Ron E Shrieves

Ronald E. Shrieves, William Voigt Professor of Business and Finance at the University of Tennessee, received the Ph.D. in Business Economics from UCLA, where his Ph. D. thesis dealt with the determinants of inter-industry differences in research and development efforts. Dr. Shrieves was a finalist for the John B. Ross Award for Outstanding Teaching in the College of Business, 1993-94; and for the College of Business Administration Teaching and Research Award, 1998-99. He has published widely in...See more

Ronald E. Shrieves, William Voigt Professor of Business and Finance at the University of Tennessee, received the Ph.D. in Business Economics from UCLA, where his Ph. D. thesis dealt with the determinants of inter-industry differences in research and development efforts. Dr. Shrieves was a finalist for the John B. Ross Award for Outstanding Teaching in the College of Business, 1993-94; and for the College of Business Administration Teaching and Research Award, 1998-99. He has published widely in finance and economics journals, including the Journal of Empirical Finance, Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Financial Management, the Journal of Banking and Finance, and the Journal of Financial Services Research. Dr. Shrieves has received two best paper awards for academic journal articles. In 1993, along with co-author Drew Dahl, he was honored with the Iddo Sarnat Award for the best paper in the Journal of Banking and Finance. In 2001 he and coauthor John Wachowicz received the Eugene L. Grant Award for the best paper in the Engineering Economist. Primary current research interests are in the areas of the corporate governance and the impact of organization structure and regulation on commercial bank performance. In addition to teaching responsibilities in the undergraduate, MBA, and Ph. D. programs, Dr. Shrieves has also taught in two executive MBA programs: the Taiwan Executive MBA and the Professional MBA. The executive programs MBA have an interdisciplinary perspective, involving an integrated team-teaching approach to executive education. See less