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Case Grant Recipients 1999

KPMG and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are pleased to announce case development grants under the Business Measurement Case Development and Research Program. During the Program's second submission period, twenty-four proposals were received requesting grants totaling approximately $822,000. Seven proposals totaling $271,300 have been selected for funding, with an average award of $38,760. Under the Program, case development grant recipients can apply for follow-on research grants of up to $50,000 after case projects have been completed.

The KPMG/University of Illinois Business Measurement Case Development and Research Program is distinguished from other academic funding programs in three ways:

Cases developed under the Program focus on the importance of understanding the client's strategy and systems dynamics when performing a financial-statement audit.
Scholars in the fields of strategy, accounting, and auditing, together with practicing professionals, establish close working relationships and share knowledge and insights during case development and research projects.
Scholars design follow-on research projects after having obtained valuable experience applying the new assurance technologies that will be subjected to critical analysis.

All proposals received during the second submission period were reviewed by each member of the program's Advisory Board: Timothy B. Bell-KPMG; William R. Kinney, Jr.-University of Texas at Austin; Krishna G. Palepu-Harvard University; Katherine Schipper-University of Chicago; Ira Solomon-University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Tiffany Rasmussen, partner-in-charge of BMP deployment at KMPG's Assurance & Advisory Services Center in Montvale, NJ. The following case proposals were selected for funding:

Researchers & Institutions Project Titles Funding Project Descriptions

David Donnelly
Dan Deines
Jeffrey Katz
Kansas State University
A Strategic-Systems Audit of a New-Generation Agribusiness Cooperative $40,000 A case study focusing on the role of business processes in the execution of business strategy with particular emphasis on linkages to audit risk.

Ken Trotman
Roger Simnett
Graham Bradley
University of New South Wales
Strategic Global Alliances and Customer Profitability in the Airlines Industry $40,000 A case study of the impact of strategic alliances on client business & audit risk profiles in the airline industry.

Terry Amburgey
Robert Dahlstrom
Robert Ramsay
University of Kentucky

James Duncan
Ball State University
Strategic-Systems Auditing In the Restaurant Industry: Using the Business Measurement Process $40,000 A case study focusing on the use of KPIs in analytical procedures for audits of organizations in the highly-competitive restaurant industry

Thomas Cottrell
Mike Stein
University of Calgary Revenue and Asset Measurement in the Software Industry $40,000 A case study illustrating the relationship between business and audit risk in the context of software revenue recognition.

Robert Allen
Barry Cushing
University of Utah

Taylor Randall
University of Pennsylvania
Understanding Business Risks and Business Processes in the Financial Services Industry $31,500 A case study focusing on the links between client business risks, business process performance and audit risk for a commercial bank.

Byron Bissell
William L. Felix
University of Arizona

Audrey Gramling
Wake Forest University

Mario Maletta
Northeastern University
Integrating Internal and External Audit Activities in A Strategic-Systems Audit: A Prescriptive Analysis $40,000 A case study illustrating how internal audit activities and the knowledge, skills and abilities of internal auditors can be leveraged in a strategic-systems audit.

Arnold Wright
Boston College

Sally Wright
University of Massachusetts-Boston

Mark Gordon
CMI Vantage Partners LLC
Auditor-Client Negotiations Within Strategic-Systems Audits $39,800 A case study focusing on the relationship between knowledge of the client's business and industry and the auditor's ability to successfully negotiate the booking of audit differences.

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Researchers & Institutions	Project Titles	Funding	Project Descriptions
David Donnelly Dan Deines Jeffrey Katz Kansas State University	A Strategic-Systems Audit of a New-Generation Agribusiness Cooperative	$40,000	A case study focusing on the role of business processes in the execution of business strategy with particular emphasis on linkages to audit risk.
Ken Trotman Roger Simnett Graham Bradley University of New South Wales	Strategic Global Alliances and Customer Profitability in the Airlines Industry	$40,000	A case study of the impact of strategic alliances on client business & audit risk profiles in the airline industry.
Terry Amburgey Robert Dahlstrom Robert Ramsay University of Kentucky James Duncan Ball State University	Strategic-Systems Auditing In the Restaurant Industry: Using the Business Measurement Process	$40,000	A case study focusing on the use of KPIs in analytical procedures for audits of organizations in the highly-competitive restaurant industry
Thomas Cottrell Mike Stein University of Calgary	Revenue and Asset Measurement in the Software Industry	$40,000	A case study illustrating the relationship between business and audit risk in the context of software revenue recognition.
Robert Allen Barry Cushing University of Utah Taylor Randall University of Pennsylvania	Understanding Business Risks and Business Processes in the Financial Services Industry	$31,500	A case study focusing on the links between client business risks, business process performance and audit risk for a commercial bank.
Byron Bissell William L. Felix University of Arizona Audrey Gramling Wake Forest University Mario Maletta Northeastern University	Integrating Internal and External Audit Activities in A Strategic-Systems Audit: A Prescriptive Analysis	$40,000	A case study illustrating how internal audit activities and the knowledge, skills and abilities of internal auditors can be leveraged in a strategic-systems audit.
Arnold Wright Boston College Sally Wright University of Massachusetts-Boston Mark Gordon CMI Vantage Partners LLC	Auditor-Client Negotiations Within Strategic-Systems Audits	$39,800	A case study focusing on the relationship between knowledge of the client's business and industry and the auditor's ability to successfully negotiate the booking of audit differences.