René M. Stulz is the Everett D. Reese Chair of Banking and Monetary Economics at The Ohio State University's Max M. Fisher College of Business , where he also serves as Director of the Dice Center for Research in Financial Economics . He has held academic positions at MIT, University of Chicago, and University of Rochester. Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Marvin Bower Fellowship (Harvard Business School) Doctorat Honoris Causa (University of Neuchâtel) Risk Manager of the Year (Global Association of Risk Professionals) His research spans corporate finance , financial institutions , and asset pricing , with recent work on unicorns , cyberattack economic impacts , and banking regulation . His articles show expertise in market volatility , governance , and financial globalization . Stulz has won multiple scientific awards and served as editor of the Journal of Finance and Journal of Financial Economics . He consults for the IMF , World Bank , and major financial institutions , and has testified in federal/state courts .
Marios Koutsias is a Senior Lecturer at Essex Law School, University of Essex, specializing in EU Commercial Law, Company Law, and Data Protection. He holds an LLB from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, an LLM in EU Law from the University of Essex, an MA in Politics and International Relations from King's College London, and a PhD in Law from the University of Essex. Prior to his academic career, he practiced as a lawyer on Greek Law and European Union Law in Thessaloniki and Brussels, and remains a member of the Thessaloniki Bar Association, Greece. His educational background includes: LLB from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece LLM in EU Law from University of Essex MA in Politics and International Relations from King's College, London PhD in Law from University of Essex Dr. Koutsias' research focuses on Company Law, Corporate Governance, Comparative Company Law, European Union Law with a special emphasis on the Internal Market, and Privacy and Data Protection. His work critically examines shareholder primacy versus stakeholder theory, the influence of national cultural identities on corporate governance frameworks, and the evolving landscape of data protection regulations in the digital economy. He has made significant contributions to understanding how Brexit might reshape European corporate governance paradigms and the tensions between commercial interests and privacy rights in global trade. His publication record reveals a strong interdisciplinary approach, connecting theoretical legal concepts with practical commercial applications. The research trends show increasing focus on post-Brexit regulatory alignment, stakeholder governance models, and data protection challenges in international commerce. His most recent 2025 article argues that Brexit should not sever UK-EU privacy regulatory connections to protect both trade interests and human rights. Dr. Koutsias supervises PhD students in Law with expertise in corporate governance frameworks across different jurisdictions. His current supervisees include Tioluwani Comfort Tioluwani and Iman Abdulrahman M Alfaraj, while he has successfully guided seven PhD students to completion since 2016, including Christina Gkampitsaki (awarded January 2024) and Tioluwani Comfort Tioluwani (awarded December 2023). His teaching responsibilities encompass Company Law (LW225), Law of the European Union (LW302), Final Year Research Project (LW304), Introduction to the Law of the European Union (LW430), Industry Placement (LW811), and Data Protection Law in the Digital Age (LW656). He has secured research funding including the 2019 Mondaq KTP 2 grant from Innovate UK. Dr. Koutsias has co-authored three significant books: 'Company Law in the New Europe' and 'The Nature of Corporate Governance: The Significance of National Cultural Identity' (both Edward Elgar Publishers), and 'Company Law' by Palgrave with Professor Janet Dine, which is considered one of the leading textbooks in the field. He also serves as a Specialist Contributor to Gore Brown on EU Company Law publications, demonstrating his recognized expertise in this specialized area.
L. Paige Fields is a Professor of Finance at the University of Kansas School of Business, where she joined in 2017 as Dean and Henry D. Price Professor of Business. Her academic career spans institutions including Trinity University (Dean, 2012-2015), Texas A&M University (1994-2012), University of Arizona (1991-1994), and University of Kentucky. Education : Ph.D. in Business Administration (Finance) from University of South Carolina, M.S. and B.S. in Finance from Louisiana State University. Her research focuses on corporate governance, banking, insurance, and capital structure. She has published extensively in top journals like the Journal of Finance and Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking , with recent work on earnings management, bank loan dynamics, and governance mechanisms. Fields has served as Associate Editor at the Journal of Financial Research and received over 20 teaching and academic awards, including national recognition from the Academy of Finance (2010). She has held leadership roles such as Department Chair at Trinity University and multiple teaching innovation grants at Texas A&M’s Mays Business School.
