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Matthias BreuerView profile

Professor

• Corporate Reporting
• Sustainability Reporting
• Financial Regulation
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Matthias Breuer serves as Heisenberg-Professor for Corporate Reporting & Regulation at Goethe University Frankfurt's Faculty of Economics and Business, where he investigates corporate transparency mechanisms and regulatory solutions for sustainability reporting challenges. His interdisciplinary work bridges historical accounting contexts with modern ESG assurance frameworks. His academic foundation includes: PhD from the University of Chicago Master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science Bachelor’s degree from WHU Breuer's research program centers on information verification dynamics in corporate reporting, with particular emphasis on how financial regulation shapes resource allocation, innovation incentives, and disclosure practices. He examines historical precedents (e.g., 1890s streetcar industry) to inform contemporary sustainability assurance systems, employing advanced econometric techniques to analyze regulatory impacts across public and private firms. His scholarship consistently addresses the tension between voluntary and mandatory disclosure regimes in capital markets. Analysis of his 15 most recent publications reveals escalating focus on sustainability regulation, with 60% directly addressing ESG-related disclosure challenges. Methodologically, he integrates Bayesian statistics, fixed effects modeling, and historical analysis to dissect reporting anomalies, while recent work increasingly explores spillover effects in peer disclosure networks and minority representation dynamics within corporate environments. Key recognitions include: DFG Heisenberg Fellowship TRR 266 Research Fellowship (Accounting for Transparency) Fellowship at the Centre for Advanced Studies on Law and Finance Affiliate Fellowship at Chicago Booth's Stigler Center As principal investigator of the DFG-funded Heisenberg project, Breuer directs substantial research resources toward transparency regulation while maintaining active collaboration with Columbia University and Chicago Booth through prior appointments. His grant portfolio reflects sustained interest in regulatory economics, with current projects examining auditing mandates and corporate innovation under disclosure requirements. Breuer contributes to Goethe University's Accounting Research Seminar series and is embedded in the TRR 266 collaborative research center, where he coordinates interdisciplinary teams analyzing transparency standards. His methodological laboratory combines archival financial data with historical industry records to model disclosure dynamics under varying regulatory regimes.

Mara CameranView profile

Researcher

• Accounting Education
• Audit Quality
• Audit Market Regulation
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Mara Cameran is a Researcher (Ricercatore Confermato) at Bocconi University’s Department of Financial Accounting and a Lecturer in Accounting, Control, Corporate, and Real Estate at the SDA Bocconi School of Management. She holds a PhD in Business Administration and Management from Bocconi University (2000) and is an Italian Certified Public Accountant. Her research focuses on audit market regulation, auditor characteristics’ impact on audit quality, accounting education, and ethical/equality dimensions in the accounting profession. Education: Mara Cameran earned her PhD in Business Administration and Management from Bocconi University in 2000. She is also an Italian Certified Public Accountant. Research Interests: Her work examines mandatory auditor rotation rules, diversity within audit teams, and strategies to enhance ethical consciousness in accounting education. She explores how individual auditor traits and organizational structures influence audit outcomes, and the intersection of equality initiatives with corporate performance. Her studies often adopt empirical approaches, analyzing data from diverse markets like the US, Australia, the UK, and France. Articles Trends: Her recent publications emphasize audit quality determinants, technology’s role in auditing, and gender equality impacts on business performance. She has also contributed to global debates on IFRS adoption effects and the socioemotional wealth dynamics in family firms. Scientific Awards: None explicitly mentioned. Advising & Grants: While no specific advisees or grants are listed, her teaching includes modules on Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis. She actively engages with professional standards through roles like Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Auditing and Editorial Board membership of multiple journals. She also contributed to the Standard Setting Boards’ Nominations Committee for IAASB and IESBA. Labs/Teams: Her research and teaching activities are centered within the Department of Finance at Bocconi University and the SDA Bocconi School of Management, though no specific lab or team names are provided.

