Brief CV

Brief Curriculum Vitae and list of publications (7/2023)

Prof. Haim Kedar-Levy

Personal Details

Name:                       Haim Kedar-Levy

Work Address:         The Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management

Department of Management

                                        Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer-Sheva 84105 Israel

Work Telephone:     (972) 8-647-9713

e-mail:                      hlevy@bgu.ac.il    

Home Address:        4/2 Mor St., Zur Hadasa, 99875 Israel. 

Telephone:               (+972)-2-579 5678.


Education

B.A. 1986                 The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Economics and Business Administration. 

M.B.A. 1990            The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. School of Business Administration, 

                                    Finance and Entrepreneurship. Cum Laude.

Ph.D. 1999               The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. School of Business Administration, Finance Department. 

Advisors:                  Prof. Dan Galai and Prof. Itzhak Venezia. 

Thesis:                      The Impact of Dynamic Asset Allocation Strategies on Equilibrium Share Prices.


Employment History

2022+ Full Professor, The Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management (GGFBM), Ben-Gurion University of the 

Negev, Israel. (Tenured)

11/2015-2022     Associate Professor, The Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management (GGFBM), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. (Tenured)

1-5/2013                  Sy Syms School of Business, Yeshiva University, New York 

                                  (Sabbatical). 

10-12/2013              The Faculty of Business Administration, Finance Department, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (Sabbatical).

4/2008-11/2015      Senior Lecturer, The Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management (GGFBM), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. (Tenured)

2002–2004              Fox School of Business, Temple University, Philadelphia (Sabbatical).

1999–3/2008           Lecturer, The Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.

1998–1999              Post-Doctoral appointment, School of Business and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

1989–1999              Research Assistant, Teacher Assistant and Instructor, The Hebrew University Business School, Jerusalem, Israel.

1990–1993              Researcher at the Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies, Jerusalem. The Capital Markets research team.


Professional Activities

(a) Positions in academic administration 

3/2018-Current       Member of an evaluation committee of the Israeli Council for Higher Education MALAG (for the accreditation of MA degree in Management and Economics by Tel Hai & Western Galilee colleges).

10/2017-Current     Member of the BGU recruitment committee of new faculty 

10/2017-Current     Member of the BGU bylaws committee 

10/2017-Current     Member of the BGU disciplinary committee for faculty 

10/2017-Current     Member of an evaluation committee of the Israeli Council for Higher Education MALAG (for the permanent accreditation of MBA + Thesis to IDC, Herzelia).

11/2014-Current     Coordinator between the Department of Management and the Israeli Air Force Academic Program. 

9/2013-11/2014      Coordinator with Achva College, the Department of Management, GGFBM

9/2013-Current       Finance Seminars Coordinator, GGFBM

9/2012-Current       Head of the Finance Research Center, GGFBM

9/2012-Current       Coordinator of finance and accounting studies, the Department of Management, GGFBM

9/2012-9/2014        Coordinator of Business Meeting, the Department of Management, GGFBM

9/2010-Current       Coordinator of entrepreneurship studies, the Department of Management, GGFBM

7/2010-6/2012        Member of an evaluation committee of the Israeli Council for Higher Education MALAG (for the accreditation of MBA + Thesis to IDC, Herzelia).

8/2009-Current       Member of the BGU committee for Computerized Education 

12/2007-current      Member of undergraduate teaching committee, the Department of Management, GGFBM 

6/2006-Current       The Department of Management committee to minimize students’ dropout 

6/2006-9/2009        Director and academic coordinator of the full-time Honors MBA program, BGU

2006-2007               Coordinator between the Department of Management and the Israeli Air Force Academic Program. 

2005-2006               Coordinator for Finance and Accounting courses at the Department of Management, GGFBM.

2002-2004               Member of the Full-Time MBA Program design team at the Fox School of Business, Temple University.

1998–2002              Founder and head of the Global Entrepreneurship in Technology Seminar. An award winning (NASBITE 2002) joint MBA seminar for BGU and Temple University. 

1998-2002               Head of the Undergraduate Practicum Seminar, the Department of Management, GGFBM

 (b) Professional functions outside universities/institutions 

3/2020-                    Financial attaché for the examination committee of the for government intervention toward accelerating the fields of Artificial Intelligence and data sciences, for the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. 

