Manfred Fruhwirth
Ph.D., Associate Professor of Finance, Department of Finance and Accounting, WU Wien, Austria
E-mail: manfred.fruehwirth@wu-wien.ac.at
I. ACADEMIC BIOGRAPHY
A. Education
Habilitation. 2003. WU Wien.
Ph.D. 1999. WU Wien.
Master 1994. WU Wien.
B. Full-time Employment
2008 - Present Vice Head of the Institute for Corporate Finance at WU Wien
2006 - Present Associate Professor (tenured) at the Department of Finance and Accounting at WU Wien
2005 - 2006 Visiting Professor at Harvard University
2004 - 2005 Vice Head of the Institute for Finance at WU Wien
2003 - 2005 Associate Professor (tenured) at the Institute for Finance (Department of Corporate Finance) at WU Wien
C. Part-time and Other Responsibilities
2007 - 2008 President of the European Financial Management Association
2007 - 2008 Member of the Programme Committee for the Annual Conference of the European Financial Management Association, Vienna
2007 Program Chair of the 16th Annual Conference of the European Financial Management Association
2006 - 2008 Distinguished Instructor in the Merton Miller Doctorate Seminars of the European Financial Management Association
2006 - Present Permanent Faculty Member of WU Executive Academy
2004 - Present Block Manager for Accounting, Finance & Controlling in the Executive MBA for International Supply Chain Management Programme of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zürich)
2004 - Present Faculty Member of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zürich)
2004 Member of the Programme Committee for the 13th Annual Conference of the European Financial Management Association
2003 - 2005 Visiting Professor at Bordeaux Business School
2000 - 2002 Scientific Director of the field "Financial Markets" in the Banking and Finance Programme of the University of Applied Sciences of BFI Vienna
2000 - 2003 Instructor, National Economic University of Kiev
1998 Instructor, University of Economics in Budapest
1997 Instructor, University of Bratislava
D. Professional Activities
Reviewer: European Journal of Operational Research, Annual Conference of the European Financial Management Association, International Journal of Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management, Investment Management and Financial Innovations, International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance , Schmalenbach Business Review, Annual Conference of the Swiss Society for Financial Markets Research, Campus For Finance, Journal für Betriebswirtschaft, Österreichisches Bankarchiv, Finanz Archiv
II. ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS
Grants and Research Awards:
• Best evaluation results that a lecturer ever achieved in the Executive MBA for International Supply Chain Management of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zürich), 2006
• 2nd best teacher of the year with the Global Finance I course in the International MBA programme 2005 of University of South Carolina and Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
• Outstanding Teaching Award for the Global Finance I course in the International MBA programme 2004 of University of South Carolina and Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
• Deloitte and Touche Chair in Risk Management Research at the University of Antwerp, 2003
• Outstanding Teaching Award for the Finance course in the International MBA programme 2001/2002 of University of South Carolina and Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
• Grant by the Government of Lower Austria for Extraordinary Achievements in the Ph.D. Programme, 2000
• Stephan-Koren-Prize for the best Ph.D. student at Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, 1999
• Ph.D. graduation with honours, 1999
• Certificat Pratique de Francais Commercial et Economique, French Language Diploma issued by the French Chamber of Commerce, 1991
• Grant for Extraordinary Achievements in the Undergraduate Programme of Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, 1991
• Certificate of Proficiency in English, Language diploma issued by the University of Michigan, 1990
• Master graduation with honours (2nd best student out of 340 students), 1994
III. TEACHING
Advanced Financial Management - Introduction (postgraduate)
Capital Budgeting (postgraduate)
Financial Management (postgraduate)
Finance & Financial Management (postgraduate)
Traditional Methods of Business Valuation (postgraduate)
Value Based Management (postgraduate)
Finance & Financial Markets (postgraduate)
Accounting, Finance and Controlling (postgraduate)
Global Finance I (postgraduate)
Fixed Income Valuation and Analysis (postgraduate)
Basics in Derivatives (postgraduate)
Real Options in Business Valuation (postgraduate)
Bond Analysis (postgraduate)
Concepts and Instruments in Finance (postgraduate)
Business Valuation (postgraduate)
Structure and Analysis of Financial Statements (postgraduate)
Finance (postgraduate)
Capital Budgeting and Financial Management (postgraduate)
Cost Accounting (postgraduate)
Finance II (graduate)
Introduction in Corporate Finance (graduate)
Corporate Finance IV (graduate)
International Mergers and Acquisitions (graduate)
Bond Pricing (graduate)
Portfolio Management, CAPM and Cost of Capital (graduate)
Financial Planning (graduate)
International Financial Management (graduate)
Cost Accounting II (graduate)
Financial Management & Financial Markets (graduate)
Finance Theory (graduate)
Investment & Finance I (undergraduate)
Finance I (undergraduate)
Financial Markets I (undergraduate)
Financial Management I (undergraduate)
Financial Management II (undergraduate)
IV. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Eastern Finance Association
Midwest Finance Association
Southwestern Finance Association
Southern Finance Association
European Finance Association
European Financial Management Association
European Accounting Association
American Accounting Association
Multinational Finance Society
EURO Working Group on Financial Modelling
French Finance Association
Swiss Society for Financial Markets Research
German Finance Association
Association of University Professors of Management
Austrian Working Group on Banking & Finance
