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1330-1430Plenary Session LT3
Chair: Neil Marriott
Accounting for (Varieties of) Capitalism presented by Martin Walker
1515-1645Accounting Education and Research Parallel Session 1 2G03
An Exploration of the Development of University Accounting Teaching and the Treatment of Certain Contestable Aspects of the Discipline presented by John Ferguson
What Factors Influence the Number of Co-authors in the Published Research of the Most Productive Authors in Accounting Literature? A Long-term Study presented by Khondkar Karim
Auditing Parallel Session 1 2G13
Reliability of the Audited Financial Statements: The Case of Libya presented by Shamsaddeen Faraj
Auditors' Perceptions of Financial Disclosure: The Case Of Oman presented by Mike Jones
Uncertainty and Comfort Zone: A Study of Auditors in Fujian Province, PRC presented by Peter Newman
Corporate Governance Parallel Session 1 2F11
Sarbanes Oxley, Earnings management and insider trading presented by William Forbes
To Trade or Not to Trade: The Strategic Trading of Insiders around News Announcements presented by Adriana Korczak
Institutional Investor Types and Earnings Management: Who influences abnormal accruals? presented by Mingzhu Wang
Critical, Social and Environmental Parallel Session 12F13
Ascertaining the Views of Preparers of Sustainability Reports in Australian Public Sector Organisations presented by Federica Farneti
Global Climate Change Disclosure: A Comparative Study Considering Disclosure of UK Organizations presented by Thereza Raquel Sales de Aguiar
Engaging with the Loft Hypothesis: The Impact of the Great War on the British Brewing Industry Cost Accounting Practices presented by Philip Talbot
Financial Accounting and Reporting Parallel Session 1 2F15
An Examination of Goodwill Impairments: UK Evidence presented by Naser Abughazaleh
The Operating-Financing Distinction in Financial Reporting presented by Richard Barker
Determinants of Internet Financial Reporting in Emerging Capital Markets presented by Abdelmohsen Desoky
Financial Management Parallel Session 1 2S12
Firm Size and Experience Effects on Micro-Small Enterprises Financing and Barriers to Bank Credit: Evidence from West Africa presented by Agyenim Boateng
Trade Credit Linkages Along a Supply Chain: Evidence for the Italian Textile Sector presented by Cesario Mateus
Trade Credit Facilitate Access to Bank Finance? Empirical Evidence from Portuguese and Spanish Small Medium Size Enterprises presented by Cesario Mateus
Finance Parallel Session 1 2S13
Global Financial Crisis: An Islamic Finance Perspective presented by Adel Ahmed
When it Comes to the Crunch: What Are the Drivers of the US Banking Crisis? presented by Colin Haslam
Profit Management Efficiency of Lebanese Commercial Banks: A Financial Ratio Analysis Approach presented by Elie Menassa
to 1815Public Sector Parallel Session 12S14
Advancing Sustainability Reporting in the Public Sector: Lessons from Engagement Research presented by Amanda Ball
The Impact of Change Agents on the Adoption of Accrual Accounting in Government: A Two-Country Comparison presented by Oluseyi Adesina
Bentham, Financial Accountability and New Public Management presented by Graham Bowrey
From Global to Local: Canadian Responses to the Globalization of Higher Education presented by Dales Horniachek
Public Management Methods: How to Improve Ethics by Innovation presented by Massimo Pollifroni
1645-1815Methodology and Methods Parallel Session 1 2G03
Content Analysis Methods: An Investigation of the Impact of Content Analysis Method Choice in the Analysis of Forward Looking Disclosures presented by Suzen Abed
Auditors, Uncertainty and Comfort Zone: An Experiment with Grounded Theory Analysis presented by Peter Newman
BAA Accounting in Less Developed and Emerging Economies Special Interest Group Symposium and AGM2G13
Chair: Shahzad Uddin
Methodological Issues in Accounting in Emerging Economies by
Corporate Governance Parallel Session 2 2F11
Corporate Governance in the Emerging Markets: Ethnic Bumiputra’s Economic Interest in Malaysia presented by Norkhairul Bajuri
