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Dr. Zhe (Richard) Wang, CMA

Dr. Zhe (Richard) Wang, CMA

Assistant Professor

Office: 3615 - Lumpkin Hall
Phone: 217-581-2527
Email: zwang@eiu.edu

Dr Wang earned his Ph.D. from Victoria University of Wellington, and is currently an Assistant Professor of Accounting at EIU. Dr Wang currently investigates innovative financial decision-making and cost accounting tools that will help businesses gain a strategic advantage over their competitors and achieve superior performance in the long-run. In particular, Dr Wang's research studies how traditional accounting controls may negatively affect a firm's innovation and strategic adaptability. Fundamental to his research are the links between innovations, competitive strategies and accounting.

Dr Wang was previously an auditor with Deloitte in New Zealand and has taught accounting courses in the Australian National University (ANU) and Victoria University of Wellington (VUW).

Dr. Wang is also the recipent of IMA Gold Medal for achieving the highest scores in CMA examinations in the world in 2012.

Frequently Taught Courses

Intermediate Accounting (ACC3200);  Financial Accounting Standards (ACC5200); Accounting for MBA (MBA5010).

Education

  • PhD in Accounting (2009), Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
  • BCA with Honours (1st Class) in Accounting (2005) Victoria University of Wellington
  • BCA in Accounting & Commercial Law (2004), Victoria University of Wellington
 

Professional Organizations

Institute of Management Accountants, American Accounting Association.

Research

Financial decision-making techniques and tools, Long-term strategy, and Accounting Conservatism. 

Publications

  • Measures of Accounting Conservatism: A Construct Validity Perspective (2009), Journal of Accounting Literature, with Ciaran O Hogartaigh and Tony van Zijl.
  • The Asymmetric Market Valuation of Nonrecurring Items and Accounting Conservatism (2012). Academy of Business Journal, Vol. 2.
  • Operating Risk and Accounting Conservatism: An Empirical Study (2013), The International Journal of Business and Finance Research, Forthcoming.

Conference Presentations

AAA, EAA, AFAANZ, UTS Summer Accounting Consortium.

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