Department of Accountancy events
Seminars, conferences & workshops
2022–2023 academic year
Concordia Accounting Research Seminars (CARS)
CARS contact: sophie.audousset@concordia.ca
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Musaib Ashraf (Michigan State University)
May 12, 2023
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Linda Myers (The University of Tennessee)
April 28, 2023
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Marcia Annisette (Schulich School of Business - York University)
December 2, 2022
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Estelle Sun (Boston University)
October 14, 2022
Differential Treatment and Local Information Advantage
Lorien Stice-Lawrence (University of Southern California)
September 16, 2022
Conferences & workshops
To be announced
Food for thought seminars
To be announced
Research Fest
To be announced
Past events by academic year
Concordia Accounting Research Seminars (CARS)
Towards a riskification of ethics in Internal Auditing in the Canadian Public Sector?
Marion Brivot (Université Laval)
June 17, 2022
Improving Specialists’ Contributions to Audits
Emily Griffith (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
April 8, 2022
Rethinking Capitalism and its Measures of Success: An Indigenous and Western Collaboration Through a Conservation Impact Bond
Diane-Laure Arjaliès (Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario)
April 1, 2022
Financial Reporting and Employee Job Search
Ed deHaan (University of Washington)
February 18, 2022
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: online (Zoom)
Social Inertia and Field Heterogeneity: towards new conceptualizations of Equity Analysts
Crawford Spence (Kings' College)
January 28, 2022
The Evolution of Empirical Methods in Accounting Research and the Growth of Quasi-Experiments
Dan Taylor (Wharton, University of Pennsylvania)
December 9, 2021
Conferences & workshops
Conference on Organizational Responsibility “Rethinking responsibility during times of crises”
organized by Claudine Mangen (John Molson School of Business, Concordia University)
April 21-22, 2022
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9ème Atelier de Recherche de L'Association de Controle de Gestion (ACG)
organized by Emilio Boulianne (John Molson School of Business, Concordia University)
March 25, 2022
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Joint John Molson McGill HEC UQAM PhD Conference
guest speaker: Giovanna Michelon (University of Bristol)
organized by Rucsandra Moldovan (John Molson) and Ahmad Hammami (John Molson)
November 12, 2021
Food for thought seminars
The Labor Cost of Changing Accounting Standards
Rucsandra Moldovan (John Molson)
February 23, 2022
Cybersecurity Oversight Location: Determinants and Consequences
Farzaneh Amani (John Molson PhD student)
February 11, 2022
Research Fest
14th Edition - Progress presentations by PhD students
June 16, 2022
13th Edition - Workshop: Writing a paper title and an introduction, moderated by Chiraz Ben Ali
March 9, 2022
Concordia Accounting Research Seminars (CARS)
The PCAOB International Inspection Access and Debt Contracting: Evidence from American Depositary Receipt Firms
Yutao Li (University of Lethbridge)
May 14, 2021
Does Audit Committee Expertise Mitigate Securities Class Action Lawsuits?
