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About the ExpertsAdelman, Dan Adelman concentrates his research on the logistics of production and distribution/inventory systems, including vendor-managed operations, effective resource allocation within the firm, and the optimization of business processes. He studies internal pricing mechanisms for managing operational systems. Recent projects have focused on telecommunications, manufacturing, industrial gas distribution, and intermodal logistics. Associate Dean of the Evening MBA and Weekend MBA Programs312.464.8675 george.andrews@chicagogsb.edu Andrews oversees Chicago GSB’s Evening and Weekend MBA Programs. Bader, Beth Bader directs the Executive MBA Program Asia in Singapore. She also is responsible for other programs and activities at the Asia campus, including corporate outreach, marketing of nondegree programs, and community relations within Singapore and the Asia Pacific region. Ball, Ray Ball specializes in financial reporting and corporate disclosure, the relation between earnings and stock prices, international accounting, market efficiency, and investment strategies. He is editor of the Journal of Accounting Research, associate editor of the Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, and a member of the editorial board of the European Accounting Review. He is a professor in the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management, and a member of the Board of Trustees of Harbor Funds. Bandi, Federico M. Bandi researches time-series econometrics, empirical finance, and continuous-time asset pricing. Batts, Warren L. Batts is chairman of the board of Methode Electronics. He recently retired from the boards of Allstate, Cooper Industries, Sears Roebuck, and Sprint. He has served as CEO of Tupperware Corporation, Premark International Inc., and Mead Corporation, and co-CEO of Triangle Corporation. He also has been COO of Dart & Kraft and Dart Industries, and he has extensive experience in leveraged buyouts, initial public offerings, defending hostile takeover attempts, proxy fights, spin-offs, board of directors issues, acquisitions and divestitures, and establishing new boards. Barry, Brian Barry researches popular attitudes towards big business, wealth creation, and international trade and investment; and whether those attitudes foster policies that make it easier or harder for countries to thrive in a modern global economy. He also concentrates on economic trends and political risks in East Asia. Barry was an international journalist with The Economist from 1994 tomid-2007, including postings in London, Tokyo, Southeast Asia, and the United States. Batts, Warren L. Batts is chairman of the board of Methode Electronics and serves on the board of the Chicago Climate Exchange, where he is chairman of its audit committee. He recently retired from the boards of Allstate, Cooper Industries, Sears Roebuck, and Sprint. He has served as CEO of Tupperware Corporation, Premark International Inc., and Mead Corporation, and co-CEO of Triangle Corporation. He also has been COO of Dart & Kraft and Dart Industries, and he has extensive experience in leveraged buyouts, initial public offerings, defending hostile takeover attempts, proxy fights, spin-offs, board of directors issues, acquisitions and divestitures, and establishing new boards. Berger, Philip G. Berger’s research focuses on firm valuation, mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, the effects of accounting and tax regulations, the quality of accounting disclosures, organizational design, and corporate governance. Bertrand, Marianne Bertrand devotes her research to personnel policy, internal labor markets, managerial incentives, corporate governance, and executive compensation. She also is a faculty research fellow with the National Bureau of Economic Research and a research affiliate with the Center for Economic Policy Research. Birge, John R. Birge’s research focuses on methods and models for optimal decision making under uncertainty, and the emphasis on relationships between operations and finance. In particular, he has developed methods for optimal asset and liability allocations over time, efficient periodic scheduling of workers and machines, productive power and energy distribution, and effective allocation of public services. In finance, his work centers on uses of low discrepancy sequences for option pricing, real options for capacity decisions, and asset/liability management. He is the author of two books and more than 70 refereed journal publications. Prior to joining Chicago GSB, Birge was dean and professor at Northwestern University’s Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science from 1999 to 2004. Bleakley, C. Hoyt Bleakley’s research focuses on health and economic development, emerging-market financial crises, and the economic performance of immigrants. Bothner, Matthew S. Bothner’s research focuses on competition and technology diffusion; social networks, reciprocity, and the determinants of status among venture capital firms; effects of network position on conduct in high-risk systems; and formal models of production markets. Broda, Christian Broda’s research addresses issues in international trade, finance, and macroeconomics. He currently is a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, associate editor of the Journal of Development Economics, and the James S. Kemper Foundation Scholar for 2007. His papers have been published in the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and the Journal of International Economics. Burt, Ronald S. Burt’s research focuses on theory and research methodology describing collaboration, envy, and entrepreneurial opportunities in the social