刘劲教授现任长江商学院副院长，教授管理委员会主席，会计与金融教授， 曾在1999至2008年间任教于加州大学洛杉矶分校安德森管理学院(UCLA ANDERSON SCHOOL)并于2006年获终身教授职称，1998在哥伦比亚大学经济系授课，1999 年获哥伦比亚大学商学院（Columbia Business School）工商管理博士学位。刘教授长期从事资本市场，财务会计和股权投资的研究，是在股权投资和证券分析领域的国际著名专家。刘教授的研究成果具有国际影响力，近十年来一直是华人社科学者中被国际文献最为广泛引用的作者之一。在社会科学研究网（SSRN）上常年位居全球前10%的下载量。多个国际一级学术刊物的长期审稿人及编委。曾获长江商学院杰出研究奖，加州大学安德森管理学院杰出研究奖（Eric and "E" Juline Faculty Excellence in Research Award），以及巴克莱全球投资（BARCKLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS）最佳论文奖。

在授课方面， 刘教授主要讲授价值投资的理论与实践。其主要内容包括1）如何理解资本市场，2）如何理解企业的价值，3）如何在市场和价值的基础上控制风险，做长期投资。刘教授注重把对产业的深度研究带入课堂，尤其关注新技术、新模式对传统产业产生的长远影响。从2015年起，刘教授带领研究团队平均每月完成一项对投资、产业或科技的研究项目，在中外著名商学院中独树一帜。

在管理上，刘教授是第一届通过民主选举产生的长江商学院教授管理委员会主席，是分管长江的企业家学者项目（DBA）、创业创新社区（创创）的副院长，以及投资研究中心主任；是长江创创社区以及青年人投资论坛的发起人；“长江商学院投资者情绪调查”“长江商学院创业创新指数”的创建者；曾担任长江商学院校友理事会理事长，首届长江商学院发展基金理事长。在2008至2015年，刘教授也曾分管财务、人事、IT、运营等行政工作，为打造长江的管理和文化体系做出了贡献。

刘教授注重理论与实践的结合，对商业实践有深度的研究和参与，除了在商学院的多年教研和管理工作之外，曾任或现任多个国内与国际公司以及投资基金的独立董事及资深顾问。

财务会计、公司财务，资本市场

1. "Stock Returns and Accounting Earnings," with Jacob Thomas, Journal of Accounting Research, spring 2000.
2. "The Feltham-Ohlson (1995) Model: Empirical Implications," with James Ohlson, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, summer 2000.
3. "Equity Valuation Using Multiples," with Jacob Thomas and Doron Nissim, Journal of Accounting Research, March 2002.
4. "Measuring Value Relevance in a (possibly) Inefficient Market," with David Aboody and John Hughes, Journal of Accounting Research, September 2002.
5. "Valuation and Accounting for Inflation and Foreign Exchange," with John Hughes and Mingshan Zhang, Journal of Accounting Research, September 2004
6. "Discussion of 'The role of changes in expectations in explaining the cross-section of returns.'"Review of Accounting Studies, September 2004.
7. "Earnings quality, insider trading and cost of capital," with David Aboody and Jack Hughes, theJournal of Accounting Research, 2005.
8. "On international accounting valuation," the Journal of International Accounting Research, 2006.
9. "Cash flow is king? Comparing valuations based on cash flow versus earnings multiples," with Jacob Thomas and Doron Nissim, the Financial Analyst Journal, 2007.
10. "Information asymmetry, diversification and cost of capital" with John Hughes and Jun Liu, theAccounting Review, 2007.
11. "Are executive stock option exercises driven by private information?" with David Aboody, John Hughes and Wei Su, the Review of Accounting Studies, 2008.
12. "On the relation between predictable market returns and predictable analysts' forecast errors," with John Hughes and Wei Su, the Review of Accounting Studies, 2008. Winner of the BGI best paper award.
13. "On the relation between expected returns and implied cost of capital," with John Hughes and Jun Liu, the Review of Accounting Studies, 2009.
14. "Leverage, excess leverage and future stock returns," with Judson Caskey and John Hughes, the Review of Accounting Studies, 2011.
15. "A comparison of US and Chinese firms’ profitability: from 2005 to 2013," with James Ohlson and Weining Zhang, the Accounting Horizons, 2015.