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In The M&A Failure Trap: Why Most Mergers and Acquisitions Fail and How the Few Succeed, Baruch Lev and Feng Gu provide a wealth of evidence on the success and failure factors of acquisitions.Lev, professor emeritus of Accounting and Finance at NYU's Stern School of Business and Gu, professor of Accounting and Law at the State University of New York, have analyzed more than 40,000 acquisitions over the past four decades. This has not only allowed them to understand the reasons why 75% of deals fail but also to develop a scorecard that can help decision-makers assess the likelihood of acquisition success ex ante.In their conversation with Martin Reeves, chairman of the BCG Henderson Institute, Lev and Gu discuss how to measure acquisition success, how to curb overconfidence on the side of the acquirer, and key lessons for CEOs seeking inorganic growth.Key topics discussed:[02:45] How mergers and acquisitions have changed[05:00] Judging the success or failure of acquisitions[08:16] Drivers of acquisition failure[14:41] Patterns of successful acquisitions[17:27] Overconfidence and its causes[19:51] Managerial implications

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 507, an interview with the authors of The M&A Failure Trap: Why Most Mergers and Acquisitions Fail and How the Few Succeed, Baruch Lev and Feng Gu.   In this episode, Baruch Lev and Feng Gu discuss the pitfalls of corporate acquisitions and the reasons why CEOs repeatedly make strategic errors that lead to costly mistakes. They argue that many acquisitions are driven by investor pressure and unrealistic expectations, with large deals often failing due to many factors including poor due diligence, lack of synergies, and talent retention challenges. Acquisitions should be a carefully considered last resort, not a knee-jerk strategic move.   Baruch Lev is a professor emeritus at NYU Stern School of Business, where he has taught and conducted research on mergers and acquisitions for decades. He worked formerly at UC Berkeley and the University of Chicago. His work has been widely cited in academic and professional circles (over 63,000 Google Scholar citations), and he is a leading authority on corporate finance and valuation.   Feng Gu is a professor of accounting at the University at Buffalo and has extensive experience in analyzing the financial aspects of corporate acquisitions. His research focuses on the economic consequences of corporate decisions and has been published in top-tier academic journals.   Get The M&A Failure Trap here: https://shorturl.at/YZydV   Here are some free gifts for you: Overall Approach Used in Well-Managed Strategy Studies free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/OverallApproach   McKinsey & BCG winning resume free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/resumepdf   Enjoying this episode? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

Andy Leonard and Frank La Vigne are joined by experts Baruch Lev and Feng Gu to uncover the complexities and pitfalls of mergers and acquisitions. We'll discuss the controversial "killer acquisitions" in the pharmaceutical industry, which regulators fear stifle innovation and harm public health.Our guests will share insights from their upcoming book, "The M&A Failure Trap," which critiques current acquisition strategies and introduces a unique 10-factor scorecard for assessing potential success. From data analysis on 40,000 mergers over 40 years to the challenges and market trends affecting merger outcomes, we'll explore why up to 75% of mergers fail and how decision-makers often benefit at the expense of employees and shareholders.Whether you're an entrepreneur looking to navigate M&As or a data enthusiast curious about the numbers behind these strategic moves, this episode offers a data-driven look at the forces shaping mergers and their real-world impacts.Show NotesThe M&A Trap Book Link (no affiliate) https://www.amazon.com/Failure-Trap-Mergers-Acquisitions-Succeed/dp/1394204760Highlights00:00 Exploring data science, AI, mergers with experts.04:43 Extensive data-driven analysis of mergers' failures.09:22 Investment bankers pressure companies to finalize acquisitions.11:15 Managers get bonuses for concluding acquisition deals.14:26 Global economy affected; star performers leave.17:32 Mergers often lead to employee departures, layoffs.20:24 Managed data engineering team during Unisys acquisition.26:28 Analogies highlight misapplication of causal thinking.28:58 Complex model reveals hidden variable impact.31:01 Correlation can mislead; avoid single-focus traps.37:14 Comprehensive analysis of acquisitions and their impacts.38:39 Analyzed LinkedIn data on employee turnover trends.41:50 Creative metric developed for private acquisition premium.46:01 Acquisitions are widespread, impacting various industries significantly.52:11 Unique 10-factor acquisition scorecard predicts success.55:45 Deep dive into mergers and acquisitions data.Speaker BiosBaruch Lev is a professor emeritus at NYU Stern School of Business, where he has taught and conducted research on mergers and acquisitions for decades. He worked formerly at UC Berkeley and the University of Chicago. His work has been widely cited in academic and professional circles (over 63,000 Google Scholar citations), and he is a leading authority on corporate finance and valuation.Feng Gu is a professor of accounting at the University at Buffalo and has extensive experience in analyzing the financial aspects of corporate acquisitions. His research focuses on the economic consequences of corporate decisions and has been published in top-tier academic journals.

