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American Accounting Association49th Midwest Region MeetingApril 16 – 18, 2009 |
Registration Information | Hotel Information | Preliminary Program
Program Chair: Keith E. Harrison, Truman State University
Paper Chair: Bonnie K. Klamm, North Dakota State University
Preliminary Program
| Thursday, April 16, 2009 | |
| 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm | CPE Workshop: 12:30pm -2:30pm 3:00pm -4:30pm |
| 1:00 pm-7:00 pm | CONFERENCE REGISTRATION OPEN |
| 4:00 pm – 7:30 pm | Exhibitors |
| 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm | Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall |
| Friday, April 17, 2009 | |
| 6:45 am- 8:00 am | Steering Committee Breakfast |
| 7:00 am-5:00 pm | CONFERENCE REGISTRATION OPEN |
| 7:00 am – 8:30 am | Breakfast in Exhibit Area |
| 8:00 am – 9:10 am | Session 1: Plenary Session Taxes, Update – 1.0 CH International Tax Issues Speaker: Kelly Jordan, Deloitte |
| 9:10 am-9:40 am | Introduction to AAA Commons |
| 9:40 am – 10:20 am | Coffee Break in Exhibit Area |
| 10:20 am – 12:00 pm | Session 2: Concurrent Sessions 2A PANEL: IFRS 2B Business Processes/Balanced Scorecard Using the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence in Education (A Balanced Scorecard Approach) to Evaluate a University's Information Technology Resource The Impact of Business Process Outsourcing on Cost Reduction in the Mid-Sized Healthcare Systems BEST PAPER AWARD: Balanced Scorecards: An Experimental Study of the Effects of Linking the Evaluators' and the Subordinates' Balanced Scorecards on Performance Evaluation 2C Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Effect of Teaching Method and Learning Level on Knowledge Acquisition and Retention Using Fink's Taxonomy to Jump-Start Significant Learning e-Learning, Computer Anxiety and Performance in an Introductory Accounting Course |
| 12:10 pm – 1:50 pm | Lunch Program Best Paper: Best Student Paper: Best Teaching and Curriculum Paper: |
| 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Session 3: Effective Learning Strategies, Exhibit Area ELS1:Using SAP Exercises and Projects to Supplement a Cost Accounting Course ELS2: Evoking Reflexive Debit/Credit Response in Introductory Accounting Students ELS3: Experiential and Group Learning as a Component of Accounting, Audit and Taxation Education ELS4: Two Monopoly® Methods for Accounting Principles Mark Roman, Maryville University Karen Fletcher, Maryville University ELS6: Embezzlement at a Local Country Club: An Auditing Case Project ELS7: Reading Strategies for Accounting Students ELS8: Theme: Linkage and Accounting - A Profession, Not Merely a Job ELS9: Three Exercises for Teaching Financial Instruments and Improving Students’ Critical Thinking Skills in Intermediate Financial Accounting ELS10: Using a Common Case Study Throughout the Accounting Curriculum to Encourage Student Understanding and Integration ELS11: UCare: A Business Plan Project for Managerial Accounting Classes |
| 2:00 pm—3:40 pm | Session 4: Concurrent Sessions 4A Exhibitor Presentations 4B Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Some Benefits and Issues of Mentoring in Corporations, Professional Service Firms and Academia Some Accounting Records from the Ledger of a Florentine Company of Merchants and Bankers During the Second Half of the Fourteenth Century Student, Alumni and Professional Perceptions of Skill Sets Accounting Faculty Job Search in a Seller's Market 4C Financial Accounting and Reporting Corporate International Diversification and Firm Value: Empirically Testing the Relevance of Segment Reporting Task Complexity, Expertise and Accuracy of Earnings Forecasts Disclosure and information loss: Role of information transfers across markets Capital Structure, Cost of Capital, and Voluntary Disclosures |
| 3:40 pm – 4:10 pm | Coffee Break in Exhibit Area |
| 4:10 pm – 5:25 pm | Session 5: Concurrent Sessions
5A PANEL: Salary Compression 5B Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Understanding New AICPA Standards for Valuing a Business, Business Ownership, Interest, Security, or Ownership Interest Motivation and Distraction Factors Associated with Student Performance in Advanced Accounting and Contemporary Issues in Financial Accounting: An Empirical Study BEST TEACHING, LEARNING AND CURRICULUM AWARD 5C Auditing Quality Difference in Reported Earnings between Andersen and Non-Andersen Big 5 Client Companies: A Time-Series Comparative Analysis A Survey of Indiana Ethics Enforcement Investigations: 2001-2007 Using the Top 40 Audit Deficiencies from Recent PCAOB Inspection 5D Financial Accounting and Reporting Corporate Governance and Executive Perquisites: Evidence from the New SEC Disclosure Rules The Valuation and Stewardship Roles of Restated Earnings The influence of myopic R&D investment decisions on earnings growth |
| 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm | Reception |
| 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm | Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Section Ice Cream Social |
| Saturday, April 18, 2009 | |
| 7:00 am – 8:00 am | Breakfast Business Meeting |
| 8:00 am – 8:50 am | Speaker |
| 9:00am – 10:40 am | Session 6: Concurrent Sessions 6A Presentation on Fair Value Accounting 6B Student Papers Analyzing Auditor Switches: 2000-2007 The Spillover Effects of Accounting Fraud on the Rival Companies of the Target Company Evidenced By an SEC Accounting Audit Enforcement Release IFRS vs. US GAAP: Evidence from 20-F Reconciliations BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD 6C International Accounting The Effect of Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions on Shareholder Wealth: Evidence from China The impact of regulations on firms’ earnings management behavior-Evidence from China The Conflicts between Minority Shareholders and Controlling Shareholders in a Non-diverse Ownership Structure: Evidence from Chinese Market Risk reporting practices of companies in the non-finance sector: Evidence from Portugal 6D Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Practitioner and Educator Preferences Regarding Accounting Curriculum Meeting the 150-Hour Requirement Should Your Accounting Program Now Have an Internal Audit Program? Assessing Financial Literacy of College Freshmen Financial Literacy for College Students: A New Perspective |
| 10:40 am – 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am – 12:40 pm | Session 7: Concurrent Sessions 7A Public Interest/Government Financial Restatement and Corporate Social Responsibility Market Reactions to the First-Time Issuance of Standalone Corporate Social Responsibility Reports Local Governments in Illinois: How Transparent are They? 7B Financial Accounting and Reporting Patterns in Accounting Data and Detection of Earnings Management The Impact of Dual Class Structure on Earnings Management Activities Legal Consequences of Management of Specific Accruals: Evidence from Equity Offerings 7C Taxation Student Perceptions of Self-Generated Elaboration Projects in the Study of Intermediate and Tax Accounting Topics Frivolous Arguments: How Not To Evade the Federal Income Tax Death of Death Taxes: Not Likely |
| 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Steering Committee Lunch Meeting |
Note: The CPE Fields of Study curriculum is divided into twenty three subject matter areas. These fields represent the primary knowledge and skill areas needed by accounting licensees to perform professional services in all fields of employment. Sessions that offer CPE credit have the Field of Study and Credit Hours (CH) in red. Each Credit Hour is based on 50 minutes. The Program Level for each of these sessions is Basic, unless otherwise stated. Delivery Method: Group Live
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