MERIH SEVILIR Kelley School of Business Email: msevilir@indiana.edu Indiana University Bloomington Phone: (812) 855-2698 1275 E 10 th Street Bloomington, IN 47405 RESEARCH INTERESTS Innovation, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Mergers and Acquisitions, Initial Public Offerings and Corporate Governance WORK EXPERIENCE July 2010-present Kelley School of Business Indiana University-Bloomington Associate Professor of Finance (untenured) Oct. 2003-July 2010 July 2002-Oct. 2003 Kenan-Flagler Business School, Assistant Professor of Finance Kenan-Flagler Business School Instructor of Finance EDUCATION 1998-2003 INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France Ph.D.in Finance 1996-1998 INSEAD Fontainebleau, France MS in Management 1995-1996 University of Warwick Coventry, UK MS in Engineering Business Management 1990-1995 Bogazici University Istanbul, Turkey MS and BS in Industrial Engineering PUBLICATIONS Board Connections and M&A Transactions, (with Ye Cai), Journal of Financial Economics, 103, 327-349, 2012. Mergers, Spin-offs and Employee Incentives, (with Paolo Fulghieri), lead article, Review of Financial Studies, 24, 2207-2241, 2011. Featured in the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, April, 2011 Human Capital Investment, New Firm Creation and Venture Capital, Journal of Financial Intermediation, 19, 483-508, 2010. Going Public to Acquire: The Acquisition Motive in IPOs, (with Anil Shivdasani and Ugur Celikyurt), lead article, Journal of Financial Economics, 96, 345-363, 2010. How an IPO Helps in M&A, (with Anil Shivdasani and Ugur Celikyurt), Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, 22, 94-99, 2010. Size and Focus of a Venture Capitalist s Portfolio, (with Paolo Fulghieri), Review of Financial Studies, 22, 4643-4680, 2009.
Organization and Financing of Innovation, and the Choice between Corporate and Independent Venture Capital, (with Paolo Fulghieri), Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 44, 1291-1321, 2009. WORKING PAPERS Venture Capitalists and Innovation in Mature Public Firms, (with Ugur Celikyurt and Anil Shivdasani), (under second round review, Review of Financial Studies), 2012. Acquiring Innovation, (with Xuan Tian), working paper, 2012 Inter-firm Network Connections and Information Sharing, working paper, 2012 Do entrepreneurs make good VCs?, (with Ye Cai and Xuan Tian), working paper, 2012. Mergers and Incentives to Create Synergies, (with Paolo Fulghieri), working paper, 2011 TEACHING Kelley School of Business Indiana University-Bloomington Finance Core, MBA 2011-present Intermediate Corporate Finance, undergraduate 2010-2011 Kenan-Flagler Business School, Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring, MBA 2002-2010 Applied Corporate Finance, MBA 2002-2010 Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring, undergraduate 2002-2004 Advanced Corporate Finance, undergraduate 2002-2004 PAPER PRESENTATIONS Organization and Financing of Innovation, and the Choice between Corporate and Independent Venture Capital 2003, Spring, American Finance Association 2003, Fall, Tulane University* 2003, Fall, Duke University* 2003, Fall, Wisconsin-Madison University* 2002, Spring, HEC Lausanne 2002, Spring, London School of Economics 2002, Spring, IESE Business School 2002, Spring, UNC-Chapel Hill 2002, Spring, University of Montreal 2002, Spring, University of Amsterdam 2002, Spring, Stockholm School of Economics* 2002, Spring, Norwegian School of Economics* 2002, Spring, CEMFI* 2002, Spring, Arizona State University* 2002, Spring, Universita della Svizzera Italiana* 2002, Spring, ECGI-CEPR-ESF workshop on Corporate Governance and the New Economy * 2002, Spring, 2002 CEPR European Summer Symposium in Financial Markets* 2001, Fall, INSEAD 2001, Fall, HEC Paris* 2000, Spring, 5 th Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory at Ischia*
Mergers, Spin-offs and Employee Incentives 2010, Spring, American Finance Association 2010, Spring, Florida State University, Spring Finance Conference 2009, Fall, University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce 2008, ESMT, Berlin* 2008, Oxford University* 2006, Spring, Association of Financial Economists Meeting at American Finance Association 2005, Spring, Western Finance Association 2005, Fall, Paris International Finance Meeting 2004, Spring, Tilburg University* 2004, Fall, European Finance Association Size and Focus of a Venture Capitalist s Portfolio 2007, Spring, University of Virginia, Darden * 2006, Spring, Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS)* 2006, Fall, American University * 2005, Spring, Finance Summit II * 2005, Spring, University of Amsterdam 2005, Spring, Early Career Women in Finance Conference 2005, Fall, RICAFE Conference 2005, Fall, Financial Research Association 2004, Spring, Helsinki University * 2004, Fall, UNC-Chapel Hill Human Capital Investment, New Firm Creation and Venture Capital 2008, Spring, Western Finance Association 2007, Spring, FMA European Meetings 2006, Spring, UNC-Chapel Hill 2006, Fall, European Finance Association 2006, Fall, RICAFE Conference Going Public to Acquire: The Acquisition Motive in IPOs 2008, Spring, American Finance Association 2008, Fall, Essec Private Equity Conference 2008, Fall, RICAFE2 Conference 2007, Spring, Jackson Hole Finance Group* 2007, Fall, Paris International Finance Meeting 2006, Spring, UNC-Chapel Hill* Mergers and Incentives to Create Synergies 2009, Spring, Ohio State University* 2009, Spring, Case Western Reserve University* 2009, Fall, HEC Lausanne* 2009, Fall, Penn State* 2008, Fall, RICAFE2 Conference, Amsterdam* 2008, Fall, IESE Business School, Barcelona* 2008, Fall, Washington University in St. Louis* Venture Capitalists in Mature Public Firms 2012, Spring, Western Finance Association, upcoming 2010, Spring, Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation Conference* 2009, Spring, European School of Management 2009, Spring, Koc University* 2009, Spring, Sabanci University* 2009, Spring, Bilkent University*
