Accounting research examines the role of accounting information in firms and financial markets. The majority of accounting research at Cornell and peer institutions focuses on how firms report information to investors, how investors process that information, how information affects stock prices and trading volume, the uses of accounting information in managing firms and compensating employees, and the nature of the auditing process. Accounting faculty and doctoral students at Johnson are actively involved in both the Parker Center and the Business Simulation Laboratory.<br>Cornell's PhD in Management program will prepare you for an exceptional career in research and teaching at top-tier institutions. From your first semester, you'll work with faculty mentors across the management field in the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and the university as you investigate business challenges that interest you. Our students have the entrepreneurial ability-and tenacity-to study complex issues that managers and policymakers face. In your early years in the program, you will complete foundational coursework in management and other fields-many of these courses will focus on the research process and prepare you for your dissertation. You'll work with classmates to examine existing literature and theories for class deliverables, which will often include doing your own original research. As you progress in the PhD in Management program, you can take advanced courses that match your research area of interest. Your faculty committee will help make sure you're on the right track. You can start research with faculty mentors as early as your first year.