Academic Service and Awards

University Service

2022 - 2023 Chair, Department of Finance, Florida Atlantic University

Significant contributions as Chair included:

• Established a Women in Finance Speaker Series with JP Morgan

o $25,000 financing from JP Morgan

• Established a Student Managed Investment Fund

o $250,000 funding from Dan Davidowitz and Pollen Capital and matched $250,000 funding from the FAU Foundation

• Established an Energy and Finance Course sponsored by Florida Power and Light (FPL)

• Established a Fintech Minor and Certificate Program

• Established an Investments Minor and Certificate Program

• Developed new courses on crowdfunding and fintech for undergraduate and graduate students

• And usual things (tenure and promotional reviews, annual appraisals, class scheduling)

2018 - 2022 PhD Program Director, Finance, Florida Atlantic University

2018 - current Tenure and Promotions Committee, PhD Committee, Research Committee, Florida Atlantic University

2011 - 2015 SSHRC Grants Committee, York University (university-wide committee)

2013 - 2014 SSHRC Grants Reviewer (Ottawa)

2010 -  2015 Research Committee, Schulich School of Business, York University

2010 - 2014 Tenure and Promotions Committee, Schulich School of Business, York University

2010            Finance Seminar Coordinator, Schulich School of Business, York University

2009 -          Schulich Connect Program Committee (Annual Schulich Alumni Event)

2008 - 2015 PhD Program Director, Finance, Schulich School of Business, York University

2005 - 2006 Student Entrepreneurship Coordinator, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

1999 - 2003 Data Committee, University of Alberta School of Business

A brief note on Editing:

Being an editor takes enormous amounts of time... think about the time it would take to read at least a dozen new papers every week and sending comments to authors on those papers.  The compensation is trivial relative to the effort provided (less than minimum wage).  Editors try to do their best within normal constraints of other things they work on as academics.  Editors are responsible to the publisher, the academic society (for society journals), to associate editors and board members, to reviewers, and to the journal's authors and readers.  Handling of papers is a team effort with reviewers, and sometimes done in consultation with co-editors.  Policies from the publisher can sometimes affect editorial decisions and publication outcomes, as I explained in section 3 of my editorial on my JCF role.  I thank all of those with whom I have had a chance to work over the years and appreciate the respectful service everyone has provided.  Editorial roles are temporary.  It is like a team running race where you temporarily carry the baton.  When you pass the baton to the next team, you hope to leave the journal in a better position than it was when you started.  

A note on conflicts of interest: As Managing Editor-in-Chief JCF (2018-2020), I put in place a system where calls for special issues were announced every 3-4 months.  It was an open competition advertised on SSRN and elsewhere with a deadline and a committee (for which I was obviously not a majority vote since I was one of 3 Editors) that ranked proposals.  There were no exceptions to allow proposals to be submitted at other times without giving everyone equal opportunity.  It was an open and fair process where anyone in the world could submit a proposal and those proposals would be reviewed.  Similarly, for BJM as Co-Editor-in-Chief (2020-2022), we had in place an inherited system of an annual competition for special issues each December with an open competition.  Again, no exceptions where proposals could be submitted at other times.  There was a committee that evaluated proposals.  Again, I was a minority vote.  Apart from special issue proposals, at both JCF and BJM the group of Editors would do their best to handle papers where there was no apparent conflict of interest. Very rarely, no other Editor was available and/or suitable (e.g., lack of topic expertise) to handle a paper where there might be a perceived conflict of interest; in such rare cases the paper was handled by the Editor in consultation with the other editors and by following the advice of the reviewers.  In some instances, a perceived conflict of interest arose after the original submission and a paper would be transferred to a different Editor to avoid any possible problems.

Journal of International Business Studies 2026-2028

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions, & Money 2022-current

Note: advisory/consulting editors are occasionally called on to manage the review process for submissions where the Area Editor has a conflict of interest or where the research falls outside their domain. They also commit to reviewing new manuscripts for the journal, plus any revision-round reviews, in a timely fashion. 

Annals of Corporate Governance 2016-2020

I started Annals for an academic society.  Please read the comments below on my service to academic societies.

Journal of Industrial and Business Economics 2021-2024

JIBE's cites/doc increased from 0.720 in 2020 to 1.824 in 2021 (153% increase).  I am lucky to join such an excellent team.

Finance Research Letters 2015-2017

FRL's cites/doc increased from 0.653 to 1.222 (87% increase) in the three years I was Managing Editor-in-Chief.  We are indebted to the Associate Editors, reviewers, and authors for their excellent work, and of course the prior editorial team.

