International Journal of Finance and Accounting

International Journal of Finance and Accounting is a refereed Journal dedicated to publish empirical research that tests, extends, or builds Finance and Accounting theory and contributes to practice. The journal publishes high quality research papers in accounting, finance and their interface. All empirical methods – including, but not limited to, qualitative, quantitative, laboratory, and combination methods – are welcome.

Zafar Khan

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Finance and Accounting

Professor, Eastern Michigan University, USA

Research Areas

Accounting and Management

Education

1987Ph.DLouisiana State University
1983MBAUniversity Of North Carolina
1974M.ScIndian Institute Of Technology
1972B.ScAligarh Muslim University

Experience

1998-presentProfessor, Department of Accounting and Finance, College of Business,Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti
1993-1998Associate Professor, Department of Accounting, College of Business,Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti
1989-1993Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting, College of Business,Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti
1986-1989Assistant Professor of Accounting, School of Business,University of Evansville, Evansville,
1983-1986Graduate Assistant, Department of Accounting, College of Business,Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1982-1983Worked (part-time) at the Computation Center,University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
1974-1981Senior Engineer, Indian Oil Corporation, New Delhi, India

Academic Achievement

Selected for membership in Continental Who's Who, 2008-2009
Nominated for the 2004 AICPA/MACPA Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Award
Selected for inclusion in the Academic Keys Who's Who in Business Higher Education (WWBHE): http://business.academickeys.com, 2003
Extraordinary Contributor Award, College of Business, Eastern Michigan University, 2002
Awarded Fellow to the Student Body for Educational Excellence, Student Body, Eastern Michigan University, April 10, 2001
1998 Distinguished Paper Award, "Managerial Implications of Profiling Small Business Personal Computer Users and Non-Users," Midwest Business Administration Association, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Division, March 1998
International Federation of Accountants Award-Article"Cost of Quality in the New Manufacturing Environment"judged to be of particular merit, October 1996
Faculty Achievement Award, Outstanding Research, College of Business, Eastern Michigan University, 1995-96
Lybrand Bronze Medal, In Recognition of Outstanding Contribution to Management Accounting Literature, Institute of Management Accountants, 1994-95
Faculty Achievement Award, Outstanding Research, Department of Accounting, Eastern Michigan University, 1994-95
Certificate of Merit, for outstanding character and excellence in contributing to the literature for the advancement of management accounting, Institute of Management Accountants, 1993-94
Faculty Achievement Award, Outstanding Research, College of Business, Eastern Michigan University, 1993-94
Irwin Distinguished Paper Award, Southwestern Small Business Association, 1991

Membership

Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA)
American Accounting Association (AAA)
AAA Management Accounting Section
AAA Teaching and Curriculum Section
Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (1995-96)
Beta Gamma Sigma, Business Academic Honor Society
Member, STERLING WHO'S WHO

