ARCOT Sridhar
Department : Finance
Associate Professor
Campus de Cergy
Contact
- email : arcot@essec.edu
- tél : +33 (0)1 34 43 30 77
Personal links
Diplomas
- 2008 : Ph.D. in Finance (London School of Economics, United Kingdom)
- 2001 : MSc in Accounting and Finance (London School of Economics, United Kingdom)
- 1991 : MMS in Finance (Welingkar Institute of Management, India)
- 1989 : Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) (Malaviya Regional Engineering College, India)
Career
- 2014 - Present : Associate Professor (ESSEC Business School, France)
- 2007 - 2014 : Assistant Professor (ESSEC Business School, France)
- 2019 - 2022 : Academic Director Master in Finance (ESSEC Business School, France)
- 2018 - 2019 : Visiting Associate Professor (Kelley School of Business, United States of America)
- 2005 - 2007 : Research Officer, RICAFE2 project, Financial Markets Group (London School of Economics, United Kingdom)
- 2005 - 2006 : Part –Time Tutorial Fellow, Department of Accounting and Finance (London School of Economics, United Kingdom)
- 2001 - 2005 : Teaching and Research Assistant (London School of Economics, United Kingdom)
- 1997 - 2000 : Project Leader (Mahindra-British Telecom Ltd, India)
- 1991 - 1997 : Manager (MIS & Costing) (Foreso India Ltd, India)
Full-time academic appointments
Other Academic Appointments
Professional appointments
Grants
- 2005 : Recipient of the American Finance Association Travel Grant
- 2002 - 2005 : Accounting & Finance Departmental Fellowship (London School of Economics, United Kingdom)
- 2001 - 2002 : LSE Research Studentship
Awards
- 2015 : Syntec de la Recherche en Management award for Best Academic Paper in the Finance/Strategy category (for “Fund managers under pressure: Rationale and determinants of secondary buyouts” joint with Zsuzsanna Fluck, Ulrich Hege and Jose-Miguel Gaspar)
- 2006 : Winner of the GAM Gilbert de Botton Award in Finance Research
- 2004 - 2005 : Best class teacher prize in the Accounting and Finance Department (London School of Economics, United Kingdom)
Journal articles
- ARCOT, S., FLUCK, Z., HEGE, U. and GASPAR, J.M. (2015). Fund Managers under Pressure: Rationale and Determinants of Secondary Buyouts. Journal of Financial Economics, 115(1), pp. 102-135.
- GRÖSCHL, S. and ARCOT, S. (2014). Female Hospitality Executives and their Effects on Firm Performance. Tourism and Hospitality Research (formerly International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research: The Surrey Quarterly Review), 14(3), pp. 143-151.
- ARCOT, S. (2014). Participating Convertible Preferred Stock in Venture Capital Exits. Journal of Business Venturing, 29(1), pp. 72-87.
- ARCOT, S., BRUNO, V. and FAURE-GRIMAUD, A. (2010). Corporate Governance in the UK: Is the Comply or Explain Approach Working? International Review of Law and Economics, 30(2), pp. 193-201.
Presentations at an Academic or Professional conference
- ARCOT, S., FLUCK, Z., HEGE, U. and GASPAR, J.M. (2014). Fund Managers under Pressure: Rationale and Determinants of Secondary Buyouts. In: 41st Annual Meeting of the European Finance Association (EFA).
- ARCOT, S., FLUCK, Z., HEGE, U., U., Z. and GASPAR, J.M. (2013). Fund Managers Under Pressure: Rationale and Determinants of Secondary Buyouts. In: 6th Private Equity Findings Symposium: The Private Equity Model: Still Fit for Purpose?
- ARCOT, S., FLUCK, Z., HEGE, U., U., Z. and GASPAR, J.M. (2013). Fund Managers under Pressure: Rationale and Determinants of Secondary Buyouts. In: Entrepreneurship Working Group Meeting.
Teaching
- 2020 - 2021 : Entrepreneurial Finance & Private Equity (Grande Ecole - Master in Management ESSEC Business School France)
- 2016 - 2021 : Hospitality Corporate Finance (MSc in Hospitality Management ESSEC Business School France)
- 2014 - 2018 : Corporate Financial Management (Master in Finance ESSEC Business School France)
- 2011 - 2017 : Financial Management (Global MBA ESSEC Business School France)
- 2007 - 2021 : Corporate Financial Management (Grande Ecole - Master in Management ESSEC Business School France)
- 2007 - 2021 : Mergers & Acquisitions (Grande Ecole - Master in Management ESSEC Business School France)
- 2006 - 2007 : Teaching Assistant for "Corporate finance" (Executive MSc in Finance course) ( London School of Economics United Kingdom)
- 2004 - 2005 : Class Teacher for "Corporate finance and Asset Markets" and "Corporate Finance Theory" (both MSc courses) and "Principles of Finance" (2nd year Undergraduate) ( London School of Economics United Kingdom)
Professional activities
- 2007 : - Present : From Local to Global: The rise of AIM as a stock market for growing companies (with Julia Black and Sir Geoffrey Owen)
Consulting
Research activities
- 2004 : - Present : Member of American Finance Association
Member of an academic association
Theses
- 2018 : WEI Jiaying (ESSEC Business School), Thesis director, First placement: Assistant Professor - Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE)
- 2018 : MCCOURT Maurice (ESSEC Business School), Thesis co-director, First placement: Assistant Professor - university of melbourne