Corporate Governance: An International Review 2015-2023

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 2011-2016

Associate Editor (involved with handling papers):

British Journal of Management 2016-2019

Economic Modelling 2020-2024

Eurasian Business Review 2014-2018

Expert Systems with Applications 2020-2021

European Journal of Finance 2013-current

Journal of Applied Accounting Research 2020-2021

Journal of Banking and Finance 2012-current      

Studies in Economics and Finance 2013-current

Advisory Editor:

British Journal of Management 2022-2025                    

Journal of Multinational Financial Management 2014-current                    

Special Issue Guest Editor:                                           

Journal of Risk and Financial Management 2021

Special Issue of Crowdfunding 

(with co-guest-editor Sofia Johan)

Management International Review 2021

Special Issue on E-Commerce Policy and International Business (in progress)

(with co-guest-editors Sofia Johan, Zaheer Khan, and Martin Meyer)

Emerging Markets Review 2020

Special Issue on Governance in Emerging Markets

(with co-guest-editors Hisham Farag and Sofia Johan)

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions, and Money 2020

Special Issue on Financial Technology and Governance

Conference in Birmingham UK, June 2020

Journal of World Business Special Issue on Exploring the Next Generation 2019

of International Entrepreneurship: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

(with co-guest-editors Sugato Chakravarty, Samuele Murtinu, and Vittoria G. Scalera)

Journal of Banking and Finance 2019

Special Issue on Entrepreneurial Finance 

(with co-guest-editors Marc Deloof, Sophie Manigart, and Mike Wright)

Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance 2019

Special Issue on Emerging Trends in Entrepreneurial Finance 

(with co-guest-editors Stefano Bonini and Vincenzo Capizi)

Corporate Governance: An International Review 2017

Special Issue on Corporate Governance in Crowdfunding 

(with co-guest-editors David Ahlstrom and Silvio Vismara)

Journal of International Business Studies 2017

Special Issue the Role of Financial and Legal              

Institutions in International Corporate Governance 

(with co-guest-editors Igor Filatoctchev, April Knill, Lemma Senbet, and David Reeb)

Information Systems Frontiers 2017

(with co-guest editors Sofia Johan and Dennis Schwiezer)

Journal of Corporate Finance 2016

Special Issue on Entrepreneurial Finance                         

(with co-guest-editor Alexander Groh)

Small Business Economics 2015

Special Issue on New Trends in Entrepreneurial Finance                                                                                                       

(with co-guest-editors Joern Block, Massimo Colombo, and Silvio Vismara)

Emerging Markets Review 2015

Special Issue on Alternative Investments in Emerging Markets                                                                                  

Journal of Corporate Finance 

Special Issue Conference on Fraud, Ethics and Regulation 2014

(with co-guest editor Sofia Johan)

Journal of Business Ethics 2014

Special Issue Conference on Business Ethics in China       

(with co-guest editors Wenxuan Hou, Edward Lee)

International Review of Financial Analysis  2013

Special Issue Conference on Entrepreneurial Finance in China 

(with co-guest editors Wenxuan Hou, Edward Lee and Zhenyu Wu)

Business History 

Special Issue Conference on Business History in China 2013

(with editors Alessandra Guariglia, Wenxuan Hou and Edward Lee)

European Journal of Finance 2013

special issue on Chinese Capital Markets           

(with co-guest editors Wenxuan Hou and Edward Lee)

Journal of Business Ethics 2013

Special Issue Conference on Business Ethics in China 

(with co-guest editors Wenxuan Hou, Edward Lee)

European Journal of Finance 2013

special issue on Chinese Capital Markets           

(with co-guest editors Alessandra Guariglia, Wenxuan Hou and Edward Lee)

Corporate Governance: An International Review  2013

special issue on Global Perspectives on Entrepreneurship: 

Public and Corporate Governance 

(with co-guest editor Rajesh Chakrabarti)

International Small Business Journal 2012

special issue on Entrepreneurship in China 

(with co-guest editors Alessandra Guariglia, Wenxuan Hou and Edward Lee)

European Journal of Finance 2012

special issue on Chinese Capital Markets 

(with co-editors Alessandra Guariglia, Wenxuan Hou and Edward Lee)

European Journal of Finance  2011

special issue on Law, Ethics and Finance 

(with co-guest editors Christine Mallin and Robert Cressy)

Journal of Business Ethics 2011

special issue on Law, Entrepreneurship and Ethics 

(with co-guest editors Christine Mallin and Robert Cressy)

European Financial Management 2010

special issue on Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital 

(with co-guest editor Jean-Marc Suret)

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal 2009

special issue on International Entrepreneurship: Managerial and Policy Implications 

(with co-guest editors Harry Sapienza, Donald Siegel and Mike Wright)

