Business/economics :: UW–Madison Experts

Brian Mayhew

Professor, accounting

Expert on auditing and financial accounting for private and public companies

Loren Kuzuhara

Senior lecturer, management and human resources

Expert in work motivation, leadership, team-building, training and development, organizational development, organizational behavior, human resource management

Scott Bowe

Associate professor; wood products extension specialist

Expert in wood product manufacturing, demand and utilization

Daniel Hausman

Professor, philosophy, medical history and bioethics

Works on issues at the boundaries between philosophy and economics: causation, rationality, ethics, methodology

Karen Holden

Professor emerita, consumer science and public affairs

Expert on the economic status of the older population and on financial literacy

J. Michael Collins

Professor; Institute for Research on Poverty

Expert on policies and programs related to consumer finance and financial literacy

Jingshan Li

Associate professor, industrial and systems engineering

Expert on manufacturing, service and health care systems engineering

Justin Sydnor

Associate professor, actuarial science, risk management and insurance

Expert in behavioral economics with expertise in areas of insurance decisions and health care.

Jerry O'Brien

Executive director emeritus, The Kohl’s Center for Retailing Excellence

Expert on retail industry trends and impact on consumers during the holiday season and beyond

Stephen J Young

Assistant professor, geography and international studies

Major interest is in political-economic change in contemporary India

Derek Johnson

Assistant professor, communication arts

Expert on media industries, creative collaboration, and the production of popular culture

Russell Coff

Thomas J. Falk Distinguished Chair in Business

Expert on business strategy, human capital, competitive advantage, innovation and strategic investments.

Sarah Botham

Faculty associate, life sciences communication; NAMA advisor and marketing team coach

Expert on agriculture and life sciences communication and marketing; strategic planning & branding; grape growing, agri-tourism, new-product launches

Qing Liu

Assistant professor, marketing

Expert on conjoint analysis, discrete choice experiments, experimental design, and Bayesian statistical models of consumer choice.

Ann Terlaak

Associate professor, School of Business; director, Certificate in Business, Environment & Social Responsibility

Expert on sustainable business, corporate social responsibility and organizational learning

John Surdyk

Director, Initiative for Studies in Transformational Entrepreneurship

Expert on entrepreneurship/social entrepreneurship in U.S.

Liad Weiss

Assistant professor, marketing

Expert on consumer psychology and branding

Kevin Chung

Associate Professor, marketing

Expert on social influence processes, celebrity endorsements, endorsement marketing, behavioral bias in marketing, brand alliance, sales management, group incentives

Fabio Gaertner

Assistant professor, accounting and information systems

Expert on accounting, taxation, asset prices, executive compensation, and management incentives

Robert (Bob) Batt

Associate professor, operations & information management

Expert on service operations management with a focus on healthcare delivery operations, econometrics, and spreadsheet modeling.

Deb Houden

Director, Family Business Center; faculty associate, School of Business

Expert on issues concerning family business including succession, next generation leadership, and communication and conflict.

Matthew Hora

Associate Professor, Adult & Higher Education; Director, Center for Research College-Workforce Transitions

Expert on college-workforce transitions, with focus on internships, "soft" or "21st century skills," and postsecondary teaching from a cultural, historical and learning sciences perspective.

Lawrence Berger

Professor, School of Social Work

Expert on the economic resources, sociodemographic characteristics, and public policies affecting parental behaviors and child and family well-being

Julie Dahl

Faculty associate, Division of Continuing Studies

Expert in business and professional Spanish, language courses for adults, and working cross-culturally in Spanish-speaking countries.

Peter Lukszys

Distinguished Lecturer / Grainger Center for Supply Chain Management / Department of Operations & Information Management

Expert on logistics, supply chain management, and enterprise resource planning systems

Sarah Marty

Director, Bolz Center for Arts Administration

Arts entrepreneur, arts management educator, performing arts professional, nonprofit arts and cultural leadership, production manager for campus and community events

Martin Ganco

Professor, management & human resources

Expert on entrepreneurship, innovation and technology, business strategy and complexity theory.

Thomas (Tom) O'Guinn

Professor emeritus, marketing

Expert on branding, consumer behavior, advertising, social class and consumption, and institutional responses by marketers to social disruption such as wars, recessions, oil spills,

Cliff Robb

Professor, Department Chair, Consumer Science

Expert on financial decision-making and consumer financial capability

Oliver Levine

Assistant professor, finance; Patrick A. Thiele Fellow in Finance

Expert on corporate finance, corporate investment, mergers and acquisitions, agency problems.

Thomas Linsmeier

Thomas G. Ragatz Distinguished Chair in Accounting & Professor, Accounting & Information Systems

Expert on financial reporting, particularly issues relating to standard setting activities, and the economic effects of changes in accounting standards.

Timothy Smeeding

Lee Rainwater Distinguished Professor of Public Affairs and Economics, Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs

Expert on social and economic mobility across generations; inequality of income, consumption and wealth; and poverty in national and cross-national contexts.