Kent State University's Firestone Lecture Series to Host Speaker Wei Wang

KENT, Ohio - Nov. 8, 2016 - PRLog -- Kent State University's College of Business Administration will present "CEO's Inside Debt and Dynamics of Capital Structure" featuring Wei Wang, Ph.D. as part of the Firestone Lecture Series in Finance on Friday, December 2.

Wang, assistant professor of finance at the Monte Ahuja College of Business, received a doctoral degree in finance from University of Colorado - Boulder.

Wang taught undergraduate, masters and doctoral courses at the University of Colorado - Boulder and at the University of New Orleans before joining Cleveland State University in 2013. His research interests are corporate finance, primarily security offerings, capital structure and corporate governance. Wang has published in such highly reputable journals as the Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Finance, Financial Review and Journal of Financial Research.

Sponsored by the College's Finance Department, the Firestone Lecture Series in Finance features innovative finance research that provides real-world industry applications. The series is funded by a generous gift from 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 room 483 on the fourth floor of the Business Administration Building.

To register, visit https://cobamarketing.wufoo.com/forms/z48lavz08yvffe/

For more information about the College of Business Administration, visit http://www.kent.edu/business

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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 85 full-time faculty from 16 countries.

The college grants undergraduate through graduate degrees, and is one of only three public business colleges in Ohio with a comprehensive Ph.D. program. The MBA program is offered in an accelerated format. The Executive MBA program offers 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 also offers a Master of Science in degree in Business Analytics (MSBA) for those with business analytics expertise that spans all industries and organizations. The college boasts 10 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.