Journal of Corporate Finance 2007

special issue on Private Equity, Buyouts, and Governance

(with co-guest editors Michael Jensen, Donald Siegel and Mike Wright)

Editorial Board: Dates:

Sustainability 2020 -

Studies in Applied Economics 2020 -

Review of Financial Economics 2017 -

Journal of Financial Management, 

Markets and Institutions 2017 -

Heliyon 2017 -  

Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 2016-

Small Business Economics 2016-

Revue Finance 2015-

Management and Organizations Review 2015-

International Journal of Entrepreneurship 

and Small Business 2015-

Journal of International Business Studies 2015-

Multinational Finance Journal 2015-

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal 2015-

Journal of International Financial Markets, 

Institutions, and Money 2015-

Journal of Risk & Control 2014-

Economia e Politica Industriale – Journal of 

Industrial and Business Economics 2014-

Studies in Economics and Finance 2014 -           

Journal of Alternative Investments 2014 -

European Journal of Finance (Associate Editor 

involved in handling papers) 2013-

International Journal of Managerial Finance 2012-

Journal of Financial Risk Management 2012-

Journal of Banking and Finance (Associate 

Editor involved in handling papers) 2012-

Corporate Governance: An International 

Review 2012 - 2023                                                                      

Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research 2012-

European Financial Management 2011-                                                                

International Journal of Behavioural Accounting 

and Finance 2011 -

Eurasian Business Review 2010 -

Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance 2010-

Journal of Management Studies 2008-

Encyclopaedia of Alternative Investments 2008

Journal of Business Venturing 2006 - 2015

Venture Capital: An International Journal of 

Entrepreneurial Finance 2006 - 

AWARD DATE

2025 PERC Oxford Research Symposium Best Paper Award       2025

for the paper: Chen, Ruiyuan, Cumming, Douglas J., Zhao, Binru, & Zhao, Yijia 

Private Equity Sponsors, Law Firm Relationship, and Loan Contracts in Leveraged Buyouts  

Research Symposium in Finance and Economics 2025

Best paper award for "Contagion Effects of Equity Financing Announcements within

Business Groups" with Sanchit Jain and Varun Jindal

British Accounting Review 2025

Best Reviewer Award

ScholarGPS   October 2023

- Ranked 1st in the U.S. for research productivity (their formula of publications

and citations) over the past 5 years among all scholars in finance

- Ranked 11th in the U.S. for research productivity for career lifetime 

regardless of age among all scholars in finance

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)   2023-current

Research Member

Clarivate Highly Cited Scholars     2022

Listed as one of the top 1% of scholars for citations from published papers 

Category: Business and Economics (92 top scholars in the world)

British Academy of Management   2022-current

Fellow

Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance 2022

• World Class Faculty Award Announcement 

• Video

Helena Yli-Renko Research Impact Award Announcement 2021

• Sponsored by the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies 

     at the USC Marshall School of Business.

Journal of Small Business Management 2021

Best Reviewer Award

Journal of International Business Studies 2020

Best Reviewer Award

Journal of Risk and Financial Management 2020

Best Reviewer Award

Journal of International Business Studies 2019

Silver Medal for 5 or more substantive contributions to JIBS in the first 50 years

Financial Management & Accounting Research, Limassol, Cyprus 2019

Best Paper Award for “Public to Private Buyouts and Innovation”

British Academy of Management Annual Conference 2018

Best paper award for Corporate Governance

“Venture Capital and Disclosure of Material weakness in Control”

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal 2017

Best Reviewer of the Year Award

FMA Applied Finance Conference (NY) Best Paper Award for “M&A Rumors” 2017

Elsevier Award for Highly Cited Research, for “Public Policy, Entrepreneurship,  and 2017

Venture Capital in the United States,” Journal of Corporate Finance (JCF, 2013)

Top 5 most cited paper in JCF for Scopus citations in 2014-2016

Open University of Hong Kong, Outstanding Research Paper Award 2017

(“Gender Diversity and Securities Fraud”)

United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) 2016

Award for Entrepreneurial Finance: “Government Venture Capital and Cross-Border Investment”

Eurasian Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference Best Paper Award 2015      

(2nd Place) 16th EBES Conference Istanbul 2015 for the paper

“Cameras Tracking Shoppers: The Economics of Retail Video Surveillance”

Corporate Governance: An International Review Best Paper Award (2nd Place) 2015

Among all papers published in CGIR in 2014 for the paper “The Economic Impact of

Entrepreneurship: Comparing International Datasets”

Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) 2015

Best Paper Award (“Dodd-Franking the Hedge Funds”)

British Council Links Conference on Emerging Markets, Madrid 2015

Best Paper Prize

York University Research Leaders Award 2015

(university-wide recognition) York University Schulich School of Business Research Award                                                         

