Joseph Korkames
BIOGRAPHY
Joseph is a multi-disciplinary scholar with significant experience across economics, finance, management, marketing, and accounting. He has worked as a valuation analyst, auditor, export/import assistant, university tutor/grader, economics researcher via multiple fellowships, and in multiple roles for his Father’s company—Famous Chili Inc. He also holds multi and single-engine FAA commercial pilot certifications, both with instrument-rating privileges. During his 4 degrees earned across 3 countries before joining IESE, he studied at Oxford and UPF’s BGSE; presented in multiple conferences globally; won numerous state & national academic awards and scholarships; published papers; led, participated in, and volunteered for dozens of collegiate and civil clubs and organizations; and much more.
ONGOING RESEARCH
Joseph is interested in bettering our understanding of how organizations and other economic entities market and finance themselves, in the empirical reality and optimally. Some current works involve meta-analysis, advertising spending, and marketing allocations. He intends to address problems in these areas via a holistic approach utilizing tools from marketing, finance, accounting, econometrics, economic theory, strategy, innovation, mathematics, and other social disciplines.
PhD student
Academic Area
Marketing
Dissertation Director
Prof. Stefan Stremersch
Education
• MRM in Management (IESE Business School)
• MSc in Economics & Finance (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
• MA in Accountancy (Hendrix College)
• BGS in Math & Business (University of Arkansas – Fort Smith)
• BA in Economics, minor International Business (Hendrix College)
Research Interests
Advertising, Pricing, Marketing, Finance, Banking, Fintech, Techfin