James Malm, Ph.D
Associate Professor of Finance

Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 843.953.5192
E-mail: malmj@cofc.edu
Curriculum Vitae: Download
Education
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AlabamaPh.D., Finance, May 2014
M.S., Operations Management, December 2009
Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
Postgraduate Diploma, Mathematical Sciences, June 2005
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi{Ghana
B.S., Electrical Engineering (1st Class Honors), July 2003
Research Interests
Empirical Corporate Finance
Capital Structure
Investments
International Finance
Real Estate
Operations Management
Applied Econometrics
Courses Taught
Financial Management Information Systems
Intermediate Financial Management
Business Finance
Computerized Management Information Systems Lab
Introduction to Operations Management
Honors and Awards
Outstanding MBA Professor, School of Business, College of Charleston, Class of 2020
Outstanding MBA Professor, School of Business, College of Charleston, Class of 2019
Outstanding MBA Professor, School of Business, College of Charleston, Class of 2017
Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, School of Business, College of Charleston, Class of 2017
ExCEL Award, Outstanding Faculty of the Year, School of Business, College of Charleston, Class of 201 7
Horizon Award, College of Charleston Teaching, Learning, and Technology, 2015
Summer Research Grant, School of Business, College of Charleston, Summer 2015 & Summer 2016
Global Scholar, College of Charleston, 2015
Manderson Graduate School Dean's Scholarship, University of Alabama, 2013
Summer Excellence in Research Grant, University of Alabama, 2013
Graduate Students Association Research Travel Grant, 2013
Comer Foundation Scholarship, 2012-2013
Publications
Working Capital Mis (management) - Impact of Executive Age (with Adhikari, H., Krolikowski, M.
and Sah, N.), forthcoming, Accounting and Finance.
Litigation Risk and Payout Policy (with Kanuri, S.), Managerial Finance, 2020, Vol. 46, Issue 11, pp. 1391-1406.
Do Women Managers Keep Firms Out Of Trouble? Evidence From Corporate Litigation and Policies (with Adhikari, B. and Agrawal, A.), Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2019, Vol. 67, pp. 202-225.
Litigation Risk and Working Capital (with Sah, N.), Managerial Finance, 2019, Vol. 45, Issue 1, pp. 88-102.
Litigation Risk, Financial Distress, and the Use of Subsidiaries (with Ligon, J. A.), The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. 2018, Volume 67, pp. 255-272.
Performance of Female CEOs (with Kanuri, S.), Journal of Investing. 2018, Volume 27, pp. 135-142.
Evaluating the Performance and Diversification Benefits of Emerging Market Exchange Traded Funds (with Kanuri, S., and Malhotra, D.), Journal of Wealth Management. 2018, Volume 20, Issue 4, pp. 85-90.
Inter-Firm Linkages and M&A Returns (with Adhikari, H., Krolikowski, M. and Sah, N.), The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. 2017, Volume 63, pp. 135-146.
Litigation Risk and Cash Holdings (with Kanuri, S.), Journal of Economics and Finance. 2017, Volume 41, Issue 4, pp. 679-700.
Litigation Risk and Financial Leverage (with Krolikowski, M.), Journal of Economics and Finance. 2017, Volume 41, Issue 1, pp. 180-194.
Litigation Risk and Investment Policy (with Adhikari, H., Krolikowski, M. and Sah, N.), Journal of Economics and Finance. 2017, Volume 41, Issue 4, pp. 829-840.
The New Faculty Qualification Criteria: The Impact on a Teaching Focused Public and Private School of Business (with Evans, J. and Jones, T.), Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice. 2016, Volume 16, Issue 3, pp. 43-50.
Financial Hedging and Sustainability Modeling Considering Uncertainties: A Case Study of Ethanol Supply Chain (with Awudu, I., Zhang, J., Osmani, A., Bachkar, K., and Yakubu, M.), Journal of Management and Sustainability. 2015, Volume 5, Issue 2, pp. 1-23.
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