International Journal of Management Reviews 2014

Best Reviewer of the Year Award

Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) 2014

Research Prize (“Equity Crowdfunding”)

11th Eurasian Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference 2013

in Ekaterinburg, Russia, Best Paper Award (“Gender Diversity in Securities Fraud”)                                                        

Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) 2013

Research Prize (“Venture’s Economic Impact in Australia”)

Bank of Canada Best Paper Award, Northern Finance Association 2011 

Annual Conference,  University of British Columbia, 

Vancouver, September 2011 (“The Role of Agents in Private Entrepreneurial Finance”)

Journal of Business Venturing 2010

Best Reviewer of the Year Award

The Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators (CICBV) 2009

Best Paper Research Prize   (“Private Equity Returns and Disclosure around the World”)

Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) Canada Hillsdale 2008

Best Paper Prize (“Don’t Fence Them In: Hedge Fund Regulation and Performance”)

PWC Global Competency Centre Research Excellence Award 2005

(with Uwe Walz) for the study of international accounting standards and 

reports from private equity funds (“Private Equity Returns and Disclosure around the World”)

Best Paper Award at the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship 2005

Conference (“Bankruptcy Law and Entrepreneurship”)

Winner of the Iddo Sarnat Award 2004

best paper published in the Journal of Banking and Finance (JBF) 

for the paper entitled “A cross-country comparison of full and 

partial venture capital exits" (with Jeffrey MacIntosh), published in JBF 27 (2003).

Academic Conference and Workshop Presentations

* = coauthor presentation

** = PhD student presentation

At each of the conferences I participate at, I normally discuss 1-2 papers of other presenters (at times I've done 3) and participate in the PhD workshops (often formally as a mentor)

2023                

• Australian National University

• British Academy of Management, Finance SIG Conference, July 24-28, Greece, Keynote on the Real Effects of Market Manipulation

• Canadian Law and Economics Association

• Cryptocurrency Research Conference, Monaco August 28-29, 2023, Keynote

• Entrepreneurial Finance Association Conference, Antwerp July 5-7, 2023, Keynote

• Financial Management Association, Chicago

• Fintech Summit, Izmir Turkey

• IFMB New Developments and Issues in Contemporary Financial Markets and Banking, Keynote on Market Manipulation and Corporate Culture

• International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Information Security Xi'an China May 26-28, 2023, Keynote

• Multinational Finance Society, Cyprus July 2-5, 2023, Keynote

• Paris Dauphine 6th Finance PhD Conference, Keynote

• Queen’s University of Belfast

• Southern Finance Association *

• University of Birmingham

• University of Chile, Santiago

• University College Cork

• University of Colorado, Boulder, Law School 

• University of Manitoba, Accounting Conference, Keynote

• University of New South Wales

• University of Nottingham

• University of Technology, Sydney

2022             

• 4th Global Chinese Accounting Association Summit, Curtin University, Perth, Keynote

• 6th Research School DMS MNIT Jaipur (Meet the Editors Session)

• Academy of Sustainable Finance, Accounting, Accountability & Governance 

• 2nd Annual Conference (ASFAAG), Keynote Speech

• Bayes Business School, City University of London

• Business Research Conference-Bimtech, India (Meet the Editors Session)

• European Financial Management Association Annual Conference, Rome

• European Financial Management Association Sustainability Conference, Dubai, Organizer

• Finance, Economics, Management and IT Business (FEMIB) Conference, Keynote

• Financial Management Association, Europe, Annual Conference, Lyon

• German Finance Association, University of Marburg*

• Guangdong University of Technology Conference on "Digital Innovation and High-quality Development", Keynote

• Ghazi University, Supervising the Supervisors, Meet the Editors / Keynote

• Hawkes Center Workshop on Sustainability and Finance, Swansea University

• Huddersfield Business School

• Huazhong University of Science and Technology

• IEFS China Conference, Beijing *

• INDAM Conference (Meet the Editors session)

• INSPER, São Paulo Brazil

• ISAFE Conference, Saigon Vietnam, Keynote

• International Conference on Digital Innovation and High-Quality Development (School of Economics and Commerce, Guangdong University of Technology and Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association), Keynote

• Annual International Undergraduate Finance Research Conference (IUFRC), Sri Lanka, Keynote

