Wolfgang Dick
Accounting and Management Control Department
ESSEC Business School
France
Biography
Wolfgang Dick is Professor of financial reporting and general management. He teaches in the Bachelor, Master and Executive programs at ESSEC campuses in Paris and Singapore. His teaching languages are French, English and German. He is Academic Director of the Executive Master in Financial Management and Control, since 2003. From 2005 to 2012, he has been a co-director of the ESSEC-KPMG Financial Reporting Chair . His research interests focus on national and international financial accounting and reporting, as well as on corporate governance. Wolfgang has co-edited with F. Missonier-Piera the textbooks "Comptabilité financière en IFRS” (3rd ed. published in 2012) and “Financial Reporting under IFRS – A topic based approach” (2010). He has also published articles in various academic and professional journals: Accounting in Europe, Option finance, Australian Accounting Review, Comptabilité contrôle Audit, Les Echos, Immobilier & Services... In addition to his academic work, Wolfgang Dick worked for almost three years for PSA Peugeot-Citroen as Head of Accounting Studies and Methods and was in charge of preparing the groups first time adoption of IFRS (2002-
Research Interest
Areas National and international accounting normalisation.
Publications
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"Big 4 Office Political Connections and Client Restatements" (A. Elemes). Essec Research Center, DR‑2 Jul 16.
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"The Economic Consequences of Private Firms' Financial Reporting Quality" (A. Elemes, E. Peek, A. Filip). Essec Research Center, DR‑3 Mar 16.
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Tax Planning and Big 4 Ownership" (B. Blaylock, A. Edwards, A. Elemes). Essec Research Center, DR‑4 Dec 16. "Auditor Size and Audit Quality in Private Firms" (J. Chen, A. Elemes, G. Lobo). Essec Research Center, DR‑1 Sep 16.