Corporate Governance in a Crisis Situation: The Case of Zimbabwe presented by Kudakwashe Bondamakara
Relational Responsibilities: Corporate Governance in an RSL presented by Lisa Jack
Critical, Social and Environmental Parallel Session 2 2F13
Towards a HISTORICAL institutionalism: Institutionalisation of Control and Accounting for Bonded Labour in Colonial Plantations presented by Chandana Alawattage
Towards Governmentalities for Sustainable Development presented by Jan Bebbington
Social Accounting and the External Problematisation of Institutional Conduct: Exploring the Potential of Shadow Accounts presented by Colin Dey
Financial Accounting and Reporting Parallel Session 22F14
The Effect of Enhanced Disclosure of Non-Financial Performance Indicators on Non-Professional Investors’ Company Valuation Judgments presented by Paul Coram
How do Analysts Forecast Earnings? presented by Zoltan Matolcsy
A New Institutional Analysis of IFRS Adoption in Egypt: A Case Study of Loosely Coupled Rules and Routines presented by Ahmed Kholeif
Financial Accounting and Reporting Parallel Session 32F15
The Impact of Cross-Listing on the Corporate Information Environment: Further Evidence presented by Abed AL-Nasser Abdallah
The Quality and Quantity of Reporting Financial Instruments Under International Financial Reporting Standard 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosure presented by Kevin McMeeking
The Impact of IASs on the Derivatives and Risk Management Practices in UK presented by Victoria Yun Zhou
Financial Management Parallel Session 2 2S12
The Association Between Dividend Payout and Outside Directorships presented by Basil Al-Najjar
The Growth Companies Puzzle presented by Jo Danbolt
Real Options, Optimal Waiting Time and Capital Investments presented by Ibrahim Kalaji
Finance Parallel Session 2 2S13
The Asset Pricing Anomalies in 19th Century Britain presented by Qing Ye
Opening the Box: An Analysis of FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 Membership Changes From a Microstructure Perspective presented by Andrey Zholos
Analysing the Real Winner and Loser Companies to Explore the Momentum Effect presented by Antonios Siganos
Other Accounting Parallel Session 1LT4
Fully Revealing Income Measurement: A Reassessment presented by Stere Mihai
The Optimal Call Policy for Corporate Convertible bonds: Is There a Market Memory Effect? presented by Chris Veld
Price Clustering and Underpricing in the IPO Aftermarket presented by Thanos Verousis
0900-1030Market-Based Accounting Emerging Papers Workshop 12G03
Do Companies Make More Voluntary Disclosures in ihe Enhanced Disclosure Regulation Period presented by Balkis Haris
Investigating the Positive Association Between Dividends and Market Value presented by Thanamas Kungwal
Relative Information Content of Disclosure Strategies in UK Interim Reports presented by Martin Kyeyune
Valuation Anchors and Premium Multiples: A Comparison of Value Estimates and Adjusted Prices presented by Bill Peng
Institutional Ownership and the Information Content of Annual General Meetings (AGMs): Evidence from UK Companies presented by Yue Wang
Auditing Parallel Session 22G13
The Big Four’s Failure to Ensure Compliance with Financial Instruments Disclosure Requirements presented by Matt Bamber
The Limitation of Auditor's Liability in South Africa presented by Steven Firer
Control Self Assessment: An Evaluation of Use in the Hotel Industry presented by Gweneth Norris
Corporate Governance Parallel Session 32F11
Corporate Governance and Voting Power presented by Norkhairul Bajuri
Performance of Good Corporate Governance Funds: Evidence from Japan presented by Yoshikatsu Shinozawa
Board Composition and Firm Performance During China’s Institutional Transitions presented by Mei Yu
Critical, Social and Environmental Parallel Session 32F13
Management and Accounting for the Climate Crisis: The New Zealand Carbon Neutral Public Sector Programme presented by Markus Milne
Private Climate Change Reporting presented by Simon Norton