• Southern Finance Association*

• Unisinos, São Leopoldo, Brazil

• International Conference on Global Business and Societal Reset, India Keynote 

• University of Bradford's Annual Postgraduate Conference, Keynote

• University of Hamburg Corporate Governance Conference

• University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business

• University of Western Australia

• Virtual Summer Seminar in Entrepreneurship Research, Keynote Speech

2021

• 40th EBES Conference - Istanbul 

• Academy of Sustainable Finance, Accounting, Accountability & Governance

• (ASFAAG), Keynote Speech

• Association of Italian Scholars in Banking and Finance, Keynote Speech

• British Journal of Management Annual Conference**

• Centre for Transnational Commercial Law, National Law University Delhi

• Doctoral Conference in Strategy, Corporate Governance, Innovation, and International Business, Leicester Business School, BJM Editor’s session

• Eastern Finance Association Annual Conference

• European Finance Association Annual Conference

• Eurasian Business and Economics Society Conference, Athens, Keynote Speech

• Financial Intermediation Society Annual Conference**

• Financial Management and Accounting Research Conference, University of Cyprus, Keynote Speech

• Green Finance Conference, Shanghai, Keynote Speech

• IIM Jammu's International Conference on Sustainable Finance, Economics & Accounting in the Pre- and Post Pandemic Era, jointly organized with the University of Bradford, Institute of Cost Accountants of India, and Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Keynote Speech

• Innovation, Issues and Technology in Financial Markets Conference, RMIT, Melbourne, Keynote Speech

• National League of Cities

• Newcastle University

• Southwestern Finance Association Annual Conference*

2020           

• Academy of Management Conference, Vancouver

• Vietnam Symposium on Banking and Finance, Keynote Speech

• Cryptocurrency Research Conference, Henley Business School, University of Reading, Keynote Speech

• Green Finance Conference, Shanghai, Keynote Speech

• Nanjing Finance Conference, Keynote Speech

• University of Cyprus Financial Management Conference, Keynote Speech

• University of Rhode Island School of Business

• University of West Virginia School of Business

• University of Western Ontario

•    

2019           

• Academy of Management Conference, Boston*

• British Academy of Management Annual Conference, Birmingham

• British Academy of Management Corporate Finance Conference, University of Southampton, Keynote Speech

• Eastern Finance Association

• European Finance Association*

• French Finance Association (AFFI), Quebec City, Keynote Speech

• Developments in Alternative Finance Conference, Keynote Speech

• Financial Management & Accounting Research, Limassol, Cyprus (Best paper award)*

• Financial Management Association

• Fintech Conference, SKEMA, Nice*

• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

• University of Adelaide Corporate Finance Conference, Keynote Speech

• University of Birmingham

• University of Essex

• University of Kent

• University of South Carolina

2018           

• British Academy of Management, Bristol (best paper award)*

• Central European University, Budapest

• Essex Business School

• Florida Atlantic University

• Infiniti Conference on International Finance, Poznan, Keynote Speech

• International Corporate Governance Society, Shanghai

• Kobe University

• Liquidity in Financial Markets Conference, Budapest, Keynote Speech

• Miami University of Ohio

• SKEMA Business School, Nice

• University of Chile, IFABS

• University of Liverpool

• University of Macau

• Vietnam Symposium in Banking and Finance, Keynote Speech

• Workshop on Knowledge Frontiers and Entrepreneurship in Berlin March 8-9th*

2017           

• British Academy of Management, Warwick

• Emerging Trends in Entrepreneurial Finance Conference, Stevens Institute of Technology

• EMLyon, France*

• Financial Management Association, Boston

• Humbolt University of Berlin, Keynote Speech at Fintech Conference

• International Corporate Governance Society, Rome

• North American Securities Administrators Association, Washington DC

• Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC

• Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

• Strategic Management Society Conference, Houston*

• University of Bergamo*

• University of Chile, Santiago

• University of Essex

• University of Ghent, Keynote Speech on Entrepreneurial Finance

• University of Ottawa

2016           

• Aberystwyth University, UK

• Asian FMA Conference**

• Concordia University, Montreal**

• EMLyon, France

• Empirical Legal Studies Conference, Amsterdam*

• ETF Conference, Ottawa

• European Financial Management Association, Basel**

• Financial Development and Economic Stability Conference, Dublin

• Financial Management Association, Helsinki**

• Financial Management Association, Las Vegas**

• Infinity Conference, Dublin

• International Corporate Governance Society, Boston

• Macquarie University, Sydney

• McCarthy Tétrault, Toronto

• SKEMA Business School, Nice

• SBE Conference on Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, Sicily**

