Orhan Akisik

Senior Lecturer Accounting

Office: Isenberg N344

Tel: 413.577.2248

[javascript protected email address] Add to Address Book Download CV View others in Accounting

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).