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    Name: IL-WOON KIM, Ph.D.
Title: Professor of Accounting & International Business
Department: George W. Daverio School of Accountancy
Office: CBA 262
Phone: 330-972-7461
Fax: 330-972-8597
Email: ikim@uakron.edu
Mailing Address:
George W. Daverio School of Accountancy
College of Business Administration
The University of Akron
Akron, Ohio 44325-4802
Curriculum Vitae: Download in PDF format
   
       
         
Education:

  • Ph.D. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, Accounting Major, Finance Minor

  • M.B.A. Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

  • B.B.A. Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

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Professional & Academic Experience:
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 1996-Present: Professor of Accounting & International Business, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

    • Member of Graduate Faculty


    • Undergraduate Courses Taught:

      • Accounting I (6200:201)

      • Accounting II (6200:202)

      • Cost Accounting (6200:301)

      • International Financial Report & Analysis (6200:408)

      • Advanced Managerial Accounting (6200:460)

    • Graduate Courses Taught:

      • Financial Accounting (6200:601)

      • Process Analyses and Cost Management (6200:610)

      • Cost Concepts and Control (6200:670)

      • International Accounting (6200:680)

      • Special Topics (6700:696)

    • Executive MBA Courses Taught:

      • Managerial Accounting for Decision Making (6750: 621)

      • International Accounting & Reporting (6750: 622)

      • Strategic Cost Management (aSSIST)



  • 2000-present: Academic Mentor, Institute of Management Accountants, Montvale, New Jersey.

  • Summer 2000: Visiting Professor to Stuttgart University, Stuttgart, Germany

  • 1999-present : Council Member, Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc., New York, New York.

  • 1997-present : Academic Associate, Consortium of Advanced Management – International (CAM-I), Austin, Texas.

  • 1996-Present: Associate Director, Institute for Global Business, College of Business Administration, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

  • 1995-1996: Professor of Accounting, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

  • Fall 1993 & Spring 1994: Visiting Professor to Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

  • December 1993-February 1994: Visiting Professor to Kobe-Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan

  • 1990-1995: Associate Professor of Accounting, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

  • Spring/Summer 1992: Acting Director, International Business Program, College of Business Administration, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

  • 1986-1990: Assistant Professor of Accounting, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

  • 1984-1985: Instructor in Accounting, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska

  • 1983-1984: Teaching Assistant in Accounting, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska

  • 1981-1982: Teaching Assistant in Accounting, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

  • 1975-1978: Senior Staff in the Accounting/Finance Department, Doosan Corp., Seoul, Korea


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Teaching Interests:

  • Management Accounting and Control

  • Cost Accounting

  • International Accounting

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Research Interests:

  • Target cost management; Theory of constraints; Accounting practices in different countries; Performance evaluation systems; Balanced scorecard; Application of data mining to auditing; Japanese management systems

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Recent Publications:
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

  • “Relationship between Organizational Capabilities and Performance of Target
    Costing: An Empirical studies of Japanese Companies,” Journal of International
    Business Research
    , forthcoming, with K. Yook and S. Huh.

  • “Implementation of the Balanced Scorecard at Barberton Citizens Hospital,” The Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance (March/April 2008); pp. 57-63, with Josey Chuck.

  • “An Analysis of the Factors Affecting the Analysts’ Superiority in Earnings
    Forecast for the Korean Stock Market,” Global Business and Finance Review
    (Spring 2007); 63-80, with C. Park.

  • "An Application of Self-Organizing Maps to Financial Structure Analysis of Keiretsu versus Non-Keiretsu Firms in Japan" Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies (Vol. 9, No. 3, 2006); 405-429, with John Cheh and Evgeny A. Lapshin

  • "Information Technology Content in Management Accounting Curriculum," Management Accounting Quarterly, (Fall 2006); 49-56, with Akhilesh Chandra and John Cheh.

  • "Implementing Activity-Based Costing in the Banking Industry," Bank Accounting & Finance (April-May 2006); 29-34, with Jeffrey Witherite.

  • "Balanced Scorecard at Summa Health System," The Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance (July/August 2005): 65-72, with Heather Smith.

  • "Target Costing in the Construction Industry: Evidence from Japan," Construction Accounting & Taxation (May/June 2005), 5-18, with Keun-Hyo Yook and Takeo Yoshikawa.

  • "Using the Cam-I Diagnostic To Evaluate Readiness for Target Costing," Cost Management (May/June 2005), 41-48, with Dan W. Swenson and Thomas E. Buttros.

  • "Japanese Target Costing: A Historical Perspective," International Journal of Strategic Cost Management (Spring 2004), pp. 10-19, with Patrick Feil and Keun-hyo Yook.

  • "Best Practices in Target Costing," Management Accounting Quarterly (Winter 2003), pp. 12-17, with S. Ansari, J. Bell, and D. Swenson.

  • "How Large Corporations Use Data Mining to Create Value," Management Accounting Quarterly (Winter 2003), pp. 1-11, with Tom Caldron and John Cheh.

  • "Evaluating the Impact of Credit Risk on Emerging Market Stock Returns," American Business Review (June 2003), pp. 81-86, with H. Ramcharran.

  • "Target Costing Practices in the U.S.," Controlling (November 2002), pp. 607-614, with S. Ansari, J. Bell, and D. Swenson.

  • "Linking Key Success Factors and Employee Attitudes to Performance of Cellular Manufacturing Systems," Global Business and Finance Review (Spring 2002), with K. Yook.

