Overview
Bill Mayew is the Martin L. Black Jr. Distinguished Professor of Business Administration at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Professor Mayew received his Ph.D. in Business Administration (Accounting) from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006 and has been on the Fuqua faculty since graduation. He previously worked in accounting and financial reporting assurance at Ernst & Young.
Bill studies managerial communication of firm performance in general, with much of his research falling into the following three topical areas: (1) factors that shape voluntary earnings conference call communications and the effects of those communications, (2) the influence of personal traits and social forces on managerial communication, and (3) the determinants and consequences of managerial communication through mandatory financial reports. Here is a video summarizing his research agenda.
Bill studies managerial communication of firm performance in general, with much of his research falling into the following three topical areas: (1) factors that shape voluntary earnings conference call communications and the effects of those communications, (2) the influence of personal traits and social forces on managerial communication, and (3) the determinants and consequences of managerial communication through mandatory financial reports. Here is a video summarizing his research agenda.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Martin L. Black, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Business Administration
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2021 - Present
Fuqua School of Business
Professor of Business Administration
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2018 - Present
Fuqua School of Business
Core Faculty in Innovation & Entrepreneurship
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2018 - Present
Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship,
University Initiatives & Academic Support Units
Recent Publications
Contemporary insights on corporate guidance: A discussion of Call, Hribar, Skinner, and Volant (2024)
Journal Article Journal of Accounting and Economics · November 1, 2024 Guidance is an important and long-studied topic in the accounting literature. Call, Hribar, Skinner, and Volant (this issue) survey managers who provide guidance and those that do not to generate insights on the costs and benefits of providing guidance. Fo ... Full text CiteCOVID-19 Human Capital Management Response and Firm Value
Journal Article Journal of Management Accounting Research · September 1, 2024 We examine whether corporate human capital management responses to the COVID-19 pandemic (COVIDHCM) have implications for firm value. We exploit newly mandated SEC human capital disclosures in 10-K filings to measure COVIDHCM investments. To validate our m ... Full text CiteEquity analyst social interactions and geographic information transmission
Journal Article Review of Accounting Studies · March 1, 2024 We find that earnings forecasts by analysts with more local peers, defined as analysts working in the same brokerage office who cover different firms headquartered in the same area, are more accurate. These heightened accuracy effects are concentrated in s ... Full text CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
University of Texas, Austin ·
2006
Ph.D.