Welcome to the KPMG Foundation!

The KPMG Foundation is the sole corporate sponsor of the following five prestigious academic conferences.

University of Chicago Journal of Accounting Research Conference

University of North Carolina Tax Policy Symposium

University of Illinois Audit Research Symposium

New York University Journal of Accounting, Audit and Finance Conference

Higher Education propels the advancement and dissemination of knowledge. At the root is a very important individual: the professor. The KPMG Foundation acknowledges the central role faculty play in the academic process through the KPMG Professorships. These nationally recognized professorships, established and funded by the KPMG Foundation, are a tribute to the dedication of distinguished business school faculty.

KPMG Professors

Robert Ashton KPMG Research Professor Duke University	Stanley Biggs University of Connecticut
James Boatsman Arizona State University	James Brown, Jr. University of Nebraska
Donald Chambers Lafayette College	William M. Cready Texas A&M University
D. Larry Crumbley Louisiana State University	Dan Deines Kansas State University
Jesse Dillard University of Central Florida	Samir El-Gazzar Pace University
John Engstrom Northern Illinois University	N. Allen Ford University of Kansas
Arthur Francia University of Houston	Jere Francis University of Missouri
Alexander Gabbin James Madison University	Gordon Hosch University of New Orleans
Sally Jones University of Virginia	Larry Killough Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Wayne Landsman University of North Carolina	Robert Lipe University of Oklahoma
Roland Madison John Carroll University	M. Herschel Mann Texas Tech University
Robert May University of Texas at Austin	Carl Messere North Carolina State University
Paul Munter KPMG Accounting Scholar University of Miami	John Price University of North Texas
Jane Reimers Florida State University	Thomas Schaefer University of Notre Dame
John Simmons University of Florida	Douglas Skinner University of Michigan
Charles Smith Pennsylvania State University	Ray Stephens Kent State University
Kevin Stocks Brigham Young University	Michael Tearney University of Kentucky
Arlette Wilson Auburn University	S. Mark Young University of Southern California

Together, KPMG and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign initiated an innovative program in 1997: the Business Measurement Case Development and Research Program(BMP). Both KPMG and the University of Illinois are committed to facilitating efforts within the profession to transform its core services and help higher education learn more about emerging assurance technologies. This ongoing, competitive program supports the development of educational materials that help faculty members provide students with rich and realistic experiences applying the concepts and framework presented in Auditing Organizations Through a Strategic-Systems Lens (Bell et al., 1997).

Focused on a leading-edge audit approach, BMP is a partnership between KPMG and a leading academic institution. KPMG professionals work together with professors funded under the program to develop educational materials. The program also supports follow-on scholarly research on issues relating to the further development of strategic-systems auditing.

To date, 23 case development proposals have been funded, totalling $814,546.00. Funded proposals are authored by professors from the following schools:

University of Alberta

University of Arizona

Auburn University

Ball State University

Boston College

University of Calgary

California State University -
Los Angeles

California State University - Northridge

University of Chicago

Duke Univerity

Georgia State University

Iowa State University

Kansas State

University of Kentucky

University of Massachusetts - Boston

Michigan State University

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Northeastern University

University of Pennsylvania

University of Saskatchewan

University of New South Wales

Stanford University

University of Tennessee at Martin

University of Utah

Wake Forest State University

Washington University

University of Waterloo

Topics to be covered in the cases include business risks faced by managed health care companies; external factors affecting the biopharmaceutical and financial services industries; variations in corporate strategies and how they impact financial performance; and the implication of supply-chain management strategies for client business and audit risks. To date, seven projects have been completed. These are now electronically available for use as case studies in universities.

The KPMG Foundation is grateful to the members of the Business Measurement Case Development and Research Program Advisory Board:

Timothy B. Bell
KPMG Montvale William R. Kinney, Jr.
University of Texas at Austin

Krishna G. Palepu
Harvard University Katherine Schipper
Duke University

Ira Solomon
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

For more information about the BMP visit:
http://www.cba.uiuc.edu/kpmg-uiuc/

Designed to help members continually expand their professional development, AAA's programs and conferences teach new skills and provide networking and mentoring opportunities.

These conferences and regional meetings are an excellent way for America's business school faculty to extend research and remain current with new developments in the accounting profession. The KPMG Foundation and other leading international professional services firms provide the funds for the AAA's activities. KPMG is the sole corporate sponsor of the AAA Audit Section, American Tax Association Mid-year and the AAA International Accounting Research Conference. For more information about the American Accounting Association visit http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/aaa

The collective impact of many individual donations gathered into larger contributions is a distinct benefit of the Matching Gift Program. Through the KPMG Foundation, KPMG LLP partners and employees can contribute to their alma mata or a school where the firm actively recruits, a convenience that resulted in $4.0 million in donations during 1999. Matching gifts supports faculty research, attendance at academic conferences, and the many needs of faculty, departments, business school and the universities at large.