Associate Professor of Finance

Donald G. Margotta

413 Hayden Hall
Northeastern University
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5000

617.373.4739
d.margotta@northeastern.edu

Profile

Education

PhD in Finance, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MBA, Rutgers University
BS and MS, Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey

Research & Teaching Interests

Professor Margotta's interests include Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Corporate Governance.

Industry & Academic Experience

Professor Margotta served as an instructor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before joining the CBA faculty in 1983. He was previously employed as corporate manager of marketing with Huyck Corporation, business manager for paper markets with Mallinckrodt, Inc., and product development supervisor with National Starch and Chemical Corporation.

Services to the Profession

Professor Margotta is a member of the American Finance Association. He has served as a member of the Commission to Review Massachusetts Takeover Laws and as a consultant to several Fortune 500 companies on issues pertaining to corporate governance. He has also served as an expert witness in more than 15 cases in defense of state takeover laws, poison pills, and in 10-b 5 cases involving "fraud on the market".

Awards & Recognition

Best Paper Award, Global Business and Finance Conference, July 11, 2009

Northeastern University Teaching Excellence Award, 1986

Publications

Selected Publications

Margotta, D. "Adolf Berle and the New Modern Corporation," The Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge, V. 22, Number 1, Summer 2016.

Margotta, D. "Halliburton and Efficient Market Theory," The Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge, V. 3, Number 2, Summer 2015.

Margotta, D. "The Role of Stock Prices in Litigation," The Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge, V. 20, Number 1, September 2014, 9-16.

Margotta, D. "Conflicting Theories in Finance and Law," The Business Review, Cambridge, V. 19, Number 1, September 2013, 1-8.

Margotta, D. "Two Cultures Shaping the Corporate Governance Debate," International Research Journal of Applied Finance, Vol. III, Issue 6, June 2012, 756-769.

Margotta, D. "Management Responses to Current Stock Prices," The Business Review, Cambridge, V. 18, Number 1, September 2012, 47-54.

Margotta, D. "Market Integrity, Market Efficiency, Market Accuracy," The Business Review, Cambridge, Vol. 17, Number 2, Summer 2011, 14-20.

Margotta, D. "Adolf Berle and Revolution in the Modern Corporation," The Business Review, Cambridge, Vol. 15, Number 2, Summer 2010, 62-67.

Presentations

Selected Presentations

Margotta, Donald (Presenter & Author), The Global Business & Finance Research Conference, "Conflicts in Theories: Finance and Law", Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge, London. (July 12, 2013).

Margotta, D. (2012). Management Responses to Current Stock Prices. The Business Review, Cambridge, 18(1), 47-54.

Margotta, D. (2012). Two Cultures Shaping the Corporate Governance Debate. International Research Journal of Applied Finance, III (6), 756-769.

Margotta, Donald (Presenter & Author), The Global Business & Finance Research Conference, "Management Responses to Current Stock Prices", London, UK. (July 6, 2012).

Margotta, D. (2011). Market Integrity, Market Efficiency, Market Accuracy. The Business Review, Cambridge, 17 (Number 2), 14-20.