Paul J. Simko

Paul J. Simko, Associate Professor of Business Administration; Associate Dean, MBA for Executives

  • BA, MAcc, University of Florida; PhD, University of Texas at Austin; CPA
Office: FOB 292-B
Phone: +1-434-924-1391
E-mail: SimkoP@darden.virginia.edu

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    MBA Courses

    Accounting for Managers, MBAExec
    Financial Statement Analysis and Corporate Valuation

    Executive Education Courses

    Management Development Program
    Advanced Management Program
    Finance for Non-Financial Managers

    Biography

    Paul J. Simko is associate dean of the MBA for Executives Program and associate professor of business administration. His research centers broadly on issues related to financial accounting information; he has received numerous national and university recognitions for his work. Simko is particularly interested in topics related to how alternative accounting treatments affect the decisions of investors and financial analysts and how investors assess firms’ earnings quality. His current research examines the incentives and consequences of earnings management and valuation issues pertaining to earnings volatility and growth. He teaches courses in both accounting and financial statement analysis.

    Prior to joining the Darden School faculty in 2002, Simko taught at Emory University, Indiana University and INSEAD. He is currently a research fellow with the Enterprise Risk Management Initiative at North Carolina State University, has worked as a Senior Analyst with Citicorp and is a Certified Public Accountant.

    Expertise

    Capital Markets
    Financial Accounting
    Corporate Financial Reporting and Disclosure
    Enterprise Risk Management

    Featured Video

    Associate Dean Paul Simko on Ethics at Darden

    Darden faculty and administration highlight some of the ways they incorporate business ethics into their specialty areas across the Darden enterprise and not just in the core ethics classes. In this video, we hear from Associate Dean for Darden's MBA for Executives Program, Professor Paul Simko of Darden's Accounting faculty.