University of Mississippi
237 Holman Hall
Box 1848
University, MS 38677-1848
Phone: (662) 915-7721
Fax:
(662) 915-5821
E-mail: mwalker@bus.olemiss.edu
Profile
Dr. M. Mark Walker is an associate professor of finance at The University of Mississippi. His primary teaching and research interests include corporate finance,
investments, and business valuation. He earned a B.S.C.E. degree from North Carolina State University, an M.B.A. degree from Pennsylvania State University, and a
Ph.D. degree from Michigan State University. He holds two professional designations: Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Certified Business Appraiser (CBA).
Dr. Walker is a member of Financial Executives International, the CFA Institute, the Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA), the National Association of Forensic
Economics (NAFE), and the National Business Valuation Group, LLC. He currently serves as a Trustee of the Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF).
FERF is the research affiliate of Financial Executives International (FEI). Dr. Walker also serves on the editorial board of Business Appraisal Practice, which is published
by the Institute of Business Appraisers.
Research Activities
Dr. Walker has published over 25 articles in academic and practitioner journals including Financial Management, The Financial Review, Applied Financial Economics,
The Financial Services Review, The Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, Business Appraisal Practice, and Valuation Strategies
(please see Selected Publications & Speaking Engagements ). His research interests include:
1) the relation between corporate strategy and changes in acquiring-firm shareholder wealth,
2) the impact of analysts’ recommendations on shareholder wealth, and
3) the methods business appraisers use to estimate the cost of equity for a privately-held firm.
Consulting
Activities
Dr. Walker is a financial consultant, who has devoted particular attention to the valuation of small businesses and closely-held corporations. His appraisal experience
includes manufacturing firms, retail stores, and professional and non-professional service businesses. Numerous events preceded these appraisal assignments, including a
dissenter’s rights action, marital dissolutions, a potential sale, and the owner’s need for estate planning.
Dr. Walker also serves as a financial expert by estimating the reduction in an individual’s work-life earnings capacity following a personal injury.
Course Assignments
Fin 635 Financial Management II (Ph.D. level)
Fin 533 Security Analysis and Portfolio Management (Senior, MBA)
Fin 531 Finance Case Course (Senior, MBA)
Fin 431 Business Finance II (Undergraduate level)
Fin 338 Intermediate Financial Management (Undergraduate level)
Fin 334 Investments (Undergraduate level)
Fin 331 Business Finance I (Undergraduate level)
MBA 611 MBA Skills I (Fundamentals of statistics and finance)
BUS 230 Business Statistics I (Undergraduate level)