Nini Kopaliani is an academic and business professional with an interdisciplinary background in Business Administration, Management, Public Relations, and International Business. She currently serves as an Invited Lecturer at Kutaisi International University (KIU), teaching Innovation Management across undergraduate and master's programmes, while also maintaining academic teaching engagements at Chinese universities.
She holds a degree in Business Administration, specializing in Management, and a Master's degree in Public Relations. Currently, she is a PhD candidate researching how financial strategies and risks influence innovation processes in developing BRICS economies, with a particular focus on the financial and strategic factors shaping firms' innovation capabilities.
Nini has extensive experience in local and international business environments and higher education, with professional engagements spanning Turkey, Brazil, and China. She has also worked as a Business Communication Trainer for Chinese companies, focusing on professional communication and intercultural business interaction.
Her academic achievements include publications in Springer and EBSCO-indexed journals and active participation in international academic conferences. She has further developed her international academic experience through an Erasmus+ programme at the University of Pescara, Italy, and a fully funded short-term scholar opportunity at the University of Texas at Dallas, USA.
Her research and teaching interests encompass innovation and strategic management, financial strategies and risk management, organizational transformation and competitive advantage, and international business and cross-cultural management. Through her academic and professional engagements, she seeks to connect theoretical perspectives with practical business challenges in an increasingly interconnected global economy.