structure of competitive environments. Burt also has been an independent consultant on organizational design, employee performance and diversity, customer satisfaction, and market strategy. Chintagunta, Pradeep K. Chintagunta has analyzed household purchase behavior using scanner panel data and investigated competitive marketing strategies. His recent research has dealt with marketing issues related to pharmaceutical and technology industries. Cochrane, John H. Cochrane centers his research on finance, macroeconomics, and monetary economics. He also is a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research. Constantinides, George M. Constantinides is an expert on the pricing and hedging of fixed income securities, options, futures, and other derivatives; on the effects of transaction costs and taxes on the pricing and hedging of derivatives; and on portfolio management. He also has addressed the causes of the historically observed premium of equity returns over bond returns. He has served as president of the American Finance Association and the Society for Financial Studies. He is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and editor and associate editor of several finance and financial engineering journals. In addition, he serves as director of DFA Investment Dimensions Group Inc., Dimensional Emerging Markets Fund Inc., and as trustee of DFA Investment Trust Co. Cortes, Patricia Cortes’s research focuses on labor and development economics as well as immigration. Darragh, Linda L. Darragh initiated the formation of the Ceres Venture Fund and is former vice president of the Women’s Business Development Center. Darragh was recognized as the winner of the Women’s Business Advocate award for the U.S. Small Business Administration for Illinois and the Midwest in 2002 and an SBA Financial Services Advocate for the same regions in 1998. She is currently a board member of Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center, Illinois IT Association, Learning Point Associates, and Accion-Chicago. Davis, Harry L. Davis teaches in the areas of strategy, leadership, and creativity. He is the founder of Chicago GSB’s Laboratory in New Product and Strategy Development, in which student teams work with sponsoring firms to research, develop, and market new products. He also is the architect of the Leadership Effectiveness and Development (LEAD) program, a required student directed course that focuses on the building of community and the development of managerial skills. Davis, Steven J. Davis conducts research on labor markets, the effects of taxes, the volatility of business activity, the costs and benefits of the war in Iraq, and other topics in economics. He is a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research, a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and a past National Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Dessein, Wouter Dessein’s research focuses on organizational structure, incentives and decision processes in organizations, and the link between strategy and organization. Deutsch, Waverly Deutsch focuses her research on entrepreneurial success factors and entrepreneurship pedagogy. She has written several business cases highlighting growth issues for early-stage companies including entrepreneurial sales and channel development, diversification options, and seed stage financing options. She is on the advisory board of the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center and Chicago Community Ventures, as well as several start-up companies. Dhar, Sanjay K. Dhar’s research and teaching focus on advertising strategy; brand management; marketing strategy; pricing and promotion strategy; private labels; consumer promotion evaluation and planning; internet marketing; new product development, management, and strategy; retail management best practices; loyalty reward programs; Every Day Low Pricing (EDLP); trade promotions; category management; purchase incidence; and brand choice. He has published widely in leading academic journals, provided consulting to, and conducted training sessions with, FORTUNE 500 companies on the above topics, and has served as an expert witness. Diamond, Douglas W. Diamond pursues research principally in the area of financial crises, financial intermediaries, and banking regulation. He has served as president of the American Finance Association and the Western Finance Association, and as an academic consultant to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and the Federal Reserve Board. Dobrev, Stanislav D. Dobrev’s research focuses on strategic design, corporate and industrial demography, ecological and evolutionary patterns of competition, organizational change and adaptation, career dynamics, and entrepreneurship. Dubé, Jean-Pierre Dubé’s research fits in the intersection of empirical industrial organization and marketing. Topics of research include competitive pricing, advertising, retailing, consumer segmentation, and high technology. Eisenstein, Donald D. Eisenstein concentrates his work on the analysis of logistical systems, including production, material handling, scheduling, routing, and distribution. Before joining Chicago GSB, he was a research assistant at the Georgia Institute of Technology, a systems engineer for E-Systems Inc., and a computer consultant. Epley, Nicholas Epley’s research focuses on the experimental study of social cognition, perspective taking, and intuitive human judgment. Erickson, Merle Erickson focuses his studies on the effect of taxes on business decisions; the market effects of tax policies, tax and financial accounting treatment and effects of employee stock options, earnings, and balance sheet management; and the causes and consequences of