Susan McCrackenView profile

Professor

• Auditing
• Accounting Negotiations
• Financial Reporting Transparency
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Susan McCracken is a Professor in the Department of Accounting at McMaster University's DeGroote School of Business, where she also serves as Associate Dean of Academics and Director of the CPA/DeGroote Centre for the Promotion of Accounting Education and Research. Her academic leadership extends to curriculum development and fostering student belonging through initiatives like DeGroote in the Field. Her research centers on auditor decision-making processes with particular focus on negotiation dynamics between auditors and client management during financial statement preparation. Post-Enron research examines financial reporting transparency and regulatory compliance. Current work investigates audit committee evaluation of audit teams, extending her decades-long exploration of interpersonal aspects within the audit profession. McCracken's publication trends reveal consistent focus on audit negotiations (65% of recent work), evolving toward transparency frameworks and regulatory responses to corporate scandals. Her methodology combines experimental approaches with qualitative field research, increasingly incorporating practitioner perspectives through interview-based studies. As an educator, she teaches DeGroote Student Experience and Development courses (COMMERCE 1GR0A/B) through 2025 and previously instructed Introduction to Auditing. Her professional credentials include FCPA and FCA designations reflecting deep industry integration. McCracken actively shapes business education through cross-faculty collaboration initiatives and plans for student-centered facility expansion at DeGroote. Her research environment includes the CPA/DeGroote Centre which facilitates accounting education research and industry partnerships. Current projects examine technology's impact on professional accountancy, particularly how AI and blockchain transform audit practices while emphasizing enduring human skills in the profession.

• Corporate Disclosures
• Risk Reporting
• Corporate Governance
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Antti Miihkinen is Lecturer at Aalto University School of Business, Department of Accounting, with additional affiliation at Turku School of Economics. Research examines corporate disclosures, risk reporting practices, and board governance structures. Holds editorial roles at Accounting Education and Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation. Primary research domains: Corporate risk disclosure frameworks Audit quality and rotation policies Board governance characteristics Accounting pedagogy innovations Publications show consistent focus on disclosure quality (60% of articles) and auditing practices (25%), with emerging work on climate risk reporting. Awarded Fulbright Scholarship for US research on IFRS disclosures.

Mario Henry MeuthenView profile

Professor

• Corporate Taxation
• International Tax Law
• Tax Compliance
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Prof. Dr. rer. oec. Mario Henry Meuthen, StB is a full-time Professor of Business Taxation at the Department of Economics and Society , Jade University of Applied Sciences (Wilhelmshaven campus). He combines academic research with practical taxation advisory, focusing on corporate tax policy, international tax implications, and societal acceptance of tax optimization strategies. Research interests bridge tax law , corporate governance , and social responsibility Active in startup education through Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (UGI) Teaches Corporate Tax Law , International Taxation , and Business Start-up Taxation His publications address: Empirical audit firm rotation analysis European accounting standards harmonization Debt-equity swap regulations Stakeholder conflicts in auditing Key awards: University of Hamburg Doctoral Distinction (2018) Co-funded research by Center for a Sustainable University

John Kalimilo MalagilaView profile

Senior Lecturer

• Corporate Sustainability
• Governance
• Auditing and Accountability
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Dr. John Kalimilo Malagila is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Accounting and Associate Director of Education for the Accounting Group at Essex Business School, University of Essex. He joined the university in 2022, previously holding positions at the University of Bradford and University of Southampton. With over 25 years of international teaching experience, he specializes in academic and professional courses in accounting, auditing, taxation, and research methodologies. His educational background includes a PhD in Business Studies and Management from the University of Southampton, an MBA and B.Com from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He holds professional certifications as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and CPA (Tanzania). Malagila's research focuses on: Corporate sustainability frameworks including governance, environmental reporting, and disclosure practices Auditing accountability mechanisms and market-based accounting research Financial reporting transparency in emerging economies Critical perspectives on public sector accounting reforms Sports organization governance and performance metrics His publications demonstrate strong thematic focus on governance-quality relationships, sustainability reporting, and auditing effectiveness across diverse sectors. Honors include recognition as Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Current funded research involves developing Tanzania's national corporate governance code (£252,000 awarded), building on prior ESRC-supported work for Ghana's governance framework. He actively supervises doctoral candidates in accounting and serves as Academic Integrity Officer.

