Strategic Cost Analysis Course for Managers | MIT Sloan Executive Education

Jake Cohen is Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Master’s Programs and a Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Law at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

He oversees MIT Sloan’s portfolio of degree programs, as well as the Offices of Admissions, Student Life, and Career Development. Jake is responsible for setting strategy for the undergraduate and all Master's programs, including the new Master of Business Analytics program. He teaches Financial Accounting to Master of Finance and Executive Education students, as well as Israel Lab, the newest addition to MIT Sloan’s portfolio of Action Learning programs. Jake is a member of the Dean’s Leadership Council, and MIT’s Title IX officer for MIT Sloan.

From 2008 to 2011, Jake was the Dean of the MBA Program at INSEAD, directing strategy and operations for campuses in France, Singapore, and Abu Dhabi. Under his leadership, INSEAD expanded its degree programs and received its highest rankings ever among business school MBA programs. Jake also served as a member of the Deans’ Leadership Team, overseeing every aspect of the academic experience in all programs. In 2012, he spent his post-deanship sabbatical teaching financial management as a Judge Fellow at Cambridge University and as a Research Fellow studying corporate social responsibility reporting at Oxford University’s Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment.

Before becoming dean, Jake was director of the INSEAD-PricewaterhouseCoopers Research Initiative on High Performance Organizations. He was founder, director, and professor of INSEAD’s Business Foundations Program, as well as Affiliate Professor of Accounting and Control and Business Law. Before joining INSEAD in 2003, he was a Senior Teaching Fellow at Harvard Business School in the Accounting & Management Group.

Prior to his academic career, Jake worked as an accountant at KPMG LLP in Philadelphia, and as a mergers & acquisition consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in New York City. As an academic, he has consulted for a number of organizations including: BCG; Bain; Blackstone; ArcelorMittal; Schlumberger; Bel; Accenture, and BMO Capital.

Jake holds a JD in corporate law from Syracuse University, an MS in accounting from Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, and a BS in accounting from Lehigh University. He has completed six executive certificates at Harvard Business School; the AVIRA certificate for senior executives at INSEAD; and is currently participating in Leader to Leader (L2L), MIT’s nationally recognized best-practice leadership development program.

John E. Core is the Nanyang Technological University Professor and a Professor of Accounting at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Core has broad research interests in executive compensation and executive stock and option incentives, corporate governance, nonprofit governance, and disclosure and the cost of capital. His research has been published in the Accounting Review, the Journal of Accounting & Economics, the Journal of Accounting Research, the Journal of Finance, and the Journal of Financial Economics. When not conducting research, Core teaches the core Financial Accounting class to first-year MBA students at MIT Sloan. Prior to entering academia, he worked in investment banking for PaineWebber and in compensation consulting for Ernst & Young.

Core holds a BA from Yale University and a PhD from The Wharton School.

Receive Email Updates

To sign up to receive emails on Strategic Cost Analysis for Managers, fill in the following fields and hit submit.

Luis Walter Reyes E: Excellent Training and cases and examples that we can apply in our companies.

Overall:
Application:
Content:
Experience:

Belal A: Course is useful for people who are interested in understanding cost analysis and gives high level review for how to evaluate financial situation for organizations also shows motivation strategies.

Arthur T: The course was information and well delivered by the professors. The case effectively demonstrated key concepts and their real world application. Day 1 was particularly effective.

Shawn H: Professors Noe and Core provided an excellent overview of cost analysis. Clearly highlighted key knowledge area that are applicable to managers. Their approach provided managers with the knowledge to ask “why” and assess importance of the data presented in business management. A well-presented lesson!

Toronata T: I expect each course in MIT is like this : To be inundated by the in depth and intensity of details and simplified frameworks. Professors Noe and Core were committed fully and very well prepared with cases and the answers during the class. They found way to bridge the lack of exposure in accounting among the participants by walking through the case step by step. This is What I expect from a course held by MIT professors. Thank you.

Jessica G: A great course to help understand important issues - and what to look at more closely when talking numbers... many good and illuminating examples.

Mario M: Excellent content and application. Course uses a lot of the manufacturing examples and processes to illustrate the importance of accounting.

Alberto V: I really liked this coursed based on the challenges my company is facing. Really enjoyed

Julio V: You will be exposed to concepts in innovation, best practices with world class professors and will learn people's experiences from different industries and countries.

Vanessa Uvidia C: It is important to analyze the information, to make better decisions. These program helped me select from a vast database those indicators best suited for evaluating a particular strategy.

DAY 1 SAMPLE
7:45AM - 8:30AM	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30AM - 12:30PM	Introduction to Cost Accounting for Decision Making and In-Class Group Work
12:30PM - 01:30PM	Networking Lunch
1:30PM - 5:00PM	Cost Accounting for Decision Making Case Studies
5:00PM - 6:30PM	Reception
DAY 2 SAMPLE
7:45AM - 8:30AM	Continental Breakfast
8:30AM - 12:00PM	Introduction to Cost Accounting for Performance Evaluation and In-Class Group Work
12:00PM - 1:00PM	Networking Lunch
1:00PM - 3:30PM	Cost Accounting for Performance Evaluation Case Studies and Wrap-Up

Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy (self-paced online)

Blockchain Technologies: Business Innovation and Application (self-paced online)

Cybersecurity for Managers: A Playbook (online)

Digital Business Strategy: Harnessing Our Digital Future (self-paced online)

Leadership in an Exponentially Changing World (self-paced online)

Strategy and Innovation

Technology, Operations and Value Chain Management

Management and Leadership

Advanced Certificate for Executives

Strategic Cost Analysis for Managers

Jake Cohen

Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Master's Programs
Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Law

John Core

Nanyang Technological University Professor of Accounting

[Innovation@Work Blog] Making Better Decisions with Managerial Accounting

[Innovation@Work Blog] Lessons Learned from a $2 Bill

Accounting Class Lesson on $2 Bill Leads to Silver Screen

Market Valuations in the New Economy: An Investigation of What has Changed

The Economic Dilution of Employee Stock Options: Diluted EPS for Valuation and Financial Reporting

Does Weak Governance Cause Weak Stock Returns? An Examination of Firm Operating Performance and Investors' Expectations

Is U.S. CEO Compensation Inefficient Pay without Performance?

Estimating the Value of Employee Stock Option Portfolios and Their Sensitivities to Price and Volatility

Executive Equity Compensation and Incentives: A Survey

Receive Email Updates

Participant Testimonial

Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Master's ProgramsSenior Lecturer in Accounting and Law

Nanyang Technological University Professor of Accounting

[Innovation@Work Blog] Making Better Decisions with Managerial Accounting

[Innovation@Work Blog] Lessons Learned from a $2 Bill

Accounting Class Lesson on $2 Bill Leads to Silver Screen

Market Valuations in the New Economy: An Investigation of What has Changed

The Economic Dilution of Employee Stock Options: Diluted EPS for Valuation and Financial Reporting

Does Weak Governance Cause Weak Stock Returns? An Examination of Firm Operating Performance and Investors' Expectations

Is U.S. CEO Compensation Inefficient Pay without Performance?

Estimating the Value of Employee Stock Option Portfolios and Their Sensitivities to Price and Volatility

Executive Equity Compensation and Incentives: A Survey

Receive Email Updates

Participant Testimonial

Password Changed

Review this Program

Your Email Has Been Sent

Submitted For Approval

Course Details

MIT Sloan Alumni Discount

Contact MIT Sloan Executive Education

Request Printed Materials

Preferred Address

Programs *

Change Password

Reset or Activate Account

Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Master's Programs
Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Law