Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about CFO insights. A new school year has just begun amid the confusion and uncertainty of COVID-19. While health and ...

Anna Costello, PhD ’11, joined Chicago Booth’s faculty in 2021 as professor of accounting. Her research interests span supply-chain risk, economic spillovers, trade credit, contracting, and fintech.

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Accounting, a critical-yet-often-cumbersome aspect of running a business, ...

Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 113, No. 2 (March 2013), pp. 225-241 (17 pages) Ethical instruction is critical for trainee accountants. Various teaching methods, both active and passive, are ...

The abacus, the quill, the painstaking hand-written ledger–these are the iconic symbols of traditional accounting, practices that have underpinned commerce for centuries. While the fundamental ...

Accounting technology is revolutionizing the way firms operate. What once took paper ledgers and hours of manual work can now be done in a fraction of … ...

The use of active learning strategies offers educators proven approaches to advance student learning. Trends in the literature point to a continued focus on the benefits of unique student projects, ...

If you’ve ever messaged an online chatbot or asked Alexa a question, you’ve used machine learning. But do you know how machine learning in accounting can make a startup or small business’s processes ...

As automation becomes part of the fabric of doing business, SMBs could stand to gain thanks to new tech tools. In a December 2016 report from consultancy Accenture, the firm notes that “automation, ...

The inventor of bitcoin and blockchain technology goes by the name Satoshi Nakamoto. Though Nakamoto claims to be a Japanese man born in 1975, most experts believe Nakamoto is a pseudonym. Some have ...

Robots are NOT going to replace all human accountants or bookkeepers (at least not anytime soon). White-collar workers who are part of the knowledge economy are beginning to experience what manual ...