Elizabeth Demers

Elizabeth Demers, PhD, is a Professor of Accounting at INSEAD. Dr. Demers’s research interests relate to economic issues concerning Internet and other New Economy firms. Her studies investigate Internet stock valuations, the marketing role of IPOs, IPO failure prediction, technology stock market bubbles, and strategy and performance measurement in New Economy companies. Dr. Demers’s other research interests include corporate equity valuations and risk management in the property-casualty insurance industry, for which she was a winner of the KPMG/UIUC Competitive Manuscript Competition.

Dr. Demers’s work has been cited in Fortune, Forbes, The Industry Standard, eCompany, and Money magazine, and her research has been funded by C.I.M.A. In 2004, she was inducted into Marquis’ Who’s Who in America. Before pursuing her PhD at Stanford University, Dr. Demers practiced as a Chartered Accountant specializing in business valuations and litigation accounting. Her consulting activities include litigation support for the quantification of economic damages in accounting fraud and Internet industry settings, and the analysis of financial statements for investment managers and hedge funds. Dr. Demers is a Canadian Chartered Accountant, CMA, and Chartered Business Valuator. (This is me - Update Profile)