Carlos Ramirez

Education

Habilitation to supervise doctoral students (Habilitation à diriger des recherches), Université de Paris 1 International Teachers Programme, SDA Bocconi - Milan
PhD in Sociology (with first-class honours), Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales
Agrégation de sciences sociales HEC Paris Diploma

Biography

Carlos Ramirez received his PhD in sociology in 2005 from the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales. Before joining ESSEC Business School he has been a member of HEC Paris and the London School of Economics and Political Science’s faculties. His research is mainly concerned with the sociology and history of professional groups and focuses on the institutionalization of a transnational market for professional expertise. His works have been published in journals such as Accounting Organizations and Society and the Journal of Management Studies.

Research Areas

Areas

The sociology and history of professions, with special reference to the audit profession The globalisation of accounting and auditing, with special reference to standardisation The sociology of domination with special reference to Pierre Bourdieu’s work The cultural history of business concepts

Sectors

Audit Accounting Consultancy Law and Taxation

Geographical Areas

France United Kingdom United States Japan

On-going Projects

Big 4 audit firms in the post-Enron era: what business model? Globalization and Governance: what role for standard-setters? Orgnaizational memory and history: a new research agenda for business history? Bourdieu and neo-institutionalism: towards a conceptulaization of domination in organizational fields?

Teaching at ESSEC

An introduction to Accounting and Financial Analysis (Specialized Masters Programme) Financial Accounting (Grande Ecole - bachelor level): instructor and course coordinator Financial Accounting (Grande Ecole - master level) : instructor and course joint coordinator Financial Accounting (Specialized Masters Programme)
Advanced Financial Accounting (Grande Ecole Programme) Managing in Complexity (Grande Ecole Programme) Empirical Research in Financial Accounting (Doctoral Programme) Auditing and Regulation (Doctoral Programme)

Other Teaching Activities

Qualitative research in auditing (course taught in the Mastère recherche Contrôle-Audit-Reporting, Université Paris IX Dauphine)
International Teachers Programme, Universita Bocconi, Milan (2008)