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Christopher Ittner

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Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting

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Research Publications Biography

Research Areas

Cost accounting; performance measurement; intangible assets

Current Projects

The use and performance implications of non-financial performance measures. The identification and measurement of value drivers. Performance-based stock options.

Representative Publications

(with D. Larcker)
"Assessing Empirical Research in Managerial Account: A Value-Based Management Perspective." Journal of Accounting and Economics (2001).

(with D. Larcker and M. Meyer)
"Subjectivity and the Weighting of Performance Measures: Evidence From a Balanced Scorecard." The Accounting Review (July 2003).

(with D. Larcker and M. Pizzini)
"Performance-Based Compensation in Member-Owned Firms: An Examination of Medical Group Practices.” Journal of Accounting and Economics (forthcoming).

Education

DBA, Harvard University, 1992; MBA, University of California, Los Angeles, 1986; BS, California State University, Long Beach, 1983

Recent Consulting

Measurement of intangible assets, customer profitability systems.

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards

Notable Contribution to Management Accounting Literature Award, 2001; Outstanding Dissertation in Management Accounting, American Accounting Association, 1993; Miller-Sherrerd Award for Teaching Excellence, 1992, 1995, 1996; MBA Core Curriculum Teaching Award, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

Academic Positions Held

Wharton: 1991-present (named Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting, 2005; named KPMG Peat Marwick Term Assistant Professor of Accounting, 1991-98). Previous appointment: Harvard University 

Other Positions

Manufacturing Consultant, Deloitte, Haskins & Sells, 1986-87; Program Controls Administrator, Hughes Aircraft Co., 1983-86

Professional Leadership 2005-2009

Senior Editor, Production and Operations Management; Associate Editor, Accounting, Organizations and Society; Associate Editor, Journal of Management Accounting Research; Associate Editor, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance; Associate Editor, Management Science; Editorial Review Board, European Accounting Review; Editorial Review Board, Review of Accounting Studies; Board Member, Performance Measurement Association.