‘Homo Economicus’, ‘Homo Socialis’ and ‘Homo Fabulans’: Impression Management and Reality Construction in Corporate Annual Reporting presented by Doris Merkl-Davies
Financial Accounting and Reporting Parallel Session 42F15
Global Financial Crisis: An Accounting Perspective presented by Adel Ahmed
The Effect of the Transition From SSAP 25 to IAS 14 presented by Jo Danbolt
The Auditors’ Interpretation of Verbal Probability Expressions Used in the IASB Accounting Standards: Some Portuguese Evidence presented by Cláudia Teixeira
Financial Markets and Institutions Parallel Session 12S12
Lead-lag Behaviour Across Rating Agencies: The Case of Emerging Market Sovereigns presented by Owain ap Gwilym
Pricing Credit Insurance: Are Customers Exploited in the UK Payment Protection Insurance Market? presented by Robert Hudson
Insurance and Ownership Structure in India's Corporate Sector presented by Joy Jia
Finance Parallel Session 32S13
The Underpricing of IPOs on the Shanghai Stock Exchange presented by Bryan Mase
The Methods Used by Nigerian Investors to Appraise Investments in Ordinary Shares presented by Bashir Tijjani
Debt Contract Information and Stock Return: Evidence from China’s Banking System presented by Jiago Zhu
Public Sector Parallel Session 22S14
Financial Reporting Quality and Departures From GAAP In English NHS Trusts presented by Margaret Greenwood
Loose Coupling And Asset Management Systems in the NHS presented by Neil Marriott
Payment by Results: Some Implications for the English NHS presented by Geoffrey Heath
Management Accounting Parallel Session 1LT4
The Non-Monotonic Relationships Between Situational Factors, Discretionary Use Of Budgetary Resources And Reliance on Accounting Performance Measures presented by Fuad Ahmad
The Implementation of Activity-Based Costing Systems Within the Jordanian Industrial Sector presented by Mahmoud Nassar
Outsourcing Relationships: A Case of Accounting Surveillance presented by Bill Ryan
1100-1230Market-Based Accounting Parallel Session 12G03
Factors Affecting the Valuation of Loss- Relative to Profit-Making Firms in the UK presented by Wei Jiang
The Earnings-Sensitivity Difference and Financial Distress presented by John O’Hanlon
Capital Investment Measures, Future Earnings and Future Returns: The UK evidence presented by Nikola Petrovic
Auditing Parallel Session 32G13
Audit Programme Adjustments and Fraud Risk Factors: Evidence from Jordan presented by Modar Abdullatif
E-Business Audit: Paradigm Change or Piecemeal Change presented by Amr Kotb
Rugged Landscapes: K and N Values for Big 4 and Mid-Tier Professional Firms in the UK presented by Kevin McMeeking
Corporate Governance Parallel Session 42F11
Substitute or Complementary Effects of Monitoring Mechanisms on FIRM Performance: An Australian Perspective presented by Mohammad Azim
Determinants of Board Composition in Australia and the Impact of Corporate Governance Regulation presented by Jonathan Tyler
BAA Interdisciplinary Perspectives Special Interest Group Symposium and AGM2F13
Chair: Jim Haslam
Agenda-Setting in Interdisciplinary Research: Holistic Accounting in the Real World presented by Sonja Gallhofer and Jim Haslam
Financial Accounting and Reporting Parallel Session 52F14
A Comparison of the Risks Disclosed by UK Companies with Observed Events: Pilot Project presented by Santhosh Abraham
The Impact of Cash Flows and Accruals on Belief Asymmetry presented by Robert Czernkowski
Comparative Study on Efficiency Performance of Listed Coal Mining Companies presented by Junji Wu
Financial Accounting and Reporting Parallel Session 62F15
Goodwill Accounting and Reporting under IFRS – The Australian Response to Change presented by Nigel Finch
Earnings Management around Privatizations: Evidence from Pakistan presented by Abdullah Iqbal
Impact of Derivative Accounting Standard (SFAS 133) on the Disclosure of Related Derivative Information Through Financial Reporting Footnotes presented by Vincent Papa
Financial Markets and Institutions Parallel Session 22S12
Competitive Behaviour and Risk Taking Incentives in the Lending Market: An Application to Indian banking presented by Barbara Casu