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Episode 85. On today's season ending show, we end with a bang as Rob interviews pricing legend Ron Baker about pricing 2.0 for accountants and CPAs. Ronald J. Baker started his CPA career in 1984 with KPMG's Private Business Advisory Services in San Francisco. Today, he is the founder of VeraSage Institute, the leading think tank dedicated to educating professionals internationally. His radio show Soul of Enterprise with Ed Kless goes out weekly. Ron is also Chief Value Officer at Armanino LLP, the 23rd largest firm in the USA. Ron has been an instructor with the California CPA Education Foundation since 1995 and has authored twenty courses, and seven best-selling books, including: The Firm of the Future, Pricing on Purpose and Implementing Value Pricing. Key takeaways from the full uncut interview include: ➯ Customers don't care about the time you spend doing things, what they are about are the outcomes ➯ Accountancy is not alone in struggling with the billable hour – any industry that sells time has challenges with pricing ➯ The billable hour only looks at inputs, not outcomes, and takes no account of value ➯ Value was first defined by economists and is the maximum amount a customer is willing to pay for an item ➯ Value is not a number, it's a feeling – accountants have a problem with non-quantifiable things ➯ When it comes to value pricing, accountants have to be comfortable with ambiguity and psychology ➯ Accountancy has a relevancy problem – it's a deteriorating paradigm that becomes increasingly complex but explains less and less ➯ If accountants think stock market investors are using their financial statements to make decisions, they are insane – it's all too old and historical ➯ The accountancy profession is stuck in a 100 year old business model of ‘we sell time' ➯ With Value Pricing 1.0, pricing and packaging was customised for each client ➯ The subscription business model is a massive macro economic trend which has a place in the accounting profession ➯ Value Pricing 2.0 is more focused on not pricing a product or service, but rather the client relationship, transformation and peace of mind ➯ Throughout commercial history, anytime a business model changes, the pricing strategies change and also the metrics or KPI dashboards ➯ The growth of ‘concierge medicine' in the US is basically selling insurance and peace of mind ➯ How Porsche are using value pricing 2.0 with subscription models to their vehicles ➯ Any profession or business can be turned into subscription model like Spotify, Amazon, Netflix or accountancy ➯ Subscription models for accounting firms create predictable revenue and greater customer loyalty ➯ We all buy insurance – it's a 3.3tn industry, so why not buy accounting services in the same way to get peace of mind? ➯ Amazon Prime members spend 7x more than non-Prime members – it was never about free-shipping but ‘buy everything here' ➯ New accounting firms have no tolerance for the billable hour – 10 of the top US 100 accounting firms are using value pricing ➯ Lawyers started timesheets and billable hours in 1919, and there has been little change in 100 years ➯ How ideas, intellectual capital and knowledge separates the good firms from the great ones, so dynamic learning, innovating firms make great firms ➯ Think what Amazon (and Facebook) know about you – knowledge of your clients gives accountants a competitive advantage ➯ The best accountants or CPAs are always investing in their human capital – curious and constantly learning ➯ Why accountants should find a new specialty every 5 years ➯ Do you want to be led by someone who doesn't read 50 books a year, because where are they getting their ideas from? ➯ Why ‘The End of Accounting' by Baruch Lev and Feng Gu is a ‘nuclear bomb and should be debated by the whole accountancy profession ➯ How Ron Baker went from pro-choice to pro-life on the abortion issue ➯ We learn more from...

