Steven Orpurt

Dr. Orpurt earned his MBA and Ph.D. at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (in accounting). His dissertation entitled “Local Analyst Earnings Forecast Advantages in Europe” was named the American Accounting Association International Section dissertation of the year in 2004. Dr. Orpurt is a faculty member at Arizona State University where he teaches upper level undergraduate financial accounting and a master’s level corporate governance, ethics, and sustainability reporting course.

My Latest Articles

Ken Teegardin Numbers And Finance

Interpreting earnings announcements

Have You Noticed that Earnings and Stock Prices Often Don’t Move Together? It is common for public entities to announce positive earnings, growth in earnings

Ken Teegardin Numbers And Finance

Recent SEC actions on warranty costs

Recent SEC Actions Last week (April 19, 2016) the Securities and Exchange Commission issued press release 2016-74. One purpose of the press release was announcing

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