Seminars
All seminars (unless otherwise advised) are held between 11.00am and 12.30pm in Meeting Room 214/5, Economics and Business Building H69, Cnr Rose and Codrington Streets, Darlington Campus.
Convenor: Chris Poullaos
| 27th Jun 2012 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Anna Young, |
| Affiliation: | The University of Sydney |
| Venue: | Darlington Centre, School Building, Meeting Room 6 |
| Title: | What the Models Cannot See: Integrating Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance Information in Investment |
| 30th May 2012 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Paul Spee, |
| Affiliation: | The University of Sydney |
| Venue: | Darlington Centre, School Building, Meeting Room 6 |
| Title: | The Relation of Key Performance Indicators and Strategy Development Revisited |
| 16th May 2012 - 11:00 pm |
| Speaker: | Ken McPhail, |
| Affiliation: | La Trobe University |
| Venue: | Darlington Centre, School Building, Meeting Room 6 |
| Title: | The Geography of Professionalism: An Introduction to the Specialization of Professional Accounting Practice in the City |
| 2nd May 2012 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Max Baker; Stefan Schaltegger, |
| Affiliation: | The University of Sydney; Leuphana University |
| Venue: | Darlington Centre, School Building, Meeting Room 6 |
| Title: | Pragmatism and Sustainability |
| 18th Apr 2012 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Stephen Walker, |
| Affiliation: | Cardiff Business School, UK |
| Venue: | Darlington Centre, School Building, Meeting Room 6 |
| Title: | Accounting and Rehabilitation |
| 28th Mar 2012 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Chris Nobes, |
| Affiliation: | University of London, UK |
| Venue: | Darlington Centre, School Building, Meeting Room 6 |
| Title: | Improving the Measurement of Book-Tax Conformity |
| 14th Mar 2012 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Doris Merkl-Davies, |
| Affiliation: | Bangor University, UK |
| Venue: | Darlington Centre, School Building, Meeting Room 6 |
| Title: | Text Analysis Methodologies in Corporate Narrative Reporting Research |
| 7th Mar 2012 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Jan Bebbington, |
| Affiliation: | University of St Andrews Scotland |
| Venue: | Darlington Centre, School Building, Meeting Room 6 |
| Title: | Accounting For Sustainable Development: (Re)Constructing the Agenda |
| 29th Feb 2012 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Indra Abeysekera, |
| Affiliation: | University of Wollongong |
| Venue: | Darlington Centre, School Building, Meeting Room 6 |
| Title: | Environmental Disclosure and Environment Performance. An Analysis Using Matrix Summaries |
| 15th Feb 2012 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Federica Farneti, |
| Affiliation: | University of Bologna, Italy |
| Venue: | Darlington Centre, School Building, Meeting Room 6 |
| Title: | Sustainability Reporting in Italian Local Governments |
| 7th Dec 2011 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Sven Modell, |
| Affiliation: | University of Manchester, UK |
| Venue: | Economics & Business 214/215 (H69) |
| Title: | The economic sociology of responsibility accounting: A field study in a Chinese state-owned enterprise |
| 30th Nov 2011 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Stefan Schaltegger, |
| Affiliation: | Leuphana University of Luneburg, Germany |
| Venue: | Economics & Business 214/215 (H69) |
| Title: | Sustainability accounting without accountants. Results of an explorative investigation of large German companies |
| 16th Nov 2011 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Matti Skoog, |
| Affiliation: | Stockholm University, Sweden |
| Venue: | Economics & Business 214/215 (H69) |
| Title: | Designing a semi-confusing management control system package -sensebreaking in the Swedish armed forces |
| 19th Oct 2011 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Charl de Villiers John Dumay, |
| Affiliation: | Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand The University of Sydney |
| Venue: | Economics & Business 214/215 (H69) |
| Title: | Publishing in a top tier accounting journal: A critical perspective |
| 5th Oct 2011 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Tami Dinh Thi, |
| Affiliation: | The University of New South Wales |
| Venue: | Economics & Business 214/215 (H69) |
| Title: | Conservatism implications for the properties of accounting information: The case of R&D Accounting |
| 21st Sep 2011 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Linda English, |
| Affiliation: | The University of Sydney |
| Venue: | Economics & Business 214/215 (H69) |
| Title: | The impact of an independent inspector in improving governance and accountability in prisons: Pressure points and conflict in the pursuit of an ideal of performance |
| 7th Sep 2011 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Vassili Joannides, |
| Affiliation: | Grenoble Ecole de Management, France |
| Venue: | Economics & Business 214/215 (H69) |
| Title: | Rhetoric and the fate of budgeting |