Yijia Zhao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting & Finance at the College of Management, University of Massachusetts Boston. She serves as the Graduate Program Director and focuses on research in financial intermediation, banking, corporate credit markets, securities issuance, and corporate finance. Her research explores critical topics such as the impact of credit supply on corporate bond offerings, syndicated loan pricing, the role of sovereign wealth funds in debt markets, ethical misconduct among financial advisers, and the implications of shareholder litigation in corporate takeovers. She examines how bank capital and lending relationships affect credit availability and market dynamics. Dr. Zhao's scholarly work has been published in top-tier journals like Management Science , Journal of Corporate Finance , and Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , reflecting trends in banking, corporate finance, and behavioral ethics. Her research often intersects with empirical finance and institutional analysis. Scientific awards and honors include multiple Donald Shephard Endowed Awards, semi-finalist recognitions at the Financial Management Association (FMA) Best Paper Awards, and a Corcoran Endowed Summer Teaching Fellowship. She has also received teaching accolades such as the Alfred G. Smith Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Zhao contributes to the academic community as an Associate Editor for The Financial Review and has served as an ad-hoc referee for journals including Journal of Banking and Finance and Pacific-Basin Finance Journal . Her professional services highlight her engagement with editorial and peer-review processes in finance and ethics.
Gautam Gowrisankaran is a Professor of Economics at Columbia University , with affiliations as a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), and a Professeur affilié at HEC Montréal. His research spans Health Economics , Industrial Organization , and Environmental Economics . Primary Affiliation : Columbia University, Department of Economics Secondary Affiliations : NBER, CEPR, HEC Montréal His work investigates dynamic market behaviors , including hospital pricing under Medicare reforms, energy transitions in regulated markets, and the impact of policy uncertainty on technology adoption. Recent publications focus on renewable energy integration , insurance market dynamics , and environmental regulation enforcement . Key trends in his research include applied microeconomic modeling , policy evaluation , and strategic interactions in markets with high stakes such as healthcare and energy. His methodological approach often combines structural estimation with empirical data analysis . Notable Grants : Doctoral Dissertation Research in Economics (Effect of Certified Nurse Midwife Scope-of-Practice Laws) Gautam actively contributes to academic discourse through collaborations with institutions like the University of Arizona and University of Chicago . His work addresses critical societal challenges, including healthcare affordability, energy sustainability, and regulatory efficiency.
Panagiotis Zervopoulos is an Associate Professor at the Department of Business Organization and Administration within the School of Economics, Business and International Studies at the University of Piraeus. Previously, he served as Associate Professor and Director of the PhD Program in Business Administration at the School of Business Administration of the University of Sharjah in the UAE. His research interests focus on operations research, efficiency and performance measurements, optimization methods, and econometrics. Specifically, he specializes in developing new data envelopment analysis (DEA) techniques, Bayesian methods, parametric and non-parametric econometric models, with innovative applications across multiple disciplines. His methodological contributions have been applied in diverse fields including supply chain management, financial systems, environmental efficiency, and corporate governance. Zervopoulos has published extensively in top-tier journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Annals of Operations Research, Journal of Financial Stability, and Journal of Cleaner Production. His recent work (2023-2024) demonstrates continued innovation in efficiency measurement techniques, particularly in network DEA models with bias correction, environmental efficiency analysis, and systemic risk measurement. His publications show strong international collaboration patterns, frequently working with researchers from different countries and institutions. He has served as Guest Editor for journals including Socio-Economic Planning Sciences and IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, demonstrating recognition of his expertise by the academic community. Zervopoulos has held research fellowships at prestigious institutions worldwide, including Peking University (China), the London School of Economics (United Kingdom), the Academy of Athens (Greece), and the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (Greece). He also participates in the World Economic Survey and the Economic Expert Group of the Ifo Institute (Germany). Professionally, he has served as Senior Consultant Modeling Statistician at IRi Worldwide and as Project Manager and Expert in Quantitative Analysis and Public Sector Reform through technical support projects with the European Public Law Agency.
