American Accounting Association

Information Systems Section Midyear Meeting and AIS New Scholar Consortium

January 5 - January 8, 2011

Atlanta, Georgia

 



Meeting Information

 

Program Information

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

6:30 PM - 8:00 PMNew Scholars Consortium Reception
Open to New Scholars Consortium students and faculty, and IS Executive Committee

Thursday, January 6, 2011

7:30 AM - 7:00 PMInformation Systems Section Registration
10:00 AM - 4:45 PMNew Scholars Consortium
New
Scholars Consortium schedule
1:00 PM - 5:30 PMCPE: Workshop on Information Technology Governance and Assurance (WITGA)
WITGA schedule
5:30 PM - 6:15 PMAIS PhD Information Session
6:00 PM - 8:00 PMReception

Friday, January 7, 2011

7:00 AM - 5:00 PMInformation Systems Section Registration
7:15 AM - 8:15 AMBreakfast
8:30 AM - 10:00 AMWelcome and Plenary Session
Personal Development-Basic-1.5 CH
Gregory Waymire, AAA President-Elect
10:00 AM - 10:30 AMBreak
10:30 AM - 12:00 PMConcurrent Session
IS Research: Audit and Control I
Auditing-Basic-1.5 CH
Moderator: Ryan Baxter, Bentley University
     An Examination of Factors Associated with Board of Director Risk Awareness
     Dale Stoel, Miami University
     Brian Ballou, Miami (Ohio)
     Dan L Heitger, Miami University
     Discussant: Eileen Taylor, North Carolina State University
  
     Enabling Audit Process Quality Through Audit Support System Design
     Carlin Dowling, University of Melbourne
     Stewart A Leech, University of Melbourne
     Discussant: Maia Farkas, University of South Florida
  
     Exercising Management Control Through the Use of Decision Technology: A Case Study from New Product
Development

     Angela Liew, University of Auckland
     Discussant: William Dilla, Iowa State University
  
SET Research: XBRL, Digital Standard Setting, and Continuous Auditing
Specialized Knowledge and Applications-Basic-1.5 CH
Moderator: Bachman Fulmer, Florida State University
     Feeding the Information Value Chain: Deriving Analytical Ratios from XBRL filings to the SEC
     Roger S Debreceny, University of Hawaii-Manoa
     Carsten Felden, Technische Universität Bergakademie
     D'Eri Alessandro, International Accounting Standards Board
     Stephanie Farewell, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
     Maciej Piechocki, International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation
  
     Digital Standard Setting: The Inevitable Paradigm
     JP Krahel, Rutgers University
     Miklos A Vasarhelyi, Rutgers University
  
     Collaborative Design Research: Lessons from Continuous Auditing
     Michael G Alles, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
     Alexander Kogan, Rutgers University
     Miklos A Vasarhelyi, Rutgers University
  
12:00 PM - 1:30 PMLunch with Guest Speaker
Auditing-Basic-1.5 CH
Matt Johnson, KPMG IT Advisory Managing Director
1:30 PM - 3:00 PMConcurrent Session
IS Research: IT Investments, Incentives, and Productivity
Economics-Basic-1.5 CH
Moderator: Robin Pennington, North Carolina State University
     Relations Between CEO Equity Incentives, Information Technology Investments, and Firm Value
     Rodney E Smith, Cal State University, Long Beach
     Adi Masli, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
     Vernon Reichardson, University of Arkansas
     Juan M Sanchez, University of Arkansas
     Discussant: William Henninger, Brigham Young University
  
     Antecedents and Consequents of CIO Equity incentives: How Firms may Align the Digital and Business
Strategy

     Vernon J Richardson, University of Arkansas
     Juan M Sanchez, University of Arkansas
     Pankaj Setia, University of Arkansas
     Rodney E Smith, Cal State University, Long Beach
     Discussant: Cynthia Frownfelter-Lohrke, Samford University
  
     The Impact of Organizational Slack and Lag Time on Economic Productivity: The Case of ERP Systems
     John J Morris, Kansas State University
     Kevin E. Dow, University of Alaska Anchorage
     Discussant: Patrick Wheeler, University of Missouri
  
