Kent State University’s College of Business Administration to Host Firestone Lecture Series Lecture

KENT, Ohio - Feb. 10, 2016 - PRLog -- The Kent State University College of Business Administration will host "The Hedging Benefits of Domestic and Global Diversification: Evidence from Economic Downturns” on Friday, Feb. 19, as part of the Firestone Lecture Series in Finance featuring University of North Carolina at Charlotte Assistant Finance Professor Yilei Zhang, Ph.D.

Zhang is an assistant professor in the Department of Finance in the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte. Her major research interests are security issuance, mergers and acquisitions, capital structure and corporate governance. She previously served on the finance faculty of the University of North Dakota.

Dr. Zhang’s research has appeared in the Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial Management, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance and other finance journals. She holds a doctorate in finance from the University of Iowa, a master’s degree in economics from Fudan University and a bachelor’s degree in management from Peking University, both in China.

The Firestone Lecture Series in Finance is sponsored by the college’s Finance Department with the goal to feature innovative finance research that provides real-world industry applications. The series is also funded by a generous gift given by the Bridgestone Trust Fund, formerly known as the Firestone Trust Fund, dedicated to advancing financial education through research and innovative teaching.

The lecture is free and open to the public and will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the Vaughn Hoover room of the Business Administration building.

For more information about the event and to register, visit http://business.kent.edu/events/firestone-lecture-series-yilei-zhang. (http://business.kent.edu/events/firestone-lecture-series-...)

For more information about the College of Business Administration’s Finance Department, visit http://business.kent.edu.

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Kent State University’s College of Business Administration is fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB) and one of the largest colleges of business in Ohio.  The College has more than 4,300 students representing 50 countries with over 106 full-time faculty from 16 countries.

The college grants undergraduate through graduate degrees, and is one of only three public colleges in Ohio with a comprehensive Ph.D. program.  The MBA program is offered with nine concentrations and five dual degree options. The Executive MBA program offer two tracks: one targeting corporate professionals and the other healthcare executives.  The M.S. in Accounting and M.A. in Economics are specialized master’s degrees for those seeking advanced study in these disciplines.  The college boasts nine undergraduate majors, 12 minors and a Professional Sales Certificate program.

The college is listed as a Best Business School by Princeton Review, ranked as a Best Business College by U.S. News and World Report, one of only 23 accounting programs worldwide to be endorsed by the IMA (Institute of Management Accountants), ranked Top-Tier for Executive Education in North America by CEO Magazine and ranked fourth by the SEF (Sales Education Foundation) in Ohio for Professional Sales Education.

The college boasts an onsite Career Services Center and International Programs Office dedicated to business students, and operates the Global Management Center, the Center for Information Systems and the Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation all propelling scholarly research, establishing innovative industry partnerships and providing outreach to Northeast Ohio and beyond.

Media Contacts:

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