• SMS Conference, Berlin**

• University of Sussex, UK

2015

• Academy of Management Conference, Vancouver**

• Academy of International Business Conference, Bangalore**

• British Council Links Conference on Emerging Markets, Madrid**

• Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Development, Ottawa

• Eurasian Business and Economics Society Conference, Istanbul

• Financial Management Association, Orlando**

• Hong Kong Polytechnic Institute

• International Corporate Governance Society Annual Conference, Copenhagen*

• IPAG December Paris Finance Conference, Paris

• Kobe University School of Business

• Moody’s Corporation / SAIF Credit Conference, Shanghai

• Multinational Finance Society, Halkidiki, Greece**

• NASAA Conference on Securities Regulation (Panellist), San Juan

• National Crowdfunding Association of Canada

• Nanyang Technological University

• Politecnico Milano School of Management

• Shanghai University of International Business and Economics

• SWIFT Institute, London* and Brussels*

• University of Birmingham School of Business

• University of Trier Conference on Entrepreneurship, Trier Germany, Keynote Speech on Entrepreneurial Finance

• University of Vienna International Business Workshop, Vienna

• University of Windsor Odette School of Business

2014

• Academy of International Business Annual Conference, Vancouver

• Academy of Management Annual Conference, Atlanta*

• California State University at Fullerton, Los Angeles

• Concordia University John Molson School of Business, Montreal

• Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, University of California, Berkeley

• European Financial Management Annual Conference, Rome*

• Financial Management Association, Nashville**

• Goethe University of Frankfurt House of Finance, Frankfurt

• Kobe University, Japan

• JBE Conference on Business Ethics in China, Lhasa, Tibet

• Nanyang Technological University

• Northwestern University School of Law Searle Center, Chicago**

• Strategic Management Society, Madrid**

• The New Trends in Corporate Finance Conference, Seoul, Korea (Keynote Speech on Crowdfunding)

• University of Geneva Conference on Sustainable Finance

• University of Ottawa Telfer School of Business

• University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China*

• University of Sydney School of Business

2013           

• American Economic Association, San Diego**

• European Finance Association, Cambridge, UK**

• European Financial Management Association, Reading, UK

• Financial Management Association, Chicago

• George Washington University Law School, Law and Entrepreneurship Conference

• HEC Entrepreneurship Workshop, Paris

• Industry Canada, Ottawa

• Journal of Business Ethics Special Issue Conference, Beijing

• Kobe University School of Business, Japan

• National University of Singapore CGIO Conference, Singapore

• Northwestern University School of Law Searle Center, Chicago

• Ontario Securities Commission, Toronto

• Old Dominion University School of Business

• Pingyao Forum on Entrepreneurial Finance and Business History, China

• Technology Transfer Society (T2S), Bergamo (Keynote Speech)

• University of Edinburgh School of Business China Conference

• Wilfred Laurier Business School, Waterloo

• York University Schulich School of Business, CGIR Conference

2012

• Academy of International Business Studies, Washington DC**

• American Law and Economics Association, Stanford Law School

• Australian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, Sydney and Melbourne

• China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Shanghai

• CFA-FAJ-Schulich Conference on Fraud, Ethics and Regulation, Toronto

• Durham 2nd Annual Conference on Chinese Capital Markets, Durham

• Durham-Schulich Conference on Entrepreneurship and Ethics, Beijing

• Eastern Finance Association, Boston

• European Financial Management Conference on Asset Management, Hamburg**

• European Financial Management Annual Conference, Barcelona**

• Financial Management Association, Istanbul**

• Financial Management Association, Atlanta**

• Hong Kong University School of Economics and Finance

• International Banking and Finance Conference, Valencia

• International Journal of Managerial Finance Conference on Entrepreneurial Finance, Shanghai (Keynote Speech on Technology Parks)

• Kobe University School of Business, Japan

• Lancaster Business School, Lancaster University, UK

• Peking University Conference on Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets

• Politecnico Milano School of Management

• University of Delaware Business School

• University of Lancaster Business School

• University of Waterloo

• WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management

2011

• American Law and Economics Association Annual Conference, Columbia

• Ausralasian Banking and Finance Conference, Sydney

• Bocconi University

• Duke University Entrepreneurship Conference, Durham NC*

• Durham Business School

• Durham Conference on Chinese Capital Markets

• ECM Libra Investment Bank, Kuala Lumpur

• Emerging Markets Conference, Cass Business School, London

• EMLYON School of Business, France

• Empirical Entrepreneurship Conference, Temple University

• European Financial Management Conference, Portugal

• European Financial Management Conference on Alternative Investments, Toronto

• Financial Management Association, Denver

• French Finance Association, MontGeorge Washington University Conference on Business Creation, Wash. DC

• International Finance and Banking Society Conference, Rome*

• Law and Entrepreneurship Conference, Gainesville FL

• Northern Finance Association, University of British Columbia

• Singapore Management University

• Society for Empirical Legal Studies Conference, Northwestern Law School

• University of Calgary Haskayne School of Business

• University of Durham School of Business, UK

• University of Rome Tor Vergata

• World Bank Conference on New Ideas in Business Growth, Washington DC

• York University Schulich School of Business Entrepreneurship Workshop

2010           

• American Law and Economics Association Annual Conference, Princeton**

• Baruch College, New York

• Canadian Law and Economics Association Annual Conference, Toronto

• European Financial Management Conference on Entrepreneurial Finance, Montreal

• European Financial Management Annual Conference, Denmark

• European J. of Finance / J. of Business Ethics Special Issue Conference, Schulich

