Nathan Stuart
Specialties: Cost Accounting, Performance Measurement, Management Control Systems, Corporate Governance, Incentive Compensation
Ph.D, Indiana University, Bloomington
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Sage 1459, (920) 424-3472
stuartn@uwosh.edu
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Background
Dr. Stuart earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University and Master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering and Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked as an engineer, production planner, and manufacturing manager in the paper and pharmaceutical industries for several years before attending Indiana University to earn his Ph.D. in accounting.
Dr. Stuart held faculty positions at the University of Florida and the University of South Florida before joining the UW Oshkosh faculty in 2009. He teaches cost and managerial accounting at the undergraduate and graduate levels and is fascinated by the intersection of information and behavior.
Dr. Stuart’s research interests include
- Managerial compensation and incentives
- Managerial accounting and economics, including topics such as performance measurement and the adoption and success of management control systems
- Managerial judgment and decision analysis
Selected Publications/Presentations
“Boards, CEOs, and Surviving a Financial Crisis: Evidence from the Internet Shakeout” (co-authors: Glen Dowell and Margaret Shackell) published in Strategic Management Journal, Volume 32, 2011. Download PDF.
“Contract Preference and Effort Choice under Bonus, Penalty, and Hybrid Incentive Contracts” (co-authors: Linda Ragland and Lee Kersting) presented at the 2011 Mid-Year Meeting of the Management Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association (January, Atlanta GA). Download PDF.
“The Principal-Agent Model in the Accounting Academy: Let’s Not Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater” presented at the 2010 Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Accounting Association (October, Chicago IL). Download PDF.
“CEO Bonuses, Relative Performance Evaluation, and Pay-for-Luck” (coauthor: Carlos Jiménez). Presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Accounting Association (August, New York NY). Download PDF.
“Diversification to Mitigate Expropriation in the Tobacco Industry” (co-authors: Daniel Beneish, Ivo Jansen, Melissa Lewis) published in the Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 89, 2008. Download PDF.
Professional Memberships
American Accounting Association
Institute of Management Accountants