Nancy L. Rose is the Charles P. Kindleberger Professor of Applied Economics in the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She previously served as Economics Department Head at MIT from 2017-2020, and as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economic Analysis in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice from 2014-2016. She was also director of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) research program in Industrial Organization from 1991 until 2014. Her educational background includes a Ph.D. in Economics from MIT and an A.B. in Economics and Government from Harvard University. Professor Rose's research focuses on industrial organization, competition policy, and the economics of regulation. Her work spans analyses of antitrust law and economics, economic regulation, firm behavior in transportation and energy markets, labor rent-sharing, and determinants of executive pay. She has edited the volume "Economic Regulation and Its Reform: What Have We Learned?" which examines regulatory landscapes across eight industries. Her recent publications demonstrate a continued focus on merger guidelines, antitrust enforcement in digital markets, and competition policy across various sectors including airline markets, energy markets, and labor markets. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2018) Distinguished Fellow of the Industrial Organization Society (2018) Carolyn Shaw Bell Award from the American Economic Association (2020) Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow at MIT (2012) Multiple MIT Undergraduate Economics Association Teaching Awards (2000, 2004, 2011) Professor Rose currently serves as President of the Industrial Organization Society and Vice President of the Western Economics Association International. She has previously served as Vice President of the American Economic Association and has held editorial positions at the American Economic Review and Journal of Industrial Economics. She also serves on advisory boards for the American Antitrust Institute, the Hamilton Project, and the CEPR's Research and Policy Network for Competition Policy. She has served as an independent director for Charles River Associates, Sentinel Investments, and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, and in those roles has chaired board governance and finance committees.
Lawton R. Burns is the James Joo-Jin Kim Professor of Health Care Management and Professor of Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He serves as Co-Director of the Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management and Chairperson of the Health Care Systems Department since 2008. Dr. Burns holds a PhD in sociology and an MBA in health administration from the University of Chicago, along with a BA from Haverford College. PhD, University of Chicago (1981) MBA, University of Chicago (1984) MA, University of Chicago (1976) BA, Haverford College (1973) His research focuses on healthcare supply chains, organizational innovation, and strategic management in health systems. He has authored or co-authored 15+ books, including analyses of integrated healthcare, pharmaceutical and medical device sectors, and global health systems in India and China. Recent works examine evidence-based healthcare innovation and the role of GPOs/PBMs in drug pricing. Dr. Burns advises on healthcare policy, including Senate testimony on pharmacy benefit managers and antitrust implications of physician-hospital organizations. His teaching covers healthcare strategy, managed care, integrated delivery networks, and the U.S. healthcare ecosystem, with courses requiring competitive analysis of producer, purchaser, and provider organizations. Board of Institute of Medicine, Health Services Research Section (2003) Arthur Anderson Distinguished Visitor, University of Cambridge (2001) Teacher of the Year, Administrative Medicine Program (1999) Edwin Crosby Memorial Fellowship (1992-93) Udall Fellowship (1990-91) Invited Lecture Series, Catholic University of Rome (1997)
Sue Mialon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Emory University. Her research focuses on Law and Economics, Industrial Organization, and Microeconomic Theory. She holds a PhD from the University of Texas, Austin (2002), alongside advanced degrees from Korea University (MA, 1996; BA, 1992). Her work analyzes regulatory frameworks, market competition dynamics, and the intersection of legal systems with economic behavior. Notable themes include net neutrality, discrimination incentives, and the economic impacts of legal standards. Recent studies address abortion policy, inheritance inequality, and counterterrorism strategies. Mialon’s research often bridges theoretical models with real-world policy implications, contributing to fields like antitrust enforcement and public policy evaluation. Her publications span journals such as the Journal of Regulatory Economics, Labour, and the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. She maintains a website at Emory and can be contacted via smialon@emory.edu.
Benjamin Vatter is the Class of 1943 Career Development Assistant Professor and an Assistant Professor of Applied Economics at MIT Sloan School of Management. His research focuses on market competition and regulation, particularly in healthcare markets. He earned his PhD in Economics from Northwestern University (2021) and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Stanford University (2022). His work examines topics such as Medicare Advantage scoring design, vertical integration in healthcare markets, and the effects of hospital mergers. Recent publications include studies on quality disclosure regulations and price effects of healthcare market consolidations. No scientific awards are explicitly listed. He has no listed advisees or grants detailed in the provided materials. His affiliation with MIT Sloan's Applied Economics group underscores his contributions to Economics, Finance, and Accounting research areas.