This episode features Dr. Baruch Lev the author of the bestseller book, The end of accounting, and a former professor at NYU. The key theme of this podcast is strategic assets and intangibles. Summer of 2020, Forbes magazine, listed his book as a must-read for CFOs.

Ron and Ed welcome back Professor Baruch Lev from NYU Stern Business School. He was last on back in July 2016 and we discussed his book, The End of Accounting and the Path Forward for Investors and Managers. We talk more about that book and his more recent article in Accounting Today, The sad state of accounting standards.

Ron and Ed welcome back Professor Baruch Lev from NYU Stern Business School. He was last on back in July 2016 and we discussed his book, The End of Accounting and the Path Forward for Investors and Managers. We talk more about that book and his more recent article in Accounting Today, The sad state of accounting standards.

Ron and Ed welcome back Professor Baruch Lev from NYU Stern Business School. He was last on back in July 2016 and we discussed his book, The End of Accounting and the Path Forward for Investors and Managers. We talk more about that book and his more recent article in Accounting Today, The sad state of accounting standards.

How accurate is a company's balance sheet in assessing its value? Not accurate at all, says Prof. Baruch Lev, who joins host Gregg Fisher for an eye-opening conversation about the critical value of intangibles. The importance of modern accounting pales in comparison to the importance of understanding a company's intangibles. Prof. Lev is perhaps the leading voice on the subject, having authored two seminal works on the subject, INTANGIBLES and THE END OF ACCOUNTING.

Professor Baruch Lev is the soothingly eloquent voice of reason in a world of accounting which is becoming increasingly unhelpful. He - and the IC’s very own Algy Hall - argue that the financial reports do not reflect the true value of companies because they fail to account for the all important intangible assets. This podcast will open your eyes to the flaws in accounting. To understand how investors can sidestep these issues head to the IC's website to read Algy's reinvention of value. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Show from 11/20/20Hosts Jeremy Schwartz and Wharton Finance Professor Jeremy Siegel talk market news at the top of the show discussing the rise in coronavirus cases, reopening the economy, Judy Shelton, the Fed, and more. Then New York University Stern School of Business Professor Baruch Lev joins the show to explain what he calls the "end of accounting." He says financial reports are largely irrelevant now because of the change from physical assets to intangible assets like R&D or IT. Today, the total corporate investment in intangible assets is $2.5 trillion and physicals assets only equal half of this. Find out how this affects earnings reports.Guests:Baruch Lev - Philip Bardes Professor of Accounting and Finance at New York University Stern School of Business.For more on Baruch's research visit his faculty page: https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/baruch-lev Check out his book "The End of Accounting and the Path Forward for Investors and Managers": https://www.amazon.com/Accounting-Forward-Investors-Managers-Finance/dp/1119191092Matt Wagner - Senior Analyst at WisdomTreeFollow WisdomTree on Twitter: @WisdomTreeETFsFollow Jeremy Schwartz on Twitter: @JeremyDSchwartzAsk Siegel: If you have a pressing finance question we invite you to email us: asksiegel@wisdomtree.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode of The Ticker podcast comes to you from the Citadel Securities trading post on the floor of the NYSE. Companies don’t make money the way they once did. Intangible assets like patents, brands and R&D drive value. Yet you wouldn’t know it reading a standard financial report – which hardly anyone does anymore anyway. The average publicly traded firm has its annual report downloaded from Edgar 28.9 times in the five days followings its filing. Here, iconoclast accountant Baruch Lev reconstructs the balance sheet – and offers tips on how to systematically share with investors the sort of information they really want (hint: think ‘strategic assets’).

