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faculty research
Professor David Ricchiute Studies Expert Witness Testimony In a study of accountant expert witnesses and trial judges published in The Accounting Review, Deloitte & Touche Professor David Ricchiute established a link between attorney’s hints, expert testimony, and settlement verdicts. His study demonstrated that an accountant’s prior knowledge of an attorney’s line of reasoning often swayed his expert testimony, a finding that has implications for further research, practice, and education of both accountants and attorneys.
Bretz Elected Fellow in the American Psychological Society Giovanini Professor Robert Bretz’s research on work force composition and career success has broken ground in the field of personnel and human resource management and led to his election as a fellow in the American Psychological Society in 2005. Bretz has been a fellow of the American Psychological Association since 1998.
Currently, Battalio is studying whether short sell constraints were responsible for the NASDAQ bubble (with Clark Chair in Finance Professor Paul Schultz), whether retail investors cause prices to underact to earnings surprises (with Finance Professor Rick Mendenhall), and whether physical stock exchanges will exist in the next five years given the rise of electronic trading. Battalio sees positive momentum in the department over the past few years, a trend confirmed by the rise of the Finance Department’s research ranking to 21st in a survey of the top four finance journals. “The hiring of Roger Huang and Paul Schultz, two renowned scholars, has created a research environment that attracts quality people and encourages collaboration,” said Battalio. (pictured from left to right: Mendenhall, Battalio, Schultz)
Professor Peter Easton directs Center for Accounting Research and Education
A specialist in financial statement analysis and valuation of publicly traded firms, Peter Easton joined the business school faculty in Fall 2003 as the Andersen Alumni Professor of Accountancy. In his research, Easton applies accounting methods and principles to project the future performance of companies. As Director of the Center for Accounting Research and Education, he coordinates conferences to develop young accounting faculty nationwide by providing forums for dissertations, discussions, analysis and feedback. Professor Easton has published prolific research, speaks domestically and internationally, and edits numerous accounting and business journals. One of Easton’s undergraduate majors was horticulture with a significant emphasis on oenology—the science dealing with wine and winemaking.
Marketing Professors Michael Etzel and John Gaski Publish Findings of Multi-Year Study Having tracked consumer attitudes toward marketing activity every year since 1984, Marketing Professors Michael Etzel and John Gaski have found that, while overall sentiments have improved over time, consumers still express concerns about the content of advertising on television. Their findings in the Notre Dame-Synovate Index of Consumer Sentiment Toward Marketing were published in 2005 in the Journal of Consumer Research. The professors also found that positive perceptions of marketing rise with lower inflation and personal savings. Consumers approved most of retailing and product quality, while approving less of advertising and prices.
Finance Professor Jeff Bergstrand Awarded NSF Grant Known for his research on international trade, Finance Professor Jeff Bergstrand was recently awarded a National Science Foundation grant to research the economic determinants of free trade agreements. Bergstrand was invited by the European Commission in Brussels to be a Visiting Fellow in the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs, where he met with various researchers and policymakers of the executive branch of the European Union. Additionally, he was co-recipient of the 2003 Bhagwati award for Best Paper in the Journal of International Economics (JIE) over a two-year period. The paper, co-authored with Scott Baier, is titled “The Growth of World Trade: Tariffs, Transport Costs, and Income Similarity”.
Management Professor Sarv Devaraj Recognized for Publishing Productivity
Management Professor Sarv Devaraj received a 16th place ranking for productivity out of 2,442 scholars who published information systems papers between 1999 and 2003. The recognition came as a result of a study, appearing in the Communications of the Association for Information Systems, which assessed authorship and affiliation data for papers published in twelve information systems and management journals including MIS Quarterly, Communications of the ACM, Information Systems Research, Journal of MIS, Management Science, Harvard Business Review, and Decisions Sciences. Professor Devaraj published nine papers in the set. Devaraj is an avid traveler, having explored Singapore, Malaysia, India, the United Kingdom, Spain, Chile, Canada and many of the 50 United States.
Professor John Sherry Chosen to Lead Marketing Department
Professor John Sherry joined the business school in Summer 2005 as chair of the Marketing Department and was also named the Ray W. and Kenneth G. Herrick Professor of Marketing. Professor Sherry, an anthropologist by training, came from the marketing department at Northwestern University. He pursues research in symbolic communication, customer experiences, cultural analysis, and meaning management. He has four times been a member of the prestigious American Marketing Association Doctoral Consortium Faculty. Professor Sherry has served as a consultant to Procter & Gamble, the Coca-Cola Company, Purina, Sears, Eastman Kodak, and Turner Broadcasting among many other corporations. In his free time, Professor Sherry enjoys canoeing on lakes and rivers.
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Finance Professor Robert Battalio estimates he’s logged more than 5,000 miles during his morning runs with colleagues Rick Mendenhall and Paul Schultz. And he’s tackled some challenging terrain in finance research with his running partners as well.
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