Awards and prizes in accounting
List of awards and prizes received by accounting staff and researchers.
2009
AFAANZ Best Paper Award
S. Taylor, Y. Shan, T. Walter
Professor Stephen Taylor (Associate Dean of Research and Development), Mr Yaowen
Shan (Lecturer from School of Accounting) and Professor Terry Walter (School
of Finance and Economics) received the award for the best paper in the financial
accounting stream.
2007
AFAANZ Peter Brownell Manuscript Award
Z. Matolcsy, A. Wyatt
Professor Zoltan Matolcsy and Associate Professor Anne Wyatt received the AFAANZ
Peter Brownell Manuscript Award for the Best Article 2007 for the paper entitled
“Capitalized intangibles and financial analysts”, Vol. 46, Iss. 3,
pp. 451-479, Accounting & Finance. The award was presented at the Accounting
and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Meeting held on
1-3 July 2007 at the Gold Coast.
2006
Excellence in Accounting Research Award
A. Wright
The School of Accounting presented the 2006 Excellence in Accounting Research
Award to Dr Anna Wright. This award was introduced to enhance research excellence
within the School. The winner of this award is judged on a number of selection
criteria and/or by a selection committee.
Accounting Students' Teaching Award
Z. Matolcsy
The School of Accounting presented the 2006 Accounting Students’ Teaching
Award to Professor Zoltan Matolcsy. This award was introduced to enhance teaching
excellence within the School. The winner of this award is judged on a number
of selection criteria and/or by a selection committee.
2005
Excellence in Accounting Research Award
Z. Matolcsy
The School of Accounting presented the 2005 Excellence in Accounting Research
Award to Professor Zoltan Matolcsy. This award was introduced to enhance research
excellence within the School. The winner of this award is judged on a number
of selection criteria and/or by a selection committee.
Accounting Students’ Teaching Award
G. Pazmandy
The School of Accounting presented the 2005 Accounting Students’ Teaching
Award to Mr Greg Pazmandy. This award was introduced to enhance teaching excellence
within the School. The winner of this award is judged on a number of selection
criteria and/or by a selection committee.
AFAANZ Peter Brownell Manuscript Award
P. Booth, D. Brown, F. Giacobbe
Professor Peter Booth, David Brown and Francesco Giacobbe received the AFAANZ
Peter Brownell Manuscript Award for the Best Article 2004 for the paper entitled
“Technological and organisational influences on the adoption of activity-based
costing in Australia”, Vol. 44, Number 3, pp. 329-356, Accounting &
Finance. The award was presented at the Accounting and Finance Association of
Australia and New Zealand AFAANZ Annual Meeting held on 3-5 July 2005 in Melbourne.
CPA Australia Frank Burke Scholarship
R. Lanis, G. Richardson
Dr Roman Lanis (UTS) and Dr Grant Richardson (Monash University) were awarded
the Frank Burke Scholarship 2005 for the project titled “A longtitudinal
study of corporate effective tax rates in Australia pre and post the Ralph Review
of business taxation reform initiatives”. CPA Australia offers the scholarship
of up to $10,000 for research into the area of taxation and/or superannuation
to academic accounting researchers based in Australian universities.
2004
Excellence in Accounting Research Award
J. Hamilton
The School of Accounting presented the 2004 Excellence in Accounting Research
Award to Dr Jane Hamilton. This award was introduced to enhance research excellence
within the School. The winner of this award is judged on a number of selection
criteria and/or by a selection committee.
CPA Australia President’s Award
S. Topple
Dr Stephen Topple was presented with the 2004 CPA Australia President’s
Award for outstanding contribution to the NSW Division through service on the
Applications Committee.
Best Paper Award of ICESA’04
B. Wieder, P. Booth, Z. Matolcsy, M. Ossimitz
The scientific committee of the 1st International Conference on Enterprise Systems
and Accounting 2004 has presented the best paper award to “A New Approach
Towards Measuring the Performance of Enterprise Systems” by Bernhard Wieder,
Peter Booth, Zoltan Matolcsy, Maria Ossimitz.
Accounting Students’ Teaching Award
A. Wright
The School of Accounting presented the 2004 Accounting Students’ Teaching
Award to Anna Wright. This award was introduced to enhance teaching excellence
within the School. The winner of this award is judged on a number of selection
criteria and/or by a selection committee.
2003
Article of Outstanding Merit
Z. Matolcsy
Article of Outstanding Merit.
Accounting Students’ Teaching Award
P. Sivabalan
The School of Accounting presented the 2003 Accounting Students’ Teaching
Award to Prabhu Sivabalan. This award was introduced to enhance teaching excellence
within the School. The winner of this award is judged on a number of selection
criteria and/or by a selection committee.
Excellence in Accounting Research Award
D. Stokes
The School of Accounting presented the 2003 Excellence in Accounting Research
Award to Professor Don Stokes. This award was introduced to enhance research
excellence within the School. The winner of this award is judged on a number
of selection criteria and/or by a selection committee.
AFAANZ Peter Brownell Award
P. Wells
Peter Wells was presented with the 2003 Peter Brownell Award at the Accounting
and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference 2003. The award
was for the best paper published in the Association’s journal in 2002.
The winning paper was “Earnings Management Surrounding CEO Changes”,
Accounting & Finance, 42(2), p169, June 2002.
2001
AAANZ Best Paper Award
P. Booth, D. Brown, F. Giacobbe
Professor Peter Booth, David Brown, Francesco Giacobbe were presented with the
2001 AAANZ Best Paper Award for their paper “Organisational Influences,
Ownership, and the Adoption of Activity-Based Costing Australian Firms”
in the AAANZ 2001 Conference in Auckland, New Zealand. This award is sponsored
by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Australian and
New Zealand Centre.
Article of Outstanding Merit Award
P. Booth, Z. Matolcsy, B. Wieder
Professor Peter Booth, Professor Zoltan Matolcsy, and Dr Bernhard Wieder were
presented with the 2001 Article of Outstanding Merit Award from the Financial
and Management Accounting Committee of the International Federation of Accountants.
This award was for the Articles of Merit 2001 Competition in the FMAC Article
Award Program for Distinguished Contribution to Management Accounting. The winning
article was “The Impacts of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems on Accounting
Practice - The Australian Experience”, Australian Accounting Review, Issue
22, 10, 3 November 2000, pp. 4-18.
“Thirst for Knowledge” (“Tiedon Jano”)
T. Malmi
“Thirst for Knowledge” (“Tiedon Jano”).
