Abderrahman Robana

Professor of Business
College of Business
Alfred University
Alfred, New York 14802
E-Mail: Frobana@alfred.edu
CITIZENSHIP: US

EDUCATION

• 1972  Ph.D.       New York University – Corporate Finance & Investments

                      International Business
                      International Economics

• 1964   M.B.A Washington University – International Business

                     St. Louis, MO  Human Resources Management
                     Integrated  Case  Studies  in Business  Administration.

• 1962  B.S.B.A   Washington University- Integrated Business Functions

                      St. Louis, MO

Author:            Prospects for Economic Integration in North Africa; Praeger Publications ; 1973.

Co-author:      Portfolio Simulation Strategy: PORSTRAT – Wiley Publishers; 1982.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2009-10                 Holds the: Abderrahman Robana Chair in Finance   and Investments

• 1971 – Present     Professor, Alfred University, Alfred, NY

                                               Finance and Business Administration
                                               SAM WALTON FELLOW

• 1998-99                  Visiting Scholar at the Center for Middle Eastern

                                               Studies at Harvard University

• 1978                        Center for Industrial Studies of the MAGHREB
• 1979                        Researcher Tunis, Tunisia

• 1978 & 1986          Served as a Consultant with the United Nations

• 1969                        Societe Tunisienne de Banque, Researcher, Tunis, Tunisia

• 1962                         Bell Telephone Company, Research Department, St. Louis,     MO.

Courses Taught at Alfred: Undergraduate and Graduate levels:

• FIN   348        Managerial Finance
• FIN   453        Financial Markets and Institutions
• FIN   454        Security Analysis & Investments
• FIN   458        International  Financial Management
• MBA 530        Financial Management

                                     Financial Engineering
                                     Managerial Economics

• BUS   480      Small Business Institute
• BUS   495      Business Policy & Strategy
• MBA  520       Advanced Financial Planning

                                     Corporate Finance
                                      Entrepreneurial: Finance Simulation.

INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS/RESEARCH

Published Referred Articles; Proceedings and Citations others submissions:

• 2009   The US  FINANCIAL  HOUSING  CRISIS AND THE MISUSE OF

                  FINANCIAL  INNOVATIONS.  PUBLISHED IN EURO-MEDITERRANEAN
                  ECONOMIC AND  FINANCE  REVIEW; VOL-4; SPRING-2009

• 2009   Presented and Published in Proceedings of the Eighth Wuhan    Conference on E-Business – International Finance Track: The US Housing Crisis and its   Repercussions: JUNE-2009.

• 2009    Presented a paper to the 5th International Finance Conference on: The US   FINANCIAL HOUSING CRISIS, MARCH 11-14-2009-Hammamet-Tunisia 

• 2009   Co-authored and Published an article on: US-Economic Indicators under Republicans and Democrats: Proceedings of the fifth International Finance Conference- March 12-14th 2009.Hammamet-Tunisia.

• 2008    Presented a paper to the 4th International Conference on the Emergence of     the Maghreb (UMA) in the Global Economy. March-207

• 2006    Published article on “Assessing China’s Economic Risk in retrospect” in the European Mediterranean Finance Review (EMEFIR) Fall-2006

• 2005        Accepted paper for presentation to the International Teaching Methods

             and Styles Conference and publication in the Conference proceedings.
              Reno- Nevada. September 19-21-2005.

• 2005    Accepted article for presentation on China’s Economy in Retrospect and its Country Risk Assessment; Presented to the 3rd International Finance Conference IFC-3, Electronic Proceedings; Hammamet -Tunisia’ Fall-05. (Submitted for Publication)

• 2004    Accepted articles for presentations by Brunel University in England: How Alfred University Students Manage a Real Investment Portfolio, paper appeared in Proceedings; Fall 2004.