Ron Baker Ronald J. Baker started his CPA career in 1984 with KPMG’s Private Business Advisory Services in San Francisco. Today, he is the founder of VeraSage Institute, the leading think tank dedicated to educating professionals internationally. His radio show with Ed Kless goes out weekly is on the www.VoiceAmerica.com show: The Soul of Enterprise: Business in the Knowledge Economy. He is also the Chief Value Officer at Armanino LLP, the 23rd largest firm in the USA. Ron has been an instructor with the California CPA Education Foundation since 1995 and has authored twenty courses, and seven best-selling books, including: The Firm of the Future; Pricing on Purpose; Measure What Matters to Customers; Mind Over Matter; Implementing Value Pricing; and The Soul of Enterprise: Dialogues on Business in the Knowledge Economy, co-authored with Ed Kless. Shownotes: Customers don’t care about the time you spend doing things, what they are about are the outcomes Accountancy is not alone in struggling with the billable hour – any industry that sells time has challenges with pricing The billable hour only looks at inputs, not outcomes, and takes no account of value Value was first defined by economists and is the maximum amount a customer is willing to pay for an item Value is not a number, it’s a feeling – accountants have a problem with non-quantifiable things When it comes to value pricing, accountants have to be comfortable with ambiguity and psychology Accountancy has a relevancy problem – it’s a deteriorating paradigm that becomes increasingly complex but explains less and less If accountants think stock market investors are using their financial statements to make decisions, they are insane – it’s all too old and historical The accountancy profession is stuck in a 100 year old business model of ‘we sell time’ With Value Pricing 1.0, pricing and packaging was customised for each client The subscription business model is a massive macro economic trend which has a place in the accounting profession Value Pricing 2.0 is more focused on not pricing a product or service, but rather the client relationship, transformation and peace of mind Throughout commercial history, anytime a business model changes, the pricing strategies change and also the metrics or KPI dashboards The growth of ‘concierge medicine’ in the US is basically selling insurance and peace of mind How Porsche are using value pricing 2.0 with subscription models to their vehicles Any profession or business can be turned into subscription model like Spotify, Amazon, Netflix or accountancy Subscription models for accounting firms create predictable revenue and greater customer loyalty We all buy insurance – it’s a 3.3tn industry, so why not buy accounting services in the same way to get peace of mind? Amazon Prime members spend 7x more than non-Prime members – it was never about free-shipping but ‘buy everything here’ New accounting firms have no tolerance for the billable hour – 10 of the top US 100 accounting firms are using value pricing Lawyers started timesheets and billable hours in 1919, and there has been little change in 100 years How ideas, intellectual capital and knowledge separates the good firms from the great ones, so dynamic learning, innovating firms make great firms Think what Amazon (and Facebook) know about you – knowledge of your clients gives accountants a competitive advantage The best accountants or CPAs are always investing in their human capital – curious and constantly learning Why accountants should find a new specialty every 5 years Do you want to be led by someone who doesn’t read 50 books a year, because where are they getting their ideas from? Why ‘The End of Accounting’ by Baruch Lev and Feng Gu is a ‘nuclear bomb and should be debated by the whole accountancy profession How Ron Baker went from pro-choice to pro-life on...

Investors are constantly poring over income statements from big companies to figure out whether they should buy or sell the business's stock. But should they bother? In this week's episode, Joe and Tracy talk to Feng Gu, a professor at SUNY Buffalo, and Baruch Lev, a professor at NYU's Stern School of Business, about why the way we account for a company's earnings might be massively outdated.

