Ishwar. (2024) REITs' environmental certification and debt financing around the world. NTNU Business School Conference 2024
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Conference lectureMustafa, Ghulam; Khatri, Ishwar. (2024) Global imbalance in renewable energy investment. Disentangling the role of board gender diversity in different legal systems. Global Strategy Journal Idea and paper development workshop
2023
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Conference lectureKhatri, Ishwar. (2023) Boardroom diversity and carbon performance: Evidence from the UK. Finance and Accounting 2023 Annual Research Symposium
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Conference lectureKhatri, Ishwar. (2023) The effect of mandatory GHG emission reporting on analyst earnings forecast: Evidence from the UK. NTNU Business School Conference 2023
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Conference lectureKhatri, Ishwar. (2023) Proposal on Sustainability Disclosure and Investment Decisions: An Experimental Study. The Scandinavian Accounting Research Conference and Doctoral Consortium 2023
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LectureKhatri, Ishwar; Rega, Federico Giovanni. (2023) Proposal on SDGs Reporting and ESG risks: Evidence from the Nordic Listed Firms. Sustainability Disclosure in Corporate Reporting Summer School 2023
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Conference lectureKhatri, Ishwar. (2023) The effect of mandatory GHG emission reporting on analyst earnings forecast: Evidence from the UK. Doctoral Symposium, India Finance Conference 2023
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LectureMustafa, Ghulam; Khatri, Ishwar. (2023) Board gender diversity and corporate environmental performance: The role of cultural harmony-mastery and tightness-looseness. JMS Publishing Workshop
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LectureMustafa, Ghulam; Khatri, Ishwar. (2023) Board gender diversity and CSR performance: Do cultural value orientations matter?. AIB Sustainability SIG PhD and Early-Career Researchers Virtual Symposium
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Conference lectureHosseinniakani, Seyed Mahmoud; Khatri, Ishwar; Knardal, Per Ståle; Wahlstrøm, Ranik Raaen. (2023) Market reactions to textual exaggeration in corporate non-financial reporting: An analysis of market reactions to corporate greenwashing. 3rd Annual Conference of ASFAAG
2022
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Conference lectureHosseinniakani, S. Mahmoud; Khatri, Ishwar; Knardal, Per Ståle; Wahlstrøm, Ranik Raaen. (2022) Non-financial reporting in growth versus value firms: Greenwashing or transparency?. NTNU Business School Conference 2022
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Conference posterKhatri, Ishwar; Okta, Samantha; Kezia, Michel; Sanjaya, Caecilia. (2022) Relationship Between Socio-Economic Status and Attitude Towards LGBTQIA+People in ASEAN. 10th Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD)
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Conference lectureKhatri, Ishwar. (2022) Environmental energy performance, analysts' coverage, and firm value. Finance and Sustainability Workshop - Frøya 2022
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Conference lectureKhatri, Ishwar. (2022) Dissertation Proposal on 'Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Firm Value'. AIB 2022 Doctoral Consortium
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Conference lectureKhatri, Ishwar. (2022) The effect of mandatory CSR disclosure in the EU. PhD Workshop in Banking and Finance
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Conference lectureKhatri, Ishwar. (2022) Proposal on 'The Real Effects of Mandatory CSR Disclosure on the Board Diversity: Evidence from NFRD 2014/95/EU'. The Scandinavian Accounting Research Conference and Doctoral Consortium 2022
2021
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Conference lectureKhatri, Ishwar. (2021) Corporate Innovation, Board Gender Diversity, and Firm Value. NTNU Business School Conference