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January 10th, 2016 GWEN YU Morgan Hall 383 Boston, MA, 02163 [emailprotected] ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2015-Present Harvard Business School, MBA Class of 1962 Associate Professor of Business Administration 2010-2015 Harvard Business School, Assistant Professor
EDUCATION May 2010
Ph.D., Accounting, University of Michigan Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, MI.
Dissertation: “Accounting Standards and International Portfolio Holdings: Analysis of Cross-border Holdings Following Mandatory Adoption of IFRS” Jan 2010
M.A., Applied Economics: Econometrics and International Finance, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
Feb 2002
B.A., Business Administration, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2014- Current 2012-2014 2013 2010-2013 2008 Winter 2008-2009
Harvard Business School MBA Elective Curriculum, Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements Harvard Business School Executive MBA, Strategic Financial Analysis for Business Evaluation (ad hoc) HBX Financial Accounting Course, Faculty expert Harvard Business School 1st year MBA Required Curriculum, Financial Reporting and Control University of Michigan Undergraduate, Introduction to Accounting University of Michigan Executive MBA, Financial Statement Analysis, Teaching assistant for Russell Lundholm and Reuven Lehavy Gwen Yu 3/25/2015 Page 1 of 5
WORK EXPERIENCE 2005-2008 2004- 2005
2002-2003 Summer 2001
University of Michigan Ross School of Business Research Assistant of Professor Ilia Dichev Swiss Re, International Graduate Program Associate Facultative Underwriter (Seoul office, London regional headquarters) Group Capital Management (Zurich headquarters) McKinsey & Co Seoul office, Business Analyst McKinsey & Co Seoul office Corporate Finance and Strategy division, Summer Business Analyst Intern
PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Articles 1. Francois Brochet, Patricia Naranjo, and Gwen Yu, “The Capital Market Consequences of Language Barriers in Conference Calls of Non-U.S. firms” The Accounting Review, Forthcoming 2. Suraj Srinivasan, Aida S. Wahid and Gwen Yu, “Admitting Mistakes: Home Country Characteristics and Reliability of Restatement Disclosure.” The Accounting Review 90(3): 1201-1240. May 2015. 3. Paul M. Healy, George Serafeim, Suraj Srinivasan, and Gwen Yu, “Market Competition, Government Efficiency, and Profitability Around the World.” Review of Accounting Studies 20(1). March 2015. - Lead article. 4. Venky Nagar and Gwen Yu, “Accounting for Crises” American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 6(3):184-213. July 2014. 5. Nemit Shroff, Rodrigo Verdi and Gwen Yu, “Information Environment and the Investment Decisions of Multinational Corporations” The Accounting Review 89(2): 759-790. March 2014. 6. Gwen Yu and Aida S. Wahid, “Accounting Standards and International Portfolio Holdings” (revised version of Ph. D. Dissertation). The Accounting Review 89(5): 1895-1930. September 2014. - Revised version of Ph. D. Dissertation - Winner of the 2011 AAA Outstanding International Section Dissertation 7. Ilia Dichev and Gwen Yu, “Higher Risk, Lower Returns: What Hedge Fund Investors Really Earn.” Journal of Financial Economics 100(2): 248-263. May 2011. - Cited in the New York Times July 12, 2009 New York print edition, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and CBS MoneyWatch. Gwen Yu 3/25/2015 Page 2 of 5
Non-Refereed Journal Articles 8.
Ilia Dichev and Gwen Yu, “The Return Experience of Hedge Fund Investors.” World Financial Review: 16-17 (Sep-Oct 2011).
WORKING PAPERS 9.
Francois Brochet, Greg Miller, Patricia Naranjo, and Gwen Yu, “Managers’ Cultural Background and Disclosure Attributes”
10. Zengquan Li, T.J. Wong, and Gwen Yu, “Do Analysts with Close Ties Improve the Firms’ Information Environment? Evidence from a Relationship-based Economy” 11. Xinzi Gao, T.J. Wong, Lijun Xia, and Gwen Yu, “Friends with Close Ties: Asset or Liability? Evidence from the Investment Decisions of Mutual Funds in China” 12. Russell Lundholm, George Serafeim, and Gwen Yu, “FIN Around the World: The Contribution of Financing Activity to Profitability” 13. Beiting Cheng, Suraj Srinivasan and Gwen Yu, “Litigation Risk of Foreign Firms Listed in the U.S.”
