Monday, November 3, 2014

Prof Robert Harris - Biography and Contribution

Birth November 1949

Robert Harris is the C. Stewart Sheppard Professor of Business Administration at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia. He was previously the Dean of the Darden School and the Charles C. Abbott Professor of Business Administration. Before being named Dean in October of 2001, Harris held a dual role as C. Stewart Sheppard Professor of Administration and Vice President and Chief Learning Officer of United Technologies Corporation (1998 to 2001).


Dissertation and Thesis Direction

James Parrino (Ph.D.) "Essays on Post-Merger Performance" - chairman (Ph.D. awarded 1996).

Michael Ho (Ph.D.) "Analysts' Recommendation Changes and Market Information" - chairman (Ph.D. awarded 1995).

Richard Boebel (Ph.D.) "Financial Analysts' Forecasts in Earnings: Long Term and Short Term Forecasts"- chairman (Ph.D. awarded 1991).

Felicia Marston (Ph.D.) "The Use of Financial Analyst Forecast Data to Measure Risk and Return" - chairman (Ph.D. awarded 1987).

Donald Margotta (Ph.D.) "The Effects of Institutional Ownership on Corporate Decisions" - chairman (Ph.D. awarded 1984).

Nicholas Calley (Ph.D.) "Owner-Control Relationships as a Motive for Merger" - chairman (Ph.D. awarded 1982).

Abol Jalilvand (Ph.D.) "An Empirical Model of the Firm's Financing and Dividend Decisions" - chairman (Ph.D. awarded 1981).

http://faculty.darden.virginia.edu/harrisr/Harris_Bio.htm

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