Adam Reed researches short selling, equity lending, capital markets and mutual funds.
The Journal of Finance, The Journal of Financial Economics and the Review of Financial Studies have published his research, which also has been featured in several books. The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and The New York Times have cited his research.
He is a research consultant for the Securities and Exchange Commission, and worked as a research assistant for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Dr. Reed works with the Risk Management Association (RMA) to promote academic research and interaction between academics, practitioners and policy makers in the area of short selling. He is the conference organizer and co-chair of the annual UNC/RMA Academic Forum on Securities Lending, which brings together academics and industry professionals to discuss early stage research in securities lending and securities lending.
He is an award-winning teacher and researcher. Poets & Quants and Fortune named him one of “The World’s Best 40 B-School Profs Under the Age of 40.” Q-Group and BNP Paribas awarded research grants to him.
Dr. Reed has spoken at conferences hosted by organizations across the United States and around the world, including for Goldman Sachs Asset Management, National Bureau of Economic Research, Securities and Exchange Commission, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, New York Federal Reserve, Mellon Bank, Pension Investment Association of Canada, Financial Management Association, European Finance Association and the American Finance Association.
He is a member of the board of academic directors for Quadriserv Inc., and serves on the board of directors for Polyglot and the N.C. State Employees Credit Union Local Advisory Board.
He received his PhD and master’s degree in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his BA in applied mathematics and economics with honors from the University of California at Berkeley.
David Ravenscraft is the Fulton Global Business Distinguished Professor of Finance. Mergers and acquisitions, antitrust, game theory, hedge funds and corporate finance are the focus of his teaching and research.
He is the former associate dean of both the BSBA Program and OneMBA, the innovative global executive MBA program offered in partnership with top schools in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
An award-winning teacher, Dr. Ravencraft’s research has appeared in the top journals in economics, finance, management and strategy.
In his consulting and executive education activities, he has worked with GE Capital (U.S. and Asia), StoraEnso, Monsanto, National Gypsum, GlaxoSmithKline, Siemens, Reichhold Chemicals, Nortel Networks, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the National Science Foundation.
Dr. Ravenscraft spent seven years at the Federal Trade Commission before joining UNC Kenan-Flagler.
He received his PhD from Northwestern University, his MA from the University of Illinois and his BA from Northern Illinois University.
Sandeep Rath’s research and teaching interests are operations management.
His research focuses on healthcare operations. Dr. Rath designs practical and implementable solutions which bring operational and clinical data together to aid hospital managers in their resource planning decisions.
His research models are used by the Veterans Health Administration and the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center and have led to efficiencies saving millions of dollars annually.
Dr. Rath’s research has been published in Operations Research.
He worked for ITC Ltd. and Schlumberger Ltd. in India, the U.S. and Europe.
He received his PhD from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He received his B.Tech and MTech in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
Jana Raedy is associate professor of accounting, Ernst & Young Scholar in Accounting and associate dean for the Master of Accounting (MAC) Program.
Her research focuses in two areas – international reporting and the intersection between book and tax reporting.
She has published in such journals as Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, The Journal of Accounting and Economics, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of the American Taxation Association and Tax Notes.
Dr. Raedy is the author of the textbook “Intermediate Accounting,” which explores the techniques, judgment and research underlying the preparation and analysis of financial information.
She teaches various financial reporting courses in the MAC Program, including financial research as well as the core financial reporting sequence.
She also works with the Ernst & Young Academic Resource Center to provide curriculum materials for academia.
Before she began her academic career, Dr. Raedy worked as a CPA in Kentucky.
She received her PhD from Pennsylvania State University and her MS in agricultural economics from University of Kentucky. She received a BS in accounting and a BS in agricultural economics from the University of Kentucky.
William Putsis focuses on the empirical application of game theoretic models of competition, competitive strategy, the marketing of private-label products, new product diffusion and product line strategy, international marketing, advertising and communications research, and sports marketing.
He is the author of Compete Smarter, Not Harder – A Process for Prioritization through Strategic Thinking (John Wiley & Sons, November 2013).
His numerous scholarly articles have been published in top journals, and he serves on the editorial board of Marketing Science, Journal of Marketing, International Journal of Research in Marketing, Review of Marketing Science and International Journal of Marketing Education. He served as a regular contributor and contributing editor to the Eastern European business journal, Business Tech International.
