Jim Nolen
Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst Center, Associate Director
Department: Finance
Additional Titles: Distinguished Senior Lecturer, Department of Finance
Industry Areas: Banking, Corporate Valuation, Entrepreneurship, Executive Education, Small Businesses, Venture Capital
Research Areas: Business Valuation, Entrepreneurship, Finance - Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions
Jim Nolen is a Distinguished Senior Lecturer in the Department of Finance. He received his B.B.A. and M.B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin. He has taught both undergraduate and graduate classes at UT since 1980. Jim has taught in the Mexico City and Dallas Executive MBA programs as well as IMADEC University in Vienna. Mr. Nolen has received numerous teaching awards. His research and teaching interests include entrepreneurship and corporate finance, including business valuation and mergers &acquisitions. Professor Nolen is the faculty advisor for Venture Fellows and the Entrepreneurs Society. Mr. Nolen has extensive executive education experience working with corporate clients such as Dell, Texas Instruments, Essilor, PetSmart, St. Jude Medical, USAA, Shell Oil, HB Zachry, Fedex-Kinkos and Motorola. Mr. Nolen serves on the board of directors of an independent bank, a recycling company and a medical distribution company.
ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP & AWARDS
2006 |
Teaching Awards Fawn and Vijay Mahajan Teaching Excellence Award in Executive Education
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1999 |
Fawn and Vijay Mahajan Teaching Excellence Award in Executive Education
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1998 |
Mary and Hank Harkin Award for Effective Teaching
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2009 |
Graduate Business Council's Faculty Honor Roll, Spring and Fall Semesters, 2000-2009
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2008 |
Graduate Business Council's Teaching Award for Best Ability to Link Theory and Practice, 1998-2008
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Publications
Jay C. Hartzell, Bill Gurley, Rich Hall, Ken Wiles, Farah Khan, Drew Sweeney, Brian Hegi, B. J. Loessberg, and Jim A. Nolen. 2021. Texas Private Equity Conference. Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 33(3), 95-113.