Adeel Tariq is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Industrial Engineering and Management department of LUT School of Engineering Sciences , Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland. He completed his Ph.D. (2019) and MBA (2014) at the School of Management , Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. Research Focus: Technology and innovation management, digital transformation, sustainable development, knowledge management, and leadership studies. Peer Review: Active reviewer for journals including Leadership & Organization Development Journal , Journal of Intellectual Capital , and European Journal of Innovation Management . Collaborations: Regular co-author with Waqas Tariq, Muhammad Saleem Sumbal, and Marko Torkkeli on topics like digital governance, fintech, and SME sustainability.
Michael J. Meurer is a Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law, holding the Abraham and Lillian Benton Scholar title. He holds an SB in Economics and Interdisciplinary Science from MIT, a JD cum laude from the University of Minnesota, and a PhD in Economics from the same institution. His research focuses on Intellectual Property & Economics , with emphasis on patent policy, antitrust, and high-tech industry regulation. He has received multiple Pew Charitable Trust Grant Ford Foundation Grant Olin Faculty Fellowship at Yale Law School AT&T Bell Labs Postdoctoral Fellowship His teaching includes core courses in Intellectual Property and Patent Law, alongside workshops for international scholars and policymakers. Meurer's recent publications analyze patent reform frameworks collusion dynamics in patent disputes economic models for nonobviousness costs of patent trolling copyright policy in digital markets innovation economics He actively contributes to antitrust symposiums and law & economics workshops, maintaining a dual focus on legal theory and empirical economic analysis.
Thomas Jaeger is a Professor of European Law at the University of Vienna’s Faculty of Law, specializing in the Internal Market and Competition within European Commercial Law. He leads the Institute for European, International and Comparative Law and serves as President of the Austrian Society for European Law (ÖGER), a member of FIDE, advocating for Austrian perspectives in EU legal developments. His research spans European Commercial Law, State Aid Law, Media Regulation , and Intellectual Property , with notable publications addressing EU legal frameworks for transport, digital markets, and gambling concessions. Recent lectures focus on state aid challenges, constitutional identity conflicts , and merger control . Jaeger supervises dissertations requiring significant scientific contribution and has organized events like the European Law Roundtable with CJEU and State Aid Law Day . He has held visiting roles at Hannover and Munich universities and previously worked at the Max Planck Institute and UNHCHR .
Alberto Dell'Acqua serves as Director of the Milan Hub at Luiss Business School and Associate Professor of Corporate Finance at Mercatorum University in Rome since 2024, with over 20 years of academic experience spanning SDA Bocconi School of Management, Bocconi University, and international institutions in Lebanon, Bulgaria, Libya, and Australia. He holds a degree in Business Economics with full marks from Bocconi University and a PhD in Corporate Finance from the University of Trieste. His research focuses on corporate finance , private equity and venture capital , and corporate governance , examining board structures, investment strategies, and cross-border value creation through rigorous empirical analysis. Recent publications reveal consistent contributions to financial literature, particularly in venture capital diversification, emerging market M&As, and governance mechanisms, published in high-impact journals including Eurasian Business Review and Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting. His research earned the Highly Commended on Emerald Literati Awards 2018 for groundbreaking work on board independence and M&A performance. Professionally, Dell'Acqua founded and leads a corporate financial advisory firm while serving as Vice President of an investment firm specializing in high-growth SMEs. He sits on boards of public/private companies and mentors international startups, with research funded by Confindustria, the Chamber of Commerce, and major trade associations. As Director of the Milan Hub, he drives strategic initiatives for Luiss Business School's Milan operations, integrating academic excellence with professional development in Italy's financial capital.
Sam Weinstein is a Professor of Law at the Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University. He previously held positions at U.C. Berkeley School of Law as a fellow and at the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division. His expertise spans antitrust law, competition policy, and regulatory history. He holds a J.D. and Ph.D. in U.S. History from U.C. Berkeley, alongside a B.A. from Haverford College. Education: J.D. (Order of the Coif) and Ph.D. in U.S. History from U.C. Berkeley; B.A. from Haverford College Professional Background: Attorney at U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division; Litigator at Munger, Tolles & Olson His research focuses on antitrust enforcement, innovation policy, and the historical evolution of regulatory frameworks. Notable areas include dynamic pricing algorithms, venture capital antitrust issues, and blockchain regulation. He teaches courses such as Antitrust, Contracts, and Corporations. Professor Weinstein's scholarship appears in top law reviews including NYU Law Review, Georgia Law Review, and Washington University Law Review. His work bridges legal theory with practical regulatory challenges in tech, finance, and corporate sectors.
