Scott Keating

Scott Keating is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He specializes in studying the internal operations of large organizations, focusing on accounting practices such as performance measurement, compensation programs, transfer pricing, and cost allocation. Prior to MIT, he held faculty positions at the University of Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business, the University of Rochester Simon School of Business, and the London Business School. He has also consulted and taught at major corporations including Abbott Laboratories, Procter & Gamble, and Walmart.

Keating holds an LLB and BSc from McGill University, an MBA from Dartmouth College’s Tuck School, and a DBA from Harvard University. His teaching includes undergraduate financial accounting and an MBA elective in managerial accounting.

His research explores how internal accounting systems regulate organizational activities, with a focus on aligning managerial incentives and resource allocation. Despite no explicitly listed awards or grants in the text, his academic contributions emphasize practical applications of accounting principles in complex organizations.