Education Conferences, Seminars and Workshops

Ludvig LEVASSEUR
1 rue Isabey
54000 NANCY
FRANCE
 00 33 6 60 07 08 25
Born 05 / 24 / 1982
Single, Driving-licence.
As Of: January 29th, 2012.
[email protected]
Education
2011- PhD Candidate in Management Science.
Université de Paris IX-Dauphine, Paris (75).
Co-Chair: Annabelle Jaouen (Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier Business School) and Catherine LégerJarniou (Dauphine University).
2011 Postgraduate Diploma (Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies) in Management Research and
Consulting (12% acceptance rate) Average = 63.125%. Pass with 60 to 70%. Ranked 4th out of 24 students.
Institut d’Administration des Entreprises, Caen (14).
Program Director: Prof. Patrick Joffre, former chairman of the Strategic Management
International
Association
(Association Internationale de Management Stratégique – AIMS – Editor of M@n@gement).
2009 Diploma of the Pau Business School (Diplôme Grande Ecole) – Master’s Degree in Management
(field of specialization: Corporate Finance) (6% acceptance rate).
Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, Pau (64).
Conferences, Seminars and Workshops
 October 19th, 2011: Workshop entitled “Long-term investors: what is the impact on corporate financial
strategy?” organized by the French Banking Federation, (Fédération Bancaire Française – FBF) Dauphine
University and HEC Paris at the FBF headquarters.
 May 19th-20th, 2011: Third Paris Spring Corporate Finance Conference organized by the French Banking
Federation, (Fédération Bancaire Française – FBF) Dauphine University and HEC Paris at the FBF
headquarters. Co-sponsor: The Review of Financial Studies. Keynote speaker: Franklin Allen (Wharton
School, University of Pennsylvania).
 April, 6th, 2010: Third Paris Management Academic Award Ceremony organized by SYNTEC Conseil en
Management, Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche and the French Management
Foundation (Fondation Nationale pour l’Enseignement de la Gestion des Entreprises – FNEGE).
 December, 16th, 2010: Eighth Annual Paris Winter International Finance Conference organized by AFFI
(French Finance Association) and EUROFIDAI (service unit sponsored by CNRS, the University of
Grenoble 2 and HEC Paris). The conference was also jointly sponsored by the CDC Institute for Economic
Research, Fondation Banque de France pour la Recherche en Economie Monétaire, Financière et Bancaire,
Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche and NYSE Euronext.
 October 22nd, 2010: Second French Management Foundation (Fondation Nationale pour l’Enseignement
de la Gestion des Entreprises – FNEGE) Conference in Paris entitled “Les Etats Généraux du
Management”. Keynote speaker: Armand Hatchuel (MINES ParisTech).
 September 24th, 2010: Research Seminar entitled “Interlocking political ties and firm acquisition during
institutional transition” and organized by the HEC strategic management group at HEC Paris. Keynote
speaker: Kulwant Singh (National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School).
 May 27th-28th, 2010: Second Paris Spring Corporate Finance Conference organized by the French
Banking Federation, (Fédération Bancaire Française – FBF) Dauphine University and HEC Paris at the
FBF headquarters. Keynote speaker: Jean Tirole (Toulouse School of Economics).
 May 10th-12th, 2010: French Finance Association (Association Française de Finance – AFFI) Spring
International Conference in Saint-Malo. Keynote speakers: Bernard Dumas (INSEAD) and Bruno Biais
(Toulouse School of Economics).
Professional Service
 Reviewer for the Academy of Management (AOM) 2012 Annual Conference: two manuscripts.
 Reviewer for the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) 2012
Annual Conference: two manuscripts.
Professional and Scientific Association Memberships
 Academy Of Management (AOM) – Editor of Academy of Management Journal, Academy of
Management Review, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Academy of Management
Perspectives: 2010-present.
 Strategic Management Society (SMS) – Editor of Strategic Management Journal: 2010-present.
 United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) – Editor of
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice: 2010-present.
 International Council for Small Business (ICSB) – Editor of Journal of Small Business Management:
2010-present.
 Association for services to education, the arts or science: (Association des Membres de l’Ordre des Palmes
Académiques – AMOPA) 2009-present.
 French Finance Association (AFFI) – Editor of Finance: 2009-present.
 American Finance Association (AFA) – Editor of Journal of Finance: 2009-2010.
 Society of Financial Studies (SFS) – Editor of Review of Financial Studies: 2009-2010.
Computer Skills and Languages
 Windows softwares: MS Office, Excel VBA and Access.
 Statistical and business softwares: Sphinx, SPSS, Business Objects and Murex.
 Introductory courses to computer programming, statistical and scientific calculus: softwares: C, C++, C#,
Ruby, R, EViews, Matlab and Scilab.
 Command of ERP, CRM, SCM and Web intelligence principles.
 Fluent in English: TOEIC: 910/990 and IELTS: 7/9 (Overall score).
 Good working knowledge of German.
Qualification Work
 L’influence de la structure de propriété sur le comportement stratégique et les orientations temporelles du
dirigeant et de la moyenne entreprise. (French) Postgraduate Diploma dissertation, IAE CAEN BasseNormandie, France, 2011.
 Recherche: Les Fusions-Acquisitions dans le secteur bancaire: Le cas d’HSBC-CCF. (With Jorisloyce
Olympio) (French) Master’s degree dissertation, ESC PAU, France, 2007.
Work Experience
2012 (12 months, fixed-term contract) Research Assistant – Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier, Montpellier (34).
2009 (4 months, Placement) Sales Representative – DE PRA Ventilation, Nancy (54).
2008 (2 months, Placement) Back Office Analyst – BNP Paribas Corporate & Investment Banking, Paris (75).
2006 (4 months, Placement) Equity Trader – Title Trading Laval, Montréal QC.
2006 (5 months, Placement) Voluntary Helper – Croix Rouge, Pau (64).
2003 – 2005 (2 years, Sandwich course) Bank Clerk – Société Générale, Nancy (54).
Extracurricular Activities
 Former member of the Croix Rouge: Free lessons given to elementary and junior high school schoolboys.
 Member of Planète Enfants, an international solidarity NGO whose mandate is to fight against
trafficking in human beings.