Report of the CAAA Research Committee - August 2007

The research committee is subdivided into four sub-committees with each sub-committee evaluating proposals for one of the four research calls. Many thanks to the following members of research sub-committees whose work helped in the evaluation and adjudication process:  

CICA/CAAA Research Sub-committee –Teri Shearer, Chair (Queens), Thomas Scott (Alberta), Christine Wiedman (Waterloo)

CMA Canada / CAAA Research Sub-committee – TBA

Deloitte & Touche/ CAAA Research Sub-committee– Gary Entwistle, Chair (Saskatchewan), Morina Rennie (Regina), Mike Welker (Queen’s)  

SAP AG/CAAA Research Sub-committee–Ganesh Vaidyanathan, Chair (Saskatchewan), Eduardo Schiehll (HEC Montreal), TBA

New CGA-Canada /CAAA Research Grant

CGA-Canada and the CAAA have announced a new source of funding for academic research on accounting-related topics. The CGA-Canada/CAAA Research Grant will provide $20,000 in research funds in the next year.

SAP AG/ CAAA Research Grant Program – March 2007

Five letters of intent were received and forwarded to SAP AG for their review. Four applicant groups were invited to submit full proposals.  The SAP / CAAA Research Committee selected the following projects for funding:

• Majidul Islam (Concordia), “Examination of the Antecedents of Balanced Scorecard Usage as Management Information Tool” $10,000
• Gary Spraakman and Cristobal Sanchez-Rodriguez (York), “The Impact of Information Technology on Management Accounting Performance Measures and Practices” $10,000

The CAAA gratefully acknowledges the financial support of SAP AG in making this research opportunity available to our members.  

CICA / CAAA Research Grant Program   - June 2007

Thirteen letters of intent were received and forwarded to CICA for their review.  Nine applicant teams were invited, and submitted full proposals by June 30, 2007.  CICA generously agreed to fund four proposals this year instead of the normal two for a total of $40,000.  The CICA / CAAA Research Committee selected the following projects for funding:  

• Efrim Boritz and Jee-Hae Lim (Waterloo), “Impact of IT Control Weaknesses on Financial Performance” $10,000
• Peter Clarkson (Queensland), J. Douglas Hanna (Southern Methodist University), Gordon D. Richardson (Toronto) and Rex Thompson (Southern Methodist University), The Impact of the 2005 Switch to IFRS in Europe and Australia: A Look at the Value Relevance of Book Value and Earnings for Equity Value and Returns Pre- and Post-Switch” $10,000
• Kin Lo (UBC), “Expected costs and benefits of recent securities regulation: The U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Multilateral Instrument 52-111” $10,000
• Raili Pollanen (Carleton), “Performance Measurement and Reporting in Municipalities” $10,000  

CMA Canada / CAAA Research Grant Program – September 2007

Eight letters of intent were received by June 30, 2007 and forwarded to CMA Canada for their review.  Seven LOIs approved by CMA Canada were invited to submit full proposals by September 30, 2007.   

The CAAA gratefully acknowledges the financial support of CMA Canada in making this research opportunity available to our members.  

Deloitte & Touche / CAAA Research Grant Program – September 2007

The research call for the Deloitte & Touche now has a 30 September 2007 deadline for letters of intent.    

The CAAA gratefully acknowledges the financial support of Deloitte & Touche in making this research opportunity available to our members.  

Annual Research Fund Call Timelines

The CAAA Research Committee has decided to standardize the deadlines for its four research calls at the end of each quarter so that members can better plan by being aware that every quarter-end constitutes a deadline for one of its call.  

 

Grant	Letter of Intent	Feedback	Final Proposal	Decision
CICA – CAAA	March 31	April 30	June 30	July 31
CMA – CAAA	June 30	July 31	September 30	October 31
D&T – CAAA	September 30	October 31	December 31	January 31
CGA – CAAA	January 10	February 7	March 31	April 30

Note that calls now give members two months to translate their Letter of Intent into a full-blown research grant proposal.  CICA and D&T research call deadlines have been kept six months apart because they generally attract similar applicants.  We are hoping that ongoing funding from our donors will allow us to further standardize our administrative and adjudication process.    

Annual Reports

CAAA members who have received CAAA research grants are reminded of their obligations to submit annual progress reports of their research activities to the CAAA secretariat (admin@caaa.ca).  In addition, grant recipients are also required to submit final reports and completed working paper(s) when their projects are completed.  Our funding partners require output measures (working papers, conference presentations, publications) that they can report to their stakeholders in order top justify continued funding.  Thank you to all the members who have already submitted their progress and final reports.  

Amin Mawani
Chair, CAAA Research Committee
mawani@ssb.yorku.ca