Prof. Joseph D Moran

Assistant Professor of Accounting

Primary DLC

MIT Sloan School of Management

MIT Room: E62-669

Assistant

James McDonough
mcdjames@mit.edu

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Accounting
Economics, Finance and Accounting

Research Summary

Professor Moran studies the interplay between information, incentives, and decision-making, both inside and outside firms. His recent work includes a field experiment on the motivational effects of “management by walking around” and a study on whether the availability of highly detailed performance information translates into improved decision-making by front-line managers.

Recent Work