644 About the Authors
Dr. Bliss holds a PhD in Finance from Indiana University. He also re-
ceived his MBA in Finance/Real Estate from Indiana University and graduated
with honors from Rutgers University, earning a BS degree in Engineering and a
BA degree in Economics
Edward G. Cale Jr.is a professor of information systems at Babson College in
Wellesley, Massachusetts. Dr. Cale holds a BS in electrical engineering from
Stanford University and an MBA and a DBA from the Harvard Business
School. After working for five years in the aerospace and integrated circuits in-
dustries, Dr. Cale has spent the past 20 years in academia, teaching, conducted
research, and consulting in the management of information technology.
Eugene E. Comiskey received his PhD from Michigan State University and
his professional qualifications include both Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
and Certified Management Accountant (CMA). Professor Comiskey taught
from 1965 to 1980 at the Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue
University and also as a visiting faculty member during 1972 and 1973 at
the University of California, Berkeley. While at Purdue, he twice received the
Salgo Noren Foundation Award as the outstanding professor in the Graduate
Management Program. Since arriving at Georgia Tech he has six times been
recognized as Professor of the Year by the Graduate Students in Management
organization. In 1999, Professor Comisky was the recipient of the Educator of
the Year award from the Georgia Society of CPAs.
Professor Comiskey has published over 60 papers in a wide range of profes-
sional and scholarly journals and edited books. A book, with Charles W.
Mulford, Financial Warnings(478 pages),was published in 1996 by John Wiley
& Sons and is now in its fifth printing. Another book, Guide to Financial Re-
por ting and Analysis (624 pages), also with Charles W. Mulford, was published
by John Wiley & Sons in 2000. A third book, The Financial Numbers Game,is
under contract with John Wiley and should be published in late 2001 or early
- Current research interests center on financial analysis and financial re-
porting practices, financial early warnings, international financial reporting
practices, and the role of financial data in credit decisions. For over 25 years,
Professor Comiskey has worked with commercial banks, both in the United
States and in Europe and Asia, in the design and delivery of educational pro-
grams to improve the financially oriented credit analysis skills of lenders. Since
1988, he has been a partner in Financial Training Associates, a financial training
and consulting firm that he founded with his colleague Charles W. Mulford.
Professor Comiskey served from 1978 to 1980 as Director of Research
for the American Accounting Association. He also served (1995–1996) as pres-
ident of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the American
Accounting Association. The Section has a membership of over 1,500 and is
made up of scholars and practitioners who have a primary interest in matters
related to the measurement and disclosure of financial information. Professor