Dr. Baruch Lev

Dr. BARUCH LEV

• Born in Israel, 1943.

UNIVERSITY DEGREES

• B.Ac. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1963).
• Certified Public Accountant (Israel, 1964).
• M.B.A. from the University of Chicago (1967).
• Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (1968).

ACADEMIC AND TEACHING ACTIVITY

• Professor at the University of Chicago (1968–1973).
• Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Management at the Tel Aviv University (1973–1981).
• Professor at the University of California, Berkeley (1981–1997).
• Professor at the Boalt School of Law, UC Berkeley (1993–1997).
• Philip Bardes Professor of Accounting and Finance at the Stern School of Business, New York University (since 1997).
• Director of the Vincent C. Ross Institute of Accounting Research at NYU (1997–2012).

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

• Consultant in finance, corporate governance and valuation of intangibles for financial and industrial entities in the USA, Israel and Europe.
• Advisor to the Israeli Minister of Finance on state corporations.
• Expert witness in litigation on mergers and acquisitions, financial fraud and corporate governance.

PUBLICATIONS

• Author of more than 300 academic articles in leading journals.
• Author of highly influential books such as Winning Investors Over (Harvard Business Review Press, 2012) and Intangibles: Management, Measurement and Reporting (Brookings Institution Press, 2001).
• His works have been translated into multiple languages, including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Italian and Russian.

AWARDS AND HONOURS

• Silver Medal, Axiom Business Books Award (2012).
• Best Paper Award from the American Accounting Association (1997, 2010).
• Wildman Medal Award from the American Accounting Association (2000).
• Outstanding Educator Award from the American Accounting Association (1995).
• Notable Contribution to Accounting Literature Award, AICPA and AAA (1994).
• Honorary doctorates from the University of Hasselt (Belgium) and the University of Vaasa (Finland).
• Chosen among the 100 most influential people in the accounting profession by Accounting Today (1999–2002).

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