| 24th Aug 2011 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Giuseppe Grossi, |
| Affiliation: | University of Siena, Italy |
| Venue: | Economics & Business 214/215 (H69) |
| Title: | Defining the reporting entity in the consolidation of public and private entities: Accountability lost? The case of IPSASs |
| 3rd Aug 2011 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Chris van Staden, |
| Affiliation: | University of Canterbury, New Zealand |
| Venue: | Economics & Business 214/215 (H69) |
| Title: | The impact of social influence pressure on the ethical reasoning of professional accountants: Australian and New Zealand evidence |
| 15th Jul 2011 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Elisabeth Dedman, |
| Affiliation: | Warwick Business School, UK |
| Venue: | Economics & Business 214/215 (H69) |
| Title: | The impact of voluntary audit on credit ratings: Evidence from UK private firms |
| 29th Jun 2011 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Professor Stewart Jones, |
| Affiliation: | University of Sydney |
| Venue: | Economics & Business 214/215 (H69) |
| Title: | Analyst Recommendations and Corporate Bankruptcies: An International Study |
| 15th Jun 2011 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Dr. Sharron O'Neill, |
| Affiliation: | University of Sydney |
| Venue: | Economics & Business 214/215 (H69) |
| Title: | The GRI's Sustainability Reporting Guidelines: Promoting Accountability to Stakeholders or Institutionalising Corporate Social 'P.R.'? |
| 1st Jun 2011 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Dr. Ravi Seethamraju, |
| Affiliation: | University of Sydney |
| Venue: | Economics & Business 214/215 (H69) |
| Title: | ABC and Enterprise Systems |
| 18th May 2011 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Associate Professor Ray McNamara; Assistant Professor Simone Kelly, |
| Affiliation: | Bond University |
| Venue: | Economics & Business 214/215 (H69) |
| Title: | Inventory Valuation, Company Value and the Uncertainty Principle |
| 4th May 2011 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Associate Professor Eric Fay, |
| Affiliation: | Emlyon Business School, France |
| Venue: | Merewether Room 397 (H04) |
| Title: | Living with Numbers |
| 20th Apr 2011 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Mr John Zhang, |
| Affiliation: | Australian National University |
| Venue: | Darlington Centre Boardroom |
| Title: | Securitization Accounting |
| 6th Apr 2011 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Mr. Paul Blayney, |
| Affiliation: | University of Sydney |
| Venue: | Darlington Centre Boardroom |
| Title: | Complexity - The Other Side of the Expertise Coin: A Three way Interaction Analysis of Task Complexity in Learning |
| 23rd Mar 2011 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Professor Chris Nobes, |
| Affiliation: | University of London, UK |
| Venue: | Economics & Business 214/215 (H69) |
| Title: | Firm Size and National Profiles of IFRS Policy Choice |
| 9th Mar 2011 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Professor Alfred Wagenhofer, |
| Affiliation: | University of Graz, Austria |
| Venue: | New Law School Annexe SR 340 |
| Title: | Earnings Quality Metrics and what they Measure |
| 23rd Feb 2011 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Professor Burkhard Pedell, |
| Affiliation: | University of Stuttgart, Germany |
| Venue: | Merewether Room 398 (H04) |
| Title: | Consistent Asset Valuation for Purposes of Rate Regulation |
| 16th Feb 2011 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Professor Tom Hadden, |
| Affiliation: | Queens University, Belfast |
| Venue: | Economics & Business 214/215 (H69) |
| Title: | Accountable Governance in Corporate Groups; The Interrelationship of Law and Accounting |
| 9th Feb 2011 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Professor Dick Edwards, |
| Affiliation: | Cardiff Business School, UK |
| Venue: | Economics & Business 214/215 (H69) |
| Title: | Writing Masters and Accountants in England - a Study of Occupation, Status and Ambition in the Early Modern Period |
| 2nd Feb 2011 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Professor Jean Shaoul, |
| Affiliation: | University of Manchester, UK |
| Venue: | Merewether Room 397 H04 |
| Title: | Building Schools for the Future: The Accountability Challenges of Joint Ventures Between the Public and Private Sectors |
| 24th Nov 2010 - 12:30 am |
| Speaker: | Joshua Ronen, |
| Affiliation: | New York University |
| Venue: | Room 214/5, Economics and Business Building (H69) |
| Title: | Financial Statements Insurance |
| 10th Nov 2010 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Masafumi Fujino, |
| Affiliation: | Nihon University, Japan |
| Venue: | Room 214/5, Economics and Business Building (H69) |
| Title: | Management control systems and strategising: A case study of a Japanese manufacturing company |
| 20th Oct 2010 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Kerry Jacobs, |
| Affiliation: | Australian National University |
