Kaulkin Ginsberg Announces the Launch of Research Fellows Program

Kaulkin Ginsberg, the leading consultancy and M&A advisory firm focused on the accounts receivable management (ARM) industry, is pleased to announce that it has launched a research fellows program in conjunction with the University of Maryland, College Park’s Department of Economics undergraduate studies program. Students will investigate specific aspects of the accounts receivable management industry, utilizing the University’s broad research capabilities.

This past fall semester, undergraduate students within the Economics Association of Maryland collected and distilled macroeconomic and qualitative data within student loans, hospitals and state-level government collections. The results were delivered by the students in oral and written presentations and will be released to the industry starting early next year.

Mike Ginsberg, President and CEO of Kaulkin Ginsberg stated “I am thrilled with the students’ research capabilities and presentation skills. It is critical for executives to have the highest level of authoritative information available to make informed decisions about the growth and direction of their business. The University has embraced the development of an ongoing program and their support has been exceptional”.

The Economics Department has been seeking ways to educate students about the importance of high-end research for business advancement.

According to Dr. Cindy Clement, the Director of Undergraduate Studies Economics for the University of Maryland, “Most college courses in economics focus on developing conceptual frameworks and broadly applicable skills as a foundation for future work – but students are understandably impatient to move beyond abstract ideas and generic tools of analysis. Any academic exercise seems artificial and staged compared to the research projects Mike designed for the fellows to tackle. Figuring out the informational requirements and data sources for a real industry is a great experience for students; now they better understand both career options they will have in the future and the purpose of the courses they’ve already completed. We want to create many more experiential learning opportunities to complement our degree program; hopefully they will be as effective as this semester’s effort with Kaulkin-Ginsberg.”

Each semester, students will be carefully selected and assembled into groups to gather information related to specific aspects of accounts receivable management. They will prepare and present report level information which will be made available to owners of ARM companies and other industry participants.

Since 1991, Kaulkin Ginsberg has provided value-add strategic advisory services tailored specifically to the accounts receivable management industry and other outsourced business services (OBS) companies. The firm’s client-centric approach covers almost every stage of a company’s lifecycle. For more about the firm please visit www.kaulkin.com.

The University of Maryland’s Department of Economics is ranked in the top 20 economics programs in the country in the most recent National Academy of Sciences study. The Department has about 40 faculty members. The size and diversity of the faculty permits study in virtually every major theoretical and applied area of economics including advanced macro, advanced micro, comparative institutional economics, econometrics, economic development, economic history, environmental and natural resource economics, industrial organization, international economics, labor economics, political economy, and public economics.