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Abol Jalilvand

Professor; Department Chair

Abol Jalilvand is a professor and chair of the Finance Department at the Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University Chicago. He is also director of the Risk Management and Insurance Center he founded in 2009. He is a seasoned academic leader with more than 35 years of global administrative experience in the U.S. and Canada and a decades-long record of innovation.

Jalilvand served as the dean of business and a senior scholar at major public and private universities with strong traditions of liberal arts education in both the U.S. (Loyola University Chicago) and Canada (Concordia and Dalhousie Universities).

As dean at Loyola University Chicago and Dalhousie University, Jalilvand established premier undergraduate and graduate programs and created and funded research centers and degree programs in partnership with sectors in financial services, pharmaceuticals, and Alternative Energy. Globally, Jalilvand established academic partnerships in China, Russia, Cuba, India, and the Middle East. Jalilvand was also selected as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics in 2009 by Ethisphere Institute.

Jalilvand has achieved successful fundraising campaigns, including a $55 million campaign for the Quinlan School of Business, which renamed the school, and a $30 million program for Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Management.

His scholarly work on corporate debt policy, organization risk management, sovereign debt, restructuring, and corporate governance continues to be widely published and has been supported by major external research grants. He has consulted with universities and corporations in the U.S., Canada, India, and Iran.

Education

  • PhD in Finance, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • MBA, Oklahoma State University
  • BA, Banking, Iranian Institute of Banking

Research Interests

  • Capital Structure
  • Corporate Risk Management
  • Behavioral Economics
  • Sovereign Debt Problems
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Corporate Governance and Restructuring
  • Econometric Models of Firms

Professional/Community Affiliations

Professional Memberships

  • Financial Executive Institute
  • Administrative Science Association of Canada
  • Financial Management Association
  • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB)

Boards and Professional Appointments

  • Trustee, American Councils for International Education, Washington, D.C., 2013-present
  • Board, Graham School of Management, Saint Xavier University, Chicago, IL., 2016-2019
  • Board, Chicago State University, College of Business, Chicago, Illinois, 2007-2011
  • Board, Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur, India, 2007-11
  • President, Mid-Continent East AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International), 2007
  • Board, Canadian Federation of Business School Deans, Honorary Life Member

Courses Taught

Graduate

  • Advanced Corporate Finance
  • Seminar in Finance Theory
  • Seminar in Financial Management and Economic Policy (EMBA)
  • Introduction to Corporate Finance
  • Capital Budgeting
  • Business Research Methodology

Undergraduate

  • Advanced Investment 
  • Advanced Corporate Finance
  • Introduction to Corporate Finance

Areas of Teaching Interest

  • Corporate Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • Risk Management
  • Strategic Change and adaptability
  • Corporate Restructuring
  • International Capital Flows

Publications/Research Listings

“Mapping Capital Ratios to Bank Lending Spreads: The Role of Efficiency and Asymmetry in Performance Indices” (with A. Golbabaei Pasandi, M. Botshekan , M. Ali Rastegar, and M.  Rostami Noroozabad), Journal of Risk and Financial Management, Vol 17(7) (2024).

“Triangulating Risk Profile and Risk Assessment: A Case Study of Implementing Enterprise Risk Management System” (with Sidharth Moorthy), Journal of Risk and Financial Management, Special Issue: Organizational Risk Management, Vol 16 (11) (2023).

“Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Maturity: A Clinical Study of a U.S. Multinational Nonprofit Firm”, (with S. Moorthy), Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, Vol 39, Issue 3 (2022)

“Components of Credit Rationing” (with M. Beyhaghi, F. Firoozi, L. Samarbakhsh), Journal of Financial Stability, Vol. 50, issue C. (2020).

“The Impact of population Aging on Housing Prices: A Comparative Study of Singapore and the U.S.” (with F. Firoozi, D. Lien, and M. Oliver), International Real Estate Review, Vol. 23, No. 4 (2020)

Awards

  • Best Paper Award: Annual London Business Research Conference, August 2018
  • Best Paper Award: Global Conference on Business and Finance, January 2014
  • Best Paper Award: Eurasia Business Research Conference, June 2013
  • 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics (2009) by Ethisphere Institute, New York
  • Best Corporate Finance Paper Award, Eastern Finance Association, 1987
  • Best Finance Paper Award, Administrative Science Association of Canada, 1984 and 1986
  • Full Doctoral Scholarship Award from the Central Bank of Iran, 1973-81