fraudulently reported earnings. He is coauthor of the third edition of Taxes and Business Strategy (Prentice Hall, 2004) and the author of the third edition of Cases in Tax Strategy (Pearson Custom Publishing, 2004). Fama, Eugene F. Fama’s research has focused on theoretical and empirical work on investments, price formation in capital markets, and corporate finance. His work has been widely published in the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, and other major journals in finance and economics. His papers include “A Cross-Section of Expected Stock Returns” with Kenneth French. Fogel, Robert W. Fogel’s main research is on early life indicators of work levels, disease, and mortality at middle and old age. In this capacity, he deals with projections of future health care and pension costs. For his contributions in this field, he was selected as the Indispensable Person of the Year for 2006 by the Alliance for Aging Research. His recent work has focused on the economies of China, India, and other rapidly growing Asian nations. He is an expert on the impact of technology on economic growth, and also is a specialist on business ethics. He is the director of the Center for Population Economics, a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a past president of the American Economic Association. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1993 for economic history. His most recent books are The Slavery Debates, 1952–1990: A Retrospective (Louisiana State University Press, 2003) and The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700–2100: Europe, America, and the Third World (Cambridge University Press, 2004). Frenzen, Jonathan K. As director of the school’s Management Laboratories, Frenzen oversees six teams per year composed of MBA students and a corps of senior executives who coach the teams as they solve real-world problems for major corporations. While Frenzen has extensive experience in all areas of marketing, his research focuses on four areas: new product development, managing sales forces and distribution channels, and international marketing. Gentzkow, Matthew Gentzkow’s research focuses on empirical industrial organization, particularly media industries. Gertner, Robert H. Gertner concentrates his research on applied game theory, competitive strategy, resource allocation in organizations, corporate bankruptcy, and law and economics. He is a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research. Gibbs, Michael J. Gibbs’s research focuses on personnel economics, the economics of organization, and incentive compensation. Ginzel, Linda E. Ginzel’s research and teaching focuses on managerial psychology, negotiation skills, teams, and leadership development. She is a member of the Academy of Management, the American Psychological Society, and the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society. Goolsbee, Austan D. Goolsbee’s research activities center on the internet, tax policy and business decisions, capital investment, and government policy. He is an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, senior economic advisor to the presidential campaign of Senator Barack Obama, a research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, associate editor of Law and Social Inquiry, and a Fulbright Scholar. He also was a member of the Macroeconomic Task Force for Polish Economic Restructuring in Warsaw in 1990. Gould, John P. Gould is an authority on business education, microeconomics, economics of information, and business strategy. He is currently a director of UNext, Milwaukee Mutual, Harbor Funds, and DFA Investment Dimensions Group Inc. Hapak, Susan Hapak is owner and CEO of Current Technologies, Inc. which manufacturers disposable products for clinical and research laboratories. She previously worked as a senior associate at Booz Allen & Hamilton and as a senior manager in consulting at Ernst & Young. Harris, Milton Harris is a specialist on issues of corporate finance, the economics of contracts, capital budgeting processes, and corporate governance. Harvilla, Ann Harvilla directs the student support services for the GSB’s Full-Time MBA Program. She oversees the Office of Academic Services; the Office of Student Programs and Events; the Office of Diversity Affairs; the Office of International Programs, which coordinates support for the International MBA (IMBA) degree program and the International Business Exchange Program (IBEP) with 33 internationally recognized university partner schools; and Student Records and Systems. Hastie, Reid Hastie’s primary research interests are in the areas of judgment and decision making (managerial, legal, medical, engineering, and personal), memory and cognition, and social psychology. Prior to joining Chicago GSB, he held faculty positions at Harvard University, Northwestern University, and the University of Colorado. He is coauthor of the textbook Rational Choice in an Uncertain World: The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making (SAGE Publications, 2001). Heaton, John C. Heaton’s research has focused on asset pricing, portfolio allocation, and time-series econometrics. His work has been published in Econometrica, the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Political Economy, and the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics. Heaton currently is a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research. Hitsch, Guenter J. Hitsch’s research focuses on empirical models of business strategy and consumer choice applied to marketing and industrial organization. He also studies dynamic marketing strategies, product introductions, quantitative analysis of strategic firm interaction, and structural econometric models. Huizinga, John