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    Name: Li Wang
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: School of Accountancy
Office: CBA 248
Phone: 330-972-7644
Fax: 330-972-8597
Email: Lw37@uakron.edu
Mailing Address:
G. W. Daverio School of Accountancy
College of Business Administration
The University of Akron
259 South Broadway
Akron, OH 44325-4802
Curriculum Vitae: Download in PDF format
   
       
         
Education:

  • Terminal Degree: Ph.D. in Business Administration, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 2006
  • Master's Degree: M.B.A., The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, 1996

  • Bachelors Degree: B.B.A., Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky, 1994 (Magna Cum Laude)
Professional Training:
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

  • Certified Management Accountant (CMA)

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Professional & Academic Experience:

  • Undergraduate courses taught:
    • Introduction to Financial Accounting

    • Introduction to Managerial Accounting

    • Intermediate Accounting I

    • Intermediate Accounting II

    • Auditing


  • Graduate course taught:
    • Accounting for Managerial Action/Evaluation

    • Auditing


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Teaching Interests:

  • Financial Accounting and Auditing
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Research Interests:

  • Financial Accounting and Auditing
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Recent Publications:

  • Refereed Journal Articles:
    • L. Wang and P. Alam. 2007. Information technology capability: Firm valuation, earnings uncertainty and forecast accuracy. Journal of Information Systems, 21 (2): 27 – 48.
    • L. Wang, P. Alam and S. Makar. 2005. The value relevance of derivative disclosures by commercial banks: A comprehensive study of information content under SFAS Nos. 119 and 133. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 25 (4): 413 – 427.

  • Refereed Cases in Journals:
    • Books, Book Chapters, and Supplements: (Be sure to include dates, coauthors, page numbers.)

  • Papers Presented:
    • L. Wang and P. Alam, Information technology capability: Firm valuation, earnings uncertainty and forecast accuracy, 2005 AAA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California.
    • L. Wang, Do long-term incentives work? An empirical examination of executive compensation contracts and future firm performance, 2005 AAA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California.
    • L. Wang, The effect of SFAS No. 142 on earnings persistence, 2005 AAA Ohio Region Conference, Columbus, Ohio.
    • Wang, Do long-term incentives work? An empirical examination of executive compensation contracts and future firm performance, 2005 AAA Ohio Region Conference, Columbus, Ohio.
    • L. Wang, Information technology capability: Firm valuation and forecast accuracy, 2004 AAA Ohio Region Conference, Akron, Ohio.
    • L. Wang, Value relevance: R&D intensive firms vs. non R&D intensive firms and the influence of R&D intensive firms during the new economy period, 2004 AAA Midwest Region Conference, Kansas City, Missouri.

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Awards:

  • Outstanding Academic Achievement: Phi Beta Delta, the Honor Society for International Scholars
  • Best Doctoral Student Manuscript: 2005 American Accounting Association Ohio Region Conference, Columbus, Ohio
  • Best Doctoral Student Manuscript: 2004 American Accounting Association Ohio Region Conference, Akron, Ohio
  • American Accounting Association Doctoral Consortium Fellow: Lake Tahoe, Nevada, 2004
  • Employees’ Choice Award: The Brown-Forman Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky

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