• Financial Management Association, New York

• Northern Finance Association, Winnipeg

• Searle Center Conference on the Economics and Law of Entrepreneurship, Northwestern

• Society for Empirical Legal Studies Annual Conference, Yale

• SUNY Albany School of Business

• University of Manitoba Asper School of Business

• University of Saskatchewan Edwards School of Business

• WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, Campus for Finance Private Equity Conference (Keynote Speech on Creditor Rights and Leveraged Buyouts)

2009           

• American Law and Economics Association, San Diego

• Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics “To Enforce and Comply” Conference (Keynote Speech on Regulation and Surveillance)

• Audencia School of Management EFM Symposium on Risk Management, Nantes

• Bocconi University Paolo Baffi Research Center on Central Banking and Regulation

• Canadian Law and Economics Association, Toronto

• College of William and Mary, Mason School of Business

• DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University

• European Financial Management Association, Milan

• ESADE, Barcelona

• Financial Management Association, Reno

• Finlawmetrics, Paolo Baffi Research Center, Bocconi University, Milan

• Florida State University School of Business

• Florida State University School of Law

• IFN Conference on the Economics of Ownership, Organization and Industrial Development in Vaxholm, Sweden

• National Center for Business Law, Univ. of British Columbia & Univ. of Calgary

• Northern Finance Association, Niagara-on-the-Lake

• Politecnico di Torino, Italy (Keynote Speech on Venture Capital for Inauguration of the IP Finance Institute)

• SUNY Buffalo School of Business

• University of California, Riverside, School of Business

• University of Cambridge EFM Symposium on Corporate Governance and Control*

• University of Cambridge Judge Institute of Management

• Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

2008           

• Amsterdam/Schulich Conference on Financial Intermediation, Amsterdam

• Australasian Banking and Finance Conference, Sydney

• Bursa Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

• CD Howe Institute, Toronto

• China International Conference in Finance, Dalan

• CIRANO, Montreal

• DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University / Regulation Services

• Empirical Legal Studies Conference, Ithaca

• European Finance Association, Athens*

• European Financial Management Association, Athens*

• Financial Intermediation Research Society Conference, Anchorage

• Government of Ontario, Toronto

• Italian Society for Law and Economics, Bologna

• Kauffman Foundation Conference on Entrepreneurial Finance, Kansas

• Law and Society Annual Conference, Montreal

• National Association of Corporate Directors, New York

• Northwestern University Conference on Law and Entrepreneurship, Chicago

• Paolo Baffi Research Center, Bocconi University, Milan

• Queen’s University International Finance Conference, Kingston

• SMARTS Conference on Market Surveillance, Hong Kong

• University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia

2007           

• Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia

• American Law and Economics Association, Harvard Law School

• Canadian Law and Economics Association, Toronto

• CD Howe Institute, Toronto

• European Central Bank Conference on Regulation and Private Equity, Dublin

• Financial Management Association, Orlando

• Government of Ontario, Toronto

• Hofstra University Conference on Private Equity, New York

• Hofstra University Zarb School of Business

• National University of Singapore

• Northern Finance Association, Toronto

• University of Cambridge Judge Institute of Management

• University of Texas, Dallas

• Warwick University Global Economy and Finance Conference

• Western Finance Association, Montana

2006           

• Academy of Management Conference, Atlanta

• Alternative Views of Corporate Governance Conference, Zurich

• American Law and Economics Association, Berkeley

• Asian Law and Economics Conference, Bangalore

• Canadian Law and Economics Conference, Toronto

• Darden Conference on Emerging Markets, Washington DC

• DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University

• Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship Conference, Hyderabad

• Entrepreneurial Policy Conference, Copenhagen

• European Financial Management Conference, Madrid

• European Law and Economics Conference, Madrid

• Financial Intermediation Research Society Conference, Shanghai*

• Financial Management Association, Salt Lake City

• Lally-Darden-Humboldt Conference on Entrepreneurship, Berlin

• McMaster University DeGroote School of Business

• National University of Singapore School of Business

• Ontario Securities Commission, Toronto

• Regulation Services – DeGroote Conference on Market Integrity, Toronto

• Schulich School of Business, York University

• Universiti Putra Malaysia Faculty of Economics and Management

• University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

• University of Toronto Rotman School of Management

• UK Insolvency Office, London

• Venture Capital Research Conference, Lund, Sweden*

2005           

• American Law and Economics Association, NYU

• Asian Corporate Governance Conference, Seoul

• Asian FMA Conference, Kuala Lumpur

• Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship Conference, Melbourne

• European Finance Association, Moscow*

• European Financial Management Association, Milan

• Global Finance Conference, Dublin

• HEC Tunisia Conference on Technological Entrepreneurship, Tunis

• Managing & Financing Innovation and Entrepreneurial Activities Conference, Lausanne

