Mehmet Ozbilgin

Assistant Professor of Accountancy

Mehmet.Ozbilgin@baruch.cuny.edu

Education:

BS	Istanbul Technical University	Mechanical Engineering	1992
MBA	Georgia State University	Finance	1995
PhD	Purdue University	Accounting	2002

Areas of Expertise:

The interaction of external disclosure and corporate strategy; strategic knowledge sharing; financial signaling

Selected Publications:

"Corporate Disclosure and Operational Strategy: Financial vs. Operational Success" , Management Science, June 2005 (with Mark Penno)

"Spin-offs, Ex ante", Journal of Business, April 2001 (with John J. McConnell and Sunil Wahal)

Academic Activities:

Presented "Strategic Knowledge Sharing" at European Accounting Association 2005 Annual Meetings

Presented "Corporate Disclosure and Operating Strategy" at American Accounting Association 2002 Annual Meetings

Awards, Honors, etc.:

Teaching Excellence Award, Zicklin School of Business, 2005

Eugene M. Lang Junior Faculty Research Award, 2004

PSC-CUNY Grants 2003, 2005

Certificate for Distinguished Teaching, Purdue University, 1999 and 2001

Purdue Research Foundation Grant, 1998

AAA Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 1998

Member, Beta Sigma Gamma