  • "Information Technology and Performance of Financial Companies in South Korea," Applied Journal of Business (Spring 2001), pp. 83-96, with Tom Calderon and S. Seo.

  • "Educating for the Future (A Note)," Controlling (November 2000), University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart,Germany, pp. 565-6.

  • "Accounting Models in Product Warranty: Development and Sensitivity Analysis," Advances in Mathematical Programming and Financial Planning (Volume 5, 1999), pp. 61-80, with J. Patankar and A. Mitra.

  • "Target Costing: Lessons from Japan," International Journal of Strategtic Cost Management (Autumn 1999), pp. 3-11, with Ansari, Bell, and Swenson.

  • "Harmonization of International Accounting Standards: An Empirical Analysis of Japanese Firms," Global Business and Finance Review, (Fall 1999), pp. 48-54, W. Kwak and S. Huh.

  • "Activity-based Management and Corporate Downsizing," Journal of Cost Management (May/June 1998), pp. 13-19.



CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  • "Preliminary Findings on Predicting Material Weakness Companies under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act - Comparison of Data Mining Models" Proceedings of Fifteenth Annual Research Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies in Accounting, Auditing and Tax, August 5, 2006, with John Cheh and Hyun-ki Moon.

  • "A Survey on Financial Leverage," Proceedings of INFORMS International Meeting June 22-24, 2006, Hong Kong, with S. Huh.

  • "IT and Management Accounting", Proceedings of the National AAA Annual Meeting, August 26-28, 2004, with A. Chandra and J. Cheh.

  • "Technology in Management Accounting Curriculum," Proceedings of AAA Ohio Regional Meeting, May 1-3, 2003, with John Cheh.

  • "Target Costing Practices in Japan," Proceedings of Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, November 23-26, 2002, with S. Huh.

  • "Target Costing: A Historical Perspective," Proceedings of Hawaii Conference on Business, June 14-16, 2001, with S. Huh.

  • "Target Costing Practices in Germany," Proceedings of INFORMS, June 19-21, 2000, Seoul, Korea, with Patrick Feil.

  • "International Studies on Target Costing, Proceedings of the Annual Cost Management Congress, November 15-17, 1999, New Orleans.

  • "An Assessment of the Contribution of Information Technology to Financial Performance: The Case of Commercial Banks in Korea," Proceedings of Asian-Pacific Decision Sciences Conference, June 9-12, 1999 Shanghai, China, with T. Calderon and S. Seo.

  • "Warranty Practices in the United Kingdom," Proceedings of INFORMS, April 29 - May 6, 1999, Cincinnati, Ohio, with J. Brierly.

  • "Synchronous Manufacturing: A Production Scheduling Technique Based on Theory on Constraints," Proceedings of the Pan-Pacific Conference, June 1-3, 1998, Seoul, Korea, with K. Choe.

  • "Foreign Banks in South Korea: An empirical Study," Proceedings of the Pan-Pacific Conference, June 1-3, 1998, Seoul, Korea, with J. Jin and S. Huh.

  • "Harmonization of International Accounting Standards: An empirical Analysis of Japanese Firms," Proceedings of the Pan-Pacific Conference, June 1-3, 1998, Seoul, Korea, with K. S. Huh and W. Kwak.

  • "Warranty Practices in Service Industry," Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of INFORMS, April 26-29, Montreal, Canada, with J. Patankar.



BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS

  • Target Costing Phase II Implementation Practice Report, Consortium of Advanced Manufacturing - International, March 2000, with T. Buttross and D. Swenson.

  • Target Costing Best Practice Study, Consortium of Advanced Manufacturing - International, February 1999, with Ansari, Bell, and Swenson.

  • Strategic Cost Management, (Korean), Beebong Publishing Company, February 1997, with T. Ahn, et al.

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Awards:

  • Zodrow Research Scholar, 2008.

  • Member, Beta Gamma Sigma, 2008.

  • Award of Appreciation, Akron Chapter of Institute of Management Accountants, 2008

  • Distinguished Research Award, Allied Academies, 2007

  • Award of Appreciation, Korean Consulate General in Chicago, 2006.

  • Excellence in Education Award, Ohio Magazine, December 2006.

  • Distinguished Researcher Award, Alumni Association, The University of Akron, May, 2006.

  • KPMG Faculty Fellow, 2005.

  • Distinguished Alumni Award, College of Business and Economics, Yonsei University, December 2004.

  • Certified expert in theory of constraints, TOC International Certification Organization, 2003.

  • Certificate of Merit, The Institute of Management Accountants, Spring 2003.

  • Certificate of Merit, The Institute of Management Accountants, Summer 2003.

  • The Martin S. Smith - Cascade Award, The Akron Chapter, The Institute of Management Accountants, Fall 1998.

  • The Martin S. Smith - Cascade Award, The Akron Chapter, The Institute of Management Accountants, Fall 1997.

  • Award of Appreciation, The Office of International Programs, The University of Akron, Summer 1997.

  • Award of Appreciation, The IMA Student Chapter, The University of Akron, Spring 1993.

  • Award of Gratitude, The International Business Association, The University of Akron, Spring 1992.

  • Award of Appreciation, Victory Business Club of Korea, February 8, 1992.

  • Member-of-the-Year, The Akron Chapter, The National Association of Accountants, 1989-1990.

  • Certificate of Merit, The National Association of Accountants, May 1990.

  • Member-of-the-Year, The Akron Cascade Chapter, The National Association of Accountants, 1988-1989.

  • Received Full Scholarship for Foreign Students, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 1978-1980.

  • Graduated with Honors, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 1976.

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