Huizinga concentrates his research on empirical issues in international economics and monetary economics, as well as econometric theory. He has been a faculty research fellow with the National Bureau of Economic Research and coeditor of the Journal of Business. Hurst, Erik Hurst studies macroeconomics, wealth mobility, leisure time, real estate economics, household savings behavior, and household bankruptcy decisions. Jeuland, Abel P. Jeuland’s expertise is in the design and application of analytical tools (statistics, econometrics, and management science) that help formulate and solve marketing problems. He is a member of the American Marketing Association and the Institute of Management. Kamenica, Emir Kamenica’s research focuses on behavioral and experimental economics and industrial organization theory. Kaplan, Steven N. Kaplan is an authority on venture capital, corporate governance, private equity, entrepreneurial finance, corporate control, e-commerce, and corporate finance. He teaches advanced courses in corporate finance and entrepreneurial finance. Karr, Caroline Karr is responsible for programming and services for the 41,000 GSB alumni worldwide, as well as managing GSB development and fundraising. Kashyap, Anil Kashyap directs his work toward issues involving monetary policy and financial markets. Much of his work focuses on the banking system, and he has recently edited books on the Japanese economy and European monetary policy. Prior to joining the faculty, he served as an economist for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. He currently serves as a consultant to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Knez, Marc Knez’s research focuses on strategic and organizational decision making, strategic planning, and market analysis. Kole, Stacey Kole’s research focuses on policies and practices that dictate behavior within organizations and its relation to firm performance. Kole directs the GSB’s Full-Time MBA Program. Kondor, Peter Kondor’s research interests focus on the theory of financial markets. His most recent papers highlight the role of hedge funds in financial crises and the connection between the career concerns of fund managers and the fluctuation of investment, output, and bond prices of emerging markets. Kooser, William W. Kooser directs Chicago GSB’s Executive MBA Program, with campuses in Chicago, London, and Singapore. Labroo, Aparna A. Labroo investigates the effects of advertising on memory, judgment, and brand choice. She also investigates the effect of different mood states on the nature of thoughts and inferences that consumers make about advertisements and brands. LaCivita, Stephen LaCivita directs Chicago GSB’s nondegree Executive Education, both open enrollment and customized programs. His responsibilities include relationship management with corporate clients, program development, faculty identification and recruitment, strategy development, and marketing communications. He also directs the Conference Center activities at the GSB’s Gleacher Center in downtown Chicago. Leftwich, Richard Leftwich concentrates his work on audit qualifications, bond ratings, corporate charter changes, and block trades. Leuz, Christian Leuz has wide-ranging interests in the effects of corporate transparency. His research focuses on international accounting, the interaction between financial disclosure and capital markets or firms’ financing decisions, cost of capital, securities regulation, and financial statement analysis. Prior to joining the GSB, Leuz was the Harold Stott Assistant Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Martinelli, Rosemaria Martinelli oversees admissions for the Full-Time MBA Program, MBA financial aid, and issues of diversity recruitment. McGill, Ann L. McGill’s expertise is in consumer and managerial decision making with special emphasis on causal explanations, comparative processes, and the use of imagery in product choice. Before joining Chicago GSB, she taught at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; New York University; Stanford University; Sasin Graduate School of Business Administration; Chulalongkorn (Thailand); and INSEAD (Fontainbleau, France). Meadow, Scott F. Meadow had a 25-year career as a venture capitalist before joining the GSB faculty. Overall, he has generated a lifetime return on investment of more than 40 percent. His role in commercializing innovation has required that he both monitor and manage entrepreneurial enterprises, working along the complete continuum of private equity investing from seed, startup, early stage, growth equity, and recapitalization. Menon, Tanya Menon studies how national culture affects people’s everyday assumptions and their patterns of decision making. She also examines how managers respond to new knowledge, and particularly why they sometimes value ideas from insiders, competitors, and consultants differently. Morton, Julie T. Morton oversees all career programming and corporate recruiting relationships for students and alumni globally. Moskowitz, Tobias J. Moskowitz researches empirical asset pricing, investment anomalies, performance evaluation, behavioral finance, sports betting, real estate, and private equity. He won the 2007 Fischer Black Prize for the best financial economist under the age of 40. He also is a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Murphy, Kevin M. Murphy focuses his research on the empirical analysis of inequality, unemployment, and relative wages. He also studies the economics of growth and development. In 2005, Murphy was chosen as a MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Murphy is the first professor at a business school to be chosen as a MacArthur Fellow in the 25 years that