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Walid Busaba is a Professor of Finance, and the former Bank of Montreal Professor, at the Ivey Business School. Prior to Ivey, Professor Busaba was on the faculty at the Eller College of Business of the University of Arizona and a visiting faculty at the Carlson School of Management of the University of Minnesota. He received a BBA (with Distinction) and an MBA from the American University of Beirut, an MA in Economics (with Academic Excellence Award) from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, and a Ph.D. in Finance (with Outstanding Academic Performance Award) from Boston College. Professor Busaba’s industry experience includes Auditing and Financial Management.
Professor Busaba's research focuses on investment banking, corporate finance, and financial contracting. His current research examines the intermediary role of underwriters, the timing of initial public offerings, the capital raising experience of foreign-listed Chinese companies, and the determinants of the maturity and renegotiation of late 19th Century mortgages. Professor Busaba’s research has been supported by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, published in the leading finance journals, and presented at leading business schools and at the annual meetings of the major finance associations.
Professor Busaba’s teaching portfolio includes Core Finance, Investments, International Finance, and Derivative Securities and Risk Management at both the undergraduate and MBA levels, MBA Advanced Corporate Finance, and a Ph.D. course in Corporate Finance. He is the recipient of the Dean’s Commendation for teaching excellence at Ivey and the Award of Excellence, University Student Council Teaching Honour Roll at Western University. While at the University of Arizona, he received a Faculty Appreciation Award from the Business and Public Administration Student Council.
Professor Busaba served on the Investment Committee of Foundation Western, Western University, from 2009 until 2013. He served as the Ph.D. coordinator for the Finance Area Group at Ivey from 2004 until 2009, and as the Area coordinator during 2010 and 2011. While at Arizona, he served as the Ph.D. coordinator for the finance department, as the Finance Honours Advisor, and as the Finance Department representative in the University Library Council. He also acted as a Judge of business plans in the Entrepreneurial program. Professor Busaba has reviewed tenure cases for several schools, articles for the leading finance journals, and applications for granting agencies.
Professor Busaba's research focuses on investment banking, corporate finance, and financial contracting. His current research examines the intermediary role of underwriters, the timing of initial public offerings, the capital raising experience of foreign-listed Chinese companies, and the determinants of the maturity and renegotiation of late 19th Century mortgages. Professor Busaba’s research has been supported by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, published in the leading finance journals, and presented at leading business schools and at the annual meetings of the major finance associations.
Professor Busaba’s teaching portfolio includes Core Finance, Investments, International Finance, and Derivative Securities and Risk Management at both the undergraduate and MBA levels, MBA Advanced Corporate Finance, and a Ph.D. course in Corporate Finance. He is the recipient of the Dean’s Commendation for teaching excellence at Ivey and the Award of Excellence, University Student Council Teaching Honour Roll at Western University. While at the University of Arizona, he received a Faculty Appreciation Award from the Business and Public Administration Student Council.
Professor Busaba served on the Investment Committee of Foundation Western, Western University, from 2009 until 2013. He served as the Ph.D. coordinator for the Finance Area Group at Ivey from 2004 until 2009, and as the Area coordinator during 2010 and 2011. While at Arizona, he served as the Ph.D. coordinator for the finance department, as the Finance Honours Advisor, and as the Finance Department representative in the University Library Council. He also acted as a Judge of business plans in the Entrepreneurial program. Professor Busaba has reviewed tenure cases for several schools, articles for the leading finance journals, and applications for granting agencies.