Hanna Silvola

Assistant Professor, Accounting at Aalto University School of Business

Associate Professor at Hanken School of Economics

Schools

  • Aalto University School of Business
  • Hanken School of Economics

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Biography

Aalto University School of Business

BACKGROUND

  • Editor of the EAA Newsletter 2011-2014
  • Visiting Scholar, Stanford University/Scancor, United States 1-4/2014
  • Assistant Professor, Turku School of Economics, Turku Finland 2009-2012
  • Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics, London UK 2008-2009
  • Visiting Scholar, Monash University, Melbourne Australia 2004-2005
  • Several positions (assistant, researcher, acting professor), University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland 2002-2008

Forthcoming publications:

Huikku Jari, Mouritsen Jan & Silvola Hanna (2016). Relative Reliability and the Recognizable Firm: The Production of 'Value in Use' Goodwill Impairment Tests. Accounting, Organizations and Society (in Press).

Bhimani Alnoor, Silvola Hanna & Sivabalan Prabhu (2016). Voluntary Corporate Sustainability Reporting: A Study of Early and Late Reporter Motivations and Perceived Outcomes. Journal of Management Accounting Research (in Press).

Scientific positions of trust: Member of the Management Committee of the European Accounting Association (2014-2017)

Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Journal article-refereed, Original research

Relative reliability and the recognisable firm: Calculating goodwill impairment value

Huikku, Jari; Mouritsen, Jan; Silvola, Hanna
2017 in ACCOUNTING ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETY (Elsevier Limited)
ISSN: 0361-3682

The Role and Current Status of IFRS in the Completion of National Accounting Rules – Evidence from Finland

Jarva, Henry; Silvola, Hanna
2017 in ACCOUNTING IN EUROPE (Routledge)
ISSN: 1744-9480

Voluntary Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: A Study of Early and Late Reporter Motivations and Outcomes

Bhimani, Alnoor; Silvola, Hanna; Sivabalan, Prabhu
2016 in JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING RESEARCH (American Accounting Association)
ISSN: 1049-2127

Lagging effects of the use of activity-based costing on the financial performance of small firms

Jänkälä, Sinikka; Silvola, Hanna
2012 in JOURNAL OF SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (Wiley-Blackwell)
ISSN: 0047-2778

Conference proceedings

Decision-making usefulness of goodwill impairment testing

Silvola, Hanna; Huikku, Jari; Mouritsen, Jan
2013

The production of numbers about the future: the case of impairment testing of goodwill

Huikku, Jari; Mouritsen, Jan; Silvola, Hanna
2012

Value relevance of goodwill impairment testing?

Huikku, Jari; Mouritsen, Jan; Silvola, Hanna
2012

Production and consumption of numbers about the future: The case of impairment testing goodwill

Silvola, Hanna; Huikku, Jari; Mouritsen, Jan
2012

Impairment testing of goodwill: Trusting numbers about the future?

Huikku, Jari; Mouritsen, Jan; Silvola, Hanna
2011

Publications intended for professional communities

Article in professional journal

Miksi liikearvon arvonalentumiskirjauksia ei tule?

Huikku, Jari; Silvola, Hanna
2012 in Tilintarkastus (London School of Economics)
ISSN: 0783-0017

Liikearvon arvonalentumistestaus - voiko lukuihin luottaa?

Huikku, Jari; Silvola, Hanna
2012 in Tilintarkastus (London School of Economics)
ISSN: 0783-0017

Onko liikearvon arvonalentumisen testauksella merkitystä?

Huikku, Jari; Silvola, Hanna
2012 in Tilintarkastus (London School of Economics)
ISSN: 0783-0017

Financial Accounting as Epistemic Object: Users' Prosumption of Goodwill Impairment Value Calculations

Silvola, Hanna; Mouritsen, Jan; Huikku, Jari
2016

Hanken School of Economics

Hanna Silvola (Ph.D.) is Associate Professor of Accounting at Hanken School of Economics. Her research interests are in accounting for sustainability, strategic management control and performance measurement. Her Ph.D. (2007) focused on management accounting and control systems in start-up and growth companies. In 2019, she published a book‘Vastuullisuudesta ylituottoa sijoituksiin’ (Responsible Returns – How to beat the market with ESG Investing) with Tiina Landau. She has international experience from London School of Economics (UK), University of Stanford (USA), Monash University (Australia) and the University of New South Wales (Australia). Dr. Silvola has published on a range of topics in accounting in journals like Accounting, Organizations and Society; Management Accounting Research; Journal of Small Business Management and Journal of Management Accounting Review. She has comprehensive experience as a speaker in media and executive education

Education

  • Doctor of Economics and Business Administration University of Oulu (2003 — 2007)
  • Master's degree University of Oulu (2000 — 2003)

Companies

  • Associate Professor Hanken School of Economics (2018)
  • Assistant Professor Aalto University (2012 — 2018)
  • Visiting Scholar UNSW (2018 — 2018)
  • Visiting Scholar Stanford University (2014 — 2014)
  • Class Teacher The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2009 — 2013)
  • Assistant Professor Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku (2009 — 2012)
  • Visiting Fellow The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2008 — 2009)

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