Accounting statements are like bikinis: “What they show is interesting, but what they conceal is significant.” According to Baruch Lev and Feng Gu, in their new book, The End of Accounting, “Today's financial reports provide a trifling 5-6 percent of the information relevant to, and used by, investors.” Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and traditional financial statements are suffering from what philosophers call a deteriorating paradigm: the theory gets more and more complex to account for its lack of explanatory power. Baruch Lev and Feng Gu want to change this sorry state. Their seminal book is divided into four parts: 1) Relevance Lost; 2) Why Is the Relevance Lost?; 3) So, What's to Be Done?; and 4) Implementation. The End of Accounting is the most important book that has been written on the irrelevance of the accounting reporting model in recent times. If you are an investor, or accountant, you don't want to miss this show.

Accounting statements are like bikinis: “What they show is interesting, but what they conceal is significant.” According to Baruch Lev and Feng Gu, in their new book, The End of Accounting, “Today's financial reports provide a trifling 5-6 percent of the information relevant to, and used by, investors.” Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and traditional financial statements are suffering from what philosophers call a deteriorating paradigm: the theory gets more and more complex to account for its lack of explanatory power. Baruch Lev and Feng Gu want to change this sorry state. Their seminal book is divided into four parts: 1) Relevance Lost; 2) Why Is the Relevance Lost?; 3) So, What's to Be Done?; and 4) Implementation. The End of Accounting is the most important book that has been written on the irrelevance of the accounting reporting model in recent times. If you are an investor, or accountant, you don't want to miss this show.

Accounting statements are like bikinis: “What they show is interesting, but what they conceal is significant.” According to Baruch Lev and Feng Gu, in their new book, The End of Accounting, “Today's financial reports provide a trifling 5-6 percent of the information relevant to, and used by, investors.” Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and traditional financial statements are suffering from what philosophers call a deteriorating paradigm: the theory gets more and more complex to account for its lack of explanatory power. Baruch Lev and Feng Gu want to change this sorry state. Their seminal book is divided into four parts: 1) Relevance Lost; 2) Why Is the Relevance Lost?; 3) So, What's to Be Done?; and 4) Implementation. The End of Accounting is the most important book that has been written on the irrelevance of the accounting reporting model in recent times. If you are an investor, or accountant, you don't want to miss this show.

"Financial executives and members of the academic community are brought together in an event sponsored by Accounting Review, the American Accounting Association, Financial Executives International, the Stan Ross School of Accountancy at Baruch College, and the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity. The event is introduced by accountancy department chair Masako Darrough. [Video 1] The Stan Ross Department of Accountancy prize for outstanding academic contribution to practice is presented to Baruch Lev of New York University and Doron Nissim of Columbia University in the amount of $5000 for their paper, “Taxable Income, Future Earnings, and Equity Values.” Professors Lev and Nissin present their paper. Staff members of the Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF), and Financial Executives International (FEI) selected the best paper from those published in Accounting Review during 2004 in terms of practical application and relevance to current issues in finance. Other speakers include: Raj Aggarwal, FERF trustee and Firestone Chair in Finance at Kent State University; Dan Dhaliwal, Editor at the Accounting Review and Professor at the University of Arizona; John Elliott, Dean, Zicklin School of Business and Professor of Accountancy at Baruch College; and Judy Rayburn, President of the American Accounting Association and Professor at the University of Minnesota. [Video 2] Practical business applications of the winning paper are discussed in a panel format. The panel moderator is Hugo Nurnberg, Professor of Accounting at Baruch. Panelists include: Raj Aggarwal, FERF trustee and Firestone Chair in Finance at Kent State University; Halsey Bullen, Senior Project Manager, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB); Mike Gaynor, Professional Accounting Fellow in the office of the Chief Accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); Norman Strauss, Ernst & Young Executive Professor in Residence at Baruch College; and Greg Jonas, Managing Director of the Accounting Specialist Group at Moody's Inc. [Video 3] Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is discussed terms of implementation and sustainability. Colleen Cunningham, President and CEO, Financial Executives International serves as the moderator of a panel discussion. Panelsts include: Robert Colson, Grant Thornton LLP; Daniel L. Goelzer, Board Member, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB); Greg Jonas, Managing Director of the Accounting Specialist Group at Moody's Inc.; Steven B. Lilien, director of the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity, Juliana Maglathlin, Director, Financial projects, Lockheed Martin Corporation; Sarah McVay, Assistant Professor of Accounting at New York University; John Milliski, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company; Jorge Milo, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; and Lou Thompson, President & CEO, National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI)."

