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Faculty in the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business are thought leaders committed to teaching and research. They edit, review for and publish in top academic journals and receive recognition from their peers.  Consequently, they are experts in their fields.

Among the faculty-edited journals are Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Financial Economics, Annals of Finance, Product Innovation Management, Academy of Management Annals, Research in Organizational Behavior, Information Systems Research and Association for Information Systems.

In accounting, for example, the faculty includes the current president of the Financial Accounting Reporting Section of the American Accounting Association (Christine Botosan) and the winner of the Wildman Medal for the greatest contributions to the practice of accounting in the past five years (Robert Allen).

According to the annual survey conducted by the Financial Management Association and Arizona State University, the finance department of the David Eccles School of Business has been ranked as the 20th best university-based research group in the world from 2003 to 2007.

Overall, the school has been ranked No. 22 for faculty research among universities with Executive MBA programs by the Financial Times of London.

Why is research important?  It shows that David Eccles faculty are cutting-edge in their fields –contributing to the growth of knowledge and insuring that students receive up-to-date instruction.  

Here are a few of the faculty members who can be available to you to comment on financial topics that are so important this year:


Accounting/Banking/Finance/Economy/Real Estate

Auditor litigation Martha Eining
Audit Regulation Robert Allen
Bankruptcy and financial distress, corporate Michael Lemmon, Elizabeth Tashjian
CEO compensation Michael Lemmon , Scott Schaefer
CEO turnover Michael Lemmon
Consumer confidence and asset returns Michael Lemmon
Corporate governance Michael Lemmon, Karl Lins
Data snooping Michael Cooper
Economics Scott Schaefer
Electronic Commerce Paul Hu
Energy markets Hendrik Bessembinder
Entrepreneurship Troy D'Ambrosio, William Schulze
Equity returns predictability Michael Cooper
Ethics, accounting Martha Eining
Financial disclosure decisions, earnings announcements Christine Botosan, Matthew J. Magilke
Financial reporting Christine Botosan
Fraud and forensic accounting Martha Eining
Futures contracts Elizabeth Tashjian
Healthcare Abe Bakhsheshy, Debra Scammon
Hedge funds Michael Cooper
Industrial Banks Calvin Boardman, James Schallheim
International finance, investments and governance Hendrik Bessembinder, Karl Lins
Investment management Elizabeth Tashjian, Scott Schaefer
Labor markets Scott Schaefer
Market transparency Hendrik Bessembinder
Market volatility Hendrik Bessembinder
Managerial Accounting Taylor Randall
Mergers and acquisitions Michael Lemmon
Outsourcing Stephen Carson, William Hesterly
Mutual funds Hendrik Bessembinder– trading practices
Michael Cooper– investor behavior
Multi-market trading Michael Lemmon
Real Estate, Commercial Buzz Welch
Real Estate, Residential Terry Walker
Risk Assessment Robert Allen
SEC regulations Christine Botosan, Martha Eining
Social perception Kristina Diekmann
Turnaround management Elizabeth Tashjian
Venture capital Brian Cadman, Michael Cooper, Troy D'Ambrosio, Taylor Randall, William Schulze

Business Management/Ethics/Organizational Behavior

Conflict in organizations Kristina Diekmann, Harris Sondak
Decision making Arthur Brief, Kristina Diekmann, Don Wardell
Diversity Arthur Brief, Harris Sondak
Ethics within an organization Arthur Brief, Harris Sondak
Groups Kristina Diekmann, Markus Vodosek
Human resource management Abe Bakhsheshy
Leadership Abe Bakhsheshy
Negotiation Kristina Diekmann, Harris Sondak
Operations management Taylor Randall, Glen Schmidt
Organizational behavior Arthur Brief
Problem Solving William Hesterly
Procedural justice Harris Sondak
Relationships in an organization Harris Sondak
Small business William Schulze
Six Sigma Don Wardell
Strategic Management/ Strategy William Hesterly, William Schulze
Supply Chain Management Taylor Randall, Glen Schmidt,
Teamwork Bryan Bonner, Kristina Diekmann, Gerardo Okhuysen

Marketing/Retail/Consumer

Advertising Himanshu Mishra
Consumer Behavior Himanshu Mishra, Terry Pavia, Debra Scammon
Intellectual Property Stephen Carson
International Marketing Harold Koch
Marketing principles Abbie Griffin, Terry Pavia, Debra Scammon
Marketing to organizations Abbie Griffin
Marketing Strategy Stephen Carson, Terry Pavia
New product development, measurements and process Stephen Carson, Abbie Griffin, William Moore
Product development Abbie Griffin, William Moore, Glen Schmidt
Public Policy Terry Pavia, Debra Scammon

IT

Business Intelligence Olivia Sheng
Data Mining Olivia Sheng
Electronic Commerce Paul Hu
Information Systems Randall Boyle, Olivia Sheng
IT Security Randall Boyle
Technology in organizations, application and management Paul Hu

 

 

 

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