Biography
Dhananjay Nanda is a vice-dean of faculty and research and professor of accounting at the Miami Herbert Business School. He teaches Managerial Accounting, Strategic Control and Financial Reporting, and Leadership issues in Control. He taught managerial accounting, cost and control systems at the Duke University Fuqua School of Business from 2002-2008 and the University of Michigan Business School from 1997-2002.
His research focuses on the incentive aspects of performance evaluation and compensation systems as they relate to corporate financial reporting and disclosure activities. His recent research focuses on accounting information’s role in resolving uncertainty about managerial ability, the role of boards of directors in affecting managerial incentives in both public and non-profit firms, and managers’ voluntary disclosure behavior. DJ’s research has been presented at numerous universities, international and national conferences and has been published in the Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Accounting Studies and the Journal of Operations Management.
Nanda won several research and teaching awards and his work has been recognized internationally. He has also been involved in consulting engagements at a number of domestic and international firms. He has taught in executive education programs at Indian School of Business, Seoul National University, INSEAD, FGV and University of Munich.
Education
| 1997 | Ph.D. Business Administration, University of Rochester William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration |
| 1993 | M.S. Management Science, University of Rochester William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration |
| 1986 | B.Sc. Mathematics, Statistics and Economics, Bombay University St. Xavier's College |
Financial reporting | Managerial incentives | Corporate governance | International accounting
Professional Experience
| 2008 - | Professor, Accounting, Miami Herbert Business School |
| 2008 - | Faculty member, Johnson A. Edosomwan Leadership Institute |
| 2012 - | Board member, International Financial Reporting Institute |
| 2010 - 2013 | Academic Director, CFO Roundtable, South Florida Chapter |
| 2004 - 2008 | Associate Professor, Duke University Fuqua School of Business |
| 2006 - 2008 | Visiting Associate Professor, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea |
| 2002 - 2004 | Assistant Professor, Duke University Fuqua School of Business |
| 1997 - 2002 | Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Business |
| 1996 - 1997 | Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Business |
Honors & Acknowledgements
Cesarano Teaching Leadership Award, University of Miami School of Business, 2016
Outstanding Management Accounting Paper Award, American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, 2015
Distinguished Contribution to the Accounting Literature Award, American Accounting Association, 2014
Excellence in Teaching award, in the Executive MBA program, University of Miami School of Business, 2013
Excellence in Teaching award, “Best Core” teacher in the MBA program, University of Miami School of Business, 2011
Journal of Financial Economics All Star, 2007
International institutions and governance | Voluntary disclosure policies | Managerial ability and style
Publications
With Khrystyna Bochkay and Roman Chychyla "Dynamics of CEO Communication Style" [Link]
With Helena Isidore and Peter Wysocki "On the Relation between Financial Reporting Quality and Country Attributes: Research Challenges and Opportunities" [Link]
With John Barrios, Pietro Bianchi and Helena Isidore "Boards of a Feather: Homophily in Foreign Director Appointments Around the World" [Link]
Shane Dikolli, William Mayew and Dhananjay Nanda “CEO Tenure and the Performance-Turnover Relation." Vol. 19. (Review of Accounting Studies. 2014).
Rajesh Aggarwal, Mark Evans and Dhananjay Nanda “Nonprofit Boards: Size, Performance and Managerial Incentives,” Vol. 53, No. 1-2 (ournal of Accounting and Economics. 2012).
Christian Leuz, Dhananjay Nanda and Peter Wysocki “Earnings Management and Investor Protection: An International Comparison,” Vol. 69, No. 3 (Journal of Financial Economics. 2003).
