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Andrew Sutherland is  the Boeing Associate Professor of Management and an Associate Professor of Accounting at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

His research focuses on financial institutions, and covers three broad areas: (1) how entrepreneurs and privately held firms obtain credit; (2) information sharing and technology adoption; and (3) auditing and financial misconduct. His work is published in top accounting, finance, and management journals, and has won multiple major awards.

Sutherland previously worked as a consultant advising companies throughout the U.S. and Latin America on valuation, investment policy, performance measurement, and executive compensation.

He teaches in the MBA, Master of Finance, and PhD programs at MIT Sloan. In 2023, he won the Jamieson Prize for Excellence in Teaching--Sloan's top teaching prize.

He holds a PhD from the University of Chicago and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University. He obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree from York University, where he was MVP of the Cross Country team and an Academic All Canadian in Track & Field.

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Sutherland named co-winner of Jamieson Prize

May 12, 2023

Sutherland wins Best Archival Paper Award

Sutherland wins McLaughlin Prize

Publications

"Business Software Adoption Through the Lens of Directed Technological Change."

Kim, David S., Andrew Sutherland, and Felix Vetter, MIT Sloan Working Paper 7329-25. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, September 2025.

"The Market for and Licensing of Public Accountants: A Review of the AICPA's Pipeline Report."

Ball, Ray and Andrew Sutherland, MIT Sloan Working Paper 7196-24. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, December 2024.

"Financial Statements not Required."

Minnis, Michael, Andrew Sutherland, and Felix W. Vetter. Journal of Accounting and Economics Vol. 78, No. 2-3 (2024): 101732. SSRN Preprint.

"Occupational Licensing and Minority Participation in Professional Labor Markets."

Sutherland, Andrew, Matthias Uckert, and Felix W. Vetter. Journal of Accounting Research (lead article) Vol. 62, No. 2 (2024): 453-503. SSRN.

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