Publications: Journals

[1]  "A Survey of Students' Attitudes and Perceptions of an Internal Audit Career," Internal Auditing, September/October, 2010, pp. 2-8. (Coauthor Mo Sharifi).
[2]  "Effects of cutbacks in the United States Oil and Gas Industry on Employee Attitudes: An Empirical Study," International Journal of Management, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 400-411, December 2009. (Coauthors Sudhir Chawla and Russell Andersson).
[3]  "Your M&A map for success," the Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance (JCAF), Vol. 16, Iss. 2, pp. 9-16, Jan/Feb 2005. (Coauthors Mohsen Sharifi and Vijay Karan).
[4]  "Process Flowcharting: A Skill That Adds Value," The Review of Business Information Systems, Vol. 7, No 1, Winter 2003. (Coauthors Vijay Karan and Mohsen Sharifi).
[5]  "Measuring the Quality of University Computer Labs using SERVQUAL: A Longitudinal Study," Quality Management Journal, Volume 10, issue 3, July 2003. (Coauthors David Hughey and Sudhir Chawla).
[6]  "A Survey of Introductory Managerial Accounting Students," Accounting Instructors' Report, 2002. (Coauthors Gary McComb, Susan Kattelus, Mohsen Sharifi).
[7]  "Academic Service-Learning in an Accounting Information Systems Capstone Course," Review of Business Information Systems, Fall 2002. (Coauthor Michelle Haroon).
[8]  "A Plan for Reengineering Management accounting Education: Based on the IMA's Practice Analysis," Management Accounting Quarterly, Winter 2000, pp. 36-41. (Coauthors Tom Cianciolo and Eileen Peacock).
[9]  "Cost of Quality," chapter in Guide to Cost Management, ed. Barry J. Brinker, John Wiley and Sons, 2000, pp. 319-344.
[10]  "Cost of Quality in the New Manufacturing Environment." Translated and reprinted in Journal of Chartered Accountants, Iran, Number 4, 1999, pp. 30-37, (a Persian language publication). (Coauthors Al Diallo and Curtis Vail).
[11]  "Quality Control and Management of Variation-Assessing Cost Benefits. International Journal of Strategic Cost Management, Winter 1999, pp. 37-50. (Coauthors Al Diallo and Curtis Vail).
[12]  "Activity-Based Management for Procurement: Case and Teaching Note," Journal of Accounting Education, Vol. 16, Nos. 3/4, 1998, pp. 525-544. (Coauthor Sharifi).
[13]  "Profiling Small Business Personal Computer Users and Non-Users: Managerial Implications," Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, Vol. 10, No. 1, 1998, pp. 66-81. (Coauthors S.K. Chawla, Mary Smith and Norton Marks).
[14]  "Impact of Gender, Race, and Dress on Choice of CPA's," Journal of Applied Business Research, Vol. 13, No. 1, winter 1996-97, pp. 53-68. (Coauthors S.K. Chawla and Elton A. to be of particular merit, October 1996.
[15]  "Multiple Discriminant Analysis: Tool for Effective Marketing of Computer Information Systems to Small Business Clients," Journal of Professional Services Marketing, 12, 2, 1995, pp. 153-162. (Coauthors S.K. Chawla and S. Thomas A. Cianciolo).
[16]  "Ethics of Drug Testing: What are Workers' Attitudes?" Business Forum, 20, 3 & 4, Summer/Fall, 1995, pp. 17-20. (Coauthors S.K. Chawla and S. Thomas A. Cianciolo).
[17]  "Cost of Quality in the New Manufacturing Environment," Management Accounting, August 1995, pp. 20-25. Received IMA's Lybrand Bronze Medal, 1994-95. (Coauthors Al Diallo and Curtis Vail).
[18]  "Measuring the Cost of Investment in Quality Equipment," Management Accounting, August 1994, pp. 32-35. Received IMA's Certificate of Merit, 1993-94. (Coauthors Al Diallo and Curtis Vail).
[19]  "The Impact of Gender and Dress on the Choice of a Minority Certified Public Accountant for a Small Business," Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, 5, 1, 1993, pp. 117-125. (Coauthors S.K. Chawla and Mary Smith).
[20]  "An Empirical Investigation of the Effect of Accounting for Income Taxes on Financial Analysts' Predictions of Net Income and Stock Price," Accounting Enquiries: A Research Journal, 2, 1, pp. 60-94, August 1992. (Coauthors Nicholas G. Apostolou and William G. Mister).
[21]  "The Impact of Gender and Dress on Choice of CPA," Journal of Applied Business Research, fall 1992, pp. 25-29. (Coauthors S.K. Chawla and David Cornell).
[22]  "Transfer Pricing in Europe 1992," Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, 1, 1, 1992, pp. 51-60. (Coauthor Sue Ravenscroft).
[23]  "An Empirical Investigation of Factors Affecting the Decision to Export," The International Journal of Management, 9, 3, pp. 255-264, September 1992. (Coauthors Dinesh Dave and S.K. Chawla).
[24]  "Transfer Pricing Policy Issues in Europe 1992," The International Journal of Management, 9, 3, pp. 230-241, September 1992. (Coauthors S.K. Chawla, Mary F. Smith and Mohsen F. Sharifi).
[25]  "The Relationship of an Individual's Classification with Their Opinion on Drug Testing," The American Business Review, January 1992, pp. 1-7. (Coauthors Sudhir Chawla, Dean Elmuti and Yunus Kathawala).
[26]  "The Personal Computer in Small Business," Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, 3, 1, 1991, pp. 1-11. (Coauthors S.K. Chawla, Mary F. Smith and Harlan Bruha).
[27]  "A Note on Comparison of Nonlinear Least Squares Algorithms," ACM SIGNUM Newsletter 25, 2, April 1990, pp. 10-18. (Coauthors S.K. Chawla and Dinesh Dave).
[28]  "New Implications of Accounting for Income Taxes: SFAS 96," The Journal of Bank Accounting and Auditing, fall 1989, pp. 26-32. (Coauthor Nicholas G. Apostolou).
[29]  "Accounting For Income Taxes," Chapter in Handbook of Financial Management for Banks, Eds. D. Larry Crumbley, Nicholas G. Apostolou, and George Simonton, Published by Shepard's/McGraw-Hill, 1988.

