QUESTIONS8th International Accounting Conference and 1st Doctoral Consortium (Corporate Governance)
Venue: Izmir University of Economics Conference Hall, Izmir, TURKEY
| Event Date/Time: Oct 20, 2011 | End Date/Time: Oct 22, 2011 |
| Registration Date: Aug 22, 2011 | |
| Early Registration Date: Jul 27, 2011 | |
| Abstract Submission Date: Jun 01, 2011 | |
| Paper Submission Date: Sep 26, 2011 |
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Accounting Academicians’ Collaboration Foundation is very pleased to announce the 8th International Accounting Conference. 2011 Conference will be held in Izmir, Turkey. This year’s conference will feature a doctoral consortium on the 20th of October. The main theme of the conference is “Corporate Governance and Controlâ€. We are delighted to announce that Professor Donna L. Street, the Mahrt Chair in Accounting at the University of Dayton and Immediate Past President of IAAER, will be the conference’s keynote speaker. The conference is open to all lines of theoretical and empirical research within the main theme.
Suggested topics of interest (but not limited to) are the following;
Corporate Governance Mechanisms
Corporate Governance and Firm Performance
Corporate Governance and Financial Crises
Corporate Governance and Managerial Decisions
Role of Independent Audit
Internal control
Monitoring
Internal Audit
Risk, Financial Reporting Standards and Governance
Business Functions and Governance
Business Culture, Corporate Governance and Accounting Culture
Doctoral Consortium:
The Doctoral Consortium will begin with breakfast on October 20, at 9:00 am. The event will continue with a workshop on “Event Studies in Accounting†administered by Assistant Professor Dr. Adil Oran (adiloran@metu.edu.tr) and discussion on student research proposals.
Doctoral Consortium aims to:
Provide PhD students with a friendly and lively atmosphere to present their research ideas, exchange experiences with peers, and receive constructive feedback on their work from the accounting research community;
Help students and doctoral candidates to formulate research questions and organize their research;
Help to forge new relationships and collaborations within the Accounting community; and
Support a new generation of researchers with information and advice on academic research.
Student Research Proposals: A group of researchers will review all the submissions and comment on the content of the work as well as on the presentation. Students will have 15 minutes to present their research, focusing on the main theme of their thesis, what they have achieved so far and how they plan to continue their work. Another 15 minutes are reserved for discussion and feedback from the panel of reviewers. Due to limited time up to 10 students will have the opportunity to present their proposals. The deadlines and requirements for student proposals are the same as conference submissions.
Paper Submission Rules and Deadlines
Submissions can be in the form of extended abstracts (maximum of 6 pages excluding references) or full papers. Extended abstracts should clearly indicate the research question, purpose, methodology and expected contribution(s). If available, preliminary results may be incorporated. Papers (in Turkish or English) should be submitted online to the conference contact persons in Word or PDF format. All should adhere to the style requirements of the American Psychological Association (APA). All papers will be blind reviewed. Author(s)’ name(s), institution(s) and contact details should be clearly identified on a cover page. Please do not provide any type of information that can identify authors (no name, no address, no e-mail address, no acknowledgments or thanks) in the main body of the paper. Selected papers of the willing authors will be published in one of the following issues of the MODAV journal, The World of Accounting Science. At least one author of the submitted papers should register for the conference. Although an author may co-author more than one submission, however one participant may only present one paper. Authors will receive acceptance/rejection notifications regarding their papers by e-mail.
Extended Abstract/paper submission deadline for the Conference: June 1, 2011
Decisions will be mailed to the authors on June 27, 2011
Deadline for Early Bird Registration: July 27, 2011
Deadline for authors of accepted papers to register: August 22, 2011
Deadline for full papers to be included in the Conference CD: September 26, 2011
Only electronic submissions are accepted and should be submitted to:
modav.acc.conf@gmail.com
Suggested topics of interest (but not limited to) are the following;
Corporate Governance Mechanisms
Corporate Governance and Firm Performance
Corporate Governance and Financial Crises
Corporate Governance and Managerial Decisions
Role of Independent Audit
Internal control
Monitoring
Internal Audit
Risk, Financial Reporting Standards and Governance
Business Functions and Governance
Business Culture, Corporate Governance and Accounting Culture
Doctoral Consortium:
The Doctoral Consortium will begin with breakfast on October 20, at 9:00 am. The event will continue with a workshop on “Event Studies in Accounting†administered by Assistant Professor Dr. Adil Oran (adiloran@metu.edu.tr) and discussion on student research proposals.
Doctoral Consortium aims to:
Provide PhD students with a friendly and lively atmosphere to present their research ideas, exchange experiences with peers, and receive constructive feedback on their work from the accounting research community;
Help students and doctoral candidates to formulate research questions and organize their research;
Help to forge new relationships and collaborations within the Accounting community; and
Support a new generation of researchers with information and advice on academic research.
Student Research Proposals: A group of researchers will review all the submissions and comment on the content of the work as well as on the presentation. Students will have 15 minutes to present their research, focusing on the main theme of their thesis, what they have achieved so far and how they plan to continue their work. Another 15 minutes are reserved for discussion and feedback from the panel of reviewers. Due to limited time up to 10 students will have the opportunity to present their proposals. The deadlines and requirements for student proposals are the same as conference submissions.
Paper Submission Rules and Deadlines
Submissions can be in the form of extended abstracts (maximum of 6 pages excluding references) or full papers. Extended abstracts should clearly indicate the research question, purpose, methodology and expected contribution(s). If available, preliminary results may be incorporated. Papers (in Turkish or English) should be submitted online to the conference contact persons in Word or PDF format. All should adhere to the style requirements of the American Psychological Association (APA). All papers will be blind reviewed. Author(s)’ name(s), institution(s) and contact details should be clearly identified on a cover page. Please do not provide any type of information that can identify authors (no name, no address, no e-mail address, no acknowledgments or thanks) in the main body of the paper. Selected papers of the willing authors will be published in one of the following issues of the MODAV journal, The World of Accounting Science. At least one author of the submitted papers should register for the conference. Although an author may co-author more than one submission, however one participant may only present one paper. Authors will receive acceptance/rejection notifications regarding their papers by e-mail.
Extended Abstract/paper submission deadline for the Conference: June 1, 2011
Decisions will be mailed to the authors on June 27, 2011
Deadline for Early Bird Registration: July 27, 2011
Deadline for authors of accepted papers to register: August 22, 2011
Deadline for full papers to be included in the Conference CD: September 26, 2011
Only electronic submissions are accepted and should be submitted to:
modav.acc.conf@gmail.com
