Faculty, Research & Staff

Fabienne Miller

Assistant Professor

Faculty Listing
Office: Washburn Shops, 303
Phone: +1-508-831-6128
fabienne@wpi.edu

Educational Background

Master in Management, Ecole de Management de Lyon, France, 1985
Certified Public Accountant,
Master of Professional Accountancy, Montana State University, 1998
PhD, Michigan State University, 2007

Research & Teaching Interests

Managerial accounting topics including information sharing and determinants and effects of using accounting information for decision-making.

IQP Advising Interests

education of health-care professionals; economics of health care; ethical issues; social cost & social change; science & society studies; impact of technical change on job & business; computers & education; assessing educational experience

Research

I am actively pursuing research on what hinders or motivates individuals to share accounting information, on the strategic and psychological effects of information asymmetry between buyers and suppliers, and on the outcomes of information sharing with the goal to submit to top accounting journals.

Recent Publications

"Power, Information Search, and Trade Behavior" with Dr. Mastilak, Dr. Matuszewski, and Dr. Woods
"Using Formal and Informal Controls to Limit Opportunism - Review and Classification of Remedies to Hold-ups" Manuscript presented at the MAS conference (January, 2009), at the European Accounting Association Conference (May 2009), and at AAA annual conference (August 2009). Submitted to the Journal of Accounting Literature on September 19, 2009.
"Determinants and Outcome of Incomplete Contract Choices" with Dr. Denison,
Submitted to Journal of Management Accounting Research on June 30, 2009.
"Integrating Accounting with Other Disciplines – Teaching with Business Plans" with Dr. Matuszewski – Manuscript presented at Effective Learning Strategies Forum Session for the Midwest AAA meeting (April 2009) and Effective Learning Strategies Forum Session for the 2009 Annual AAA meeting.
"The Impact of Accounting Contextual Variables on Negotiators' Perceived Risk, Trusting Behavior, and Negotiation Outcome" with Dr. Drake and Dr. Haka and M. Lau. - Manuscript presented at AAA's annual conference (August 2008) and at the Management Accounting Section of the AAA (January 2009)

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Honors & Awards

2005, Michigan State University, Excellence in Teaching Award

Years of Service at WPI

2007-current - Assistant Professor

Professional Experience & Activities

1998-2002, Montana State University, Adjunct Instructor, Bozeman, MT
1998-2000, HRDC, Fiscal Manager, Bozeman, MT
1990-1997, York County Transportation Authority, Controller, York, PA
1985-1990, Miller & Co., CPAs, Senior and staff accountant, York PA

Professional Societies/Memberships

Member of the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs
Member of the American Accounting Association
Secretary of Worcester Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants - 2009 to current
Member of the Economic Science Association

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