Division of Accounting and Information Systems

The Accounting and Information Systems (AIS) Division was formed in July 2017 as a merger between the Accounting Division and the Management Information Systems (MIS) Division. MIS is the study of the design, implementation, management, and use of information technology applications in organizations. Relatedly, Accounting is the study of external and internal financial reporting systems, and the auditing of those systems.

The research of the accounting faculty involves economic analyses of external and internal financial reporting, auditing, and taxation. The analyses are both theoretical and empirical. They consider questions such as:

  • The role of financial information in the formation of capital in the economy.
  • The role of financial reports in contracting with debt holders and management.
  • Factors influencing the timing and extent of management voluntary disclosures

The research methodologies used in the MIS faculty members include economics, empirical, design science, and computer simulation. They cover fields such as big data analytics, complex adaptive systems, e-commerce, human-computer interaction, information technology investment, information technology management, security and privacy, and systems analysis and design.

Research Supervisors

Name Research Interests
Cavusoglu, Hasan IT investment, information security, value of information technology, online product differentiation, information system security, Economics & sustainability, Management Information Systems
Chawla, Muskan Disclosure, Innovation, Supply Chain, Intangibles, Information Sharing (Asymmetry) Intellectual Property Rights, Healthcare
Chen, AJ Corporate Reporting; Disclosures and Governance; Sustainability and Climate Finance; Digital Economy and Value of Data & AI; Financial Intermediaries; Firm Information Environment; Innovation and Product Market; Corporate Reporting, Disclosures and Governance, Sustainability and Climate Finance, Digital Economy and Value of Data & AI, Financial Intermediaries, Firm Information Environment, Innovation and Product Market
Hung, Ming Yi
Lee, Gene AI in Business; Business Analytics; Information Systems; Social Media Analysis; Mobile Ecosystem; AI in Business, Business Analytics, Information Systems, Social Media Analysis, Mobile Ecosystem
Li, J. Frank
Lo, Kin Financial reporting; Conference calls; Earnings management; Computational Linguistics; Financial reporting, Conference calls, Earnings management, Computational linguistics
Lundholm, Russell Financial statement analysis
Nan, Ning blockchain governance; complex adaptive systems; digital business; evolvable information systems; Information Systems; Management; online community; Blockchain governance, Complex adaptive systems, Digital business, Evolvable information systems, Information Systems, Management, Online community
Swanson, David Economics of Regulation; Political Economics; SEC; Securities Litigation; Economics of Regulation, Political Economics, SEC, Securities Litigation
Vijayaraghavan, Rajesh Accounting and risk management in financial institutions, Disclosure, Corporate governance and performance measurement, Corporate Finance, Applications of machine learning
Wu, Joy Behavioral experiments; Data privacy; Information markets; Fairness Views; Platform strategy; Behavioral experiments, Data privacy, Information markets, Fairness Views, Platform strategy
Yan, Han Banking; Climate Finance; Voluntary Disclosure; Earnings Quality; Reduced Form and Structural Estimation; Banking, Climate Finance, Voluntary Disclosure, Earnings Quality, Reduced Form and Structural Estimation
Zhang, Jenny Li Finance and Accounting; Financial reporting, corporate disclosure, restatements, pension; Finance and Accounting, Financial reporting, corporate disclosure, restatements, pension
Zheng, Xin SEC Enforcement, Securities Litigation, Auditing, Fraud, Regulation, Financial Reporting
Zhou, Mi Economics of Digitization; Digital Media Products; Digital Marketing; Omnichannel Customer Behavior; Economics of Digitization, Digital Media Products, Digital Marketing, Omnichannel Customer Behavior