With roots dating back to the appointment of the country's first Professor of Accounting, the group has a longstanding history of researching and teaching in the area of accounting and finance.
Contact and further information
Director of Research: Dr Ranko Jelic
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5990
Email: R.Jelic@bham.ac.uk
Head of Finance: Professor Andy Mullineux
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6642
Email: a.w.mullineux@bham.ac.uk
Head of Accounting: Mr Alan Coad
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7667
Email: a.f.coad@bham.ac.uk
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Other programmes in Birmingham Business School
Birmingham Business School website www.business.bham.ac.uk
Accounting | Finance
Accounting
- Information Systems and Accounting
The communication, use and regulation of digital reporting; including the evolution in industry standards; control and electronic interchange of data; XBRL; use of internet technologies in business; ERP; and the role of technology in taxation.
Contact: Dr Joanne Locke
Tel:: +44 (0)121 414 5647
Email: j.locke@bham.ac.uk
- Management Accounting
Accountability, control systems and change in management accounting; strategic management accounting; institutional theories and corporate governance.
Contact: Mr Alan Coad
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7667
Email: a.f.coad@bham.ac.uk
- Public Sector Accounting
Accounting in local and central government; charity accounts; national accounting; and comparative international studies.
Contact: Dr George Georgiou
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5388
Email: g.georgiou@bham.ac.uk
- Financial Accounting and Reporting
History of accounting and audit; political and economic consequences of accounting standards; impact of professions; measurement issues; corporate governance; audit and agency theory; globalisation and internationalisation issues.
Contact: Professor David Alexander
Tel: +44 (0)121 8027/6530
Email: d.j.a.alexander@bham.ac.uk
- Taxation
Impact of taxation on business decision-making; the role of taxation in global trade; and tax education.
Contact: Mr Andy Lymer
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6677
Email: a.m.lymer@bham.ac.uk
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Finance
- Corporate finance
Corporate finance and investment under uncertainty; company financing behaviour, including capital structure, dividend policy, initial and seasoned public offerings; capital markets and pricing of financial securities; corporate disclosure; risk management.
Contact: Professor Victor Murinde
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6704
Email: v.murinde@bham.ac.uk
- Global finance
Financial sector development; flow of funds; bank regulation and governance; bank behaviour and competitiveness; financial crisis and volatility in developing and developed markets;
Contact: Professor Andy Mullineux
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6642
Email: a.w.mullineux@bham.ac.uk
- Entrepreneurship, finance and Innovation
Business startup characteristics and performance; startup finance characteristics and constraints; bootstrapping to circumvent constraints; venture capital and private equity finance characteristics; incentive structure of venture and buyout financing; impact on the performance of private equity/venture capital-backed companies; exit strategies of VC and PE -backed companies.
Contact: Professor Robert Cressy
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5609
Email: r.cressy@bham.ac.uk
- Centre for Corporate Governance Research
Relationship between boards of directors and institutional investors; trends in voting; directors' remuneration; compliance with corporate governance codes by both large and small companies.
Contact: Professor Christine Mallin
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 2273
Email: c.mallin@bham.ac.uk
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