Ping Sheng Koh

Education

PhD (Univesrity of Tasmania)B.Com (Hons) - First Class Honours (University of Tasmania)B.Com (The University of Melbourne)

Biography

Ping-Sheng Koh joined the Accounting and Management Control Department in 2016 from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His research interests concentrate in the areas of corporate disclosures (esp. R&D disclosure), corporate governance, CSR and the use of information in corporate strategy.
He publishes in top academic journals across multiple disciplines including the Journal of Accounting and Economics,
Management Science,
Strategic Management Journal
and Organization Science. He has won two best manuscript awards and has among the highest research impact during his time with the Department of Accounting at HKUST. Ping-Sheng’s teaching centers on financial accounting and has received numerous teaching excellence recognitions at HKUST, including the finalist for the Michael G. Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching (the highest teaching excellence award for individual faculty at HKUST) and the winner of the Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence in the MBA Required Course (the highest HKUST Business School teaching excellence award for individual faculty in the respective category).

Research Areas

Areas

Corporate DisclosuresCorporate GovernanceExecutive CompensationEarnings ManagementCorporate R&DCorporate Social Responsibility