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Finance and Accounting for the Nonfinancial Executive

Fall 2008 Dates: September 28 - October 3, 2008
Application Deadline: August 18, 2008
Program Tuition: $8,700 USD

Spring 2009 Dates: April 26 - May 1, 2009
Application Deadline: March 16, 2009
Program Tuition: $9,200 USD

Fall 2009 Dates: September 27 - October 2, 2009
Application Deadline: August 17, 2009
Program Tuition: $9,200 USD

Faculty Director

George G. C. Parker
Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance, Emeritus; Co-director of the Financial Management Executive Program;
Director of the Finance and Accounting for the Nonfinancial Executive Program


George Parker's teaching and research interests are primarily in the field of corporate finance, management of financial institutions, and corporate governance. He is the author of numerous case studies related to these subjects which are used in the MBA Program at Stanford and other schools. He has also authored several articles on capital structure, risk management, and corporate valuation. [View Profile]

Other Stanford Business School Faculty

George Foster
Paul L. And Phyllis Wattis Professor of Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Director of the Executive Program for Growing Companies

George Foster’s research and teaching includes entrepreneurship/early-stage companies; financial analysis, especially in commercial disputes; and sports business management. His recent research includes the role of financial and other systems in the growth and valuation of companies. He also is researching globalization challenges facing both sporting organizations and companies. [View Profile]

  Ron Kasznik
Associate Professor of Accounting, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Ron Kasznik’s research focuses on examining the strategic use of accounting and financial information by market participants, particularly firm managers. Within this broad area, he focuses primarily on issues related to the provision of financial and non-financial information, the determinants and outcomes of voluntary disclosures, incentives to manage reported earnings, and the disclosure and reporting effects of employee stock options. [View Profile]

  Maureen F. McNichols
Marriner S. Eccles Professor of Public and Private Management; Professor of Law (by courtesy), School of Law; Co-Director of the Stanford Governance Forum Executive Program; Graduate School of Business Trust Faculty Fellow for 2007-08

Maureen McNichols’ research examines financial reporting and its role in providing information to investors. Her recent work focuses on earnings quality, on earnings management and on securities analysts. The research on earnings quality examines the informativeness of earnings and its components under alternative accounting principles. The research on earnings management examines companies’ incentives and methods for managing earnings, detection of managed earnings and the consequences for investors. The research on analysts examines their incentives to report information truthfully, how investment banking influences analysts’ behavior, and the implications for investors. [View Profile]

  Madhav V. Rajan
Gregor G. Peterson Professor of Accounting, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Professor of Law (by courtesy), School of Law, Stanford University

Madhav Rajan specializes in the economics-based analysis of management accounting issues. His work examines the optimal choice of information and incentive systems in firms and the rationale behind observed internal accounting practices. Rajan has done analytical, empirical, and field-based work on the role of incentives in supply chain contracting, the use of nonfinancial performance measures, ans the value of “cost of quality” accounting systems in modern manufacturing environments. His recent work has focused on the links between economic and accounting profitability, the use of internal auction markets for resource allocation, and the usefulness of subjective measures of performance. [View Profile]


Finance and Accounting for the Nonfinancial Executive program combines principles of finance and accounting with discussion of application to recent events and highlighted the use of financial tools to better manage and create value in my operation.

Marshall M. Criser III
VP Regulatory / External Affairs
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