Professional Activities

Editorial Activities

Associate editor of the Journal of Banking and Finance, October 2011 – onwards

Associate editor of the Journal of Corporate Finance, September 2008 - 2020.

Associate editor of the European Financial Management, June 2006 - onwards.

Associate editor of the Journal of Management and Governance, January 2012 - onwards.

Associate editor of the International Journal of Financial Studies, August 2012 – onwards.

Associate editor of Emerging Markets Finance and Trade: February 2013 – onwards.

Associate editor of De Economist, May 2011- onwards.

Associate editor of Gouvernance: Revue Internationale (Canada), 2000-2001.

Seminars and Conferences

Organization of:

1. Tilburg University Conference on Law & Economics: (4-5 Nov.1999) at Evoluon Center in Eindhoven: “Convergence and diversity in corporate governance regimes and capital markets.

2. ‘Tias Business School’s Law & Economics Conference, at Tilburg University: ‘Legal and Valuation Issues of Internet-related Business and High Tech Firms: Seed and Venture Capital, Real Options Valuation and Initial Public Offerings’ (13-15 Sept. 2000, Tilburg).

3. Organizer of Workshop for the European Corporate Governance and Investment Network; at KULeuven Sept.1997: for 20 members of 8 countries.

4. Tias Business School’s Corporate Governance Day, 9 Dec. 2005.

5. Workshop for European Corporate Goverance Training Network and TILEC, at the Venice International University Campus, 14-16 September 2006.

6. Co-chair of the Symposium on Contractual Corporate Governance (with M. Goergen - organizer), University of Sheffield, 22 June 2007.

7. Co-chair of the Symposium on Remuneration Contracting (with M. Goergen - organizer), University of Cardiff, September 2010.

Conference committees

- Scientific Committee of the TMR Euro-conferences on ‘Financing Innovation in Science-based Industries’ (ERBFMMACT-980410).

- Coordinator Tilburg cluster of the European Corporate Governance Training Network (for TILEC).

- Member of the Programme Committee of the European Finance Association (EFA) conference, organised at London Business School (Aug. 2000), Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona, Aug. 2001), Humboldt University (Berlin, Aug. 2002), University of Stratclyth (Glasgow, Aug. 2003), University of Maastricht (Aug. 2004), New Economic School (Moscow, Aug. 2005), Madrid (Aug. 2006), Ljubljana (Aug 2007), Athens (Aug. 2008), Bergen (Aug. 2009), Frankfurt (Aug. 2010), Stockholm (Aug. 2011), Copenhagen (Aug. 2012).

- Member of the Programme Committee of the Finance Management Association (FMA) conference, organised at Salt Lake City (2006), Orlando (2007), Texas (2008), Porto (2011), Barcelona (2012), (2014).

- Member of the Programme Committee of the Paris Spring Corporate Finance Conferences, HEC Paris, May 2010; 2011; 2012.

- Member of Programme Committee, International Corporate Finance conference (organizer: Prof. Rez Kabir), University of Twente, Oct 2010.

Presentations at the following conferences organized by:

Presentations at the following conferences organized by: American Finance Association, American Economic Association, European Finance Association, European Financial Management Association, European Economic Association, European Academy of Management, European Network of Industrial Policy, European Corporate Governance Network, TMR-cycle at Eni Enrico Mattei, Corporate Investment and Governance Network (in Leuven, Cambridge, Aarhus, Berlin, Vienna), M&A symposium 2002 at IESE (Barcelona), Tias Business School Seminar Cycle 2000 on E-commerce and real options valuation, Norwegian Research Council Conference, CEPR-European Summer Symposium in Financial Markets (Gerzensee, Switzerland), ESRC Network of Industrial Economists, Tilburg University Conference in Law and Economics: Convergence and Diversity of Corporate Governance Regimes, First Annual General Meeting of the Marie Curie Fellows (Brussels), CEPR-Gerzensee Corporate Finance Meeting, Association of the International Investment Forum at Center for Investment Research of the University of Chicago, European Foundation of Management Development Scandinavian MCFA organization, Vlaamse Vereniging voor Economie (Ghent), United Nations University/Institute for New Technologies (Maastricht), Humboldt Forum on Corporate Governance (Humboldt/Stanford University), ECGTN workshops (Brussels and Venice), CFO Summit 2011 (Brussels), Harvard Business School’s conference on Corporate Social Responsibility: the Big Ideas, Chinese Investment Forum Shanghai, AFFI (French Finance Meetings) in EM Lyon, Paris Vigeo conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, Conference of the Sustainabilty, Accounting and Finance Network at Essex/Norwich Business School (keynote), 12th Annual Financial Market Liquidity Conference at Corvinus University, Budapest (keynote).

Invited presentations to seminars at:

Oxford University, Cambridge University, University of Reading, University of California (UCLA), Harvard University, Centro Universitario de Estudios Financieros (CUNEF, Madrid), University of Venice, London Business School, Autonoma University of Barcelona, Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of Antwerp, University of the Balearic Islands (Palma), Humboldt University Berlin, University of Ghent, BI Oslo School of Management (Norwegian Business School), Catholic University of Leuven, Center for European Policy Studies (Brussels), Fondazioni Eni Enrico Mattei (Milan), University of Amsterdam, Tilburg University, University of Sheffield, Berlin Zentrum fur Socialwissenschaften (BZW), Robert Schuman Center for Advances Studies (European University Institute, Florence), University of Twente, Vlerick Leuven-Gent School of Management, Venice International University, University of Utrecht, University of Lille 2, University Paris-Dauphine, ISCTE Lisbon, Nova University Lisbon, HEC Paris, CORE at University Louvain-la-Neuve, Catholic University Lisbon (Catolica), Yale University, University of Cardiff, University of Edinburgh, Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Pablo de Olavide University (Sevilla), Norwegian School of Economics and Management (NHH, Bergen), EM Lyon Business School, University of Zurich, Institut Bachelier Paris, Ecole Polytechnique Paris, Norwegian Central Bank, University of Namur, HEC at University of Liege, ESCP Paris, Catholic Univ of Milan/ Univ of the Negev/ Bar-Ilan University (joint seminar), University of Essex/Nowich Business School (joint seminar), University of Liverpool, University of Sankt Gallen, University of New South Wales (Sydney), University of Exeter, University of Bremen.