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Prof. Dr. Beat Affolter

Prof. Dr. Beat Affolter

Prof. Dr. Beat Affolter

ZHAW School of Management and Law
Center for Corporate Performance and Sustainable Financing
Gertrudstrasse 8
8400 Winterthur

+41 (0) 58 934 45 98
beat.affolter@zhaw.ch

Personal profile

Management role

  • Programme Director, CAS Corporate Finance & Mergers and Acquisitions and CAS Corporate Finance & Sustainability
  • Head, Center Corporate Performance and Sustainable Financing

Position at the ZHAW

Professor of Financial Management (focus Corporate Finance & Sustainable Financing)

www.zhaw.ch/abf/sustainable-finance

Expertise and research interests

- Sustainable Financing
- Capital structure and financing policy
- Loan financing and mezzanine financing
- Financing of SMEs and growth companies
- Innovative and inclusive forms of financing (token-based ecosystems, crowdfinancing, participatory loans)
- Corporate finance in the context of sustainable development cooperation
- Company and project valuation (especially consideration of real options)
- Currency risk management in companies
- Finance theory

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Educational background

Ph.D. in Banking and Finance at the University of Zurich (Dr. oec.). Studies in Business Informatics with focus on Corporate Finance at the University of Zurich (MSc.) with stay at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, Bloomington (USA).

Professional milestones

From 2013 to 2016, he worked as a (senior) advisor for IFBC, a management consultancy specializing in corporate finance. His academic roots are at the University of Zurich, where he also started his professional career as a research assistant (2007 - 2011). During this time, he was involved in the development of the continuing education program of the Institute for Banking and Finance and, after his dissertation, continued to serve as co-managing director of the continuing education program in finance at the University of Zurich until 2013.

He is still a lecturer at the University of Zurich and the University of Lucerne.

Membership of networks

Projects

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
Other publications
Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Affolter, B., Volkart R. (2012). Betriebliche Investitionsentscheidungen in der Schweizer Praxis (1. Teil). Der Schweizer Treuhänder. Ausgabe 3. S. 132 – 139.

Affolter, B., Volkart R. (2012). Betriebliche Investitionsentscheidungen in der Schweizer Praxis (2. Teil). Der Schweizer Treuhänder. Ausgabe 4. S. 213 - 216.

Affolter, B. (2012). Capital Budgeting und Downside-Risiko - Eine Analyse aus theoretischer und empirischer Sicht. Dissertation Universität Zürich. Onlinepublikation: opac.nebis.ch/ediss/20121364.pdf.

Affolter, B., Volkart, R. (2011). Berücksichtigung des Risikos in Investitionsentscheiden. Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Nr. 284. S. 23.

Wilding, B., Volkart, R., Affolter, B. & Lautenschlager, P. (2010). Strukturierte Produkte in der Schweiz 2010: eine repräsentative Studie aus Anlegersicht. Institut für schweizerisches Bankwesen, Universität Zürich.

Wilding, B., Affolter, B., Wenk, C., Weber, M., Lautenschlager, P. (2010). Erfahrungsbericht eines E-Assessment-Pilotprojektes an der Universität Zürich – Problem und Lösungsansätze. In: Ruedel, C., Mandel, S. (Hrsg.). E-Assessment – Einsatzszenarien und Erfahrungen an Hochschulen, Gesellschaft Medien in der Wissenschaft. Band 56. Waxmann Verlag. S. 109 – 128.

Wilding, B., Volkart, R., Affolter, B. & Lautenschlager, P. (2008). Strukturierte Produkte in der Schweiz 2008: eine repräsentative Studie aus Anlegersicht. Institut für schweizerisches Bankwesen, Universität Zürich.

Affolter, B., Wilding, B., Korner, M., Lautenschlager, P. (2006). Video-Streaming und Podcasting – universitäre Bildung für unterwegs?. In: Seiler Schiedt, E., Kälin, S., Sengstag, C., (Hrsg.). E-Learning – alltagstaugliche Innovation?. Gesellschaft Medien in der Wissenschaft. Band 38. Waxmann Verlag. S. 276 – 287.

Other publications

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