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William J. Bruns


Bruns, William J.
Visiting Professor of Accounting


404 Hayden Hall
617-373-8374
w.bruns@neu.edu

Education

PhD in Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley
DBA (Honorary), University of Redlands, California
MBA, Harvard University
BA, University of Redlands, California

Research and Teaching Interests

Professor Bruns has research and teaching interests in Management Control Systems and Performance Measurement; Financial Reporting and Analysis, especially Intangible Assets and Impairment; and Management Accounting and Decision-Making.

Awards and Honors

Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, Harvard University.

Selected Publications

Bruns, S., Bruns, W. (2011). Beyond Problems and Cases: Discussion Materials for Accounting in Executive Programs. Journal of Executive Education, 2010.

Bruns, W. (2009). Teaching note for Depreciation at Delta Air Lines and the "Fresh Start" (pp. 6). Harvard Business Publishing.

Bruns, W. (2009). Depreciation at Delta Airlines and the "Fresh Start" (pp. 8). Harvard Business Publishing.

Bruns, W. (2009). Lyons Document Storage Corporation (pp. 8). Boston, MA: Harvard Business Publishing.

Bruns, W. (2009). Teaching note for Lyons Document Storage Corporation (pp. 11). Boston, MA: Harvard Business Publishing.

Bruns, W. (2008). Merrimack Tractors and Mowers Inc. (pp. 6). Boston, MA: Harvard Business Publishing.

Bruns, W. (2008). Teaching note for Merrimack Tractors and Mowers (pp. 7). Boston, MA: Harvard Business Publishing.

Bruns, W. (2008). Teaching note for The Talbots Inc. (pp. 6). Boston, MA: Harvard Business Publishing.

Bruns, W. (2008). The Talbots Inc. and Subsidiaries: Accounting for Goodwill (pp. 11). Boston, MA: Harvard Business Publishing.

 Bruns, W. (2007). Two new case studies, Boston, MA: Northeastern University, Harvard Business School, and Harvard Business School Publishing Company.

Bruns, W. J. (2005). Accounting for Managers: Text and Cases, Third Edition. Cincinnati: Thomson South-Western Publishing Co.

Selected Presentations

Bruns, W. (Presenter Only), Heskett, J. (Presenter Only), The Art and Craft of Discussion Leadership, Harvard Business School Publishing, Watertown, MA. (Five two-day seminars on discussion based learning in 2007.)

Industry and Academic Experience

Professor Bruns has done consulting and executive development work for numerous companies since 1970, and currently is working with Harvard Business School Publishing, Watertown, Massachusetts, and an automobile rental company that wishes to remain anonymous.

Professional Services

Professor Bruns served as book review editor of The Accounting Review and as a member of the editorial board for Advances in Management Accounting and as an ad hoc reviewer for other professional journals.

Mailing Address

William J. Bruns
422 Hayden Hall
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts  02115-5000