Steve Wu

Steve Wu is an Assistant Professor in Managerial Accounting and Control at the Ivey Business School. He obtained his Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Steve’s research focuses in the area of management accounting, especially the design of management control systems and how these systems influence employees/managers’ decisions and behaviors. He is also interested in topics of corporate governance and executive compensation.

Teaching

HBA2: Managerial Accounting and Control

Education

• PhD, Accounting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
• MSc, Accounting, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
• BBA, MIS, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Recent Refereed Articles

• Chen, C. X.; Nasev, J.; Wu, S., (Forthcoming), "CFO Overconfidence and Cost Behavior", Journal of Management Accounting Research
• Van der Stede, W. A.; Wu, A.; Wu, S., 2020, "An Empirical Analysis of Employee Responses to Bonuses and Penalties", The Accounting Review, November 95(6): 395 - 412.
• Chen, C. X.; Matsumura, E. M.; Shin, J. Y.; Wu, S., 2015, "The Effect of Competition Intensity and Competition Type on the Use of Customer Satisfaction Measures in Executive Annual Bonus Contracts", The Accounting Review, January 90(1): 229 - 263.
• Ho, J. L.; Wu, A.; Wu, S., 2014, "Performance Measures, Consensus on Strategy Implementation, and Performance: Evidence from the Operational-level of Organizations", Accounting, Organizations and Society, January 39(1): 38 - 58.
• Gong, J.; Wu, S., 2011, "CEO Turnover in Private Equity Sponsored Leveraged Buyouts", CORPORATE GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW, May 19(3): 195 - 209.

Experience

• Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
• Consultant, Strategic Cost Management Association, Taiwan