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Kenneth A. Merchant

Expert in corporate governance, management accounting and control systems, ethics and budgeting
  • Holder of Deloitte & Touche LLP Chair in Accountancy
  • Professor of Accounting
  • USC Leventhal School of Accounting, USC Marshall School of Business
Office: (213) 821-5920
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Expertise

  • management accounting
  • management control systems
  • performance measurement, evaluation and incentives
  • corporate governance

Additional Information

  • Author of Control in Business Organizations (1985); Fraudulent and Questionable Financial Reporting: A Corporate Perspective (1987); Rewarding Results: Motivating Profit Center Managers (1989); Accounting for Management Control (1990); Modern Management Control Systems: Text and Cases (1998); Blind Spots, Biases and Other Pathologies in the Boardroom (2010); Accounting: Text and Cases (13th edition, 2011); Management Control Systems (3rd edition, 2012); and numerous journal articles
  • Recipient of three Notable Contributions awards, Outstanding Service Award from American Accounting Association, Lybrand Gold Medal Award from Institute of Management Accountants, Outstanding Reviewer Award from Emerald Literai Network, and honorary doctorate from Turku School of Economics (Finland)
  • Member of American Accounting Association, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Beta Alpha Psi, Beta Gamma Sigma, Financial Executives International, Institute of Management Accountants, and National Association of Corporate Directors