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Lally School of Management and Technology

• SMARTS Inc. Conference on Stock Market Surveillance, Stockholm

• Singapore Management University Entrepreneurship EDGE Conference

• University if California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall Law School

• University of Western Australia Business School

2004           

• Australasian Banking and Finance Conference, Sydney

• Babson Entrepreneurship Conference, Glasgow

• Bundesbank Conference on Financing Innovation, Frankfurt

• CAFR Symposium, Hong Kong

• Capital Markets Institute Conference on Securities Regulation, Toronto

• Center for Financial Studies, Frankfurt

• Economic Society of Australia’s 33rd Conference of Economists

• European Business School, Germany

• European Economic Association, Madrid

• European Finance Association, Maastricht

• Nottingham University Business School, UK

• Queen’s University of Belfast Economic and Financial Institutions Research Group*

• Risk Capital Conference (RICAFE 2nd Conference), Frankfurt

• Schulich School of Business Conference on Financial Services, Toronto

• Simon Fraser University School of Business

• Universitità di Bologna Almaweb Graduate School of Business

• Universitità di Bologna Forli School of Business

• University of Cambridge Judge Institute for Management Studies

• University of New South Wales School of Banking and Finance

• Universitità di Trento Department of Legal Sciences and Faculty of Economics

• Willamette Conference on Venture Capital, Portland

2003           

• American Finance Association, Washington D.C.

• American Law and Economics Association Conference, Toronto

• Babson Entrepreneurship Conference, Boston

• Canadian Law and Economics Association, Toronto

• Center for Financial Studies, Frankfurt

• C.D. Howe Institute Conference on Innovation and Venture Capital, Calgary

• European Central Bank / Bank of Greece Conference on Financial Integration, Athens

• European Finance Association, Glasgow

• German Finance Association, Frankfurt

• University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business

• University of Cambridge Judge Institute for Management Studies

• University of Manitoba Asper School of Business

• University of Münster School of Business, Germany

• University of New South Wales School of Banking and Finance, Sydney

2002           

• Aarhus Business School, Denmark

• ABN AMRO Bank Venture Capital Exits Conference (Keynote Speaker), Amsterdam

• American Law and Economics Association, Harvard Law School

• Australasian Banking and Finance Conference, Sydney

• Babson Entrepreneurship Conference, Boulder

• Canadian Law and Economics Association, Toronto

• CESifo Venture Capital Congress, Munich, Germany

• Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

• Eastern Finance Association, Baltimore

• European Financial Management Association, London

• Financial Management Association, San Antonio

• Northern Finance Association, Banff

• Society of Entrepreneurial Finance, New York

• Tilburg University International Regulatory Competition Conference, The Netherlands

• Universiteit van Amsterdam Department of Financial Management

• University of Toronto Capital Markets Institute Conference on Venture Capital

2001           

• ASAC, University of Western Ontario Ivey School of Business, London ON\

• Australasian Banking and Finance Conference, Sydney

• Canadian Law and Economics Association, Toronto

• Center for Financial Studies, Frankfurt, Germany

• Eastern Finance Association, Charleston

• European Financial Management Association, Lugano, Switzerland

• Financial Management Association, Toronto

• Multinational Finance Society, Garda, Italy

• Rutgers University Conference on Capital Structure, Newark

• Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto

• Securities and Financial Markets Conference, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

• University of Alberta School of Business

• University of Alberta Industry Liaison Office

• University of Hamburg Law and Economics Seminar Series, Germany

• University of Helsinki Venture Capital Congress, Finland

1995-2000  

• ABN AMRO International Conference on IPOs, Amsterdam (2000)

• Australasian Banking and Finance Conference, Sydney (2000)

• Bank of Canada, Ottawa (1999)

• Canadian Law and Economics Association, Toronto (1995, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000)

• Eastern Finance Association, Myrtle Beach (2000)

• Industry Canada, Ottawa (1998)

• Law and Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Portland (2000)

• Lexicon, Inc., Chicago (1999)

• Northern Finance Association, Waterloo (2000), Calgary (1999)

• Queen’s University School of Business, Kingston (1999)

• University of Alberta School of Business (1999)

• University of British Columbia School of Business (2000)