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Associate Professor Mike L. Briers

Positions Held

CEO, Securities Industry Research Centre of Asia-Pacific (SIRCA) and Associate Professor in Management Accounting, University of New South Wales.

Prizes and Honours

Winner of the “Business, Economics and Related Studies” category of the Australian Awards for University Teaching, 1998.
Finalist in the inaugural Australian Awards for University Teaching, 1997.
UNSW, Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence, 1996.
AAANZ PhD Scholarship, 1994.
Uncle Ben Scholarship to Australian Graduate School of Management, 1987.
IBM Prize for Bachelor of Commerce with Honours, 1987.

Employment

2001 – present, CEO, Securities Industry Research Centre of Asia-Pacific (SIRCA)
1988 – present, Lecturer thru A/Professor in Management Accounting, University of New South Wales
2000 – 2002, National Director, Australian Centre for Management Accounting Development (ACMAD)
1997 – 2001, Director – Over-the-Counter Research Centre, SIRCA
1991 – 1992, Visiting Professor, Queens University, Canada.
1986 – 1987, Tutor in Accounting, University of Tasmania
1983 – 1986, Management Accountant, Richardsons Meat Industries.
1975 – 1982, Various; Credit Manager, Paymaster, Richardsons Meat Industries.
1972 – 1974, Technical Assistant, C.S.I.R.O.

Graduate Students

PhD (5), Hons/Masters (16).

Research Interests

Risk, control & performance measurement systems, Research facilitation.

Selected Research Grants

2002: DEST, Systemic Infrastructure Initiative Grant ($7 million), Lead Investigator.
2001: CRC for Technology Enabled Capital Markets, UNSW Lead on Bid team ($62 million).
2000: ARC SPIRT Grant, E-Business Challenges for the Australian Wholesale Banking Industry ($520k), Team Leader.
2000: ARC SPIRT Grant, Business Risk Management for the Australian Financial Services Industry ($600k), Team Leader.
1999: ARC SPIRT Grant, Emissions Trading: Experimental Markets (730k), Team Leader.
1998: ARC SPIRT Grant, Benchmarking the Australian Over-the-Counter Markets ($780k), Associate Researcher.
Over ten other ARC Linkage and Discovery grants facilitated through SIRCA.
Numerous ARC Small, Faculty, and direct industry research grants since 1990.

Professional Activities

Numerous research & education presentations and workshops to industry and professional bodies.
Ad hoc reviewer for the Australian Accounting Review, Accounting and Finance, and Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal.
Chairperson of AFMA OTC Research Advisory Committee.
Member AFMA Emissions Trading Committee.
Member SFE Carbon Trading Working Committee.
Ad hoc presenter and workshop leader for the Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Australian Society of Accountants.

Industry Experience

Extensive over many years with a more recent focus on industry-academic research collaboration.

Selected Recent Publications

  • The 2000, 2001, & 2002 Australian Financial Markets Report, Published through the Australian Financial Markets Association (Co-author: P. Martin).
  • The Role of Actor-networks and Boundary Objects in Management Accounting Change, Accounting Organisations and Society, 26, pp.237-269, 2001 (Co-author: W. F. Chua).
  • E-Business Challenges for the Australian Wholesale Banking Industry, KPMG Industry White Paper, 2001 (Co-author: S. Elliot).
  • Inter-Organisational Control for Procurement: A Study of Purchasing Card Technologies, UNSW Press, 2001 (Co-authors: C. Free and P. Luckett).
  • The Use of Benchmark and Process Related Feedback in Product Related Decision Making, Journal of Management Accounting Research, 2000 (Co-authors: P. Luckett and C. Chow).
  • Clearing and Settlement Arrangements and Impacts for the Australian Financial Services Industry, The Australian Securities Market User Group, 2000 (Co-author: M. Aitken).
  • Measuring the Success of Purchasing Card Systems, The Australian Accounting Review, 2000 (Co-authors: W. F. Chua, C. Free and P. Luckett).
  • An Analysis of Asian Bond Markets Post Crisis, Department of Foreign Affairs, East Asia Institute Publication. Chapter 6, 2000 (with S. Cuganesen and P. Martin).