Betty J. Simkins

editor of Enterprise Risk Management: Today's Leading Research and Best Practices for Tomorrow's Executives

November 4, 2015

Betty J. Simkins, Ph.D., is the Williams Companies Professor of Business and a Professor of Finance in the Department of Finance at Oklahoma State University's Spears School of Business. She received her Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University. She has received a number of awards at OSU including the Regents Distinguished Research Award, the Regents Distinguished Teaching Award and the Outstanding OSU MBA Faculty Award. Her primary area of research is risk management but she also conducts research in corporate governance (including board diversity) and research productivity and influence, among other areas. She has coauthored more than 40 journal articles and book chapters in publications such as the Journal of Finance, Financial Management, Journal of Futures Markets, Financial Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance and Journal of Financial Research. Betty has won four Financial Management Association International best paper awards for her research, the most recent being the 2007 Best Paper in Risk Management. Betty is also active in the finance profession and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Financial Management Association, as co-editor of the Journal of Applied Finance, as editor of FMA Online, and as past president of the Eastern Finance Association. She also serves on the Advisory Committee of the Conference Board of Canada's Strategic Risk Council. Prior to entering academia, she worked in the corporate world for ConocoPhillips and Williams Companies.

The purpose of this book is to provide a blend of academic and practical experience on enterprise risk management (ERM) in order to educate practitioners and students alike about this evolving methodology. Furthermore, our goal is to provide a holistic coverage of ERM, and in this process, provide the 'what,' 'why,' and 'how' of ERM to assist firms with the successful implementation of ERM. Our book presents the leading best practices for ERM.

URL: https://library.okstate.edu/news/celebratingbooks/2011-honorees/betty-simkins

Last Updated: 14 January 2022