Accounting: Information for Business Decisions: Volume 1

Loren Nikolai is the Ernst & Young Professor and Director of the Masters Programs in the School of Accountancy at the University of Missouri?Columbia (MU). He received his B.A. and M.B.A. from St. Cloud State University and his PhD. from the University of Minnesota. Professor Nikolai has taught at the University of Wisconsin and at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Professor Nikolai has received numerous teaching awards. Recently, he was the recipient of the MU Student-Athlete Advisory Council 2004 Most Inspiring Professor Award. Also, he has been awarded University of Missouri System 1999 Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching, the MU Alumni Association 1996 Faculty Award, the MU College of Business 1994 Accounting Professor of the Year Award, the Missouri Society of CPAs 1993 Outstanding Accounting Educator of the Year Award, the MU 1992 Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, the St. Cloud State University 1990 Distinguished Alumni Award, and the Federation of Schools of Accountancy 1989 Faculty Award of Merit. He holds a CPA certificate in the state of Missouri and previously worked for the 3M Company. Professor Nikolai is the lead author of Intermediate Accounting, and has also been an author on four previous textbooks. Professor Nikolai has published numerous articles in The Accounting Review; Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Educator's Journal, Journal of Accounting Education, The CPA Journal, Management Accounting, Policy Analysis, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Business Research, and other professional journals. He was also lead author of a monograph published by the National Association of Accountants. Professor Nikolai has served as an ad hoc reviewer for The Accounting Review and Issues in Accounting Education. He has made numerous presentations around the country on curricular and pedagogical issues in accounting education, and was advisor for Beta Alpha Psi for twenty years.Nikolai, Loren A. is the author of 'Accounting: Information for Business Decisions: Volume 1', published 2006 under ISBN 9780759395428 and ISBN 075939542X.