Biography

Saikal Anvar kyzy is an Associate Professor in Business Administration and Director of the MBA Programme at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA). She has extensive experience in teaching, academic programme development, strategic planning, and quality assurance in higher education.

Her teaching and academic work covers financial accounting, management and organizational behavior, performance management, and blockchain for business. She also supervises senior and master’s theses and contributes to the development and accreditation of academic programmes.

She holds a PhD in Economics/Candidate of Economic Sciences from the Institute of Innovation at Kyrgyz Economic University, where her dissertation focused on the formation and development of blockchain technology in the Kyrgyz Republic. She also holds an MSc in International Management from Tilburg University in the Netherlands and a BA in Business Administration from AUCA. In 2016, she was a Visiting Faculty member at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

Her research interests include blockchain technology, digital finance, digital economy, and emerging business sectors. Her recent research has examined blockchain governance in Kyrgyzstan, blockchain applications for developing economies, and the diversification of small and medium-sized enterprises.

Selected Publications:

• (2022) Chain and Silk: Alternative Futures of Blockchain Governance in Kyrgyzstan (with G.J. Dunn and J.A. Sweeney), European Journal of Futures Research, 10(5), pp. 1–14. SCOPUS.
• (2022) Theorizing ‘Variegated Bonding as SME Diversification Strategy’ to Extend Business from Traditional to Emergent Sectors, South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases, 11(3), pp. 227–241. SCOPUS.
• (2020) Blockchain Technologies: Mechanism, Prerequisites for Creation and Market Analysis of Cryptocurrencies, Scientific Research in the Kyrgyz Republic, 4(1), pp. 45–54.
• (2022) Blockchain Technology as a Tool to Strengthen the Economy of Developing Countries, Proceedings of the Issyk-Kul Forum of Accountants and Auditors of Central Asia, 3.
• (2022) Features of Blockchain Technology, News of Issyk-Kul Forum of Accountants and Auditors of Central Asian Countries, 3.