He has taught in executive non-degree programs for The Boeing Company, Barclays Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, ABN AMRO, Amcor, British Airways, Baker Hughes International, the U.S. Navy, Matsushita, KONE and Exxon/Mobil.
His consulting clients include The Boeing Company, Morgan Stanley, BASF, Sony Ericsson, Heinz, Dale Earnhardt Incorporated (DEI), Baker Hughes International, McCann-Erickson, Eastman Kodak, DHL Worldwide, Amcor, BBC World Service, Barclays Bank, ABN AMRO, Special Olympics International and British-American Tobacco.
He earned his PhD and MS from Cornell University and his BA from the State University of New York at Binghamton.
Matt Pearsall researches leadership, team performance and team adaptation. An award-winning teacher, he teaches courses about leading and managing.
His research focuses on helping cross-functional teams successfully integrate the expertise of their members. He also has examined empowering leadership in teams and how to help teams cope with stress.
The Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes and the Academy of Management Journal have published his work.
He served as an officer in the U.S. Navy for four years. He also worked in finance and IT at Sybase Inc. and Ericsson Wireless Systems, and as a stockbroker for TD Waterhouse.
Dr. Pearsall received his PhD in management from the University of Arizona, his MBA from Boston University and his BS in mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
The research of Ali Parlaktürk focuses on understanding the impact of strategic customer behavior, product choice and supply chain design on operational decisions. He teaches service operations and operations management.
Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management and Production and Operations Management have published his research. Dr. Parlaktürk’s research on “Self Interested Customer Routing in Queueing Networks” received the honorable mention in the George Nicholson Student Paper Competition.
He received his PhD in operations, information and technology from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, his MS in statistics from Stanford University, and his BS in industrial engineering from Bilkent University in Turkey.
Paige Ouimet became executive director of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise in August 2023 after a year as the institute’s research director.
She has several research projects looking at income inequality and the role of firms. She also has researched ESOP (employee share ownership plans) and employee stock options and their impact on labor productivity, wages and turnover.
Her research agenda is concentrated at the juncture of finance and labor economics. She is interested in how decisions studied in finance impact employee stakeholders – specifically how those effects are reflected in firm performance and, hence, corporate finance decisions.
Her work has been published in the American Economic Review, Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies and Journal of Financial Economics.
Paige worked at The Center for Clean Air Policy, an independent, nonprofit think tank working on climate and air quality policy at the local, U.S. national and international levels.
She received her Ph.D. and MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and her B.A. from Dartmouth College.
Timothy Ott studies strategic decision making, entrepreneurial strategy and organizational learning. His research centers on the role of cognition in strategic decision making within organizations. He is particularly interested in exploring cognition in entrepreneurial firms and nascent markets. In his study of organizations, he connects research on top management teams, entrepreneurial firms, strategic decision making and firm capabilities.
Professor Ott’s teaching interests include strategy, entrepreneurship, organizational behavior and organizational theory.
Before he began his academic career, he worked for CGI Group, Inc. as an IT consultant where he served as the interface between the customers and the developers to translate the business requirements into technology solutions.
He is completing his PhD in the management science and engineering department at Stanford University, where he also earned his MS. He attended the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned his BS in economics, magna cum laude, from the Wharton School of Business, and a BAS in computer science engineering, magna cum laude, from the School of Engineering and Applied Science. He minored in psychology.
Hugh O’Neill is a strategic management professor. His research interests include turnaround strategies, corporate governance, mergers, entrepreneurship in emerging and recovering economies and managerial decision making.
He served as associate dean of Executive Evening and Weekend MBA Programs from 2003 to 2012.
He teaches courses and programs in quality management, corporate transformation and strategic management. He also has delivered executive programs for companies such as Wachovia Corporation, W.C. Bradley, Quintiles Transnational Corp., the U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines Corps.
Prior to joining UNC Kenan-Flagler, he served as founding director of the Wolff Family Program in entrepreneurship at the University of Connecticut. He was the founding director of the regional office of the Connecticut Small Business Development Center.
He received his PhD from the University of Massachusetts, his MS from Polytechnic Institute of New York and his BA from Syracuse University.