Gopal Krishnan (Bentley University)
April 30, 2021
The Impact of Open Data on Public Procurement
Raphaël Duguay (Yale)
April 9, 2021
Theory of Auditing Economics: A Review of Analytical Auditing Research
Minlei Ye (University of Toronto)
March 26, 2021
Not Just a Boys’ Club: Gender and Private Information Channels
Bea Garcia Osma (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
March 19, 2021
The Pitch: Managers’ Disclosure Choice During IPO Roadshows
Elizabeth Blankespoor (University of Washington)
February 26, 2021
Fashionable practices and occupational identities: Hype and ambiguity as challenges for data scientists
Martin Messner (University of Innsbruck)
November 27, 2020
Arcs of engagement: Director involvement and the birth of new control processes
Anette Mikes (University of Oxford)
November 20, 2020
Manufacturing confidence: Unpacking the dual role of media in institutional processes
Madeline Toubiana (University of Alberta)
October 16, 2020
Exploring Differential Net Benefits to Internal Control: An Examination of Firms with Overconfident Managers
Sarah McVay (University of Washington)
October 2, 2020
Do Big 4 Auditors Consistently Provide Better Audit Quality? Evidence from Government Audits
Zvi Singer (HEC Montréal)
September 25, 2020
Conferences & workshops
CAAA Annual Conference: Diversity/La diversité
chaired by Sophie Audousset-Coulier (John Molson) and Li Yao (John Molson)
June 11–12, 2021
2021 CAAA Annual Conference page
Food for thought seminars
Does Options Trading Reduce the Demand for Conditional Accounting Conservatism
Mahmoud Delshadi (John Molson PhD student)
May 26, 2021
The trust-control interplay in the international cooperation sector
Nelson Dueñas (John Molson PhD student)
April 16, 2021
The Numbers Speak for Themselves: Accountability and Rendering Accounts in Public Accounting Firms
Erica Pimentel (John Molson PhD student)
October 30, 2020
Corporate Communication about Regulatory Change: Evidence from the New Lease Standard
Rucsandra Moldovan (John Molson)
September 11, 2020
Research Fest
12th Edition - Workshop: Writing an abstract, moderated by Chiraz Ben Ali; Progress presentations by PhD students
June 18, 2021
11th Edition - Workshop: Pitching a research idea, moderated by Chiraz Ben Ali
December 11, 2020
Concordia Accounting Research Seminars (CARS)
From Shakespeare to Annual Reports: Story Telling by Corporate Reporting Agencies
Vasiliki Athanasakou (Saint Mary's University)
March 6, 2020
Bringing Sustainability Risks into the Mainstream: The Framing of Sustainability by the Big Four Accounting Firms
Michelle Rodrigue (Université Laval)
October 18, 2019
How Does Reputational Capital Affect Professional Behavior? Evidence from Analysts who Become All-stars
Michael Jung (University of Delaware)
October 11, 2019
Overlaps between auditors and clients' corporate charitable donations, audit pricing and audit quality
Anne Jeny (ESSEC Business School)
August 29, 2019
Managerial Traits, Accounting Conservatism and the Delegation of Financial Reporting
Francois Larmande (HEC Paris)
August 23, 2019
Food for thought seminars
Does Social and Environmental Transparency Affect Financial Analysts' Forecast Properties?
Mohammad Hendijani (John Molson PhD student)
February 14, 2020
Competitive Threat and Strategic Disclosure During the IPO Quiet Period
Yetaotao Qiu (John Molson PhD student)
January 10, 2020
Research Fest
10th Edition - Brainstorming session: Accounting and the Covid-19 crisis, moderated by Chiraz Ben Ali
May 13, 2020
9th Edition - Recent Changes to the PhD program, Presentation by Cédric Lesage, Director of the John Molson PhD program
September 9, 2019
Concordia Accounting Research Seminars (CARS)
Disclosure Regulation and Corporate Acquisitions
Pietro Bonetti (IESE Barcelona)
May 13, 2019
Data Breach Disclosure and Insider Trading
Gilles Hilary (Georgetown University)
April 15, 2019
Moral Imaginaries of Performance Measurement Systems in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Struggles and Negotiations to Define What is an Agent and What Is Not
Keith Robson (HEC Paris)
April 5, 2019
Market Reaction to XBRL Filings
Samir Trabelsi (Brock University)
March 15, 2019
Contested valuations of life itself. Accounting for death, resuscitation, and the end of life
Caroline Lambert (HEC Montréal)
March 8, 2019
Co-opetition and the Firm's Information Environment
Brian Bushee (Wharton Business School)
February 1, 2019
Accounting firm office design as a technology of neoliberal governmentality
Yves Gendron (Université Laval)
January 11, 2019
Where Do Investor Relations Matter the Most?
