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I'm not very good at short and sweet
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though. I'm Stefan Huber. I'm an
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assistant professor of accounting here
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at the Wharton School. I grew up near
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Munich in Germany and got my PhD at
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Stanford. My current research focuses on
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intangible assets such as data,
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technology, and brands. My research
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explores how the accounting treatment of
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those shapes companies investments into
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these opportunities. [music]
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A huge part in corporate M&A transaction
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goes into corporate goodwill and how we
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account for that has implications for
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the future earnings of that company and
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my research shows how we account for
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these goodwill [music] assets changes
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how much companies are willing to pay in
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M&A transactions at Wharton. most
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excited about working together with my
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faculty colleagues in exploring new
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research [music] and I'm also very
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excited about meeting and teaching the
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students here.
