Managerial
Accounting
Eighteenth Edition
Ray H. Garrison, D.B.A., CPA
Professor Emeritus
Brigham Young University
Eric W. Noreen, Ph.D., CMA
Professor Emeritus
University of Washington
Peter C. Brewer, Ph.D.
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Wake Forest University
With Contributions By
Norma R. Montague
Wake Forest University
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About the
Authors
Ray H. Garrison is emeritus professor of
accounting at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. He
received his BS and MS degrees from Brigham Young University
and his DBA degree from Indiana University.
As a certified public accountant, Professor Garrison has been
involved in management consulting work with both national
and regional accounting firms. He has published articles in
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The Accounting Review, Management Accounting, and other
professional journals. Innovation in the classroom has earned Professor Garrison the
Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Teaching Award from Brigham Young University.
Eric W. Noreen has taught at INSEAD in France
and the Hong Kong Institute of Science and Technology and is
emeritus professor of accounting at the University of Washington.
Currently, he is the Accounting Circle Professor of Accounting,
Fox School of Business, Temple University.
He received his BA degree from the University of Washington
and MBA and PhD degrees from Stanford University. A Certified
Management Accountant, he was awarded a Certificate
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of Distinguished Performance by the Institute of Certified
Management Accountants.
Professor Noreen has served as associate editor of The Accounting Review and the
Journal of Accounting and Economics. He has numerous articles in academic journals
including the Journal of Accounting Research; The Accounting Review; the Journal
of Accounting and Economics; Accounting Horizons; Accounting, Organizations and
Society; Contemporary Accounting Research; the Journal of Management Accounting
Research; and the Review of Accounting Studies.
Professor Noreen has won a number of awards from students for his teaching.
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