Competition and Efficiency in Banking: What Affects Interest rate Margins in Latin America? presented by Claudia Giradone
Does the Stock Market Compensate Banks for Diversifying into the Insurance Business? presented by Sotiris Staikouras
Finance Parallel Session 42S13
Assessing the Time-Varying Nature of the Over-reaction Effect in UK presented by Panagiotis Andrikopoulos
The Volatility and Mean Reversion of the Closed-End-Fund Discount presented by Mike Buckle
Do Developing Markets offer Excess Rewards for Exposure to Downside Risk: An Empirical Examination of Asian Markets presented by Louis Murray
Public Sector Parallel Session 32S14
Innovation in the NHS - Can Accounting Stimulate and Facilitate Innovative Change? presented by John Cullen
The Struggle for Effective Management Accounting in Healthcare: The Case of a British Columbia Health Authority presented by Chris Duff
Modernization and ‘Modern’ Costing Systems in Public Organizations presented by Mostafa Hassan
Management Accounting Parallel Session 2LT4
Addressing Definitional Ambiguity: Management Accounting Routines as Propensities to Act presented by John Burns
Change in the Management Accountant's Role: Drivers and Diversity presented by Philip Cooper
If the Cap Fits … The Relationship Between Management Control Systems and Strategy in the NFP Sector presented by Basil Tucker
1400-1500Plenary SessionLT3
Chair: Neil Marriott
Counting What Counts: A Decade of Intellectual Capital Accounting Research presented by James Guthrie
1530-1730Market-Based Accounting Parallel Session 22G03
The Relation Between Firm-Specific Corporate Governance Arrangements, Cross-Listing and the Informativeness of Accounting Reports: The Brazilian Case presented by Alexsandro Lopes
Intellectual Capital Disclosure and the Cost of Capital presented by Musa Mangena
Disclosure Quality and Stock Returns in ihe UK presented by Sulaiman Mouselli
Executive Compensation, Performance, and Ownership Structure: Evidence from Thailand presented by Trairong Swatdikun
Auditing Parallel Session 42G13
Non-Audit Services and the Demand for Voluntary Audits presented by Elisabeth Dedman
Going Concern and Corporate Bankruptcy Models, Auditors’ Judgment and Perceptions presented by Fawzi Laswad
E-Business Audit: A Contested Professional Territory presented by Amr Kotb
Corporate Governance Parallel Session 52F11
Institutionalising the Discourse of Executive Remuneration presented by Neil Crombie
Audit Committee Characteristics, Listing Age and Intellectual Capital Disclosure Practices in UK Firm presented by Jing Li
Disclosure Compliance with Clause 49: An Empirical Investigation into Corporate Governance Reporting Practices Among Indian Companies presented by Clare Marston
Critical, Social and Environmental Parallel Session 42F13
Determinants of Corporate Social Disclosure: Evidence From a Developing Country presented by Mahmud Al Masum
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Information Disclosure presented by Annual Reports of Public Companies listed at Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) presented by Edwin Mirfazli
Corporate Social Responsibility: Lessons from the Oil and Gas Industry in Anglophone Cameroon presented by Rexon Nting
Image Management, Concealment and Power in Private Social and Environmental Reporting presented by Simon Norton
BAA Financial Accounting and Reporting Special Interest Group Symposium and AGM 2F15
Chair: Mike Jones
Current accounting standard setting at IASB and in the UK: "Something must be done ..... " presented by Richard Martin (ACCA)
Financial Markets and Institutions Parallel Session 32S12
Block Buying and Choice of Issue Method in UK Seasoned Equity Offers presented by Seth Armitage
Intraday Jumps and US Macroeconomic News Announcements presented by Kevin Evans
Taking Advantage of Global Diversification: A Multivariate Garch Approach presented by Elena Kalotychou
Did Expected Returns Fall in the 1990s: Evidence from UK Size Portfolios presented by Andrew Vivien
Finance Parallel Session 52S13