"Financial executives and members of the academic community are brought together in an event sponsored by Accounting Review, the American Accounting Association, Financial Executives International, the Stan Ross School of Accountancy at Baruch College, and the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity. The event is introduced by accountancy department chair Masako Darrough. [Video 1] The Stan Ross Department of Accountancy prize for outstanding academic contribution to practice is presented to Baruch Lev of New York University and Doron Nissim of Columbia University in the amount of $5000 for their paper, “Taxable Income, Future Earnings, and Equity Values.” Professors Lev and Nissin present their paper. Staff members of the Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF), and Financial Executives International (FEI) selected the best paper from those published in Accounting Review during 2004 in terms of practical application and relevance to current issues in finance. Other speakers include: Raj Aggarwal, FERF trustee and Firestone Chair in Finance at Kent State University; Dan Dhaliwal, Editor at the Accounting Review and Professor at the University of Arizona; John Elliott, Dean, Zicklin School of Business and Professor of Accountancy at Baruch College; and Judy Rayburn, President of the American Accounting Association and Professor at the University of Minnesota. [Video 2] Practical business applications of the winning paper are discussed in a panel format. The panel moderator is Hugo Nurnberg, Professor of Accounting at Baruch. Panelists include: Raj Aggarwal, FERF trustee and Firestone Chair in Finance at Kent State University; Halsey Bullen, Senior Project Manager, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB); Mike Gaynor, Professional Accounting Fellow in the office of the Chief Accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); Norman Strauss, Ernst & Young Executive Professor in Residence at Baruch College; and Greg Jonas, Managing Director of the Accounting Specialist Group at Moody's Inc. [Video 3] Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is discussed terms of implementation and sustainability. Colleen Cunningham, President and CEO, Financial Executives International serves as the moderator of a panel discussion. Panelsts include: Robert Colson, Grant Thornton LLP; Daniel L. Goelzer, Board Member, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB); Greg Jonas, Managing Director of the Accounting Specialist Group at Moody's Inc.; Steven B. Lilien, director of the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity, Juliana Maglathlin, Director, Financial projects, Lockheed Martin Corporation; Sarah McVay, Assistant Professor of Accounting at New York University; John Milliski, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company; Jorge Milo, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; and Lou Thompson, President & CEO, National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI)."

"Financial executives and members of the academic community are brought together in an event sponsored by Accounting Review, the American Accounting Association, Financial Executives International, the Stan Ross School of Accountancy at Baruch College, and the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity. The event is introduced by accountancy department chair Masako Darrough. [Video 1] The Stan Ross Department of Accountancy prize for outstanding academic contribution to practice is presented to Baruch Lev of New York University and Doron Nissim of Columbia University in the amount of $5000 for their paper, “Taxable Income, Future Earnings, and Equity Values.” Professors Lev and Nissin present their paper. Staff members of the Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF), and Financial Executives International (FEI) selected the best paper from those published in Accounting Review during 2004 in terms of practical application and relevance to current issues in finance. Other speakers include: Raj Aggarwal, FERF trustee and Firestone Chair in Finance at Kent State University; Dan Dhaliwal, Editor at the Accounting Review and Professor at the University of Arizona; John Elliott, Dean, Zicklin School of Business and Professor of Accountancy at Baruch College; and Judy Rayburn, President of the American Accounting Association and Professor at the University of Minnesota. [Video 2] Practical business applications of the winning paper are discussed in a panel format. The panel moderator is Hugo Nurnberg, Professor of Accounting at Baruch. Panelists include: Raj Aggarwal, FERF trustee and Firestone Chair in Finance at Kent State University; Halsey Bullen, Senior Project Manager, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB); Mike Gaynor, Professional Accounting Fellow in the office of the Chief Accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); Norman Strauss, Ernst & Young Executive Professor in Residence at Baruch College; and Greg Jonas, Managing Director of the Accounting Specialist Group at Moody's Inc. [Video 3] Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is discussed terms of implementation and sustainability. Colleen Cunningham, President and CEO, Financial Executives International serves as the moderator of a panel discussion. Panelsts include: Robert Colson, Grant Thornton LLP; Daniel L. Goelzer, Board Member, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB); Greg Jonas, Managing Director of the Accounting Specialist Group at Moody's Inc.; Steven B. Lilien, director of the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity, Juliana Maglathlin, Director, Financial projects, Lockheed Martin Corporation; Sarah McVay, Assistant Professor of Accounting at New York University; John Milliski, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company; Jorge Milo, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; and Lou Thompson, President & CEO, National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI)."

