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Kenneth Merchant


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University of California, Berkeley

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Kenneth Merchant holds the Deloitte and Touche LLP Chair of Accountancy at the Leventhal School of Accounting, part of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He is the former dean of the Leventhal School.

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Career

Dr. Merchant is the author of many articles and books on accounting, including the standard textbooks:

  • Accounting: Text and Cases, 12th ed. (with Robert N. Anthony, and David F. Hawkins). Chicago: Irwin/McGraw-Hill (2004). ISBN 0-07-281950-2
  • Management Control Systems: Performance Measurement, Evaluation and Incentives, 2nd ed.(with Wim A. Van der Stede). Pearson/Prentice Hall, London (2007) ISBN 0-273-70801-5
  • In this book Merchant describes three forms of control: control of specific actions, control of results and control of personnel. When knowledge of which specific actions are desirable is excellent, it is always a good thing to control specific actions. When the ability to measure results on important performance dimensions is high, it is always a good thing to control results. When it is difficult to know which specific actions are desirable and when it is difficult as well to measure the results, the optimal control is the personnel control.


    Dr. Merchant previously taught at Harvard Business School, currently serves on eight editorial boards, and served on the Board of Directors of Entropic Communications, a publicly-listed company that was acquired.

    Education

    His Ph.D. is from the University of California at Berkeley. His M.B.A. is from Columbia Business School. His B.S. is from Union College.

    References

    Kenneth Merchant Wikipedia