Faculty & Thought Leadership
Meet the Forward Thinkers of Private Equity and Venture Capital
Our faculty is an esteemed group of scholars and practitioners with international experience in professional management problems and practices. They combine real-world and academic knowledge of these problems to augment their theoretical training.
Faculty members’ research in the fields of private equity and venture capital is a vital component of the Heizer Center because it builds awareness of how the industries play an influential role within an evolving economy.
The Heizer Center’s faculty provides Kellogg students with in-depth expertise in private equity and venture capital, through classroom-based courses, basic and advanced, and experiential learning activities on the Chicago, Evanston and San Francisco campus.
Heizer Center Faculty
Director of the Heizer Center for Private Equity and Venture Capital
Donald P. Jacobs Chair of Finance
Professor of Finance
The Larry Levy Executive Director, Kellogg Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative
Executive Director, Heizer Center for Private Equity and Venture Capital
Research by Heizer Center Faculty
Long-Term Orientation and Educational Performance
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 04 Nov 2019
The Panera Bread LBO
Harvard Business Review, 30 Aug 2019
H.J. Heinz M&A
Nature, 25 Apr 2019
Expectation Formation Following Large Unexpected Shocks
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 04 Mar 2019
Understanding the Rise in Corporate Cash: Precautionary Savings or Foreign Taxes
The Review of Financial Studies, 21 Jan 2019