Francois Brochet (Boston University)
October 12, 2018
Sexual Harassment, Discursive Power, and the Role of Organizational Bystanders
Debbie Dougherty (University of Missouri)
October 5, 2018
Getting the Most Out of What You Have: The Role of Effective Control Systems in Capturing Innovation
Brian Miller (Indiana University)
September 14, 2018
Conferences & workshops
Conference “Rethinking Responsibility: Agents and Structures”
organized by Claudine Mangen (John Molson) and Cédric Lesage (John Molson)
December 6–7, 2018
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Food for thought seminars
Auditor's Expertise and the Trade-off between Accrual-based and Real Earnings Management
Cédric Lesage (John Molson)
April 24, 2019
The Effect of Previous Audit Adjustments on Audit Pricing: The Mediating Effect of Audit Effort
Li Yao (John Molson)
February 20, 2019
The Effect of the Increased Involvement of the Group Auditor on Earnings Informativeness of Multi-Firm Group Audits
Alex Lyubimov (John Molson)
September 28, 2018
Accounting Bricolage, or How the Risk-Based Planning Concept “Corridor Planning”
Was Invented by a Big-four Accounting Firm
Matthäus Tekathen (John Molson)
September 19, 2018
Research Fest
8th Edition - Progress presentations by PhD students
June 10, 2019
7th Edition - Publishing in Accounting: A behind-the-scenes view focusing on editors, Presentation and discussion moderated by Michel Magnan; BoardEx Data: Challenges and Opportunities, Presentation and discussion moderated by Alex Lyubimov
March 22, 2019
6th Edition - Academic Conferences: Which? When? Why?, Presentation and discussion moderated by Li Yao; The Joys of Academic Writing, Presentation and discussion moderated by Claudine Mangen
September 24, 2018
Concordia Accounting Research Seminars (CARS)
The limit of greenwashing: Effect of credible CSR reporting on sustainability index
inclusion
Hervé Stolowy (HEC Paris)
April 20, 2018
Women Involved in the Financial Reporting Process and Financial Reporting Quality
Paul André (HEC Lausanne)
March 26, 2018
Heightened Shareholder Interest in Firm Affairs following the Inception of Credit Default Swap Trade
Anup Srivastava (Tuck School of Business)
March 14, 2018
Designing accounting research for complex social problems in ways that build social theory: accounting, fraud and future food systems
Lisa Jack (Portsmouth Business School)
March 8, 2018
Shining a light on the dark side of ethical leadership: A study of taxpayer compliance in the Trump era
Linda Thorne (Schulich School of Business)
March 2, 2018
The Informative Value of Auditors’ Going Concern Emphasis of Matter: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Jean Bédard (Université Laval)
December 1, 2017
Doing Research in Governance and CSR: An International Perspective
Charles Cho (Schulich University)
November 6, 2017
No pressure, no diamonds? Social Movement Mechanisms of Shareholder Governance on CSR disclosure
Giovanna Michelon (Exeter University)
November 6, 2017
The role of emotion work in building and amplifying a field frame
Charlene Zietsma (Penn State University)
October 20, 2017
Pilot, Pivot and Advisory Boards: The Role of Governance Configurations in Innovation Commitment
Eduardo Schiehll (HEC Montréal)
October 13, 2017
Optimal distinctiveness: broadening the interface between institutional theory and strategic management
Michael Lounsbury (University of Alberta)
September 22, 2017
Food for thought seminars
Diversified Firms and Analysts’ Earnings Forecasts: The Role of Management Guidance at the Segment Level
Rucsandra Moldovan (John Molson)
June 22, 2018
Auditors and the Principal-Principal Agency Conflict in Family-Controlled Firms
Chiraz Ben Ali (John Molson)
January 24, 2018
Unpacking the Fluidity of Management Accounting Concepts: An Ethnographic Social Site Analysis on Enterprise Risk Management
Matthäus Tekathen (John Molson)
November 15, 2017
Research Fest
5th Edition - Open Science: Recent Changes to Journal Policies on Data and Code, presented and moderated by Rucsandra Moldovan; Progress presentations by PhD students
Winter 2018
4th Edition - Workshop: 1 research idea in 100 minutes, moderated by Matthäus Tekathen
Fall 2017