An Alternative Method to Examine the Relative Valuation between Acquirers and Targets presented by Xiao Gang Bi
The Association Between Market Risk of Equity and Board Characteristics presented by Zoltan Matolcsy
Corporate Diversification, Information Asymmetry and Insiders’ Trading presented by Ali Atullah
BAA Public Sector Special Interest Group Symposium and AGM2S14
IFRS in the UK Public Sector presented by David Heald and Don Peebles (CIPFA)
0900-1030Auditing Parallel Session 52G13
Financial Reporting Interactions in the 2007 UK Regulatory Environment: The Role of the Audit Committee Chair presented by Vivien Beattie
External Quality Assurance Systems in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland - A Review of Oversight Bodies presented by Anke Muessig
Corporate Governance Parallel Session 62F11
Board, Shareholder and Auditor Monitoring and its Effects on the Performance of Australian Listed Companies presented by Mohammad Azim
Executive Share Option Backdating in the UK: Empirical Evidence presented by Lynn Hodgkinson
Executive stock options and opportunistic earnings management: UK evidence presented by Marizah Minhat
Critical, Social and Environmental Parallel Session 52F13
NGO Accountability: Empowering the Marginalised Through Downward Accountability? presented by Gloria Agyemang
Stakeholder Engagement Disclosures: Rhetoric or Reality? presented by Mike Jones
Engaging Stakeholder Online: An Empirical Analysis of Stakeholder Engagement and Dialogue Initiatives of UK FTSE100 Companies presented by Leonardo Rinaldi
Financial Accounting and Reporting Parallel Session 72F14
XBRL - Views of Stakeholders presented by Christine Helliar
The Big Four’s Failure to Ensure Compliance with Financial Instruments Disclosure Requirements presented by Kevin McMeeking
Analyst Forecast Efficiency and Earnings Management: The Moderating Effect of Publicly Observable Signals of Earnings Management Incentives presented by Mark Wilson
Financial Accounting and Reporting Parallel Session 82F15
Value Relevance of Book Value and Earnings: Premium vs. Discount Firms presented by Mark Alkesan
On the Relevance of Conventional Financial Reporting in the New Economy presented by Jeffrey Unerman
Informativeness of Form 20-F Reconciliations: Evidence of ADRs Issued by ANIEs presented by Mao-Feng Kao
Finance Parallel Session 62S13
Contributors to Private Equity Certification at IPO: Experimental Evidence presented by Mike Hopkins
Does Diversification Lead to Efficiency? Performance Appraisal of Funds of Hedge Funds using Data Envelopment Analysis presented by Kaihong Tee
Investment Horizon, Labor Income, and Portfolio Choice of Private Investors presented by Yulia Veld-Merkoulova
Public Sector Parallel Session 42S14
Media Scrutiny of Devolved Scottish Budgets: Looking Through a Glass, Darkly presented by Elisa Henderson
Audit Committees in UK Public Sector Local Spending Bodies - Origins And possibilities presented by Martin Pliener
Bridging the Gap? Financing the Dartford and Skye Bridges presented by Jean Shaoul
Accounting Education and Research Parallel Session 1LT4
Exploring the Implementation of Forensic Accounting Education presented by Emad Awadallah
“I thought it would be more about maths ...” Exploring the Influences on Accounting Students’ Higher Education Choices presented by Linda Cinderey
Publication Records of Faculty Promoted to Professor: Evidence from the UK Accounting and Finance Academic Community presented by Alan Goodacre
1100-1300Accounting Education Emerging Papers Workshop 12G03
Using the Case Study Method to Develop Generic Skills: An Analysis of Student and Tutor Perceptions presented by Neil Crombie
The Linkage Between Knowledge Transfer Partnership Based Research and Business, Management and Accounting Teaching presented by Brian Telford
Students’ Learning Style Preferences and Experiences on an Introductory Accounting Course: A Collaborative Study presented by Petros Vourachis
Assessing the Level of Training and Education of Accountants in XBRL in the UK and France presented by Mark Whittington