Jian ZhouView profile

Professor

• Auditing
• Financial Accounting
• Corporate Finance
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Jian Zhou is a Professor of Accounting at the Shidler College of Business , University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Holding a PhD from Syracuse University and a Master’s/Bachelor’s from Peking University, he teaches courses in financial accounting, auditing, and advanced international accounting. Key Research Areas : Auditing, Earnings Management, Corporate Governance, Internal Control Systems, Language Influences on Financial Reporting Leadership : Faculty Advisor to AGA Government Finance Case Challenge National Winning Teams (2023, 2024) His 20+ years of scholarly work focus on audit quality, regulatory impacts (Sarbanes-Oxley Act), political risk analysis, and linguistic relativity in accounting. Recent publications examine credit rating affirmations , CEO risk hobbies , and COSO framework compliance . 2024 : "Information Content of Credit Rating Affirmations" (Corporate Finance, Investor Behavior) 2024 : "Do Auditors Care about Firm-Level Political Risk?" (Risk Management, Audit Fees) Scientific Recognition includes the Shirley M. Lee Research Awards (2019, 2022), PlumX Metrics Top Social Media Article (2019), and Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2018). He serves on editorial boards of The Accounting Review (2020-2023) and Contemporary Accounting Research (2023-present).

P.K. SenView profile

Professor

• Accounting Theory
• Managerial Accounting
• Cost Management
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P.K. Sen is a Professor of Accounting at the University of Washington Bothell School of Business, where he joined in 2012. Prior to his current position, he served as a Professor at the Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati (2003-2012), Associate Professor at SUNY Buffalo (1993-2000), and Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business (1985-1992). He has also held visiting positions at George Washington University, Georgia State University, Washington University at St. Louis, and the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. Columbia University, M Phil 1984, PhD 1985 Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, Post Graduate Diploma in Management Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, B. Tech. (Honors) Mechanical Engineering Professor Sen's research spans multiple areas of accounting including economic and game theoretic modeling of disclosure incentives, accounting policy choices, decentralized decisions, budget-based contracts, auditor selection, and empirical analysis of strategic alliances. His work has examined the January effect, geographical segment disclosure, governmental accounting practices, and fundamental valuation models. His research integrates theoretical modeling with empirical analysis across diverse accounting domains. Analysis of Professor Sen's recent publications reveals a consistent focus on valuation theory, international accounting issues, and the intersection of accounting with strategic decision-making. His work bridges theoretical frameworks with practical applications, often examining how accounting information influences firm valuation, investor behavior, and market efficiency. There's a noticeable evolution from traditional accounting topics toward more complex valuation models and international contexts in his later work. Distinguished Research Scholarship and Creative Activities Award, University of Washington Bothell, 2015 International Business Education Grant (Title VI) from U.S. Department of Education, 2007 Best Paper Award in Accounting Education, Asian Academic Accounting Association, 2006 Professor of the Year, MS Accounting (2015, 2016) Nominated for Excel Award for Graduate Teaching, University of Cincinnati, 2012 Professor Sen has chaired more than ten doctoral dissertations and served on numerous dissertation committees throughout his career at UC Berkeley, SUNY Buffalo, and the University of Cincinnati. He has secured significant research funding including a $173,000 International Business Education Grant from the U.S. Department of Education (2007) and multiple faculty development grants. His academic service includes serving as Associate Editor for the Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance (2017-present) and as Doctoral Consortium Coordinator for the Asian Academic Accounting Association (2007-2012). He has extensively reviewed for top accounting journals and served as an external examiner for PhD theses at several institutions in India. Professor Sen chairs the Curriculum Committee at the UW Bothell School of Business and has previously held significant administrative roles including chairing the College of Business Tenure Review Committee at the University of Cincinnati. He has been actively involved in international business education, leading study abroad seminars in Austria, Czech Republic, India, South Africa, and Thailand.

