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Academic Background

M.A., international relations, University of Pennsylvania
M.B.A., University of Minnesota
Cand. jur., Freie Universitat (Berlin, Germany)
Ph.D., political science, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania (post doctoral studies)

Research Specialties

• Capital budgeting
• Corporate finance
• Risk management in international finance
• Value creation
• International finance

Current Research

• European post-Communist economic performance
• International relations and political risk

Major Works

• “Value Creation and a Single Market for Financial Services in Europe,” Europe – Towards the Next Enlargement, ed. by P. Coffey, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000.

Significant Scholarly Honors

• Distinguished service award, Financial Executives Institute, 1992
• Professional development grants funded by the Northwest Area Foundation, 1984-1986 and 1979
• Professional development grants funded by the Bush Foundation, 1982 and 1981
• National Science Foundation Grants, 1971
• H.B. Earhart Fellowship, 1969-1970
• Research Fellowship, Foreign Policy Research Institute, 1966-1970
• Exchange Scholarship Freie Universitat Berlin- University of Pennsylvania, 1965-1966
• Fulbright Grant, 1965-1969

Current Community Relationships

• Global oversight committee member, Financial Executives International
• Honorary consul, Federal Republic of Germany at Minneapolis
• Past president, Minnesota Consular Corps
• Vice president, German-American Chamber of Commerce, Minnesota Chapter

International Teaching/Professional Assignments

• Germany, Belgium, Croatia, Greece, Taiwan, Uraguay, Canada