Research Students
Some Current Accounting PhD Students
| Research Student | Thesis Topic | Thesis Description |
|---|---|---|
Earnings forecast distributions: Analyst behaviour, consensus earnings forecasts and share price valuation | This dissertation has two purposes. Firstly, it aims to measure, analyse, rigorously test and critically compare the different earnings forecast distributional properties as measures of consensus earnings forecasts. Earnings estimate distributional properties can be classified under two categories; specific or collective. Earnings forecasts that are examined specifically against a firm's announced actual earnings, either on an individual forecast basis or as a consensus forecast, properties such as the forecast's accuracy, bias and revision can be determined. Individual analyst earnings forecasts, if studied collectively, exhibit properties such as the level of following for or neglect of a company and the degree of dispersion between individual forecasts. Secondly, a wide range of ensuing implications on analyst behavioural properties and share price valuation models can be drawn. Professor Marcus O'Connor and Dr Philip Lee are supervising this project. | |
Accounting for human capital challenges in a large service organisation in Australia - A case study | The main aim of the study is to analyse and understand how a large service organisation accounts for its human capital challenges. To accomplish this aim an Australian financial institution that belongs to knowledge-based sector is chosen as the research site. Three most important human capital challenges (attracting and retaining employees, ageing workforce and transformation from process to knowledge workers) faced by the organisation would be analysed to understand how the organisation manages, measures and reports on these challenges. A suitable measurement metrics would then be devised and reported to management. Dr Indra Abeysekera and Professor James Guthrie are supervising this project. | |
International Financial Reporting Standards on Small and Medium entities: A Political Perspective | Professor Sid Gray and Professor Sue Newberry are supervising this project. |