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Chris Kobrak

at Rotman School of Management

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    Rotman School of Management

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    Chris Kobrak, one of our faculty members, died suddenly on January 9 at his home in Paris. Chris divided his time between Toronto and Paris.

    In the 2012-13 academic year, Chris joined us as he Wilson/Currie Chair of Canadian Business and Financial History at Rotman and began teaching as a visiting professor. He continued to be a professor of finance at ESCP Europe in Paris, France, where he had taught since 1991.

    In July 2015, we were pleased when Chris joined the Rotman School as a full professor. During his career, his main areas of teaching included international finance, financial theory, especially corporate governance, and business and financial history. His research concentrated on corporate and financial history, which included how the evolution of capital markets and political risk affected business strategies. His special interest was the interface between history and management, especially how politics and economic events helped shape corporate forms, international investment decisions, and governance structures. Among his degrees, he held a PhD (Business History) from Columbia University in New York, and a post-doctoral Habilitation in Management from the University of Toulouse.

    Chris was internationally prominent in business history. He took the lead in developing the Canadian Business History Association with Mark Bonham. He was also a popular visiting professor at Rotman and we were excited to have him join us as a full professor. He was scheduled to be teaching this term.

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    "Finance and Family-Ness: An Historical Assessment," The Endurance of Family Business; C. Kobrak & P. Bunkanwanicha; Eds. P. Fernandez Perez & A. Colli; Cambridge University Press; 2013

    "USA: The International Attraction of the US Insurance Market," World Insurance: The Evolution of a Global Risk Network; C. Kobrak; Eds. P. Borscheid and N. Viggo Haueter; Oxford University Press; 2012

    German title for Banking on Global Markets: Deutsche Bank und die USA: Gesschaft und Politik von 1870 bis heute; C. Kobrak; C.H. Beck; 2008

    Banking on Global Markets: Deutsche Bank and the United States, 1870 to the Present; C. Kobrak; Cambridge University Press; 2007

    "From Kant to Liar''s Poker: History and Business Ethics," Archives and Corporate Culture; C. Kobrak; Ed. G. Teichman et al; European Association for Banking and Financial History; 2006

    European Business, Dictatorship and Political Risk: 1920-1945; Eds., C. Kobrak & P. Hansen; Berghahn Books; 2004

    "The Origins of Political Risk in the Twentieth Century," European Business, Dictatorship and Political Risk: 1920-1945; C. Kobrak & P. Hansen; Berghahn Books; 2004

    "Big Business and the Third Reich," in The Historiography of the Holocaust; C. Kobrak; Ed. D. Stone; MacMillan Press; 2004

    National Cultures and International Competition: The Experience of Schering AG, 1851-1950; C. Kobrak; Cambridge University Press; 2002

    Papers

    • "Finance and Family-Ness: An Historical Assessment," The Endurance of Family Business; C. Kobrak & P. Bunkanwanicha; Eds. P. Fernandez Perez & A. Colli; Cambridge University Press; 2013
    • "USA: The International Attraction of the US Insurance Market," World Insurance: The Evolution of a Global Risk Network; C. Kobrak; Eds. P. Borscheid and N. Viggo Haueter; Oxford University Press; 2012
    • German title for Banking on Global Markets: Deutsche Bank und die USA: Gesschaft und Politik von 1870 bis heute; C. Kobrak; C.H. Beck; 2008
    • Banking on Global Markets: Deutsche Bank and the United States, 1870 to the Present; C. Kobrak; Cambridge University Press; 2007
    • "From Kant to Liar''s Poker: History and Business Ethics," Archives and Corporate Culture; C. Kobrak; Ed. G. Teichman et al; European Association for Banking and Financial History; 2006
    • European Business, Dictatorship and Political Risk: 1920-1945; Eds., C. Kobrak & P. Hansen; Berghahn Books; 2004
    • "The Origins of Political Risk in the Twentieth Century," European Business, Dictatorship and Political Risk: 1920-1945; C. Kobrak & P. Hansen; Berghahn Books; 2004
    • "Big Business and the Third Reich," in The Historiography of the Holocaust; C. Kobrak; Ed. D. Stone; MacMillan Press; 2004
    • National Cultures and International Competition: The Experience of Schering AG, 1851-1950; C. Kobrak; Cambridge University Press; 2002

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