School of Business Gazette

UW-Madison Business Professor Given Major Grant To Research Corporate Reporting

Lori Holder-Web, an assistant professor of Accounting and Information Systems at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business, is part of a four-person research team recently awarded a major grant to research corporate reporting.

The NASD Investor Education Foundation is awarding approximately $300,000, the largest single grant in its history, to Holder-Webb and _______  and ______ of the School of Management of Boston College, and ___ of the Sociology department at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.  The research team will explore corporate reporting of social, environmental and governance information, in other words, how non-financial performance measures are reported.

According to Holder-Webb,  “We feel this research is important because _________________(quote to  come).

Lori Holder-Webb joined the School of Business in 2002. Her research interests include disclosure, financial distress, restructurings and corporate governance. She provides background and technical consulting for the Wall Street Journal.

The NASD Investor Education Foundation, established in 2003, supports innovative research and educational projects that give investors the tools they need to better understand the markets and the basic principles of financial planning.