Mina J. Pizzini Ph.D.

Research and Teaching Interests

Research: Determinants and performance effects of management control system design; performance measurement; management accounting issues in healthcare settings

Teaching: Management Accounting, Cost Accounting, Introduction to Financial Accounting

 

Education and Professional Certification

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 2002

Ph.D., Applied Economics and Management Science, Accounting Concentration

Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 1995

M.B.A.

McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 1989

B.S. in Commerce, Accounting Major

Professional Certification: Certified Public Accountant, State of Delaware (1990)

Professional Membership: American Accounting Association 2000-present

 

Academic Experience

Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University, Assistant Professor 2005-present

Undergraduate Cost Accounting, Graduate Management Accounting

The University of Texas at Dallas, Assistant Professor 2001-2005

Undergraduate Cost Accounting and Introduction to Management Accounting

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Teaching Assistant

Introductory Financial Accounting, Executive M.B.A. Program 1997-1998

Introductory Managerial Accounting, Executive M.B.A. Program 1997-1998

Introductory Managerial Accounting, Undergraduate Program Summer 1998

 


Research Refereed Publications

“The Balanced Scorecard: Judgmental Effects of Performance Measures Linked to Strategy.” with Rajiv D. Banker and Hsihui Chang. The Accounting Review (January, 2004).

“The Relation between Cost-System Design, Managers’ Evaluation of the Relevance and Usefulness of Cost Data, and Financial Performance: an Empirical Study of U.S. Hospitals.” In press, Accounting, Organizations and Society.

Working Papers – submitted for publication

“Performance-Based Compensation in Professional Service Firms.” With Christopher D. Ittner and David F. Larcker. (2nd round at Journal of Accounting and Economics).

“The Balanced Scorecard: The Influence of Strategy Maps on Decision-making.” With Rajiv D. Banker and Hsihui Chang. (preparing for 2nd round at Journal of Information Systems.)

Working Papers – in preparation

“Determinants of Team-Based Compensation in Professional Service Firms.”

“Determinants of Managerial Satisfaction with Performance Measurement Systems.” with Rajiv D. Banker, Surya Janakiraman, and Constantine Konstans.

 

Presentations Seminar presentations University of Washington, February 2000 Stanford University, March 2000 Harvard University, March 2000 Rice University, March 2000 Emory University, April 2000 University of Chicago, April 2000 University of Virginia (Darden), April 2000 University of Texas at Dallas, April 2000 University of Texas at Dallas, October 2001 University of Arizona, September 2003 University of Utah, January 2004
University of Rochester, May 2004
Southern Methodist University, January 2005 Tilburg University, June 2005 Conference presentations

Management Accounting Research Conference Ph.D. Consortium, January 2000

University of Texas at Dallas Symposium on Balanced Scorecard Measures, April 2001

Accounting, Behavior, and Organizations Research Conference, Dallas, October 2002

Invitation to present, American Accounting Association, Honolulu, August 2003

Conference on the Organizational Economics of Healthcare, University of Rochester, October 2003

Management Accounting Research Conference, January 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005

Southwestern Region AAA, Austin, April 2004

University of Texas at Dallas 5th Symposium, May 2004

Global Management Accounting Symposium, Sydney, June 2005

American Accounting Association annual meeting, August 2005

 

Honors and Awards

The University of Texas at Dallas:

American Accounting Association and Ernst and Young, L.L.P. New Faculty Consortium Fellow, 2003

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania:

Deloitte and Touche Fellowship, 1998-2000 Wharton Doctoral Fellowship, 1996-2000 General Electric Fellowship, 1998, 2000
American Accounting Association Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 1998

Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College:

Morrissey Scholarship for Academic Performance, 1994-1995

McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia:

Magna Cum Laude, Beta Gamma Sigma, Beta Alpha Psi

 

Professional Service

Ad hoc reviewer - The Accounting Review

Ad hoc reviewer – AAA Management Accounting Conference, 2005

Ad hoc reviewer - Eldenburg and Walcott, Cost Management, 2005.

UTD University-wide Committees
Core Committee for the Support of Women and Minorities, 2001-2002, 2004-present

Subcommittee for Family Issues, Spring 2001 through Spring 2002

UTD School of Management Committees
Information Technology and Web Committee, Spring 2001 – present
UTD SOM Accounting and Information Management Committees

Tenured faculty search committee, Fall 2003-present

Senior lecturer search committee, Spring 2004-present

Course coordinator for Introduction to Management Accounting (AIM 2302), Fall 2004-present

Management accounting and consulting subcommittee, Fall 2002-present

Faculty mentoring/diversity subcommittee, Fall 2002-present

Alumni relations subcommittee, Fall 2002-present

 

Professional Experience

Atlantic-Richfield Company, Financial Analyst – Treasury. Sept. 1995 – July 1996

MBNA America Bank, N.A., Summer Intern. June – August 1994

The DuPont Company, Internal Auditor and Business Analyst. Sept. 1989 – Sept. 1993

Assistant Professor

ACCT Department

Office:
380 Crow
Phone:
(214)768-3702
Email:
mpizzini@cox.smu.edu

Upcoming Classes
ACCT 6205-023

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