Orhan Akisik

Academic Background

Education

• PhD, University of Stuttgart, 1989
• MA, Bogazici, 1984
• BA, Bogazici, 1982

Academic Appointments

• Lecturer of Accounting, University of Massachusetts, 9/2005-Present

Research Interests

• Accounting Standards
• Accounting Regulation
• Audit Fees
• Capital Markets
• Corporate Governance
• Economic Growth
• Earnings Management
• Executive Compensation
• Financial Development
• Sustainability in Businesses

Teaching Interests

• Accounting Theory
• Capital Markets
• Cost Accounting
• International Accounting
• Management Accounting

Selected Publications

"Financial Reporting, Financial Development and Foreign Direct Investments in Latin America", Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies - Special Issue: Accounting in Latin America (Forthcoming in 2014).

"Accounting Regulation, Financial Development, and Economic Growth," Emerging Markets: Finance and Trade, January-February 2013, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 33-67..

"The Efficient Management of Shareholder Value and Stakeholder Theory: An Analysis of Emerging Market Economies" In: Devi, S. S., and Hooper, K. (eds.) Accounting in Asia, Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies, Vol. 11, pp. 157-184, 2011,Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

"Sustainability in Businesses, Corporate Social Responsibility and Accounting Standards:An Empirical Study," International Journal of Accounting and Information Management,(with Graham Gal) Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 304-324, (September, 2011).