The University of Texas at Austin
McCombs School of Business
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David E. PlattDirector, Center for International Business Education & ResearchSenior Lecturer, Department of Accounting Ph.D., Cornell University MBA, Syracuse University B.S., University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business |
Dr. David Platt is the Director of The University of Texas at
Austin's Center for International Business Education and Research.
He teaches courses and conducts research in the areas of cost and
managerial accounting and cost management. Dr. Plat teaches both in
UT's #1-ranked Program in Professional Accounting and in the
Executive MBA program that UT offers in partnership with the
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)
in Mexico City.
Dr. Platt was recently a visiting scholar at the University of Paris
(the Sorbonne) and has published research comparing value
measurement and value creation models in Europe and the US.
Dr. Platt has previous international business experience in industry
(capital goods
manufacturing) and began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers,
working as a CPA in public accounting.



