Amir Ziv is Vice Dean and Professor of Accounting and Samberg Faculty Director at Columbia Business School. He teaches Financial Accounting, and Managerial Accounting in MBA, Executive MBA, various Executive Education programs, and in Doctoral programs. His research deals with the effects of accounting regimes and alternatives on economic environments, and is important for understanding accounting institutions and phenomena. He has a B.A., from University of Haifa and a Ph.D., from Stanford University.