Fernando Anjos

Fernando Anjos is an Associate Professor of Finance at NOVA SBE. He received a B.A. in Economics in 1998 from the Catholic University in Lisbon; Portugal; a Masters in Finance in 2004 from ISCTE Business School (Lisbon; Portugal); and a Ph.D. in Financial Economics in 2008 from Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania; USA). Fernando was previously an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Texas at Austin (McCombs School of Business); from 2009 through 2015; and an Assistant Professor of Finance at ISCTE Business School (2008-2009). Fernando also has non-academic work experience; mostly in strategy and business development (Boston Consulting Group; Portugal Telecom).

Research Interests

Corporate finance, corporate diversification, mergers and acquisitions, social and economic networks.

Publications

Anjos, Fernando, Reagans, Ray (2020). Networks in the balance: an agent-based model of optimal exploitation. Journal of Organization Design, 9 (1). Anjos, Fernando, Fracassi, Cesare (2018). Technological specialization and the decline of diversified firms. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 53 (4), 1581-1614. Anjos, Fernando, Kang, Chang Mo (2017). Managerial myopia, financial expertise, and executive-firm matching. Journal of Corporate Finance, 43 (1), 464-479. Anjos, Fernando (2016). Resource configuration, inter-firm networks, and organizational performance. Mathematical social sciences, 82, 37-48. Anchorena, José, Anjos, Fernando (2015). Social ties and economic development. Journal of Macroeconomics, 45, 63-84.

Companies

• Associate Professor Of Finance Nova School of Business and Economics (2018)
• International Faculty Fellow MIT Sloan School of Management (2018 — 2018)
• Assistant Professor of Finance Nova School of Business and Economics (2015 — 2018)
• Assistant Professor of Finance University of Texas at Austin (2009 — 2015)
• Assistant Professor of Finance ISCTE-IUL (2008 — 2009)
• Junior Project Leader Portugal Telecom (2000 — 2004)
• Associate The Boston Consulting Group (1999 — 2000)
• Financial Analyst Banco Efisa (1998 — 1999)
• Management Trainee Unilever Portugal (1998 — 1998)

Education

• PhD Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business (2004 — 2008)
• MSc ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (2002 — 2004)
• BSc Universidade Católica Portuguesa (1993.09 — 1998.01)
• High School German School of Lisbon (1986 — 1992)