A six-week visit to Harvard Business School by an emerging University of Otago doctoral researcher has been facilitated by a $1000 travel scholarship.
Former Napier man Matthew McCarten is doing his PhD in the Department of Accountancy and Finance at Otago on the impact of shareholder litigation on firms.
Mr McCarten, recently jetted off to the US, where he is being hosted at Harvard by Professor Paul Healy, a prominent New Zealand-born academic.
"This is an amazing opportunity for Matt. He did his undergraduate and masters with us and is now doing his PhD at Otago. It is great that we retain our best students and develop the next generation of Kiwi academics but it is also important they get international experience.
I have impressed upon Matt the importance of developing his international network and exposure," said his primary supervisor, Dr Ivan Diaz-Rainey.