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Professor in the Practice of Management

Professor Garstka is an expert in the bankruptcy process and has written on ways to reform it. His general interests include contemporary issues in accounting and the restructuring of troubled companies. His research has been published in leading management science and accounting journals. He has co-authored three accounting texts, the most recent, Financial Accounting, 2004, South-Western College Publishing, was co-authored with Rick Antle.

Professor Garstka has served on the boards of several corporate and nonprofit organizations, has consulted widely to organizations in all sectors, and recently served as the independent consultant for Thomas Weisel Partners LLC to procure independent research providers as part of the global settlement of conflicts of interest between research and investment banking announced by the SEC.

Boards of Directors
Yale Entrepreneurial Institute, 2007
New Haven Enterprise Center, 1998-2002
Danielson Holding Corporation, 1996-2002
MBA Enterprise Corps, 1991-1999
Vyquest Inc. (AMSE), 1988-1990
Foote School, 1995-1999
GRS Realty Co., Inc., 1996-1997
GRS Holding Co., Inc., 1996-1997

Books
Financial Accounting (with R. Antle), South-Western College Publishing, 2nd edition, 2004

Selected Articles
"The Development of Corporate Performance Measures: Benchmarks Before EVA" (with W. Goetzmann), 2000

"March Madness and the Office Pool" (with E. Kaplan), Management Science, Vol. 47, No. 3, 369-382, December, 1999

"The Balanced Scorecard: Development and Implementation in an Academic Clinical Department" (with S. Rimar), Academic Medicine, 1999

Education
PhD Carnegie Mellon University, 1970
MSIA Carnegie Mellon University, 1968
AB Wesleyan University, 1966