Anywhere Sikochi

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Prof. Sikochi earned his PhD from the Penn State Smeal College of Business and holds an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School. Prior to his graduate studies, he gained professional experience at FTI Consulting and Charles River Associates in Boston, MA and Washington, DC. He is an active member of the PhD Project Faculty Alumni Association and the American Accounting Association. Additionally, he actively engages with the EducationUSA United States Student Achievers Program, which supported his preparation for U.S. higher education. He was born and raised in Banket, Zimbabwe.
Managerial Accounting
Financial Statement Analysis
Economic Development
Environmental, Social and Governance
Publications
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The Credit Rating Agency Market in Africa: Landscape and Future Research Directions
2024 Journal of Financial Reporting,9,2,103-122, Pillay, S.
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Not a one-trick pony: Price impact of rating agency information
2024 Economics Letters,241,111837, Machokoto, M.
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Transitory and Permanent Cash Flow Shocks in Debt Contract Design
2024 Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Ma, L., Xiao, Y.
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The asymmetric mispricing information in analysts’ target prices
2024 Review of Accounting Studies,29,1,889-915, Green, J., Hand, J.
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Do Rating Agencies Behave Defensively for Higher Risk Issuers?
2023 Management Science,69,8,4864-4887, Bonsall, S., Koharki, K., Kraft, P., Muller, K.
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Why is Corporate Virtue in the Eye of The Beholder? The Case of ESG Ratings
2022 The Accounting Review,97,1,147-175, Christensen, D., Serafeim, G.
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Multinationality and capital structure dynamics: A corporate governance explanation
2021 International Review of Financial Analysis,76, 101758, Gyimah, D., Kwansa, N., Kyiu, A.
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Peer influence on trade credit
2020 Journal of Corporate Finance,64,101685, Gyimah, D., Machokoto, M.
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Corporate legal structure and bank loan spread
2020 Journal of Corporate Finance,64,101656,
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Sep 01, 2021
Received - Berol Corporation Fellow
Harvard Business School -
Jan 01, 2017
Received - FARS Excellence in Reviewing Award
American Accounting Association Financial Accounting and Reporting Section -
May 01, 2016
Received - KPMG Foundation Doctoral Scholarship
KPMG Foundation -
May 01, 2016
Received - The Edward and Susan Wilson Graduate Scholarship in Business
The Pennsylvania State University -
Oct 01, 2015
Received - Clement-Dawkins Travel Scholarship
PhD Project -
Aug 01, 2015
Received - W. Edward and Kay M. Hastings Graduate Scholarship
The Pennsylvania State University -
May 01, 2015
Received - AAA/Deloitte/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow
American Accounting Association -
May 01, 2015
Received - The William A. and Joan L. Schreyer Graduate Scholarship
The Pennsylvania State University -
Oct 01, 2014
Received - Doctoral Travel Scholarship
PhD Project -
May 01, 2014
Received - J. Kenneth and Nancy N. Jones Graduate Scholarship
The Pennsylvania State University -
May 01, 2013
Received - W. Edward and Kay M. Hastings Graduate Scholarship
The Pennsylvania State University -
May 01, 2013
Received - Frank P. and Mary Jean Smeal Endowment Fund Scholarship
The Pennsylvania State University -
Received - Lifetime membership
The International Honor Society Beta Gamma Sigma
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Business school sustainability research: What is read most?
July 05, 2023 Financial Times -
After High-Profile Failures, Can Investors Still Trust Credit Ratings?
January 23, 2023 Working Knowledge -
Case Studies from Africa: Insights from Anywhere Sikochi, Okendo Lewis-Gayle and Laetitia Tiani Vessah
July 26, 2022 HBS -
What Does An ESG Score Really Say About A Company?
August 21, 2021 Forbes -
Episode 9 Anywhere Sikochi The Limitations of ESG Ratings
July 12, 2021 Re:Co’s Future in Sound podcast -
ESG rating disagreements: why is corporate virtue so subjective?
May 07, 2021 UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI)