Biography

Vedran Capkun
Assistant Professor, Department Accounting and Control
Date of arrival at HEC Paris: 2006

CENTERS OF INTEREST
Financial Accounting
Operations Management
Bankruptcy
IFRS
Operational Performance.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
Articles:
"On the relationship between inventory and financial performance in manufacturing companies", International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 2009, vol. 29, n° 7-8, pp. 789-806 (in coll. with A.P. Hameri et L.A. Weiss).

Published Proceedings:
"Bankruptcy Resolution and the Restoration of Priority of Claims", American Law & Economics Association Papers, 2008, n° 41, pp. 1-41, available on law.bepress.com (in coll. with L. A. Weiss).
"Value Destruction in the New Era of Chapter 11", American Law & Economics Association Papers 2006, available on law.bepress.com (in coll. with B.E. Adler and L.A. Weiss).

Working Papers:
"Service Specialization and Operational Performance in Hospitals", working paper (in coll. with M. Messner et C. Rissbacher).
"Incorporating the Cost of Errors into Bankruptcy Prediction Models", working paper (in coll. with L.A. Weiss).
"Earnings Management during the Mandatory Transition to IFRS in Europe", working paper (in coll. with A. Cazavan-Jeny, T. Jeanjean et L.A. Weiss).
"Evaluating the Value Relevance of IFRS Reports and Reconciliations During the Mandatory Adoption in the European Union", working paper (in coll. with A. Cazavan-Jeny, T. Jeanjean et L.A. Weiss).
"When Congress Says “PIP your KERP”: Performance Incentive Plans, Key Employee Retention Plans and", Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Resolution (in coll. with E. Örs).

MAIN COURSE TAUGHT AT HEC
Financial Accounting and Statement Analysis (MBA)
Financial Analysis (Majeure Finance)
Bank Accounting and Analysis (Majeure IFAC)

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Membership of scientific or professional organisation:
Member, Association Francophone de Comptabilité (AFC).
Member, European Accounting Association (EAA).
Member, American Accounting Association (AAA).
Member, American Law & Economics Association (ALEA).

CURSUS
1999 University Diploma in Finance and Accounting, University of Split, Faculty of Economics, Croatia.
2002 Master of Science in Banking and Finance (MBF), Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC Business School), Université de Lausanne, Switzerland.
2003 Certificate in Financial Asset Management and Engineering, International Center FAME, Geneva, Switzerland.
2006 Ph.D., HEC Lausanne, Switzerland
Languages: English, Croatian, French.