the awards have been given. He was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal in 1997 for his research on labor issues. Pagliari, Joseph L. Pagliari’s research focuses on asset pricing, the strategic use of leverage and portfolio allocation, hedonic pricing, and option-pricing theory. Pastor, Lubos Pastor researches asset pricing, money management, portfolio choice, stock valuation, liquidity, and Bayesian analysis. Phillips, Damon J. Phillips researches the relationship between organizational and career processes, the social structure of career mobility, models of competitive dynamics in service and cultural industries, and the evolution of social networks. Before joining Chicago GSB, he worked as a research associate for the MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, Massachusetts, and was vice president and technical manager of Alphatech Systems in Palm Bay, Florida. Piazzesi, Monika Piazzesi’s research focuses on financial economics, macroeconomics, and applied time series. Prendergast, Canice Prendergast holds degrees from Trinity College (Dublin), the London School of Economics, and Yale University, where he earned his PhD in economics. He has served as a research assistant with the Economic and Social Research Institute in Dublin. Rajan, Raghuram Rajan was on leave from the GSB as the Economic Counselor and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund from 2003 to early 2007. Rajan’s research interests include international finance, banking, corporate finance, the theory of organizations, aid, and economic growth. He is the coauthor, with Luigi Zingales, of Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists (Random House, 2003). In 2003, Rajan was awarded the inaugural Fischer Black Prize by the American Finance Association. Ramanathan, Suresh Ramanathan’s research focuses on how consumers’ motivations and emotions change over time as a function of social factors and their own personality characteristics. One area that he explores in his research pertains to impulsive behavior and the temporal dynamics of different goals and emotions that may come into conflict during and after an impulsive act. He also is pursuing a second stream of research on the temporal dynamics of shared experiences and the process by which people jointly consuming an experience may come to influence one another. He has extensive experience in advertising, having worked for several years in agencies such as JWT, Lowe-Lintas, and McCann-Erickson in India. Rauh, Joshua D. Rauh’s research focuses on corporate investment, pensions and corporate finance, and corporate taxation. Rayo, Luis Rayo’s research focuses on contract theory, microeconomic theory, and political economy. Rossi, Peter E. Rossi works on methods for analysis of marketing decisions based on detailed databases. In particular, his work has focused on the analysis of consumer promotions using store and household scanner data. He also develops new methods for direct marketing. He has served as an expert witness in litigation involving issues of sex and race discrimination, hiring practices, and antitrust, patent, and salary disputes. Rudnick, Ellen A. Rudnick’s experience is focused in entrepreneurship and health care. She has served as chairman of BioQuant and Pacific Biometrics, both medical diagnostic companies; CEO of Healthcare Knowledge Resources and president of HCIA, both health care information companies; and corporate vice president of Baxter Healthcare. She also has served as a venture partner with Inroads Capital and as a consultant to health care businesses. Rudnick currently serves on the boards of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Health Management Systems (HMSY), the Patterson Companies, Evanston Northwestern Hospital Foundation, and First Midwest Bancorp. She served on the board of Oxford Health Plans until its merger with United Healthcare. Safford, Sean C. Safford’s research focuses on social, economic, and technological change, particularly in mature industrial economies, as well as historical social network analysis. His research has focused on how local economic institutions adapt in the face of economic shocks, particularly with respect to innovation and employment. Sapra, Haresh Sapra’s research focuses on disclosure regulation, the economic consequences of disclosure policies, and accounting measurement rules. Schrager, James E. Schrager’s research interests include the effect of corporate strategy on firm performance, boards of directors, entrepreneurship, and new business ventures. He is an expert commentator on strategy for the automobile industry and the manner in which private equity firms have entered that sector. He is trained as a lawyer and an accountant, is experienced as a small business owner, turnaround manager, investment banker, and has an active strategy consulting practice. He is editor of the Journal of Private Equity, published by Institutional Investors. Skinner, Douglas J. Skinner’s research focuses on corporate financial reporting and disclosure practice (including earnings management, management earnings forecasts, earnings guidance, the effects of stockholder litigation on disclosure practices, and financial reporting practices in Japan), corporate payout policy (stock repurchases, dividend policy, and the effects of employee stock options), and the interactions among these policies. Smith, Abbie J. Smith concentrates her research on corporate restructuring, corporate governance, and corporate transparency. Snyder, Edward A. Snyder’s research centers on industrial organization, antitrust economics, law and economics, financial institutions, management education, and public policy. Soffer, Leonard C. Soffer’s research focuses