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Ramji Balakrishnan

Professor
 Carlson-KPMG Research Professor of Accounting
Accounting
W274  John Pappajohn Bus Bldg
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1994		 Ph: 319-335-0958
Fax: 319-335-1956
E-mail: ramji-balakrishnan@uiowa.edu
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Academic History

  • PhD in Accounting, Columbia University, 1986
  • MBA, Indian Institute of Management, 1979
  • BSc in Statistics, University of Madras, India, 1977

      Selected Publications

      • Contracting Benefits of Corporate Giving (previously) Employee Effort and Corporate Social Responsibility, Ramji Balakrishnan, Geoff Sprinkle, Michael Williamson, Accounting Review, 2011
      • Evaluating Heuristics Used when Designing Product Costing Systems, Ramji Balakrishnan, Steven Hansen, Eva Labro, Management Science, 2011
      • Cost Structure and Cost Stickiness, Ramji Balakrishnan, Eva Labro, Naomi S. Soderstrom
      • Institutional Constraints and Outsourcing, Ramji Balakrishnan, Leslie Eldenburg, Ranjani Krishnan, Naomi Soderstrom, Journal of Accounting Research, 2010
      • On the Predictive Ability of Narrative Disclosures in Annual reports, Ramji Balakrishnan, Padmini Srinivasan, Xin Ying Qiu, European Journal of Operational Research, vol 202, 2010, 789-801
      • Core Competency and Cost Stickiness: A Note, Ramji Balakrishnan, Thomas S. Gruca, Contemporary Accounting Research, vol 24, 2008, 993-1006
      • The Effect of Task Interdependence and Type of Incentive Contract on Group Performance, Ronald Guymon, Ramji Balakrishnan, Richard Tubbs, Journal of Management Accounting Research, vol 20, 2008, 1-18
      • Spending Patterns with Lapsing Budgets: Evidence from US Army Hospitals, Ramji Balakrishnan, Naomi Soderstrom, Timothy West, Journal of Management Accounting Research, 2007

              Prior Positions

              • Professor, Georgia State University, August 1998 - August 1999
              • Associate Professor, University of Iowa, August 1993 - August 1998
              • Assistant Professor, University of Iowa, August 1986 - August 1993
              • Executive Positions, Firms in India, August 1980 - August 1982

                  Presentations

                  • GMARS, MSU, UNSW, and University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2009