Centers of Interest
Empirical/Archival Research in Financial Accounting.
Corporate Governance (particularly, Executive Compensation, Activism, and the Role of Boards Directors).
Impact of Regulation, Corporate Disclosure, and Accounting Restatements.
Walid Alissa joined HEC in 2009. His research is focused on empirical/archival financial accounting, with emphasis on corporate governance (particularly, executive compensation), corporate disclosure, the impact of regulation, and accounting irregularities.
Walid earned his bachelor's in electrical engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. After working nearly three years in the filed, Walid left to earn his MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2003 and his Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University in 2009.
Working papers:
"Are CEOs Compensated for Operational Efficiencies?", Mimeo, 2010 (in coll. with V. Capkun, A. Robotis, N. Rudi).
"Boards' Response to Shareholders' Dissatisfaction: The Case of Shareholders' Say on Pay in the UK", Mimeo, 2009.
Date of arrival at HEC Paris: 2009
Centers of interest
Empirical/Archival Research in Financial Accounting.
Corporate Governance (particularly, Executive Compensation, Activism, and the Role of Boards Directors).
Impact of Regulation, Corporate Disclosure, and Accounting Restatements.
Research and publications
Working papers:
"Are CEOs Compensated for Operational Efficiencies?", Mimeo, 2010 (in coll. with V. Capkun, A. Robotis, N. Rudi).
"Boards' Response to Shareholders' Dissatisfaction: The Case of Shareholders' Say on Pay in the UK", Mimeo, 2009.
Main courses taught at HEC
Financial Accounting
CURSUS
2009 Ph.D. in Accounting, The Pennsylvania State University, USA.
2003 M.B.A. in Finance, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
2001 Diploma in Finance & Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
1997 BS in Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Arabie saoudite.
Other academic activities
External academic responsibility:
Research Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA, 2005-2009.
Scientific activities
Membership of scientific or professional organisation:
American Accounting Association.
European Accounting Association.
Honor distinction:
2008 Competitive Dissertation Summer Stipend Award.
