Dissertation Award Winners

2006 Co-Winners

Romana Louise Autrey, Assistant Professor, Harvard University, USA
Three essays on teams and synergy
University of Texas at Austin dissertation, Paul Newman and Shane Dikoli co-chairs

Alexander Brüggen, Assistant Professor, Maastricht University, Netherlands
Incentives in multi-task settings
Maastricht University dissertation, Frank Moers chair

2004 Co-Winners

Khim Kelly
Ph.D. from University of Southern California
Does Adding Nonfinancial Value Drivers to a Summary Financial Measure Improve the Learning and Performance of Managers?

Professor Kenneth A. Merchant
For Supervising Khim Kelly's Dissertation
Does Adding Nonfinancial Value Drivers to a Summary Financial Measure Improve the Learning and Performance of Managers?

2004 Co-Runner-ups

Jean-Francois Henri
Ph.D. from HEC Montréal
Three Essays on Performance Measurement Systems

Professor Claude Laurin
For Supervising Jean-Francois Henri's Dissertation
Three Essays on Performance Measurement Systems

2003 Winner

Kristy L. Towry
Ph.D. from University of Texas at Austin
Control in a Teamwork Environment - The Impact of Social Ties on the Effectiveness of Mutual Monitoring Contracts

2003 Co-Runner-ups

Michal Matejka
Ph.D. from Tilburg University
The Role of Business Unit Controllers in Organization Design

Brian Mittendorf
Ph.D. from The Ohio State University
Incentives and the Communication Role of a Real Option

2002 Co-Winners

Shijun Cheng
Ph.D. from University of Pittsburgh
R&D Expenditures and CEO Compensation

Frank Moers
Ph.D. from University of Maastricht.]
Performance Measures and Performance Targets in Incentive Systems: An Empirical Study of Use and Effects

2001 Winner

Donna Booker
Ph.D. from Michigan State University
An Experimental Investigation of Activity-Based Costing, Knowledge, and Judgment Accuracy

2001 Runner-up

Karen Sedatole
Ph.D. from University of Michigan
Quality Management Decisions, Contemporaneous Non-Financial Performance Measures, and Future Quality Costs

2000 Winner

Andrea Drake
Ph.D. from Michigan State University
Optimizing Across the Value Chain: External Competitive Threats and the Use of Cot Information on the Buyer-Supplier Negotiations

2000 Runner-up

Li Zhang
Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University
Complementarity, Aggregation and Task Assignment

1999 Winner

Ken Cavalluzzo
Georgetown University
Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania
Competition, Efficiency, Cost Allocation Changes, and Quality in Government Agencies: Evidence on the Federal Reserve

1999 Runner-up

Antonio Davila
Stanford University
Ph.D. from Harvard University
The Information and Control Functions of Management Control Systems in Product Development: Empircal and Analytical Perspectives

1998 Winner

Dhinu Srinivasan
Relation Between Financial and Non-Financial Measures of Performance

1998 Runner-up

Savita Sahay
Studies in the Theory of Transfer Pricing

1997 Winner

Mark Vargus
University of Southern California
Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania
The Implications of Executves' Stock Option Bailout on Future Compensation Contracts

1997 Runner -up

Sean Peffer
University of Oklahoma
Ph.D. from Indiana University
Budgeting as a Negotiation Process: The Effects of Information and Power on Performance, Planning, and Budget Costs

1996 Winner

Scott Keating
University of Rochester
Ph.D. from Harvard University
Strategy and Structure: An Investigation of Control and Performance Measurement Practices in Diversified Firms

1996 Runner-up

Christopher Chapman
University of Oxford
Ph.D. from London School of Economics and Political Science
Accountants in Organization Networks: Mapping Patterns of Intefunctional Communication

1995 Winner

Andrew E. Spero, Jr.
Assistant Professor, Washington University
Achieving Objectives in a Stochastic Environment in the Presence of Moral Hazard

1995 Runner-up

Janice R. Mereba,
Assistant Professor, Temple University
Incentive Regulation of Electric Utilities from an Agency Theoretic Perspective: An Empirical Analysis of Accounting and Economic Variables in a Regulated Setting.

1994 Winner

Shannon W. Anderson
Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
Measuring Manufacturing Performance: The Impact of Product Mix Complexity on Operating Performance and Manufacturing Overhead Cost

1994 Runner-up

Alexander Thevaranjan
Assistant Professor, Syracuse University
Effort Allocation and Executive Compensation

1993 Winner

Christopher D. Ittner
The Economics and Measurement of Quality Costs: An Empirical Investigation

1993 Runner-up

Ramachandran Natarajan
The Use of Discretionary Accounting Reports in Management Compensation Contracts

1992 Winner

Michael Alles
Assistant Professor, University of Texas-Austin
Ph.D. from Stanford University
Incentive Aspects of Costing

1992 Runner-up

Leslie Eldenburg
Assistant Professor, California State University-Fresno
Ph.D. from University of Washington
The Use of Information in a Cost Containment Environment: An Analysis of the Agency Relationship Between Hospitals and Physicians

1991 Winner

Holly Johnson
Rice University
Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University
Empirical Studies in Management Accounting: Three Essays on the Airline Industry, 1981-1985.

1991 Winner

Mahendra Gupta
Washington University
Ph.D. from Stanford University
Aggregation Issues in Product Costing

1990 Winner

Kenneth Snead
Bowling Green State University
Ph.D. from University of South Carolina
An Application of Expectancy Theory to Examine Manager's Motivation to Utilize a Decision Support System

1990 Runner-up

Sid Ewer
Southwest Missouri State
Ph.D. from University of Mississippi
A Study of the Effect of Transborder Data Flow Restrictions on U.S. Multinational Corporate Accounting Control Systems

1989 Winner

Jeffrey Yost
University of Florida
Ph.D. from Ohio State University
Intra-Firm Resource Allocation and Transfer Pricing under Asymmetric Information

1989 Runner-up

Leslie Daniel Turner
Northern Kentucky University
Ph.D. from University of Kentucky
Improved Measures of Manufacturing Maintenance in a Capital Budgeting Context: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis Efficiency Measure

1988 Winner

William N. Dilla
University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D. from University of Texas-Austin
Tests of Information Evaluation Behavior in a Competitive Environment

1988 Runner-up

Yoon Suh
University of California-Los Angeles
Ph.D. from University of Texas-Austin
Noncontrollable Cost and Optimal Performance Measurement