Marti G. Subrahmanyamis the Charles E. Merrill Professor of Finance, Econom-
ics, and International Business at the Stern School of Business, New York University.
He has been a visiting professor at leading schools in France, England, Germany, and
India. He has served as a consultant to several financial institutions in the United
States and abroad, and sits on many board of directors. He has a number of publica-
tions in leading academic journals in the areas of corporate finance, financial mar-
kets, asset pricing, and international finance.
Judy Tsui, PhD, is the Dean, Faculty of Business and Information Systems, and
Chair Professor of Accounting at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Jon A. Turner, PhD,is Professor of Information Systems at the Stern School of
Business, New York University, and Deputy Department Chair of the Information,
Operations, and Management Sciences Department. His current research involves
studies of new forms of organizing work enabled by technology and studies of tech-
nology infrastructure.
Norman R. Walkeris a partner in the National Auditing Services Group for Price-
waterhouseCoopers LLP. He is a former director of MNC Client Services for Price
Waterhouse World Firm.
Jeffrey B. Wallace, CPA,is managing partner of Greenwich Treasury Advisors
LLC, which he founded in 1992. GTA provides international treasury consulting, and
is best known for its treasury benchmarking programs and risk management consult-
ing. He wrote The Group of 31 Report: Core Practices for Managing Multinational
FX Risk(Association for Finance Professionals, 1999), which may be freely down-
loaded at http://www.greenwichtreasuryc.com.Formerly, he was Vice President–Interna-
tional Treasury at American Express, an assistant treasurer at both Seagram and Dun
& Bradstreet, and a CPA with PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Ingo Walter, PhD,is the Charles Simon Professor of Applied Financial Economics
and director of the New York University Salomon Center, Leonard N. Stern School
of Business, New York University. He has also held an appointment as Professor of
International Management at INSEAD in Fontainbleau, France. He has been a con-
sultant to a number of corporations and banks and has authored some 27 books on in-
ternational economics and finance as well as articles in various professional journals.
Peter Walton, PhD, FCCA,is a professor of accounting at ESSEC Business School,
Paris, France. His research centers on international accounting and comparative reg-
ulation of financial reporting. He is editor of World Accounting Reportand a founder
and former co-editor of the European Accounting Review. He is a consultant to the
United Nations Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts in International Stan-
dards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR).
Harold E. Wyman, PhD, is a retired professor of accounting and former dean of the
College of Business Administration at Florida International University. He was a Peat
Marwick Fellow and head of the accounting department at the University of Con-
necticut.
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