Brian Bratten presented his paper titled, “Filling in the GAAPs in Individual Analysts’ Street Earnings Forecasts,” co-authored with Stephannie Larocque and Teri Yohn, at the American Accounting Association’s Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Midyear Meeting in Austin, Texas on January 27.
David Hardesty has been appointed to the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Consumer Research.
The Journal of Consumer Research publishes scholarly research that describes and explains consumer behavior. Empirical, theoretical, and methodological articles spanning fields such as psychology, marketing, sociology, economics, communications, and anthropology are featured in this interdisciplinary journal.
Congratulations to David!
The department of Marketing and Supply chain is proud to announce that they are ranked as a UTD Worldwide Top 50 and UTD North America Top 50 research department according to the latest 2015-2018 publication rankings. The department is currently ranked #49 Worldwide and #44 in North America among marketing departments. Our hope is we can rise even higher over the coming months and years. Congratulations to everyone in the marketing department!
The Gatton College of Business and Economics is proud to announce the first University of Kentucky stock pitch competition in spring 2018. This event provides an opportunity for students to carry out creative, value-added research in stock investing and to obtain real-world insights about business. Special thanks to funding partners, Truist and the Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise, the competition is open to all students enrolled full-time in undergraduate or master’s-level programs at the University of Kentucky.
In his dissertation, Tejas Channagiri, a PhD candidate in strategic management at Gatton, investigates the role of status differences among firms in impacting their motivation to launch competitive moves against one another. The question is an interesting and important one to answer because extant research makes equivocal predictions. Some research indicates that status hierarchies are characterized by lower status actors accepting rather than questioning their position within the hierarchy.
Russell Williamson, PhD student in the Von Allmen School of Accountancy, presented a paper co-authored with Brian Bratten and titled “The Effect of Mandated Performance Measurement on Voluntary Disclosure and Market Responses: Evidence from the EPA 2009 Reporting Expansion” at the university of Louisville on Jan 19, 2018.
Dan Halgin and Zhi Huang had their research: Walsh, I.W., Halgin, D.S, & Huang, Z. , “Making old friends: Understanding the causes and consequences of maintaining former coworker relationships,” accepted for publication in Academy of Management Discoveries.
Leonce Bargeron presented “What is revealed when firms repurchase against short selling?” (with Alice Bonaime) at the 2018 American Finance Association meeting in Philadelphia.
Ben Commerford's paper “Auditor Sensitivity to Real Earnings Management: The Importance of Ambiguity and Earnings Context” (with Dana Hermanson, Rich Houston, and Michael Peters) was recently accepted for publication at Contemporary Accounting Research.
University of Kentucky Provost David W. Blackwell has named Warren W. Rosenthal Professor of Marketing Steven J. Skinner to the position of interim dean of the Gatton College of Business and Economics. Skinner begins his new duties immediately. Blackwell had served as dean of the Gatton College until his appointment as UK's provost.