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  "Small Business Performance: Planning Sophistication and Benchmarking: Is there a relationship?" MBAA International meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March 18-20, 2009. (Coauthor Sudhir Chawla).
[2]  "Reliability of SERVQUAL as a Measure of Service Quality", Proceedings of the 388h Annual Meeting of Midwest Business Association, Chicago, Illinois March 2-4, 2002. (Coauthors Sudhir Chawla and David Hughey).
[3]  "Small Businesses and Application Service Providers--Leveling the Playing Field," Proceedings of the 2001 Midwest Business Administration Association Operations Management and Entrepreneurship Division, Chicago, Illinois, March 7-9, 2001. (Coauthor S.K. Chawla).
[4]  "Developing Small Business Plans: An Opportunity for Accountants," Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of Midwest Business Association, Chicago, Illinois, March 1-3, 2000. (Coauthor Sudhir Chawla).
[5]  "A Multidimensional Study of a Decade of IJAER," Proceedings of the 1995 Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Business Disciplines, Redondo Beach, California, April 6-9, 1995. (Coauthors A. Baldwin-Morgan and Elton Devine).
[6]  "The Differential Effects of Cues and Type of Information on Marketing Students' Retention and Exam Performance," Proceedings of the American Marketing Association Educator's Conference, (National), American Marketing Association, San Francisco, pp. 243-250, August 8-10, 1994. (Coauthors S.K. Chawla and Mary F. Smith).
[7]  "Small Business Financing Practices: An Empirical Study," Proceedings of the Fifth ENDEC World Conference on Entrepreneurship, Singapore, July 7-9, 1994. (Coauthors S.K. Chawla and Mehdi Taghavi).
[8]  "Gender and Dress Effects for Hispanic CPAs: A Field Experiment," Proceedings of the 28th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Chapter of the Institute of Management Sciences, Myrtle Beach, SC, October 1-2, 1992. (Coauthor S.K. Chawla).
[9]  "Personal Computer Usage in Small Businesses in Under-Developed Countries: Some Evidence From Pakistan," Proceedings of the 28th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Chapter of the Institute of Management Sciences, Myrtle Beach, SC, October 1-2, 1992. (Coauthor S.K. Chawla).
[10]  "Marketing Implications of EOQ: Constraint of Special Sales Event," Proceedings of the International Conference on Optimization: Techniques and Applications, at National University of Singapore, Singapore, June 3-5, 1992. (Coauthors Dinesh Dave and S.K. Chawla).
[11]  "Small Business Computer Usage: A Discriminant Analysis," Proceedings of the 27th Annual Meeting Midwest Administrative Association, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, (Chicago, April 1991), p. 6. (Coauthors Sudhir Chawla, M. Smith and Y. Kathawala).
[12]  "Managerial Implications of Linear Model: An Example of Computer Peripheral Industry," Proceedings of the 27th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Chapter of the Institute of Management Sciences, Myrtle Beach, October 3-4, 1991. (Coauthors Dinesh Dave, Kathy Fitzpatrick and S.K. Chawla).
[13]  "An Empirical Study of Small Business: Reasons for Involvement in International Business," Proceedings of the Pan-Pacific Conference VIII, June 6-8, 1991 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Coauthors Dinesh Dave and S.K. Chawla).
[14]  "Accounting, Art or Science: An Empirical Approach," Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Chapter of the Institute of Management Sciences, Myrtle Beach, October 4-5, 1990. (Coauthors S.K. Chawla and Mary F. Smith).
[15]  "Public Issues Management: A Primer for Accountants," Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Chapter of the Institute of Management Sciences, Myrtle Beach, October 4-5, 1990. (Coauthors S.K. Chawla and Mary F. Smith).
[16]  "Modeling Approach of Computer Backup Systems for Pricing Decisions," Proceedings of the Pan-Pacific Conference VII, May 31-June 2, 1990 in Seoul, Korea. (Coauthors Dinesh Dave, Sudhir Chawla and Kathy Fitzpatrick).
[17]  "Role of Small Business Computers for Profitability and Planning," Midwest Academy of Management Conference, (Columbus, April, 1989). (Coauthors Mary F. Smith and.Sudhir Chawla).
[18]  "The Use of Shared Equity Financing Agreements: A Simulation," Proceedings of the 16th Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 3-7, 1984. (Coauthor Thomas L. Dickens).