begin teaching this fall
The Yale School of Management (SOM) is welcoming five new faculty members this
year, according to Dean Joel M. Podolny.
T H I S
Professor of finance Metrick joined the faculty at Wharton in 1999 and received tenure in 2003.
Prior to Wharton, he spent five years teaching economics in the Harvard Faculty
of Arts and Sciences. His research and teaching have focused on venture
capital, private equity, corporate governance and decision-making under
uncertainty.
“Andrew is an exceptional scholar, with important, creative contributions in a
number of areas of finance,” says Podolny. “He is also an outstanding teacher. In his years at Wharton and Harvard, students
have consistently recognized him for his teaching excellence, and our students
will be equally enthusiastic to learn from him.”
In his most recent research, Metrick created a method that makes it easier for
venture capitalists to calculate realistic valuations of start-ups, high-growth
companies and IPOs. The model is outlined in his book
“Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation,” which was the foundation of the course of the same title that he taught at
Wharton. His other research has examined the relationship between shareholder
rights and company performance; the economics of private equity funds; how the
structure of employers’ retirement plans affect employee participation; and the relationship between
insider ownership and firm value.
Metrick has been honored with more than a dozen teaching awards and
distinctions, including two years (2003 and 2007) as the highest-rated
professor in the Wharton M.B.A. program. In 1998, he received the highest
teaching honor at Harvard College, the Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching
Award, and in 2005, he received the highest teaching honor at the University of
Pennsylvania, the Lindback Award.
He holds a B.A. in economics and an M.A. in economics and mathematics from
Yale, and an A.M. and Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.
Metrick said of his decision to join the Yale faculty: “I am thrilled to be joining Yale at such an exciting time. Dean Podolny has made
the school a destination for faculty who want to engage in cutting-edge
research and teaching, and I look forward to working with a fantastic group of
colleagues and students.”
Metrick’s appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2008.
Assistant professors Cain, assistant professor of organizational behavior, joins Yale from Harvard
University’s Economics Department, where he was the Russell Sage Fellow of Behavioral
Economics. His research focuses on decision-making, combining psychology,
decision theory and philosophy, and he is an expert on how people think through
conflicts of interest. He holds master’s degrees in philosophy, ethics, and organizational behavior, and received a
Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business.
Ederhof, assistant professor of accounting, is from the doctoral program in
accounting at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She received an M.A. in
accounting science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Ederhof’s research focuses on managerial accounting issues, executive compensation,
incentive contracts and corporate governance.
Mushfiq Mobarak, assistant professor of economics, comes to Yale from the
University of Colorado at Boulder, where he was an assistant professor of
economics. He has also held positions at the World Bank and the International
Monetary Fund. A developmental economist, Mushfiq Mobarak’s recent research has included the functioning of marriage markets in developing
countries, the contributions of foreign students in the United States, and how
to induce people in developing countries to adopt new environmental and health
improving technologies. He received an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the
University of Maryland at College Park.
Rutz, assistant professor of marketing, joins Yale from the doctoral program in
marketing at the University of California-Los Angeles Anderson School of
Management, where he also received his M.B.A. Prior to earning his Ph.D, Rutz
was a consultant for McKinsey
& Company, where he conducted projects in banking, telecommunications, and other
industries. His current research focuses on internet advertising and search
engine marketing.
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New residential college deans named
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Letty Russell: Feminist theologian, leader in ecumenical movement
Brevard S. Childs: Influential Old Testament scholar, beloved teacher
Memorial service to be held for astronomy researcher Dorrit Hoffleit
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