Hervé Stolowy

Hervé Stolowy holds a Degree in Business Administration (ESCP Europe), a Master's degree in Law (University Paris-Val de Marne), a B.A. in Russian and American Studies (University Paris-Sorbonne), a Ph.D. in Financial Accounting (University Paris-Panthéon-Sorbonne) and an "Habilitation à diriger des recherches" ("Qualified Doctoral Dissertation Supervisor"). He is a certified "expert comptable" (French equivalent of a chartered accountant or certified public accountant).

He has authored and co-authored nine books (including "Financial Accounting and Reporting - A Global Perspective", Cengage, Andover, UK, 5th edition, 2017, in collaboration with Yuan Ding), chapters in 10 collective works and published over 65 articles in academic and applied journals (Abacus, Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Advances in International Accounting, Contemporary Accounting Research, Comptabilité - Contrôle - Audit, European Accounting Review, Finance - Contrôle - Stratégie, Journal of International Business Studies, The International Journal of Accounting, Issues in Accounting Education, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Les Echos, Review of Accounting and Finance, Revue de Droit Comptable and Revue Française de Comptabilité). His research and teaching interests span financial and international accounting, and focus more specifically on accounts manipulation, intangibles, international accounting harmonization and cash flow statements. He is a member of the Association Francophone de Comptabilité (AFC), European Accounting Association (EAA), American Accounting Association (AAA), and Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA). He is past president of AFC, past co-Editor of Comptabilité - Contrôle - Audit, past chair of the Standing Scientific Committee of the European Accounting Association and current Editor of European Accounting Review. Hervé Stolowy teaches financial accounting in the different graduate programs of HEC Paris: introduction to financial accounting and financial statement analysis (HEC-MBA Program and HEC Master of Science in Management - Grande Ecole), and both advanced accounting and international accounting (HEC MSc in Management Grande Ecole). He also teaches in the HEC doctoral program (research in financial accounting) and supervises several Ph.D. students.

EDUCATION

• 1992 Habilitation a diriger des recherches (Qualified Research Supervisor), Accounting, Université Paris - Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - France
• 1990 Doctorat de sciences de gestion (Ph.D. in Financial Accounting), Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne - France
• 1986 "Expert comptable degree" (French C.P.A.). Best dissertation award, - France
• 1983 Maitrise de Droit Prive, Université Paris - Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - France
• 1979 Diplome Grande Ecole (Master Degree in Management), Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris - ESCP - France
• 1979 B.A. in Russian and American Studies, Université Paris Sorbonne Lettres et Civilisations - France

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Academic responsabilities at HEC

• 2004-2006 Head of the Department of Accounting and Management Control HEC Paris
• 2004- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris HEC Paris
• 2003-2004 Member of the Evaluation Committee HEC Paris
• 2001- In charge of the Financial Accounting course (HEC, MSc, 1st year) HEC Paris
• 1997-2001 Director of MS HEC in Auditing HEC Paris
• 1998-2000 Member of the Evaluation Committee HEC Paris
• 1996-1997 Department representative od the Doctoral program HEC Paris
• 1995-1997 In charge of the "management of non profit organizations" elective HEC Paris
• 1996 - Member of the Research Committee HEC Paris
• 1994- Professor HEC Paris

External Academic Responsabilities

• 1998-1998 Visiting Professor Università degli studi di Padova
• 1986-1995 Adjunct faculty in "Accounting and financial statements analysis" ENA
• 1983-1994 Assistant, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Accounting and Control Department Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris - ESCP
• 1989-1989 Visiting Professor Lancaster University
• 1982-1983 lecturer in law and accounting TECOMAH

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

• Secretary-Treasurer, International Association for Accounting Education and Research
• Member of the executive committee and treasurer of the French Accounting Association
• Fellow of the Center for International Accounting Education and Research (CIAER), Niagara University, USA (2001-)
• Member of the Centre de Recherche en Controle et en Comptabilite Internationale (CRECCI), IRGAE, Universite de Montesquieu Bordeaux IV (2002-)
• Member of the executive committee, vice-president (2003-2007) and president (2007-2009) of the French Accounting Association
• Member, Association Francophone de Comptabilite (AFC)
• Member, American Accounting Association
• Member, Association Canadienne des Professeurs de Comptabilite

Editorial activities

• 2016-2019 Editor of The European Accounting Review
• May 2014-April 2017 Member of the Editorial Board, Contemporary Accounting Research
• 2013-2015 Associate Editor, Issues in Accounting Education
• June 2009-December 2013 Co-editor of Comptabilite-Controle-Audit
• 2004-2010 Book review editor of The International Journal of Accounting
• Editorial boards (current): Advances in International Accounting, Business Research, Comptabilite - Controle - Audit, Finance - Controle - Strategie, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of International Accounting Research, The International Journal of Accounting
• Editorial boards (past): Journal of Accounting Education, Revue de Droit Comptable
• Ad-hoc reviewer: Abacus, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, Journal of Accounting Education, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Journal of International Business Studies

Conference organisation

• 2014- Organisation de la 9ème Journée de formation en Méthodologie de la Recherche en Comptabilité - Contrôle – Audit
• 2010-2013 Chairman of the Standing Scientific Committee of the European Accounting Association
• 2006-2006 Organization of the Illinois International Accounting Symposium (The International Journal of Accounting), HEC (in collaboration with Yuan Ding and Thomas Jeanjean)
• 2006-2006 Member of the scientific committee of the 29th EAA Annual Congress (Dublin)
• 2005-2005 Member of the scientific committee of the 28th EAA Annual Congress (Göteborg)
• 2003-2003 Member of the scientific committee of the 26th EAA Annual Congress (Sevilla)
• 2002-2002 Member of the scientific committee of the 25th EAA Annual Congress (Copenhagen)
• 1997-1997 Chairman of the Scientific Committee and member of the Organizing Committee of the IAAER 8th World Congress (International Association for Accounting Education and Research), Paris
• 1994- Co-organization of the French Accounting Association symposium: Pédagogie en comptabilité et relations entre milieux académiques et professionnels - France / USA, ESCP.
• 1989- Organization of the French Accounting Association seminar: Le tableau de financement à l'ère des réformes, ESCP

AWARDS & HONORS

• 2017 2017 Award for Excellence in accounting 2017 in the category Academics, Autorite des normes comptables (ANC)
• 2013 Best Paper Award: "Evidence on the impact of adopting English as an external reporting language and foreign investment, analyst following, and liquidity", American Accounting Association International Accounting Section 2013 Mid-year conference, 21-23 February (in coll. with M. Erkens, T. Jeanjean and T. Yohn)
• 2005 Best Paper Award: "Differences between Domestic Accounting Standards and IAS: Measurement, Determinants and Implications", International Research Conference for Accounting Educators, Bordeaux
• 2005 HEC Foundation award for the book: Corporate Financial Reporting: A Global Perspective, 2002, Thomson, London (in coll. with M. Lebas).
• 2003 BNP Paribas Pierre Vernimmen Teaching Award
• 1986 1986 - Best CPA Disssertation Award