Germain Böer

Germain Böer is Professor of Management at The Owen Graduate School of Management of Vanderbilt University where he teaches and does research in management accounting and entrepreneurship. He has worked as a Project Manager for the Institute of Management Accountants (formerly National Association of Accountants), as a Professor at Oklahoma State University and Texas Tech University, and as a Faculty Resident with Arthur Andersen & Co. in Chicago. Germain has published numerous articles and books on accounting, and he now does research on new business startups. He was a cofounder and manager of a retail photo store that catered to sophisticated amateur photographers.

In addition to this research, he is a business advisor to several startup ventures. Germain does consulting on strategy development for startup companies and on methods for using financial systems to enhance profits.

In his current role at Vanderbilt University, he has started an annual conference on entrepreneurship, a system for linking entrepreneurs with MBA graduates, a roundtable of individuals in various schools at Vanderbilt for sharing ideas about creating new ventures, and several new courses that equip MBAs to become entrepreneurs.