Dr. William B. Tayler is the Robert J. Smith Professor of Accountancy in the Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University (BYU). Dr. Tayler earned a Ph.D. and a master�s degree at Cornell University and a master�s and an undergraduate degree at Brigham Young University, graduating with honors. He teaches in BYU�s School of Accountancy, one of the top-ranked accounting programs in the world. Dr. Tayler has also taught at Cornell University and Emory University and has received multiple teaching awards. Dr. Tayler is a Certified Management Accountant and consultant specializing in cost accounting, performance measurement and incentive compensation. Dr. Tayler serves as an editor for Behavioral Research in Accounting and his work has been published in top journals, including Accounting Horizons, Accounting, Organizations and Society, The Accounting Review, American Journal of Health Behavior, Contemporary Accounting Research, Harvard Business Review, IMA Educational Case Journal, Journal of the American Medical Association-Internal Medicine, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Behavioral Finance, Journal of Finance, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Journal of Management Accounting Research, Management Science, Review of Financial Studies and Strategic Finance. He has presented his work as an invited speaker at universities and conferences across the globe. Dr. Tayler loves spending time with his wife, Sarah, and their eight children. Jefferson P. Jones is the PricewaterhouseCoopers associate professor of accounting at Auburn University. He received his bachelor's and master of accountancy degrees from Auburn University and his PhD in accounting from Florida State University. While earning his CPA, he worked for Deloitte & Touche. He has received numerous teaching awards, including the Outstanding Master of Accountancy Professor Award, the Beta Alpha Psi Outstanding Teaching Award (six times), the Auburn University College of Business McCartney Teaching Award, and the Auburn University School of Accountancy Teaching Award. In addition to writing an intermediate accounting text, he has published articles in Advances in Accounting, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Issues in Accounting Education, International Journal of Forecasting, The CPA Journal, Managerial Finance, Journal of Accounting and Finance Research and The Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance. Jones has made numerous presentations around the country on research and pedagogical issues. He is a member of the American Accounting Association (AAA), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and the Alabama Society of CPAs (ASCPA). Dr. Carl S. Warren is professor emeritus of accounting at the University of Georgia, Athens. For more than 25 years, Dr. Warren has taught all levels of accounting courses with a primary focus on introductory of accounting and auditing. Dr. Warren has taught classes at the University of Iowa, Michigan State University and the University of Chicago. He received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University and his B.A.A. and M.A. from the University of Iowa. During his career, Dr. Warren published numerous articles in professional journals, including The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accountancy, The CPA Journal and Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory. Dr. Warren�s outside interests include handball, backpacking, skiing, hiking, fly-fishing and golf. He also spends as much time as possible visiting with his five grandchildren (two sets of twins). Dr. Warren splits his time between Georgia and Montana.