Asking the Right Questions Can Shape Markets
When analysts pose unique questions during the Q&A section of earnings conference calls, they gather information that can lead to more accurate forecasts.
04/02/2025 | By Ashton York; Kristian Allee
Machine Learning Improves Accounting Research, Practice
Machine learning transforms the way accounting firms and researchers work by its ability to detect fraud, improve predictions, and analyze complex datasets.
12/10/2024 | By Ashton York; Vernon Richardson
Why — and for Whom — Promotional Press Releases Matter
When companies need to attract stakeholder attention, turning to promotional press releases can be an effective strategy to highlight positive achievements.
12/03/2024 | By Alyssa Riley; Caleb Rawson
A Roadmap to Income Statement Standardization
Investment professionals' preferences shed light on efforts to improve financial reporting clarity and income statement standardization.
11/05/2024 | By Kaslyn Tidmore; Kris Allee
When Windall Taxes Create Market Headwinds
Explore the windfall effect of the Energy Profits Levy on oil & gas firms, the spillover effect on the wider energy industry. A must-read for policymakers.
10/01/2024 | By Mitchell Simpson, Kris Allee
A Little Personalization Goes a Long Way
When firms personalize communication, investors spend more time processing financial information and shift from a short-term to long-term mindset.
05/07/2024 | By Alyssa Riley; Stephen Rowe
Understanding How Non-GAAP Reports Can Provide Investor Benefit
Why should non-GAAP reports interest firms? Learn how to provide value by analyzing data outside the generally accepted accounting principles.
10/17/2023 | By Mitchell Simpson, Zac Wiebe
Passive Compliance: How Index Fund Ownership Affects Financial Reporting
Is an active or passive manager better for your index fund? Read on how integrity and transparency in financial reporting might affect your investments.
09/07/2023 | By Jack Travis, Caleb Rawson
How Geographic Company Connections Shielded Executives from Stock Market Losses during COVID
In the right place at the right time? Learn how early access to COVID-19 news allowed executives with connections in China to protect their assets.
03/14/2023 | By Mitchell Simpson, Erin Henry, Caleb Rawson
Cents and Sensibility
Does it matter what investors say about stocks? Find out how pairing investor sentiment with quantitative data might help you more accurately evaluate stocks.
08/09/2022 | By Mitchell Simpson, Vernon Richardson
Is It Worth It? The Relationship Between Audit Fees and Audit Quality
Audit quality's improved since SOX, so are high audit premiums worth it? Recent research suggests maybe not, given the convergence of audit price and quality
08/13/2021 | By Ryan Decker, Jonathan Shipman
Digital Disruption: Disaster or Opportunity for Accounting Professionals
Is automation a threat for accountants? Automation has changed - and will continue to change the profession. This article describes how educators should respond.
07/30/2021 | By Ryan Decker
Concentrations Add Value to Accounting Master’s Program
The IMAcc provides the smoothest path toward a seamless, five-year competition of both an undergraduate and master’s degree. And the restructured master’s program provides concentrated options for students no matter the next step in their academic or professional journeys.
04/01/2021 | By Stephen Caldwell
Accounting Students Learn the Language Of Business
Accounting is less about high-level mathematics, for instance, and more about giving structure to unstructured situations by learning and speaking the language of business.
01/21/2021 | By Stephen Caldwell
To Catch a Breach: Why Companies Aren’t Investing in Cybersecurity
Breaches occur more frequently in retail, banking, and internet service companies, and the number of breaches has significantly increased since 2009.
02/21/2020 | By Michael Adkison
12 Ways Endowing a Department Benefits the Department, College and Society
All of these benefits to a department with a named endowment lead to better teaching, better research and better prepared graduates.
02/20/2020 | By Matt Waller