Weishen Wang, Ph.D.
Department Chair, Professor of Finance
Education
University of Central Florida - Orlando, Florida
Ph.D., Finance, May 2007
Xi’an Jiaotong University - Shaanxi, China
M.S., Industrial Management Engineering, July 1997
Xi’an Jiaotong University - Shaanxi, China
B.S., Industrial Management Engineering, July 1994
Research Interests
- Behaviors of corporate top executives and board directors
- Equity investment strategies
- Corporate mergers and acquisitions
- Corporate asset restructuring
- Private Equity
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Business Finance
- Financial Management (MBA)
- International Financial Management
- Investments
- Real Estate Finance
Selected Publications
Madariaga, J.F. Smith, W.W., Pitts, R.E., and Weishen Wang (2021), "A Tale of Two Sponsors: Comparing Sponsorship Structural Effects from a Local Charity-Linked Event," Event Management
Weishen Wang (2020), “Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Exchange Connect Program: A Story of Two Markets and Different Groups of Stocks,” Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Vol. 55, 100630,
Wayne W. Smith, Robert E. Pitts, and Weishen Wang (2020), “Sponsorship Outcomes for Charity-Linked Events: Participant Segments Interaction with Sponsor Attributes,” Event Management,
Jianheng Zhou, Ruijuan Zhao and Weishen Wang (2019), “Supplier Pricing Strategy in Dual-channel Supply Chain with Asymmetric Information,” European Journal of Operational Research, 278, 809-820
Weishen Wang and Seung Hun Han (2018), "Identifying Overvalued and Undervalued Stock Market and Market Timing in Retirement Funds," Journal of Personal Finance