• 2004     Accepted article on Integrating Financial Risk Management with the Balanced Scorecard. Presented to EMCIS Conference and Convention Proceedings; Fall-2004(Submitted for Publication)

• 2004    China’s Economic Idiosyncrasies and its Country Risk Assessment,

          Published in Proceedings of the Third Wuhan International Conference
          In E-Business, Global Business Interface, China; pp 523-528, June 4-7, 2004.

• 2003    Financial Innovations and the Entrepreneur, published in the Journal of

          International Finance, Fall  2004.

• 2002    Tunisia Women Entrepreneurs, presented to AU women Round Table (Invited paper) by Karen Porter

• 2002    The Use of Electronic Communication Network (ECN)”Conference Proceedings in China.

• 2002    New Financial Innovations Entrepreneurs Need To Know: Finance and Development; No. 20 `December 2002

• 2000:    “The Euro-MAGHREB Dialogue: The Path to Integration,” ABANA.SPRING.

           Presented to Faculty Colleagues at Harvard- (CEMS).

•     1999:    “The Status of Privatization in North Africa,” ABANA.  New York.

        Vol.VI.  No. 3. Spring.

•     1999:    “Financial Simulation using Distributed Computing,” (with Frank Duserick,

        Ernest Enke, Wilfred Huang).  Proceedings of the Association for Business
        Simulation and Experiential Learning.  Philadelphia, PA.  March.

•     1999:    “Distributed Computing for Client/Server Applications Using Java RMI,”

        Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference on Computers and
        Industrial Engineering.  New Orleans, LA.  March.

•     1999:    “Privatization in the Arab World: Progress and Outlook for the Next

        Millennium,” Proceedings of the Arab bankers Association of North
        America.  New York City. May.

• 1999:    “Financial Simulation using Distributive Computing,” published in

    Developments in Business Simulation and Experiential Learning.
    Vol. 26.       

•     1998:    “Privatizing and Financing Public Enterprises – The Case of Tunisia,

        Finance and Development.”  MAGHREB. Issue-No. 21.Pp. 73-78.  June.

• 1998:    “The Euro-Maghreb Dialogue: The Path to Integration,” ABANA. Spring.

•     1998:    Discussant of a paper on “Health Related Conditions of Small Business

        Loan Applicants:  Views of Bank Loan Officers,” SBIDA.  Santa Fe, NM.
        February.

•     1997:    Privatizing Small and Medium State Owned Enterprises in Tunisia,”

        Presented to SBIDA Region II Conference. Boston, MA.  September.

•     1997:    “Privatizing the Public Sector in Tunisia: A Case Study,” presented

        to the Eastern Economic Association.  Washington, DC.  Spring.

•     1997:    “Global Business with China,: (with Ezzeddine Larbi). In Finance

        & Development in MAGHREB.  Pp. 91-106.  February.

•     1997:    “Assessing Country Risk of China,” published in Finance & Development

        of the MAGHREB.  January.

•     1997:    “Privatizing Small and medium (SOE’s) State Owned Enterprises in

        Tunisia” SBIDA Region IV Proceedings.  Boston.  September.

Work in Progress: Current Research interest:

• Women’s Entrepreneurs Study in Tunisia.(Presented to the
• AU  Women Round Table
• Islamic Finance Working Paper
• Continue research on North-Africa (Maghreb Countries: AMU)
• Assessing China’s Economic Country Risk

SERVICE

University Service:

