International Business Department
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Omrane Guedhami
Assistant Professor
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Biography Dr. Omrane Guedhami earned his M.Sc. in finance from HEC Montreal and received his Ph.D. in finance at Laval University. He taught at Laval University and Memorial University of Newfoundland before joining the Moore School of Business. He taught financial management, investments, and international finance at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Guedhami’s research interests primarily cover privatization, liberalization, and corporate
governance, with a particular focus on emerging markets. Specifically, his research examines the
determinants of postprivatization performance changes, the impact of privatization on corporate
governance and ownership structure, and the determinants of ownership structure of newly privatized
and public firms. His research has been published in mainstream journals such as the
Journal of Financial Economics, the
Journal of Accounting Research, the
Journal of Banking and Finance, the
Journal of Corporate Finance, the
Journal of Financial Research, the
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, and
Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. Additionally, he received several research
distinctions and awards, including the Best Dissertation in International Finance Case Award
sponsored by Indiana University Center for International Business Education and Research and
Financial Management Association International, the Best Paper Award in International Finance at
the Eastern Finance Association and the Best Paper Award at the First International Conference on
Asia-Pacific Financial Markets. He was recently nominated for the Haynes Prize for the Most
Promising Scholar at the Academy of International Business Meeting.
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