Dr. Emilie Feldman

Professor

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Biography

Emilie R. Feldman is the Michael L. Tarnopol Professor of Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College, where she studied Economics and French Literature, and later earned her MBA and DBA in Strategy from Harvard Business School. Her dissertation won the Wyss Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research and was a finalist for the Wiley-Blackwell Outstanding Dissertation Award at the Academy of Management. Emilie received the Emerging Scholar Award from the Strategic Management Society in 2017 and was named one of the 40 Business School Professors Under 40 by Poets & Quants in 2019. Her research primarily focuses on corporate strategy, with particular attention to divestitures, spinoffs, mergers, and acquisitions. Emilie has published extensively in leading academic journals such as the Strategic Management Journal and Academy of Management Journal, and has received numerous accolades for her contributions to the field. In addition to her research, Emilie teaches courses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategy, and governance at the undergraduate, MBA, and executive levels, and serves as the Academic Director of the Global C-Suite Program.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

2016-01-01 — Present

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania • Philadelphia, PA

Michael L. Tarnopol Professor in Management, focusing on corporate strategy and governance, with an emphasis on divestitures and mergers.

Awards

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Emerging Scholar Award

2017-01-01
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40 Business School Professors Under 40

2019-01-01
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Wyss Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research

2010-01-01

Courses

Mergers & Acquisitions Corporate Development: Mergers & Acquisitions Global Modular Course Seminar on Corporate Strategy

Requirements for University of Pennsylvania

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.6
GRE General
Verbal
Required:162
Quantitative
Required:162
Overall
Required:162
GMAT
Total Score
Required:728
Overall
Required:728
TOEFL
Total
Required:115
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree or equivalent Strong quantitative background
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Specialization Notes

Wharton Doctoral programs cover fields like Finance, Marketing, Management, and Operations, Information and Decisions.