William K. Carter 

Associate Professor of Commerce

Office phone: 434-924-3261
e-mail: wkc2z@virginia.edu

Education:

Ph.D., Accounting, Oklahoma State University
M.S., Accounting, University of Southern Mississippi
B.S., Accounting, University of Southern Mississippi
CPA

Areas of Expertise:

Professor Carter specializes in strategic management accounting, especially activity-based cost management (ABCM), the balanced scorecard, and the management of accounting’s interface with total quality management. His current research focuses on ABCM in for-profit service entities and the balanced scorecard in nonprofit service entities.

Professional Activities:

Professor Carter has consulted with business and industry and served on the editorial boards of Journal of Accounting Education and the education section of The Accounting Review. He has published papers on financial accounting, management accounting, accounting theory, accounting education, marketing, and finance and cases on strategic management accounting, cost accounting, budgeting, and business policy/strategy.

Selected Publications:

Cost Accounting, 14th edition, International Thomson Publishing, 2006.

"RICS Instructional Case," Journal of Accounting Case Research, fall 2002.

Cost Accounting, 13th edition, Dame Publications, 2002.

"WorkSource Enterprises Instructional Case: How the Board of Directors Monitors Performance," Issues in Accounting Education, August 1999.

Cost Accounting, 12th edition, Dame Publications, 1999 (with Usry).

"The Problems of Transfer Pricing," Journal of Accountancy, July 1998,  (with Maloney and Van Vranken). 

"To Invest in New Technology or Not? New Tools for Making the Decision," Journal of Accountancy, May 1992. 

"Oil and Gas: A Compromise Method of Accounting," Journal of Accountancy, June 1985 (with O. W. Broome and L. Katz). 

"A Benefits Approach to Certain Accounting Policy Choices," The Accounting Review, January 1981.

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