Michael F. van Breda Ph.D.

Education  
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1979
M.B.A., University of Cape Town, 1969
B.Sc., Stellenbosch University, 1961(Summa Cum Laude)

Areas of Expertise
Accounting Theory
Business Ethics and History
Financial Management & Control
Standards in Accounting

Courses Taught
Financial Reporting & Managerial Accounting
Advanced Issues in Accounting
Financial Reporting - Senior Executives
International Accounting - Senior Executives
Accounting Theory
Cost Accounting I, II
Managing the Global Enterprise
Intermediate Accounting I, II
Principles of Accounting I, II
Business in the New World Order

Consulting Engagements
Los Angeles Philharmonic, 1998- 1999
Laird and Associates, 1992
Dehay and Blanchard, 1989- 1991
American Telephone and Telegraph, 1985
Management Analysis Center, Inc., 1982- 1984
American Machine Tool Distributors Association, 1982
Plumbing and Heating Wholesalers of New England, 1982
Antonio Rueda Associates, Venezuela, 1981
M/A-COM, Inc., 1981
Union Carbide Corporation, 1981

Industry Experience
Manager, COMPUSTAT and CRSP Data Base, 1977-1980
 
M. H. Goldschmidt (Pty.) Ltd. (Finance house), 1971- 1971
Branch Manager
 
Jeffrey Stein (Pty.) Ltd. (Indent agent: toys), 1970- 1970
Manager

South African Mutual Life Assurance Society, 1962- 1963
Actuarial Assistant
 
Current Research
Principal Fields of Interest: Accounting Theory. Accounting History.
Financial Management -Financial Planning.
Capital Budgeting. Investment Analysis.
 
Recent Publications
Books and Chapters in Books:
"Accounting Theory", 5th ed. (with Eldon S. Hendriksen) Richard D. Irwin, Homewood, Illinois, 1991.

“Measuring Productivity”, in The Portable MBA: Accounting and Finance, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1992. Revised 1997
   
Articles:
“Sam Cypert’s Following the Money: The inside story of accounting’s first mega-merger”, The Southern Collegiate Accountant, 1996.

“Accounting in Africa, 1837”, Quarterly Bulletin of its South African Library, 1995.

“Ethical Foundations for a New Economy”, Perspectives, 1993.

“A Note on the Effect of Prior Probability Disclosure and Information Representativeness on Subject Predictive Accuracy”, (with Kenneth R. Ferris) Behavioral Research in Accounting, 1992.

Editorial Boards
Issues in Accounting Education, 1998
Associate Editor for: Business Ethics (Dushkin Publishing Company), 1988- 1991
Editor for: MIT Press of Dictionary of Accounting, R. W. Estes, 1981

Grants, Honors & Awards

• Outstanding Faculty Member - Student Senate 1999
• Outstanding Teacher on the BBA program 1997
• University Teacher - Scholar of the Year 1990
• Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America 1987
• Who's Who in the South and Southwest 1984
• Lybrand Silver Medal awarded in national competition by the
• National Association of Accountants for article titled, "Capital
• Budgeting Using Terminal Amounts" 1981
• Ernst & Ernst Doctoral Fellowship 1975
• Haskins and Sells Award, Outstanding Accounting Ph.D. Candidate
  at Stanford University 1974
• Old Mutual Scholar and Gold Medal, Outstanding MBA student at
  University of Cape Town 1969
• Teacher's Diploma awarded with Distinction 1964
• Bachelor of Science awarded magna cum laude 1961
• Old Mutual Scholarship, national competition to encourage
  actuarial studies 1960