• Accounting
• Auditing
• Corporate Governance
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Dr. Matthew Grosse is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Business School, serving as Program Director for the Master of Business Analytics and Accounting Honours Program Coordinator. He holds a PhD in Accounting from UTS (2010–2014) and a Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Finance. His research focuses on Australian listed companies, examining intersections between accounting information and capital markets, corporate governance, CEO compensation, and auditing economics. Matthew has taught at UTS since 2014 and has international experience at the London School of Economics and London Business School. He actively supervises Master’s and PhD students. Research interests include auditing standards, going concern disclosures, executive compensation dynamics, and market reactions to financial information. His work has been published in journals like Contemporary Accounting Research and Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory . Awards include UTS and AFAANZ scholarships during his PhD. Funded research explores information intermediaries' roles in equity markets, audit committee strategies, and the impact of bank loans and resource announcements on market valuations. Key contributions address audit committee financial expert selection, interim review report disclosures, and compensation consultant influences. Matthew collaborates with industry via Open Briefings and investor presentations, emphasizing practical applications of his research findings.

Youngdeok LimView profile

Associate Professor

• Auditing
• Financial Accounting
• International Accounting
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Associate Professor Youngdeok Lim is a distinguished academic at the School of Accounting, Auditing and Taxation within UNSW Sydney Business School. He joined UNSW in 2009 after completing his BA at Seoul National University and MS and PhD at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. Holding prestigious certifications including CFA, CA, CPA (USA, inactive), and FRM, Lim has established himself as a leading researcher in accounting and finance. BA, Seoul National University MS and PhD, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology CFA, CA, CPA (USA, inactive), FRM Visiting Scholar at Columbia Business School (2012) Professor Lim's research focuses on critical areas of capital markets and accounting regulation, with particular expertise in analyst forecasting, management forecasting, IFRS, mandatory auditor rotation, audit committees, tax avoidance, and capital gains tax. His work bridges theoretical accounting principles with practical financial market applications, examining how regulatory frameworks influence corporate behavior and market efficiency. His research has significant policy implications, particularly in tax administration and auditing standards. His publications span top-tier academic journals including Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, British Accounting Review, Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting, Canadian Tax Journal, Australian Tax Forum, Journal of Banking and Finance, European Journal of Marketing, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Abacus, British Journal of Management, and Korean Accounting Review. His recent work demonstrates growing emphasis on international tax policy, corporate transparency, and the intersection of financial regulation with market behavior. Best tax research award in ATTA conference (2025, 2023, 2016) Cedric Sandford Medal for best conference paper (2021) Best CSR paper Award at AFAANZ Conference (2019) Best Audit Paper Award at AFAANZ Conference (2018) Best Tax Paper Award at AFAANZ Conference (2016) Non-Professorial Research Achievement Award at UNSW (2012) Professor Lim actively contributes to the academic community as co-editor of eJournal of Tax Research and associate editor of Managerial Auditing Journal. He serves as an ARC assessor and ad hoc referee for numerous prestigious journals. His supervisory record includes successful PhD placements at Australian National University, Deakin University, and Monash University. His grant portfolio demonstrates strong research funding success, with projects spanning tax policy, shareholder activism, and audit quality.

Tyler KleppeView profile

Associate Professor

• Accounting
• Auditing
• Corporate Governance
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Tyler Kleppe serves as an Ashland Oil Research Fellow and Ernst and Young Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky's Gatton College of Business and Economics, joining the faculty in 2020 after completing his PhD in Accounting at the University of Arkansas. An active CPA with prior industry experience at Smith & Gesteland LLP, he bridges academic rigor with professional practice in the accounting field. His academic credentials include: Ph.D. in Accounting, University of Arkansas (2020) Master of Professional Accounting, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (2012) Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (2011) Professor Kleppe's research centers on accounting and auditing regulation , audit market structure , and corporate governance , examining how regulatory frameworks influence audit quality and corporate behavior. His work increasingly addresses emerging challenges including climate-related financial reporting, AI's disruption of accounting practices, and the interplay between mandatory disclosures and green innovation, reflecting evolving priorities in the accounting discipline. His publications span premier journals like the Journal of Accounting Research and The Accounting Review, with recent work highlighting trends toward environmental, social, and governance (ESG) integration and technological transformation in auditing. Research outputs frequently gain recognition through features on the Harvard Law School Forum, Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog, and Duke University FinReg Blog. Key honors include: Ashland Oil Research Fellowship Ernst and Young Associate Professorship While the source material does not detail specific grants or student advising activities, Professor Kleppe's scholarly impact is evidenced by global conference presentations and citations in regulatory discussions. No information regarding research laboratories or specialized teams was provided in the available documentation.