on corporate valuation as well as capital markets and accounting information. Sorensen, Morten Sorensen’s research focuses on markets for private equity. The specific topics include: private equity investors’ choice of portfolio companies and investment strategies; the impact of private equity investors on their portfolio companies; and econometric models of financial markets. Srinivasan, Suraj Srinivasan’s research examines corporate governance in the United States and in an international context. He also studies the role of financial reporting in corporate governance. Stole, Lars A. Stole concentrates his research on price discrimination, industrial economics, the economics of contracts and organizations, and nonmonetary exchange. He served as coeditor of the RAND Journal of Economics from 1997 to 2000. Before joining Chicago GSB, he was a consultant at the RAND Corp., an Olin Fellow at Harvard Law School, and a lecturer at the U.S. Agency for International Development in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Sufi, Amir Sufi’s research focuses on the role of financial institutions in the corporate finance decisions of publicly traded firms. In particular, his research explores corporate liquidity management, revolving credit facilities, syndicated loans, bond ratings, loan ratings, covenant violations, renegotiation of lending agreements, and corporate investment policies. Sykes, Glenn Sykes is managing director of the GSB’s Europe campus in London and program director for the Executive MBA Program Europe. Prior to this position, he was Associate Dean of Career Services for the GSB’s Full-Time MBA Program. Thaler, Richard H. Thaler’s research lies in the gap between economics and psychology. He investigates the implications of relaxing the standard economics assumption that everyone in the economy is rational and selfish, instead entertaining the possibility that some of the agents in the economy are sometimes human. He is the author of The Winner’s Curse (Princeton University Press, 1994) and Quasi Rational Economics (Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 1994) and the editor of Advances in Behavioral Finance. Topel, Robert H. Topel directs his research toward labor markets and mobility, immigration, employment contracts, unemployment, and housing investment. He is a research associate with the National Opinion Research Center and the National Bureau of Economic Research. Trebbi, Francesco Trebbi’s research focuses on institutions as the deep determinant of income per capita differences across countries, the design of political institutions and their effects on policy choices, and special interests groups and lobbying in the United States. Veronesi, Pietro Veronesi’s research focuses on asset pricing, and especially on the effect of economic uncertainty on equity valuation and volatility, as well as on the pricing of bonds and options. Weil, Roman L. Weil concentrates his work on financial accounting and regulation, including audit committee issues, particularly financial literacy as required by stock exchanges, and financial expertise required by the SEC under Sarbanes-Oxley, accounting malfeasance, and corporate governance. He frequently is an expert witness in cases involving valuation and damage assessments and in matters of corporate governance, including CEO criminal fraud. His published works include several textbooks and professional reference books: Litigation Services Handbook (2001); Accounting: The Language of Business (11th edition, 2005); Financial Accounting (11th edition, 2006); and Managerial Accounting (9th edition, 2006). Wildman, Wesley A. Wildman is an expert in arbitration, labor law, and industrial relations. Wu, George Wu centers his research on decision making under risk and uncertainty, and behavioral decision making. Before joining Chicago GSB, he taught at Harvard Business School and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. Wu also was an analyst with Procter & Gamble. Zingales, Luigi Zingales’s research focuses on corporate governance, financial development, the role the media plays in financial markets, and the role religion and culture play in economic decisions. He has worked as a research assistant at Bocconi University in Milan and at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Last year he was the Taussig Research Professor at Harvard University. He is coauthor, with Raghuram Rajan, of the book Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists (Crown Business, 2003) and the winner of the 2003 Bernácer Prize for the Best European Young Economist. Zmijewski, Mark E. Zmijewski concentrates his research on corporate earnings, the information content of financial reports, and the impact accounting information has on firm value. He has consulted with numerous companies—both publicly traded and privately owned—as well as with entrepreneurs on various issues related to valuation, damages analysis, various types of securities litigation, mergers and acquisitions, financial distress, bankruptcy, and financial analysis. Zonis, Marvin Zonis works on international political economy and leadership. He writes and speaks extensively on Middle Eastern politics, Islam, terrorism, emerging markets, Russia, and U.S. foreign policy. He advises businesses around the world on the global economy and their plans for foreign investments and operations. He has been trained as a psychoanalyst and works on the psychology of leadership. He has run executive training programs on leadership development for major corporations. Zonis has served as a consultant to the Policy Planning Council, the U.S. Department of State, and the National Security Council. |
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