Board Connections and M&A Transactions 2011, Spring, China International Conference in Finance * 2010, Spring, Santa Clara University* 2010, Spring, Michigan State University 2010, Spring, Washington University in Saint Louis 2010, Spring, Indiana University 2010, Spring, First European Center for Corporate Control Studies Workshop* 2010, Spring, Western Finance Association 2010, Fall, Financial Management Association* 2009, Spring, Koc University 2009, Spring, UNC-Chapel Hill * 2009, Fall, University of Houston Acquiring Innovation 2012, Fall, American Finance Association 2011, Spring, Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation Conference* 2011, Spring, SFS Finance Cavalcade 2011, Spring, Indiana University, Brown Bag Seminar Do entrepreneurs make good VCs? 2013, American Finance Association, upcoming 2012, Kauffman/USPTO Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation Conference, upcoming Inter-Firm Network Connections and Information Sharing 2012, Spring, Indiana University, Brown Bag Seminar CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION American Finance Association, 2013, paper presentation, upcoming American Finance Association, 2012, paper presentation American Finance Association, 2011, discussion American Finance Association, 2010, paper presentation American Finance Association, 2008, paper presentation American Finance Association, 2006, paper presentation American Finance Association, 2003, paper presentation Western Finance Association, 2012, paper presentation, upcoming Western Finance Association, 2011, discussion Western Finance Association, 2010, paper presentation Western Finance Association, 2009, discussion Western Finance Association, 2008, paper presentation Western Finance Association, 2005, paper presentation European Finance Association, 2011, two discussions European Finance Association, 2007, discussion European Finance Association, 2006, paper presentation European Finance Association, 2006, discussion European Finance Association, 2004, paper presentation Society of Financial Studies, Finance Cavalcade, 2012, discussion, upcoming Society of Financial Studies, Finance Cavalcade, 2011, paper presentation Kauffman/USPTO Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation Conference, 2012, paper presentation, upcoming Kauffman/USPTO Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation Conference, 2011, paper presentation* Kauffman/USPTO Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation Conference, 2010, paper presentation*
Kauffman/USPTO Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation Conference, 2010, discussion China International Conference in Finance, 2011, paper presentation* Washington University, Olin Corporate Finance Conference, 2009, discussion Washington University, Olin Corporate Finance Conference, 2007, discussion Florida State University, Spring Finance Conference, 2010, paper presentation Florida State University, Spring Finance Conference, 2009, discussion FEA Conference, Indiana University-Bloomington, 2011, discussion FEA Conference, Atlanta, 2006, discussion Jackson Hole Finance Group, 2007, paper presentation* First International Conference in Singapore, 2007, discussion Financial Intermediation Research Society, 2006, paper presentation* UNC-Duke Corporate Finance Conference, 2006, discussion UNC-Duke Joint Conference, 2004, discussion RICAFE Conference, 2008, paper presentation RICAFE Conference, 2008, paper presentation* RICAFE Conference, 2006, paper presentation RICAFE Conference, 2006, discussion Regional Comparative Advantage and Knowledge-Based Entrepreneurship (RICAFE) Conference, 2005, paper presentation (* indicates presentation by co-author) CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE MEMBER China International Conference in Finance, 2012 FEA Conference, Indiana University-Bloomington, 2011 SFS Finance Cavalcade, 2011 UNC-Duke Conference, 2006 European Finance Association, 2005 PhD STUDENT DISSERTATION SUPERVISION Ye Cai, co-chair, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2010, placed at Santa Clara University Ugur Celikyurt, co-chair, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2008, placed at Koc University-Istanbul Hung-Chia Hsu, committee member, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2007, placed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Ryan A, Krause, proposal examination committee member, Indiana University, 2012 MEDIA MENTIONS: Financial Times Alphaville Blog, M&A Law Blog, Research Recap Blog AD-HOC REVIEWER FOR: Financial Management, Financial Review, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Management Science, Review of Corporate Finance Studies, Review of Finance, Review of Financial Studies.
HONOR & AWARDS Kelley School of Business Indiana University-Bloomington 2012 Nominated for the Trustees Teaching Award of the Kelley School of Business 2012 Kelley School of Business Dean s Letter for Teaching Excellence 2011 Nominated for the Trustees Teaching Award of the Kelley School of Business 2011 Kelley School of Business Dean s Letter for Teaching Excellence Kenan-Flagler Business School, 2010 Faculty Appreciation Award for Teaching Distinction 2009 Faculty Appreciation Award for Teaching Distinction 2008 Faculty Appreciation Award for Teaching Distinction 2007 Faculty Appreciation Award for Highest Teaching Distinction 2007 Recipient of the Dean s Teaching Bonus 2006 WeatherSpoon Award for Teaching Excellence in the MBA Program 2006 Faculty Appreciation Award for Highest Teaching Distinction 2006 Recipient of the Dean s Teaching Bonus 2005 Faculty Appreciation Award for Highest Teaching Distinction 2004 Faculty Appreciation Award for Teaching Distinction 2003 Faculty Appreciation Award for Teaching Distinction 1996-2000 PhD Fellowship awarded by INSEAD 1996-2001 Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship 1995-1996 British Council Scholarship 1995-1996 Turkish Educational Foundation Scholarship