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Mahmoud Nourayi, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, College of Business Administration
Chair, Accounting Department


Office: Hilton 229
Phone: 310.338.5831
Email:
mnourayi@lmu.edu

Mahmoud Nourayi, Ph.D.


Areas of Expertise

• Tax + Financial Consultant
• Auditor in Government and Public Accounting
• Internal Auditor + Accounting Manager

Biography

Mahmoud Nourayi has taught Cost Accounting, Management Accounting, and Planning and Managerial Decisions at Loyola Marymount University since 1989. His professional experience includes Tax and Financial and Management Advisory services and has worked as an auditor in both public accounting and government as well as the accounting manager and internal auditor in private industries. 
Nourayi is on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Managerial Issue and has served as the Guest Editor of the Journal Managerial Finance. He is a member of the American Accounting Association, Institute of Management Accountants, International Association for Accounting Education and Research, and the California Society of CPAs. He is also a past president of the South Bay chapter of Institute of Management Accountants.

Education

• PhD: University of Southern California (1989)
• MSBA: CSU-Los Angeles (1983)
• MBA: West Coast University (1978)
• MS: West Coast University (1977)
• BS: Institute of Advanced Accounting (1975)


Research

Nourayi’s research interests include measurement concepts, managerial issues, as well as education and economics.

Recent Publications

Nourayi, M. M., and Daroca, F. P. (2008). “CEO Compensation, Firm Performance and Operational Characteristics,” Managerial Finance, 34(8), 562-584.

Nourayi, M. M., and Mintz, S. M. (2008). "Tenure, Firm Performance, and CEOs’ Compensation," Managerial Finance, 34(8), 524-536.

Canarella, G. and Nourayi, M. M. (2008). “CEO Compensation and Firm Performance: Adjustment Dynamics, Non-linearity and Asymmetry.” Managerial and Decision Economics, 29(4), 293-315.

Nourayi, M. M. (2006). “CEO Compensation and Firm Performance: Non-linearity and Asymmetry.” Advances in Management Accounting, 15, 103-126. 

Nourayi, M. M. (2006). “Profitability in Professional Sports & Benchmarking:  The Case of NBA Franchises.” Benchmarking--An International Journal, 13(3), 252-271.