Noureddine Kouaissah International University of Rabat, Rabat Business School   nkouaissah@gmail.com La Rochelle, 17000 France   nkouaissah@gmail.com     Biographical Sketch: I am currently an associate professor at Excelia Business School. I did a postdoctoral fellow at the State University of Bergamo, Italy. I obtained my Ph.D. from the State University of Bergamo and Technical University of Ostrava, earning a double degree in quantitative finance with a thesis entitled "Financial Applications of the Conditional Expectation." My research interests focus on the application of probability theory and operational research to portfolio theory, risk management, and multi-criteria decision-making. Dr. Kouaissah teaches modules of Market and Corporate Finance.   Primary Research Focus: Finance and operational research   JEL Areas: G1 : General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data) C0 : Mathematical and Quantitative Methods: General