Rajiv Banker

Banker obtained his Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Bombay in 1973, and his Doctorate in Business Administration at Harvard University in 1980.

His early research focused on productivity,“Productivity Measurement and Management Control,” The Management of Productivity and Technology in Manufacturing, P. Kleindorfer (Ed.), Plenum, New York, NY, (1985), pp. 239-257. economies of scale,“Scale Economies in New Software Development,” with C. Kemerer, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 15, 10, (October 1989), pp. 1199-1205. operational efficiency,“Measuring Gains in Operational Efficiency from Information Technology: A Case Study of the Positran Deployment at Hardee’s, Inc.,” with R. Kauffman and R. Morey, Journal of Management Information Systems, (Fall 1990), pp. 29-54. and data envelopment analysis. His research on data envelopment analysis includes 15 articles co-authored with William W. Cooper from 1984 to 2011.“Models for Estimating Technical and Scale Inefficiencies in Data Envelopment Analysis,” with A. Charnes and W.W. Cooper, Management Science, 30, 9, (September 1984), pp. 1078-1092.“Returns to Scale in DEA,” with W.W. Cooper, L. Seiford and J. Zhu, in Handbook on Data Envelopment Analysis, W.W. Cooper, L. Seiford and J. Zhu (Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA, (2011), pp. 43-75.

In 1995, Banker co-authored a textbook called Management Accounting with Anthony Akinson, Robert S. Kaplan and Mark Young.Management Accounting, with A. Atkinson, R. Kaplan and M. Young, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, First edition (1995). {{ISBN|0131854488}} {{ISBN|9780131854482}}. This textbook is now in its third edition. He also co-authored a book on the balanced scorecard.Balanced Scorecard: Linking Strategy to Performance, with S. Janakiraman and C. Konstans, Financial Executives Research Foundation, Morris Town, NJ (2001).

From mid 2004 to early 2005, Banker served only a short term as Dean of the A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management (AGSM) at the University of California Riverside, during which he spent considerable time in India conducting research, and then later served as a "special assistant" in the chancellor's office after leaving his position as Dean.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/Auditor-blasts-UC-s-pay-practices-University-2519099.php|title = Auditor blasts UC's pay practices / University routinely violates own policies for compensating highest-paid employees|date = 3 May 2006}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-may-18-me-uc18-story.html|title=Archives|website=Los Angeles Times|date=18 May 2006 }}{{Cite web|url=http://newsroom.ucr.edu/656|title=UCR Newsroom: Home}}

From 2014 to 2016, Banker's research contributions include 15 articles on accounting, information systems, operations management and management science. Many of these articles were published in top journals, such as the Journal of Accounting and Economics“The Confounding Effect of Cost Stickiness in Conservatism Research,” with S. Basu, D. Byzalov, and J. Chen, Journal of Accounting and Economics, 61, 1, (2016)., Accounting Review,“Implications of Impairment Decisions and Assets’ Cash-Flow Horizons for Conservatism Research,” with D. Byzalov and S. Basu, forthcoming in the Accounting Review, (2016).“Demand Uncertainty and Cost Behavior” with D. Byzalov and J. Plehn-Dujowich, The Accounting Review, 89, 3, (May 2014), pp. 839-865. Winner of the 2015 Notable Contribution to the Accounting Literature Award. Accounting Horizons,"William W. Cooper: Innovator, Fighter and Scholar,” with R. Kaplan, Accounting Horizons, 28, 1, (March 2014), pp. 193-203. and MIS Quarterly."Does Information and Communication Technology Lead to the Well-Being of Nations?” with Kartik Ganju and Paul Pavlou, forthcoming in MIS Quarterly, (2015) At the time of his death, Banker was working on stochastic DEA with Professor Ruggiero.

Banker has received five prestigious awards from the American Accounting Association. These awards include the Lifetime Contribution to Management Accounting Award (2017),{{Cite web|url=http://www.aicpa.org/Press/PressReleases/2017/Pages/Prof-Rajiv-D-Banker-Receives-CGMA-Sponsored-AAA-Lifetime-Contribution-Award.aspx|title=Prof. Rajiv D. Banker Receives CGMA-Sponsored AAA Lifetime Contribution Award|date=9 January 2017}} the Notable Contribution to Management Accounting Literature Award (2015)(2002), the Journal of Management Accounting Research Best Paper Award (2004), and the Award for Notable Contribution to Public Sector Accounting Literature (1991).{{Cite web |title=Inventory of Awards |url=http://www2.aaahq.org/awards/InventoryofAwards08.pdf |website=www2.aaahq.org}}

He has received three teaching awards, based on votes from graduate and undergraduate students.

• “Demand Uncertainty and Cost Behavior” with D. Byzalov and J. Plehn-Dujowich, The Accounting Review, 89, 3, (May 2014), pp. 839–865.
• “An Empirical Investigation of an Incentive Plan that Includes Nonfinancial Performance Measures,” with G. Potter and D. Srinivasan, Accounting Review, 75, 1, (January 2000), pp. 65–92.
• “An Introduction to Data Envelopment Analysis with Some of its Models and Their Uses,” with Abraham Charnes, William W. Cooper, J. Swarts and D. Thomas, Research in Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting, (1989), pp. 125–164
• “Constrained Game Formulations and Interpretations for Data Envelopment Analysis,” with Abraham Charnes, R. Clarke, and William W. Cooper, European Journal of Operational Research, (1989), pp. 299–308.
• “Some Models for Estimating Technical and Scale Inefficiencies in Data Envelopment Analysis,” with Abraham Charnes and William W. Cooper, Management Science, 30, 9, (September 1984), pp. 1078–1092.

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