Faculty Excellence

Teaching

Our faculty are noted for the caliber of their teaching. Student satisfaction surveys of our undergraduates and graduate students consistently reflect the high quality of education that our faculty provide.

Academic Journals

Wisconsin School of Business faculty are among the most published researchers in the nation in the most prestigious journals in their disciplines. For example, from 1996 to 2006, School of Business marketing faculty ranked first in the nation for research productivity in terms of the number of articles published in top-tier journals in their field (Journal of Marketing, Journal of Consumer Research and Journal of Marketing Research).

School of Business faculty serve on editorial boards of many leading academic journals. To highlight only a few:

Ella Mae Matsumura is incoming editor for Accounting Horizons. Hollis Skaife and Karla Johnstone serve on the editorial board of The Accounting Review.

Tim Riddiough is on seven editorial boards, including Real Estate Economics.

Mark Ready is an associate editor of Financial Management.

Antonio Mello is on the editorial board of European Financial Management.

Craig Thompson, Aric Rindfleisch and Jan Heide serve on the editorial review board for the Journal of Marketing. Only a handful of marketing programs have such significant representation.

Ramon Aldag and Mason Carpenter are on the editorial board of the Academy of Management Review. Barry Gerhart serves on five editorial boards, including the Academy of Management Journal.

Urban Wemmerlöv is an associate editor and Kathryn Caggiano is a reviewer for Decision Sciences Journal.

Joan Schmit and Mark Browne are associate editors of the Journal of Risk and Insurance.

Research Grants

• The Initiative for Studies in Technology Entrepreneurship (INSITE), a cross-campus program to enhance understanding of technology entrepreneurship received a three-year, $125,000 collaborative research grant into successful technology entrepreneurship from UW-Madison’s Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy.
• The UW-Madison Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) received $1.4 million in funding from the U.S. State Department to cover operations for the next four years. The center offers dozens of international programs for students, faculty and staff at UW-Madison, and throughout the UW System, and technical and community colleges in the upper Midwest and as well as the Wisconsin business community.

Awards

Aric Rindfleisch won the American Marketing Association’s Early Career Contributions Award for the extensive research accomplished early in his career.

Leadership Positions

Stephen Malpezzi is past president of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association.

Edward Frees was elected to the Board of Governors of the Society of Actuaries.

James Rappold was one of three organizers of the International Conference on Information Systems, Logistics and Supply Chain Management held in Lyon, France.

Larry Rittenberg continues to chair the high-profile national organization involved in setting financial reporting standards, the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

Terry Warfield was named to the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council, an advisory group of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

Mason Carpenter is chair of the Academy of Management’s Business Policy and Strategy Consortium.

Books

Faculty authored several textbooks and books for general business audiences. To highlight only a few:

Ramon Aldag and Loren Kuzuhara co-authored “Mastering Management Skills.”

John Wild co-published “Financial Accounting for MBAs,” “International Business: An Integrated Approach” and “Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions.”

Dan Anderson published, “Corporate Survival: The Critical Importance of Sustainability Risk Management,” analyzing pressures on U.S.-based multi-national corporations from global competition and regulations.

Mason Carpenter published, “Strategic Management: A Dynamic Perspective.”