11/2018-3/2019      Financial attaché for the examination committee of the need and capability to establish nationwide infrastructure in Quantum Science and Technology (The “Orna Berry report” for the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities). 

8/2015-1/2018        Member of the Finance Committee, the municipality of Zur Hadassa

2010-2014               Shaarey Ribit Ltd., Economic Consultant and Member of the Advisory Committee for the valuation of non-traded bonds 

2/2008-2/2011        Member of the Finance Committee, the municipality of Zur Hadassa

2008-Current          Israel Science Foundation (ISF), Referee of research proposals

9/2006-10/2007      Director and member of the Investment Committee, Netivot Management Company Ltd., the retirement-fund managing company of Hamizrahi-Tfahot Bank (~2 Billion NIS)

2000–2002               Economic advisor to the Israeli Chief Scientist 

1999–2003               Director and CEO, SorTech Separation Technologies Ltd.  

1998–2005              Director, The Zalman Shazar Center for Jewish History

1994–1998              Founder and CEO, ELAM Industries Ltd. (40 employees; first year of sales $1.5m; nationwide and incubator excellence awards)

1987–1990               Senior Financial Analyst, Intel Electronics Ltd.


Educational Activities

(a) Courses taught 

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Graduate:             Investments 

                                  Global Entrepreneurship in Technology Seminar (joint with Temple University)

Undergraduate:       Financial Modeling with Excel 

                                  Research Seminar in Asset Pricing 

                                  Essentials of Finance 

                                  Consulting Seminar 

 

Yeshiva University

Undergraduate        Financial Crises  (Honors program)

                                  Advanced Corporate Finance

 

Fox School of Business, Temple University Philadelphia, PA.

Graduate:                 Investments 

                                  Global Entrepreneurship in Technology Seminar (Joint with BGU)

Undergraduate:       Money Markets and Fixed Income Securities 

                                  Principles of Financial Management – Honors program. 

 

The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Graduate                  Investments and Security Analysis 

                                  International Finance

                                  Business Entrepreneurship Seminar 

Undergraduate:       Consulting Practicum

                                  Financial Modeling with Excel 

 

(b) Research students

Ph.D. Students 

1.         Lior Gal, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, School of Management (2012) 

2.         Ravit Rubinstein, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Faculty of Business and Management (Joint with Uri Ben Zion, 2017) 

3.         Orit Cohen-Milo, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Faculty of Business and Management (Joint with Shmuel Hauser, 2017)

4.         Elroi Hadad, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Industrial Engineering (Joint with Israel Parmet and Rami Yosef, 2017) 

5.         Arik liberzon, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Faculty of Business and Management (2021)

6.         Roi Katz, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Faculty of Business and Management (expected completion 10/2023)

7.         Ilanit Avioz, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Faculty of Business and Management (Joint with Shmuel Hauser, expected completion 10/2024)

8. Rachel Arazi, Faculty of Business and Management (Joint with Nadav Davidovich)

Students for thesis

1.         Lior Gal, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, School of Management (2006) 

2.         Ravit Rubinstein, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Faculty of Business and Management (Joint with Uri Ben Zion, 2013)

3.         Arik liberzon, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Faculty of Business and Management (2013)

4.         Roy Mimran, Faculty of Business and Management (Joint with Rami Yosef)

5.         Ilanit Avioz, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Faculty of Business and Management (Joint with Shmuel Hauser,  2019)

 

Awards, Citations, Honors, Fellowships

2019-2023 Israel Science Foundation grant : (Multi-lingual news coverage and their impact on stock, currency, and commodity prices ($131,000)

2018 Best paper award, The 25th annual meeting of the Multinational Finance Society, Budapest, Hungary ($1,000).

2013 Award winning paper by The Israeli Capital Market Conference: Financial and Accounting aspects, IDC (with O. Milo-Cohen and S. Hauser, $1,700)

2011 Israel Science Foundation grant: The evolution and identification of bubbles in capital markets: Theory and empirical tests (Joint with Doron Avramov, $38,000)

1994 Gutwirth Scholarship Award. The Hebrew University, Jerusalem ($2,000)

1992-1995 Blazuska Ph.D. excellence grant. The Hebrew University, Jerusalem

1991 Solomon Ph.D. research grant. The Hebrew University, Jerusalem