IS Research: Technology and Organizations
Business Management and Organization-Basic-1.5 CH
Moderator: Kenneth Henry, Florida International University
     Examining the Impact of Business Intelligence Systems on Business Process Performance in the Public
Sector

     Steve G Sutton, University of Central Florida
     Mohamed Z Elbashir, University of Queensland
     Philip A Collier, University of Melbourne
     Vicky Arnold, University of Central Florida
     Discussant: Tanya Benford, University of Central Florida
  
     ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT: RE-CONCEPTUALIZING THE ROLE OF RISK AND TRUST ON INFORMATION SHARING IN
TRANSNATIONAL ALLIANCES

     Vicky Arnold, University of Central Florida
     Tanya L Benford, University of Central Florida
     Clark J Hampton, University of Waterloo
     Steve G Sutton, University of Central Florida
     Discussant: R. Cockrell, University of North Texas
  
     To Enforce or To Influence? Understanding the Effects of Organizational, Workgroup, and
Personal-Self Sanctions on Preventing Information Security Policy Violations in the Workplace

     Ken H Guo, Western New England College
     Yuan Yufei, McMaster University
     Discussant: Lorraine Lee, University of North Carolina-Wilmington
  
IS Education: Fraud, Security, and Controls
Auditing-Basic-1.5 CH
Moderator: DeWayne Searcy, Auburn University
     Dr. Phil and Montel Help Students "Get Real" With the Fraud Triangle
     Ronald J Daigle, Sam Houston State University
     David C Hayes, James Madison University
     Philip Morris, Sam Houston State University
  
     Breach of Data at TJX - an Instructional Case used to Study COSO and COBIT with a focus on Computer
Controls, Data Security and Privacy Legislation

     Sandra J Cereola, James Madison University
  
     Filling Cavities: A Real-World Fraud Applied to Multiple Learning Objectives in the Systems Course
     David R Fordham, James Madison University
  
3:00 PM - 3:30 PMBreak
3:30 PM - 5:00 PMPanel: CIOs and CFOs
Business Management and Organization-Basic-1.5 CH
Chief Information Officers' and Chief Financial Officers' Similarities,
Differences 
and Relationships: What can the Ultimate Heads of Information Systems and 
Management Accounting Learn from Each Other?

Session Chair: Rick Payne
The panel aims to facilitate discussion and the sharing of research between the 
IS and MAS sections. To do this, it focuses on the relationship between the CFO 
and the CIO, and how the IT and finance functions operate within organizations 
more broadly. It will consider some of the similarities between the roles and 
functions, as well as key differences.

Panelists:
*John Kahn, CFO TeamStaff, Inc.
*Michal Matejka, Arizona State University
*Honorio J. Padron III, Global Practice Leader GBS & IT Executive Advisory, The 
Hackett Group Inc.
*Vern J. Richardson, University of Arkansas
*Paul Steinbart, Arizona State University
6:00 PM - 8:00 PMReception

Saturday, January 8, 2011

7:00 AM - 1:30 PMInformation Systems Section Registration
7:15 AM - 8:15 AMBreakfast
8:30 AM - 10:00 AMConcurrent Session
Interactive Short Paper Session
Specialized Knowledge and Applications-Basic-1.5 CH
Moderator: Ed O'Donnell, Southern Illinois University
     Analyzing Accounts Payable and Cash Disbursements with IDEA
     Dana Christine Newman, IDEA Data Analysis Software
  
     New Tools for Auditors: Classification Techniques for Fraudulent and Non-Fraudulent Financial
Reports Based on Linguistic Indicators of Deception

     Kevin C. Moffitt, The University of Arizona
     Mary B. Burns, The University of Arizona
     William L Felix Jr, University of Arizona
     Judee K. Burgoon, The University of Arizona
  
     Privacy by Design: A Case Study of Nokia Research Center's Mobile Millennium Traffic Pilot
     Marilyn Prosch, Arizona State University
     Ann Cavoukian, Information Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
     Julie S David, Arizona State University-Tempe
  
     Determinants and Consequences of IT Architecture Maturity
     Juan M Sanchez, University of Arkansas
     Adi Masli, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
     Vernon J Richardson, University of Arkansas
     Viswanath Venkatesh, University of Arkansas
  