"Financial executives and members of the academic community are brought together in an event sponsored by Accounting Review, the American Accounting Association, Financial Executives International, the Stan Ross School of Accountancy at Baruch College, and the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity. The event is introduced by accountancy department chair Masako Darrough. [Video 1] The Stan Ross Department of Accountancy prize for outstanding academic contribution to practice is presented to Baruch Lev of New York University and Doron Nissim of Columbia University in the amount of $5000 for their paper, “Taxable Income, Future Earnings, and Equity Values.” Professors Lev and Nissin present their paper. Staff members of the Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF), and Financial Executives International (FEI) selected the best paper from those published in Accounting Review during 2004 in terms of practical application and relevance to current issues in finance. Other speakers include: Raj Aggarwal, FERF trustee and Firestone Chair in Finance at Kent State University; Dan Dhaliwal, Editor at the Accounting Review and Professor at the University of Arizona; John Elliott, Dean, Zicklin School of Business and Professor of Accountancy at Baruch College; and Judy Rayburn, President of the American Accounting Association and Professor at the University of Minnesota. [Video 2] Practical business applications of the winning paper are discussed in a panel format. The panel moderator is Hugo Nurnberg, Professor of Accounting at Baruch. Panelists include: Raj Aggarwal, FERF trustee and Firestone Chair in Finance at Kent State University; Halsey Bullen, Senior Project Manager, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB); Mike Gaynor, Professional Accounting Fellow in the office of the Chief Accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); Norman Strauss, Ernst & Young Executive Professor in Residence at Baruch College; and Greg Jonas, Managing Director of the Accounting Specialist Group at Moody's Inc. [Video 3] Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is discussed terms of implementation and sustainability. Colleen Cunningham, President and CEO, Financial Executives International serves as the moderator of a panel discussion. Panelsts include: Robert Colson, Grant Thornton LLP; Daniel L. Goelzer, Board Member, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB); Greg Jonas, Managing Director of the Accounting Specialist Group at Moody's Inc.; Steven B. Lilien, director of the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity, Juliana Maglathlin, Director, Financial projects, Lockheed Martin Corporation; Sarah McVay, Assistant Professor of Accounting at New York University; John Milliski, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company; Jorge Milo, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; and Lou Thompson, President & CEO, National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI)."

