Proceedings

Accounting and Management Information Systems (AMIS)
International Conference
The AMIS International Conference organized by the Faculty of Accounting and
Management Information Systems of the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies,
Romania, has already become an established milestone within the Romanian
accounting research environment. As such, it has already reached its 6 th edition since
its inception in 2006. All submissions/reviewing processes are handled on-line, with a
high-quality double-blind review process ensured by esteemed national and
international reviewers. For this year’s edition, we have attracted 155 participants
from various parts of the world (including Europe, USA, Asia and Australia), thus
ensuring good geographical coverage. Only full papers in English are to be submitted
for the conference, in various domains such as: financial reporting, managerial
accounting, auditing, financial analysis, management information systems, and
business law. The criteria considered in the review process are: the technical
correctness, the novelty and originality, the importance to the field, the organization
and the clarity of the paper, the relevance of references, and the quality of results. For
each criterion a mark is awarded, and a weighted average is then produced
electronically. Comments from the reviewers are also mandatory and are available in
the on-line system to authors, who can then incorporate them in the revisions of their
work. All editions have websites that can be accessed via www.amis.ase.ro/.
We have continued to obtain for this year’s edition of the conference the participation
of many international scholars. These are:
� Professor Mary BARTH, Stanford University, United States of America, the
conference keynote speaker;
� Professor David ALEXANDER of the University of Birmingham, United
Kingdom;
� Professor Alain BURLAUD, Director of INTEC/CNAM of Paris, France;
� Professor David CAIRNS – London School of Economics, the United Kingdom;
� Assistant Professor Andrei FILIP – ESSEC (Ecole Superieure des Sciences
Economiques et Commerciales) Business School, Paris;
� Professor Donna STREET, University of Dayton, United States of America;
� Professor Mathew TSAMENYI – University of Birmingham, United Kingdom;
� Assistant Professor Florin VASVARI – London Business School, United Kingdom.
Their participation is extremely encouraging and beneficial to our delegates. They
have offered extensive feedback and have ensured a good conference experience to
conference participants.
This year’s keynote speaker is Dr. Mary Barth, the Joan E. Horngren Professor of
Accounting at the Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (GSB). Prof.
Barth was a member of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) from its
inception in 2001. Currently, she serves as the Academic Advisor to the IASB.
Professor Barth’s research is published in a variety of journals and has won several
awards, including the American Accounting Association’s (AAA) Competitive
Manuscript Award and, on two occasions each, the AAA Wildman Medal Award and
the Best Paper Award of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the AAA.