| Venue: | Room 214/5, Economics and Business Building (H69) |
| Title: | Making Sense of Social Practice: Theoretical Pluralism in Public Sector Accounting Research |
| 22nd Sep 2010 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Richard Morris, |
| Affiliation: | University of New South Wales |
| Venue: | Room 214/5, Economics and Business Building (H69) |
| Title: | Information Asymmetry of Fair Value Accounting and Loan Loss Provisions during the Global Financial Crisis |
| 8th Sep 2010 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Peter Bruno Vassallo, |
| Affiliation: | University of Melbourne |
| Venue: | Room 214/5, Economics and Business Building (H69) |
| Title: | Are capital expenditures, R&D, advertisements and acquisitions positive NPV? |
| 25th Aug 2010 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Francesco Capalbo, |
| Affiliation: | Second University of Naples |
| Venue: | Room 214/5, Economics and Business Building (H69) |
| Title: | State and Local Government Owned Enterprises in Italy. Their growth, misuse and the inappropriateness of their reporting. |
| 11th Aug 2010 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Chang Loh, |
| Affiliation: | Discipline of Accounting University of Sydney |
| Venue: | Room 214/5, Economics and Business Building (H69) |
| Title: | The role for management controls at different stages of project management. Some insights from a qualitative study. |
| 28th Jul 2010 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Roy Suddaby, |
| Affiliation: | University of Alberta |
| Venue: | Room 214/5, Economics and Business Building (H69) |
| Title: | Institutional Homology: Explaining Corporate Art |
| 14th Jul 2010 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Jane Broadbent and Richard Laughlin, |
| Affiliation: | Roehampton University |
| Venue: | Room 214/5, Economics and Business Building (H69) |
| Title: | Performance Management: A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis |
| 9th Jun 2010 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Ronita Singh, |
| Affiliation: | Discipline of Accounting University of Sydney |
| Venue: | Room 214/5, Economics and Business Building (H69) |
| Title: | International Accounting Standard Board (IASB)'s Agenda Formulation Process: A Case of Small and Medium-sized Entities (SMEs) standard |
| 26th May 2010 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Susan Greer, |
| Affiliation: | Discipline of Accounting University of Sydney |
| Venue: | Room 214/5, Economics and Business Building (H69) |
| Title: | Accounting and Pastoral Power: The case of Indigentured Indigenous 'Apprenticeship' Programs in Australia |
| 12th May 2010 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Neal Arthur, |
| Affiliation: | Discipline of Accounting University of Sydney |
| Venue: | Room 214/5, Economics and Business Building (H69) |
| Title: | Bonus Caps, Corporate Governance and Pay-Performance Sensitivity |
| 28th Apr 2010 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Sharron O'Neill, |
| Affiliation: | Discipline of Accounting University of Sydney |
| Venue: | Room 214/5, Economics and Business Building (H69) |
| Title: | OHS Disclosure: Corporate Accountability or Instiutionalised Safewash? |
| 14th Apr 2010 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Sandy van der Laan, |
| Affiliation: | Discipline of Accounting University of Sydney |
| Venue: | Room 214/5, Economics and Business Building (H69) |
| Title: | Funding Asbestos Liabilities: An investigation of corporate and regulatory responses |
| 31st Mar 2010 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Igor Goncharov, |
| Affiliation: | University of Amsterdam Business School |
| Venue: | Room 214/5, Economics and Business Building (H69) |
| Title: | Does Reporting Timeliness Affect Book-Tax Differences? |
| 17th Mar 2010 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Walter Schuster, |
| Affiliation: | Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden |
| Venue: | Room 214/5, Economics and Business Building (H69) |
| Title: | Standards, incentives and accounting practice - lessons from the IFRS transition in Sweden |
| 3rd Mar 2010 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Rod Coyte and Gary Oliver, |
| Affiliation: | Discipline of Accounting University of Sydney |
| Venue: | Room 214/5, Economics and Business Building (H69) |
| Title: | Addressing Learning Issues in International Student Cohorts to Enhance Educational Outcomes in the Master of Professional Accounting |
| 11th Feb 2010 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Brendan O'Dwyer, |
| Affiliation: | Amsterdam Business School, Netherlands |
| Venue: | Room 214/5, Economics and Business Building (H69) |
| Title: | Aligning programmatic ideals and technological capabilities: The case of sustainability assurance |
| 20th Jan 2010 - 11:00 am |
| Speaker: | Gunther Gebhardt, |
| Affiliation: | Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany |
| Venue: | Room 214/5, Economics and Business Building (H69) |
| Title: | The Intransparency of Financial Risks in Bank Financial Statements |