"Financial executives and members of the academic community are brought together in an event sponsored by Accounting Review, the American Accounting Association, Financial Executives International, the Stan Ross School of Accountancy at Baruch College, and the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity. The event is introduced by accountancy department chair Masako Darrough. [Video 1] The Stan Ross Department of Accountancy prize for outstanding academic contribution to practice is presented to Baruch Lev of New York University and Doron Nissim of Columbia University in the amount of $5000 for their paper, “Taxable Income, Future Earnings, and Equity Values.” Professors Lev and Nissin present their paper. Staff members of the Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF), and Financial Executives International (FEI) selected the best paper from those published in Accounting Review during 2004 in terms of practical application and relevance to current issues in finance. Other speakers include: Raj Aggarwal, FERF trustee and Firestone Chair in Finance at Kent State University; Dan Dhaliwal, Editor at the Accounting Review and Professor at the University of Arizona; John Elliott, Dean, Zicklin School of Business and Professor of Accountancy at Baruch College; and Judy Rayburn, President of the American Accounting Association and Professor at the University of Minnesota. [Video 2] Practical business applications of the winning paper are discussed in a panel format. The panel moderator is Hugo Nurnberg, Professor of Accounting at Baruch. Panelists include: Raj Aggarwal, FERF trustee and Firestone Chair in Finance at Kent State University; Halsey Bullen, Senior Project Manager, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB); Mike Gaynor, Professional Accounting Fellow in the office of the Chief Accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); Norman Strauss, Ernst & Young Executive Professor in Residence at Baruch College; and Greg Jonas, Managing Director of the Accounting Specialist Group at Moody's Inc. [Video 3] Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is discussed terms of implementation and sustainability. Colleen Cunningham, President and CEO, Financial Executives International serves as the moderator of a panel discussion. Panelsts include: Robert Colson, Grant Thornton LLP; Daniel L. Goelzer, Board Member, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB); Greg Jonas, Managing Director of the Accounting Specialist Group at Moody's Inc.; Steven B. Lilien, director of the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity, Juliana Maglathlin, Director, Financial projects, Lockheed Martin Corporation; Sarah McVay, Assistant Professor of Accounting at New York University; John Milliski, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company; Jorge Milo, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; and Lou Thompson, President & CEO, National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI)."

"Financial executives and members of the academic community are brought together in an event sponsored by Accounting Review, the American Accounting Association, Financial Executives International, the Stan Ross School of Accountancy at Baruch College, and the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity. The event is introduced by accountancy department chair Masako Darrough. [Video 1] The Stan Ross Department of Accountancy prize for outstanding academic contribution to practice is presented to Baruch Lev of New York University and Doron Nissim of Columbia University in the amount of $5000 for their paper, “Taxable Income, Future Earnings, and Equity Values.” Professors Lev and Nissin present their paper. Staff members of the Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF), and Financial Executives International (FEI) selected the best paper from those published in Accounting Review during 2004 in terms of practical application and relevance to current issues in finance. Other speakers include: Raj Aggarwal, FERF trustee and Firestone Chair in Finance at Kent State University; Dan Dhaliwal, Editor at the Accounting Review and Professor at the University of Arizona; John Elliott, Dean, Zicklin School of Business and Professor of Accountancy at Baruch College; and Judy Rayburn, President of the American Accounting Association and Professor at the University of Minnesota. [Video 2] Practical business applications of the winning paper are discussed in a panel format. The panel moderator is Hugo Nurnberg, Professor of Accounting at Baruch. Panelists include: Raj Aggarwal, FERF trustee and Firestone Chair in Finance at Kent State University; Halsey Bullen, Senior Project Manager, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB); Mike Gaynor, Professional Accounting Fellow in the office of the Chief Accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); Norman Strauss, Ernst & Young Executive Professor in Residence at Baruch College; and Greg Jonas, Managing Director of the Accounting Specialist Group at Moody's Inc. [Video 3] Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is discussed terms of implementation and sustainability. Colleen Cunningham, President and CEO, Financial Executives International serves as the moderator of a panel discussion. Panelsts include: Robert Colson, Grant Thornton LLP; Daniel L. Goelzer, Board Member, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB); Greg Jonas, Managing Director of the Accounting Specialist Group at Moody's Inc.; Steven B. Lilien, director of the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity, Juliana Maglathlin, Director, Financial projects, Lockheed Martin Corporation; Sarah McVay, Assistant Professor of Accounting at New York University; John Milliski, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company; Jorge Milo, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; and Lou Thompson, President & CEO, National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI)."