Dr. Lawrence A. Gordon is the Ernst & Young Alumni Professor of
Managerial Accounting and Information Assurance at
the Robert H. Smith School of
Business. He is also an Affiliate Professor in the University of
Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies. Dr. Gordon
earned his Ph.D. in Managerial Economics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. An internationally
known scholar in the areas of managerial accounting
and cybersecurity economics, Dr. Gordon's
research focuses on such issues as
economic aspects of information security, corporate
performance measures, cost management systems, and capital
investments. He is the author of more than 90 articles, published in such
journals as The Accounting Review,
MIS Quarterly, ACM Transactions
on Information and System Security,
Journal of Financial
and Quantitative Analysis, Accounting Organizations and
Society, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy,
Journal of Computer Security,
Decision Sciences, Omega, Journal of Business Finance
and Accounting, European Accounting
Review, Accounting and Business Research,
Managerial and Decision Economics, Communications of
the ACM, and Management Accounting Research.
Dr. Gordon's
current research emphasizes the importance of utilizing concepts
from managerial accounting and economics within an
information-based economy. In particular, he is considered one
of the pioneers in the emerging field of cybersecurity
economics. Dr. Gordon also is the author of
several books, including
Managerial
Accounting: Concepts and Empirical Evidence,
Managing Cybersecurity Resources: A
Cost-Benefit Analysis and
Capital Budgeting: A Decision Support System Approach.
In addition, he is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal
of Accounting and Public Policy and serves on
the editorial boards of several other journals. In two
authoritative
studies, Dr. Gordon was cited as being among the world's most
influential/productive accounting researchers.
The recipient of numerous teaching awards, Dr. Gordon
has been an invited speaker at numerous universities around
the world, including Harvard University, Columbia University,
Carnegie Mellon University,
University of Toronto, London Business School, London School
of Economics, the University of Manchester, Instituto de Empresa
and the Univerisity of California-Berkeley. He also has served as a consultant to several
private (e.g., IBM) and public (e.g., U.S. General Accounting
Office, now the Government Accountability
Office) organizations. In October
2007, he was invited to provide
Congressional
Testimony
concerning his
research on cybersecurity economics before a Subcommittee of the
U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security. In addition to the
Smith School of Business, Dr. Gordon's research on cybersecurity
economics has been supported by the National Security Agency and
is currently being supported by the Department of Homeland
Security.
Dr. Gordon's former Ph.D. students are
currently distinguished faculty at such universities as
Stanford University, Ohio State University,
Instituto de Empresa, Michigan State
University, The College of William and Mary, and National
Taiwan University. His former M.B.A. students frequently call
him on the "Management Accounting Hotline" (affectionately
named by his students) to discuss issues confronting their organizations.
Dr. Gordon also is an active member of various professional
organizations, a frequent contributor to the popular press (e.g.,
The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Financial
Times), and served as the President of the University of
Maryland Faculty/Staff Club for over a decade.