Corporate Governance Emerging Papers Workshop 12G13
The Governance of Pension Funds: an investigation presented by Alison Fox
The Extent of Corporate Governance Practices and Its Determinants in Emerging Capital Markets: The Case of Egypt presented by Tantawy Moussa
Bridging Ethics and Accounting - Does It Make Accounting Better? presented by Alexander Schuchter
The Impact of Shareholder Activism presented by Shareholder Associations in Nigeria presented by Chinyere Uche
Corporate Governance Emerging Papers Workshop 22F11
Corporate Governance and Firm Performance presented by Mejbel Al-Saidi
Towards Integrated Governance: Value-based Management Approach presented by Adel Elgharbawy
A Conceptual Framework for Accountability in South African Private Companies presented by Steven Firer
Related Party Transactions: Opportunistic or Efficient Behaviour? Evidence from the Italian Listed Company presented by Nicola Moscariello
Critical, Social and Environmental Parallel Session 62F13
Determinants of International Variation in the Quality of Corporate Responsibility Reporting presented by Philip Cooper
Graphs in Social and Environmental Reports: Nature, Use and Impression Management presented by Mike Jones
Business and the Environment—a Role for Voluntary Codes? A Case Study of the ‘Equator Principles’ presented by Richard Macve
Critical, Social and Environmental Emerging Papers Workshop 12F14
Measuring the Quality of Corporate Environmental Disclosures: UK Evidence presented by Rania AbuRaya
Practitioner’s World Evaporates. Accountant Adrift in a Social Construct Seeks a New Role (he thinks) presented by Jack Christian
The Drivers of Corporate Environmental Reporting: Evidence from the UK Food Industry presented by Mark Whittington
Organisational Legitimacy and Audited Corporate Environmental Disclosures: The Case of Dolphin Deaths and Non-financial Stakeholders presented by Markus Milne
Financial Accounting and Reporting Emerging Paper Workshop 12F15
Evaluating Internet Financial Disclosure in the Egyptian Companies presented by Doaa Aly
Why Do Not Medium-Sized Enterprises Intend to Adopt IFRS for Private Entities? presented by Benita Gullkvist
The Perceived Need For and Impediments In Achieving accounting Transparency in Developing Countries: A Field Investigation presented by Mohammad Nurunnabi
Association Between Reportable Segments and Key Performance Indicators Disclosure presented by Musa Mangena
Accounting Profession Parallel Session 12S12
The moral awareness of future accounting and business professionals: the implications of a gender divide presented by Elizabeth Gammie
Sexual symbolism as a process of gendered identity formation: A case study of an accounting firm presented by Kathryn Haynes
What Has Changed? Reflections Upon Work-Life Balance Among Female Scottish Chartered Accountants presented by Catriona Paisey
Practical training for auditors: the implications of the increases of the audit exemption threshold for UK companies presented by Neil Marriott
Public Sector Parallel Session 52S14
The Changing Pattern of Governance and Accountability in the Public Services in the UK: A Case of Misplaced Conformity to Anglo-Saxon Thinking? presented by Jane Broadbent
Senses of Accountability and Responsibility in Scottish Charitable Organisations presented by Gwen Hannah
Risk Assessment Applied for the Local Government About Quality Control for Internal Auditing presented by Denise Juvenal
Joined-up Government and the Challenges to Accounting and Accountability Researchers presented by Ron Hodges
Management Accounting Emerging Papers Workshop 1LT4
The Role of the Management Accountant in Risk Management in UK Virtual Organisations: Implications for Corporate Governance presented by Emad Awadallah
Creation of Management Accounting and Control Systems in Start-up and Growth Firms – A Field Study of High Technology Firms presented by Hanna Silvola
The Stock Market’s Reaction to Macro Announcements: Developed Versus Developing Countries presented by Monique Brahams





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