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Biography
Robert F. Bruner is the Dean of the Darden Graduate School of
Business Administration, the Charles C. Abbott Professor of Business
Administration and the Distinguished Professor of Business
Administration. His areas of teaching, research, and writing have been
corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, investing in emerging
markets, financial crises, and innovation. His latest book, The "Panic
of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm," with Sean D.
Carr, was published in 2007. "Deals from Hell," published in 2005,
focuses on failure in mergers and acquisitions. Also he is the author of
"Applied Mergers and Acquisitions," a comprehensive text on the
subject, which was published in 2004.
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His "Case Studies in Finance" was published in six editions, most
recently in collaboration with Kenneth Eades and Michael Schill.
Bruner's research has been published in various scholarly journals.
Industrial corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies
have retained him for counsel and training. He has been a member of
the faculty of the Darden School since 1982, and has been a visiting
professor at various schools including Columbia, INSEAD, and IESE.
Formerly he was a loan officer and investment analyst for First Chicago
Corporation. He holds degrees from Yale and Harvard Universities. He has
served the Darden School, professional groups, and community
organizations in various positions of leadership. Copies of his papers
and essays may be obtained from his website,
http://faculty.darden.virginia.edu/brunerb/.
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