COURSE MATERIALS Chris Noe, Joe Weber, and Gwen Yu, “Microsoft’s aQuantive Acquisition,” Harvard Business School case N-115-039 (2014) [10]. Chris Noe, Joe Weber, Thomas Samuelson, and Gwen Yu, “Microsoft’s aQuantive Acquisition,” Harvard Business School teaching note (2014) [8]. Paul Healy, Gwen Yu, and Aldo Sesia, “Accounting for Virtual Goods at Zynga” Harvard Business School case N9-115-005 (2013) [15]. Judy Mclellan, Chris Noe, Joe Weber, and Gwen Yu, “For-profit Higher Education: University of Phoenix,” Harvard Business School case 114-024 (2013) [13]. Chris Noe, Joe Weber and Gwen Yu, “For-profit Higher Education: University of Phoenix,” Harvard Business School teaching note 1114-032 (2013) [12]. Dominique Hamel, Annette Mikes and Gwen Yu, “Auditing in the post-Sarbnanes-Oxley World” Harvard Business School technical note 112-059 (2011) [10].
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Dominique Hamel, Anette Mikes and Gwen Yu, “Lehman Brothers and Repo 105,” Harvard Business School case 112-050 (2011) [18]. Anette Mikes and Gwen Yu, “Lehman Brothers and Repo 105,” Harvard Business School teaching note 114-080 (2014) [11]. G.A Donovan, Karthik Ramanna and Gwen Yu, “China or the World? A Financial reporting Strategy for Hong Kong,” Harvard Business School case 112-035 (2011) [25]. G.A Donovan, Karthik Ramanna and Gwen Yu, “China or the World? A Financial reporting Strategy for Hong Kong,” Harvard Business School teaching note 112-113 (2012) [8]. Gwen Yu, “Bridging the GAAPs,” Harvard Business School case 111-114 (2011) [21]. Gwen Yu, “Bridging the GAAPs,” Harvard Business School teaching note 112-045 (2011) [6].
INVITED PRESENTATIONS 2016 2015 2014 2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
University of Chicago (Scheduled), Stanford University (Scheduled) University of Massachusetts Boston (Scheduled) Georgetown University, INSEAD University of Rochester, Ohio State University Colorado Summer Accounting Conference, Chinese University of Hong Kong, FARS midyear meeting, Harvard Business School IMO Conference, Nanyang Business School, UNC, Dartmouth Junior Empiricist Accounting Conference, UCLA, Emory MIT, 11th International Symposium on Empirical Accounting Research in China (Keynote speaker), AAA IAS Midyear Doctoral Consortium (Invited faculty), Inaugural Conference on China Institutions, Governance and Accounting 2011 Stanford Accounting Summer Camp (Discussant), 10th Darden International Finance Conference, Harvard Business School IMO conference, University of Oregon, Harvard Business School International Seminar Harvard Business School, Northwestern University, NYU, UCLA, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, University of Washington, Washington University, and Yale University, 2010 AAA FARS Midyear Meeting, San Diego 2009 AAA Annual meeting, New York, 2009 Utah Winter Accounting Conference (Invited), 4th Tinbergen Conference: Crashes and systemic crises in financial markets, Rotterdam, 2009 AAA FARS Midyear Meeting, New Orleans 2008 AAA Midwest Regional Meeting, Troy, 19th Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting, Austin, University of Michigan Gwen Yu 3/25/2015 Page 4 of 5
INVITED CONFERENCES 2013
2012 2011 2009 2008
Colorado Summer Accounting Conference, Harvard Business School IMO Conference, JAE Corporate Accountability and Reporting Conference, MIT Asia Conference in Accounting (Program Committee), Stanford Global Conference on China's Capital Markets, UCLA Fall Conference, Utah Winder Accounting Conference Colorado Summer Accounting Conference, Harvard Business School IMO conference Nick Dopuch Accounting Conference, Washington University, Harvard Business School IMO conference Utah Winter Accounting Conference AAA Deloitte J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium, Tahoe City, AAA International Accounting section Annual Doctoral/New Faculty Consortium, San Diego
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS 2011 2009 2008-2010 2008 2005 - 2010 2005 - 2010 2002 1998-2002 1998-2002
AAA Outstanding International Section Dissertation Award Center of International Business Education Dissertation Award Deloitte & Touche Doctoral Fellowship AAA Deloitte J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow Paton Accounting scholarship, University of Michigan Business School Ross School of Business fellowship, University of Michigan Rotary club Ambassadorial scholarship 3650 District (not used) Honors Tuition Waiver Scholarship, Yonsei University Academic Dean’s List, Yonsei University
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Editorial board:
The Accounting Review (2012- Current)
Ad hoc reviewer:
Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, Contemporary Accounting Review, Management Science, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, AAA Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Mid-year meeting, AAA International Accounting Section meeting, Journal of Economic Geography¸ Hong Kong Government Research Grant.
Dissertation committees:
Aida Sijamic Wahid, First placement: University Of Toronto, 2012
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