Carlos De Mello-e-Souza PhD
Associate Professor
Curriculum Vitae
Education
PhD, Accounting, Cornell University
MBA, Cornell University
MS, Operations Research, Federal University of Rio
BS, Electrical/Systems Engineering, Catholic University of Rio
Syllabus
ACCT-311 - Spring 2012
ACCT-538/FINC-538 - Spring 2012
ACCT-580 - Winter 2012
MBA-503 - Summer 2011
ACCT-591 "International Financial Accounting" - Spring 2011
ACCT-531 - Winter 2011
Personal Bio
Carlos De Mello-e-Souza has over 15 years experience teaching courses in financial accounting, financial analysis and corporate valuation. He has taught at INSEAD, Penn State (University Park), Susquehanna University and Seattle University. Carlos graduated as Electrical Engineer from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, has an M.Sc. in Production Engineering from COPPE-UFRJ, and received both his MBA and Ph.D. from Cornell University. He has worked several years as a financial analyst at the National Bank for Economic and Social Development in Brazil (BNDES) and in the Controller’s departments of both Esso Brasileira de Petróleo and Souza Cruz (a subsidiary of BAT, plc). Between 1996 and 2000 Carlos served as chief financial officer of a publicly traded independent Coca-Cola bottler in the state of Rio de Janeiro. His main research interest concerns bankruptcy prediction and the effect of bankruptcy risk on stock returns. He has published in the RAND Journal of Economics, in Business Valuation Review, in Journal of the Academy of Business Education and in Strategic Finance.