Senator on the University Faculty Senate (3 Times)
Member of the College of Business Faculty Council
Installed Beta Gamma Sigma Chapter at St. Bonaventure’s newly accredited School of Business on April 26, 2005. (Invited by the Board of Governors of BGS honor society)
Accompanied two students I recommended for honors (Valerie Kraft and Craig Collins) to the     Rochester FEI for a financial award Spring 2005
Accompanied a student I recommended for honors (Daniel Nitchky) to the Rochester FEI for a financial award Spring 2004.  Ditto for other Honor    Students till the Present.
Resource person for the AU Trustees Investment Committee 1975 - Present
Introduced a  National ‘Stock Track Simulation to AU students’.
Students performance  ranked among the top 1% nationwide.
Helped the COB students get scholarships and national recognition by the Financial Executive Institute(FEI) and Delta Mu Delta International Honor Society(DM D.
Member of the Alfred University Faculty Senate.
AU-College of Business MBA Advisory Council member (Inception-2000).
Advisor to SMIF, FMA, FEI, SIFE and DMD
Supervised Honor students’ theses.
Invited two scholars from Harvard University ; a very successful 
Alum and Dr. Howard Moskowitz: a famous Marketing scholar to speak to   our classes .
Participated in seminars on “Young Entrepreneurs”
Organized a symposium on “U.S. affluence” at the COB with former Senator
Lundine  as a keynote presenter and panelist.
Wrote and presented a commencement Citation for James Houghton, Chief Executive Officer of Corning Inc.
Arranged for and accompanied the Alfred University Jazz Ensemble (Goodwill   Ambassadors) to Tunisia-Spring(1992), and Accompanied AU-Students to Kenya-Summer-1973)

Service to the Profession:

Promotion and Tenure Committee: 2007-Present
Served as a Chair in several Finance Conference Professional Meetings
Served on the editorial board of The Journal: Finance and Development of the MAGHREB: IFID, Tunis, Tunisia.
Arranged with Chicago Board of Trade for about 20 AU COB students to
Tour the facility, and the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank.
Invited by the Eastern Economic Association to present a paper on
“Privatizing the Public Sector in Tunisia: A Case Study. Washington DC.
Cited by external scholars, researchers and reviewers of my book and by     Roger Owen: Chairman  of the Center of Middle-Eastern Studies at Harvard.
Book Reviewer of: International Financial Management by Robert Hodrick;
Paramount Publication.
Book Reviewer of “Planning Your Financial Future,” by Boone, Kutz and
Hearth.  2nd Edition.  Harcourt Brace College Publication.
Designated as an Associate Team Member by the MSA of Colleges and
Schools to evaluate Cayey University in Puerto Rico.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Lifetime Beta Gamma Sigma Faculty Officer
Eastern Economic Association
American Finance Association
Financial Management Association
Financial Executive Institute
Eastern Finance Association
American Men and Women of Science
National Scholarship Judge for Delta Mu Delta
Director of Small Business Institute
National Business Incubation Association
International Trade Council-Western New-York
Honor Society of Financial Management

HONORS AND AWARDS

An endowed  Faculty Chair is established    in my name June-2006.
Brought to Alfred University the FMA- International designation of Superior Chapter in 1997 and ditto with Honorable Mention in 2003.
Chaired an International Conference session in Finance-fall 2004 in Tunisia
and June 6th,  2004 in China
Invited by Harvard University to Participate in the 6th Conference on Islamic Finance
National Scholarship Award established in my name by Delta MU Delta (Honor    Society in Business)
SIFE-Sam Walton Fellow of Students in Free Enterprise, 1997 to present
Received Beta Gamma Sigma Award Recognition for my commitment to Excellence and International Outreach.
Honorable mention for excellence in teaching at Alfred University
Tredennick Professor of Entrepreneurship  (3 Years).
New York University Founder’s Day Award
Who’s Who in Finance and Industry
Who’s Who in the World
Who’s Who in the East
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, Multiple Listings till the present.
Fulbright Scholar Nomination and Solicitation to serve as a Fulbright Scholar for 2006-2007
Listed in Men of Achievements   
Listed in 11th Edition of Community Leaders and Noteworthy Americans
Listed in Contemporary Authors Biographical References
Listed in the Middle East and North Africa, in select bibliography: EUROPA Publication, 45th Edition
Cited in textbooks on Security Analysis and Portfolio Management and
 in a Managerial Economics Textbook by Tom Evans; Prentice Hall.
President of Phi Kappa Phi at Alfred University (one term).
Omicron Delta Epsilon in Economics
Designated by the National Honor Society of AACSB accredited Business Schools to Install the First Beta Gamma Sigma Chapter at St. Bonaventure University; April 26th 2005).