     Accounting and Finance Related Country Level Characteristics and Firm Performance: Evidence from
the ICT Industry

     Theophanis C. Stratopoulos, University of Waterloo
     Tim D Bauer, University of Waterloo
  
     RECIPROCITY BETWEEN CIO POWER AND IT LEADERSHIP
     Theophanis C. Stratopoulos, University of Waterloo
     Jee-Hae Lim, University of Waterloo
  
     NARRATIVES VERSUS DIAGRAMS: THE IMPACT OF ALTERNATIVE BUSINESS PROCESS REPRESENTATIONS ON
AUDITOR RISK AND CONTROL ASSESSMENTS

     J. Efrim Boritz, University of Waterloo
     A Faye Borthick, Georgia State University
     Adam Presslee, University of Waterloo
  
IS Education: Auditing, Business Processes, and XBRL
Specialized Knowledge and Applications-Basic-1.5 CH
Moderator: Tina Loraas, Auburn University
     Auditing a PCard Program
     Kevin Dow, University of Alaska, Anchorage
     Marcia Watson, Mississippi State University
     Vincent J Shea, St. John's University
  
     Developing Expertise in Representing Business Processes and Making Inferences About Them
     A Faye Borthick, Georgia State University
     Gary P Schneider, Quinnipiac University
  
     Introducing XBRL Using XMLSpy & MapForce: A Teaching Case Study
     Rick Elam, University of Mississippi
     Mitchell R. Wenger, University of Mississippi
     Kelly L. Williams, University of Mississippi
  
10:00 AM - 10:30 AMBreak
10:30 AM - 12:00 PMConcurrent Session
IS Research: Audit and Control II
Auditing-Basic-1.5 CH
Moderator: Denis Ursov, Brock University
     Improving System Development Project Success: How Internal Auditors Add Value Through Process
Involvement and Measurement

     Glen L Gray, California State University, Northridge
     Anna Gold, Erasmus University
     Christopher G Jones, Cal State University-Northridge
     David W. Miller, Cal State University-Northridge
     Discussant: Gregory Jonas, Case Western Reserve University
  
     The Remote Internal Audit
     Ryan Teeter, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
     Michael G Alles, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
     Miklos A Vasarhelyi, Rutgers University
     Discussant: James Worrell, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
  
     An Empirical Investigation of the Relationships between Firm IT Capabilities, Section 404 Internal
Control Assessment, Audit Fees and Audit Delays

     Yunhao Chen, Florida International University
     Antoinette L Lynch, Florida International University
     Weidong Xia, Florida International University
     Discussant: Andrea Kelton, Wake Forest University
  
IS Research: XBRL and IS Success Factors
Specialized Knowledge and Applications-Basic-1.5 CH
Moderator: Martha Eining, University of Utah
     The Effect of XBRL Disclosures on Information Environment in the Market
     Jee-Hae Lim, University of Waterloo
     Joung W Kim, Nova Southeastern University
     Won Gyun No, Iowa State University
     Discussant: Robert Pinsker, Florida Atlantic University
  
     Determinants of the deficiency of XBRL mandatory fillings
     Saeed J Roohani, Bryant University
     Xiaochuan Zheng, Bryant University
     Discussant: Jurgen Sidgman, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  
     Procrastination and its Effects on Information System Success
     Tina M Loraas, Auburn University
     Discussant: Audrey Scarlata, East Carolina University
  
SET Research: Process Mining, Belief Functions, and Visualization
Specialized Knowledge and Applications-Basic-1.5 CH
Moderator: Kenneth Henry, Florida International University
     PROCESS MINING OF EVENT LOGS IN INTERNAL AUDITING: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
     Michael G Alles, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
     Miklos A Vasarhelyi, Rutgers University
     Mieke Jans, Hasselt University
  
     Using Belief Functions in Software Agents to Test the Strength of Application Controls: A
Conceptual Framework

     Rob Nehmer, Oakland University
     Rajendra P Srivastava, University of Kansas
  
     Supporting the Aggregation and Disaggregation of Enterprise Data: An Ontology-Driven Information
Visualization Approach

     Richard B Dull, Clemson University
     David P Tegarden, Virginia Tech University
     Lydia Schleifer, Clemson University
  
12:00 PM - 1:30 PMLunch

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