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College of Business Administration

James F Brown, Jr.

James F Brown, Jr.

Professor of Accountancy
Accountancy
Contact Information

CBA 392
P.O. Box 880488
Lincoln, NE 68588-0488
Phone: +1-402-472-2320
Fax: +1-402-472-4100
jbrown2@unl.edu

Joined the college in January 1980.

Expertise
  • Cost Management
Education
D.B.A., University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 1981
M.B.A., East Tennessee State University, 1970
B.S., University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 1968
Teaching Interests
Managerial
Published In
-Journal of Applied Business Research
-Accounting EnquiriesManagerial Auditing Journal
-Journal of Accounting Education
-New Directions in Public Administration Research
-Handbook of Financial Management for Banks
-Professional Administrator
-Management Accounting
-Planning Review
-Internal Auditing
-Mid-South Business Journal
-Issues in Accounting Education
Refereed Publications
-"Annual and Quarterly Financial Data: Accuracy of Investment Decisions," with Musa Al-Darayseh, Journal of Applied Business Research, Spring 1992.
-"Firm Specific and Economic Environments: Determinants of Corporate Failure," with Musa Al-Darayseh, Journal of Business and Economics, Spring 1992.
-"Factors Influencing Slack in Governmental Budget Processes," with Walter B. Moore, Accounting Enquiries, Vol. 2, No. 11, August 1992, pp. 95-126.
-"A Case for Updating Management Accountants' Ethical Standards," with Mike Shaub, Managerial Auditing Journal, Vol. 7, No. 2, April 1992, pp. 37-40.
-"The Curriculum Required to Develop a Tax Specialist - A Comparison of Practitioner's Opinions with Current Programs," with Nancy Stara and Paul Shoemaker, Journal of Accounting Education, Vol. 9, 1991, pp. 79-104.
-"Expectancy Theory and Budgetary Slack," with Walter Moore, New Directions in Public Administration Research, Volume 2, No. 2, January 1990, pp. 31-41.
-"Accounting for Loan Losses in Commercial Banks" (Chapter in a text), Handbook of Financial Management for Banks, Shepard's/McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1989, pp. 181-196.
-"New Zealand Strategic Planning Practices," with Ashley Burrows, Professional Administrator, Volume 41, No. 1, February-March 1989, pp. 18-20.
-"The Application of Mathematical Programming in Capital Rationing," with David S. Christensen, Excel - A Journal of Applied Business Research, Fall, 1988, pp. 143-159.
-"How U.S. Firms Conduct Strategic Planning," Management Accounting, February, 1986, pp. 38-44; 55.
-"Corporate Planning - Key to Survival," submitted to Planning Review, accepted for publication.
-"Centel's Approach to Internal Control - An Accounting Policy Manual," with John Meyer, Internal Auditing, Summer, 1985, pp. 56-61.
-"How New AACSB Accounting Standards are Viewed," with Thomas E. Balke, Management Accounting, January 1985, pp. 10-11. -"A Strategic Aid to Internal Control
- The Accounting Policy Manual," Mid-South Business Journal, Volume V, Number 1, 1984, pp. 16-18.
-"Accounting Curriculum of AACSB Schools Intending to Seek Accreditation," with Thomas E. Balke, Issues in Accounting Education, 1983, pp. 50-59.
-"Do Accountants Need More Education?" with Thomas E. Balke, Management Accounting, November 1982, pp. 26-29.
Awards
-CBA Alumni Association Distinguished Professor Award, 2001.
-Beta Alpha Psi Accountant of the Year, 1991.
-Recognition Award for Contributions to Students, University of Nebraska, 1991.
-University of Nebraska Distinguished Teaching Award, 1990.
-Certificate of Merit, National Association of Accountants, 1986.
Additional Information
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS
-National Association of Accountants Committee on Membership, 1990-1992
-National Association of Accountants Committee on Publication, 1989-1990.
-Federation of Schools of Accountancy Committee on Associate Memberships, 1988-1989.
-Federation of Schools of Accountancy Committee on Five Year Accounting Programs, 1987-1988.
-National Association of Accountants, National Director, 1987-1988.
-National Association of Accountants Committee on Education, 1986-1987.
-Nebraska Cornhusker Chapter, NAA, Long Range Planning Committee, Chairman, 1986-1987.
-Nebraska Cornhusker Chapter, NAA, President, 1985-1986.
-North Central Regional Council, National Association of Accountants, 1984-1986.
-Nebraska Cornhusker Chapter, NAA, Vice President of Administration, 1984-1985.
-Nebraska Cornhusker Chapter, NAA, Vice President of Education & Professional Development, 1983-1984.
-Nebraska Cornhusker Chapter, NAA, Vice President of Education & Professional Development, 1982-1983.
-Nebraska Cornhusker Chapter, NAA, Director of IMA/CMA Affairs, 1981-1982.
-Nebraska Cornhusker Chapter, NAA, Director of Student Sponsorship Program, 1981-1982.
-Nebraska Cornhusker Chapter, NAA, Director of Professional Development, 1980-1981. PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
-CMA Certificate Management Accountant, 1983