PHD in Economics
2007
Interdisciplinary Program in Technology Management,
Economics and Policy Major
Seoul National University[1] (SNU), Seoul, South Korea [Full
Scholarship]
§ Ph.D. Thesis:
“Research on the Financial Decisions of ICT Companies: Evidence from NASDAQ”.
(The essays comprising this thesis have already been published in international
journals) (GPA: 4.0/4.3)
§
World Education Services Equivalence§: Doctorate in Economics
Masters in Finance 2001
Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Kaslik
§ Master Thesis
evaluation: Very Good% (GPA: 3.4/4.0)
§
World Education Services Equivalence: Master's degree in Finance
Bachelor in Business
Administration
1998 Lebanese University, Beirut
§
World Education Services
Equivalence: Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Finance
§ Undergraduate Level:
o Level 2: (1) Principles of Micro and
Macro Economics (2) Business Behaviour in a Changing World, (2) Microfinance Theory
and Practice.
o Level 3: (1) Strategic Management,
(2) Corporate Finance, (3) Investment Analysis, (4) Financial Modelling.
§ MBA Level:
o (1) Strategy for Senior Managers,
(2) Financial Strategy: Valuation and Governance, (3) Corporate Finance, (4)
Managing Financial Risk.
ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor,
Faculty of Business Studies (FBS) Aug 2010 – Nov
2019
Associate Professor,
Faculty of Business Studies (FBS) Dec 2019 – To
Date
Arab Open University, Beirut (Affiliated to the
Open University, UK)
Academic and
Administrative Positions:
Deputy Director for
Academic Affairs
Aug 2019 – To Date
MBA program
Coordinator
Oct 2017 – Sept 2019
Head of Antelias
Branch
Oct 2016 – To Date
General Course
Chair July 2014 – To Date
Head of the Business
Faculty
Jan
2012 – June 2014
Branch Course
Coordinator
Sept 2010 – Dec 2011
Consultant, Global Compensation 2008 – 2010
Gildan Activewear, Montreal (a multinational with
factories in Latin America and Asia)
Instructor (Part-time, while finishing my PhD
dissertation) 2006 – 2007
Arab Open University, Beirut (Affiliate of the Open
University in UK)
Teaching Assistant (while studying my
PhD) 2005-2006
Seoul National University, South Korea
Financial
Analyst, GSM Group 1997 – 2004
Ministry of
Telecommunications (MOT), and OGERO, Beirut
§ Aoun, D.,
Hendieh, J., Nakfour, S., 2019, The Curse of Limited Growth Among Lebanese
Microfinance Institutions. Enterprise Development and Microfinance,
30:3, pp. 174-188. (Publisher: Practical Action Publishing)
§ Hendieh, J.,
Aoun, D., Osta, A., 2019, Students’ Attitudes Toward Entrepreneurship at the Arab
Open University – Lebanon. Journal of Entrepreneurship Education. 22:2,
pp. 1-13 (Publisher: Allied Business Academies)
§ Aoun, D., 2017.
Assessing the Economic Sustainability of Managing Protected Areas Using the CVM
and CBA Approaches. Management of Environmental Quality. 27:4, pp.
374-389. (Publisher: Emerald)
§ Aoun, D., 2015.
Who Pays More to Preserve a Natural Reserve, Visitors or Locals? A Confidence
Analysis of a Contingent Valuation Application. Environmental Economics and Policy Studies. 17:4, pp. 471-486 (Publisher: Springer)
§ Aoun, D., 2012.
The Capital Structure of ICT vs. Non-ICT firms: Evidence from UK. International
Research Journal of Finance and Economics. 89, pp. 15-31.
(Publisher: European Journals Inc.)
§ Aoun, D., Hwang, J., 2008. The Effect of Cash Flow and Size on the Investment
Decision of ICT firms: A Dynamic Approach. Journal of Information Economics
and Policy. 20:2, pp. 120-134. (Publisher: Elsevier)
§ Aoun, D.,
Heshmati, A., 2008. International diversification, capital structure
and cost of capital: evidence from ICT firms listed at NASDAQ. Applied
Financial Economics. 18:12, pp. 1021-1032. (Publisher: Taylor
& Francis)
Kim,
H., Heshmati, A., Aoun, D., 2006. Dynamics of Capital Structure: The Case of
Korean Listed Manufacturing Companies. Asian Economic Journal, 20:3, pp. 275-302. (Publisher: Wiley)