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Walid Ben Amar

Ben Amar, Walid
Professeur titulaire
Directeur de programme de doctorat
Maîtrise (Institut des Hautes Etudes Commerciales), Maîtrise (UQAM), Ph.D. (HEC Montréal), CPA, CGA (CPA Ontario)
Pièce
DMS 7104
Téléphone
613-562-5800 poste 4723
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Notice biographique

Walid Ben Amar est professeur titulaire de comptabilité à l'École de gestion Telfer de l'Université d'Ottawa. Il est titulaire d'une maîtrise ès sciences comptables de l'Université du Québec à Montréal et d'un doctorat en administration des affaires de l'École de gestion HEC Montréal. M. Ben Amar donne des cours de comptabilité financière et de comptabilité de gestion au premier cycle et au MBA.

Recherche

Ses domaines de recherche comprennent la gouvernance d'entreprise, les structures du capital social, les fusions et acquisitions ainsi que les stratégies de divulgation d'information par les sociétés. M. Ben Amar a publié ses travaux dans des revues spécialisées telles que le Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Journal of Business Ethics, British Journal of Management, Business Strategy and the Environment, Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration et Comptabilité-Contrôle-Audit. Il a également présenté ses résultats de recherche dans plusieurs congrès au Canada, aux États-Unis et en Europe.

Domaines de recherche
Domaines d’enseignement

Publications au cours des 7 dernières années

Articles publiés dans des revues avec comité de lecture

  • Abdel-Nour, J., Aubert, N. and Ben Amar, W. 2023. Employee Stock Ownership and Voluntary Carbon Disclosure. Bankers, Markets & Investors, 172-173: 59-70.
  • Maaloul, A., Zéghal, D., Ben Amar, W. and Mansour, S. 2023. The effect of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and disclosure on cost of debt: The mediating effect of corporate reputation. Corporate Reputation Review, 26(1): 1-18.
  • Ben Amar, W., Chen, Q., Ding, S. and Quon, T.K.S. 2023. The Impact of Accounting Information and its Quality on Government Funding to Nonprofit Organizations. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 34(2): 349–377.
  • Ben Amar, W., Comyns, B. and Martinez, I. 2023. The COVID-19 Pandemic: Opportunity or Challenge for Climate Change Risk Disclosure? Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 36(2): 649-676.
  • Ben Amar, W., Francoeur, C., Garcia-Meca, E. and Martinez-Ferrero, J. 2023. Do Gender-Diverse Boards Enhance the Linguistic Features of Corporate Financial Reporting? Accounting Horizons, (In Press).
  • Ben Amar, W., Gomes, M., Khursheed, H. and Marsat, S. 2022. Climate Change Exposure and Internal Carbon Pricing Adoption. Business Strategy and the Environment, 31(7): 2854-2870.
  • Soliman, M. and Ben Amar, W. 2022. Corporate Social Responsibility Orientation and Textual Features of Financial Disclosures. International Review of Financial Analysis, 84: 102400.
  • Ben Amar, W., Bujaki, M.L., McConomy, B.J. and McIlkenny, P. 2022. Disclosure Transparency and Impression Management: A Textual Analysis of Board Gender Diversity Disclosures in Canada. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 29(5): 1247-1265.
  • Ben Amar, W., Francoeur, C., Marsat, S. and Wahid Sijamic, A. 2021. How Do Firms Achieve Corporate Social Performance? An Integrated Perspective. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 28(3): 1078-1090.
  • Ben Amar, W., Bujaki, M.L., McConomy, B.J. and McIlkenny, P. 2021. Gendering Merit: How the Discourse of Merit in Diversity Disclosures Supports the Gendered Status Quo on Canadian Corporate Boards. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 75: 102170.
  • Ben Amar, W., Ebondo Wa Mandzila, E. and McIlkenny, P. 2020. Corporate social responsibility and the readability of listed firms’ compensation discussion and analysis. Recherches en Sciences de Gestion-Management Sciences-Ciencias de Gestión, 138: 213-242.
  • Ben Amar, W., He, L., Li, T. and Magnan, M. 2019. The Corrosive Effect of Offshore Financial Centers on Multinational Firms’ Disclosure Strategy . European Accounting Review, 28(3): 483-512.
  • Brieger, S., Francoeur, C., Welzel, C. and Ben Amar, W. 2019. Empowering Women: The Role of Emancipative Forces in Board Gender Diversity. Journal of Business Ethics, 155(2): 495-511.
  • Labelle, R., Hafsi, T., Francoeur, C. and Ben Amar, W. 2018. Family Firms' Corporate Social Performance: A Calculated Quest for Socioemotional Wealth. Journal of Business Ethics, 148(3): 511-525.
  • Ben Amar, W. and Chelli, M. 2018. What drives voluntary corporate water disclosures? The effect of country‐ level institutions. Business Strategy and the Environment, 27(8): 1609-1622.
  • Ben Amar, W. and Belgacem, I. 2018. Do Socially Responsible Firms Provide more Readable Disclosures in Annual Reports? Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 25(5): 1009-1018.
  • André, P., Ben Amar, W. and Huang, Z. 2018. Entreprises familiales, richesse socio-affective et méthode de paiement des fusions et acquisitions. Revue Française de Gouvernance d’Entreprises, 19: 11-39.
  • Ben Amar, W., Chang, M. and McIlkenny, P. 2017. Board Gender Diversity and Corporate Response to Sustainability Initiatives: Evidence from the Carbon Disclosure Project. Journal of Business Ethics, 142(2): 369-383.

Chapitres de livres

  • Soliman, M. and Ben Amar, W. Corporate Governance and Narrative Disclosure Features: A Literature Review. In Marzouk, M. and Hussainey, K.. Corporate Narrative Reporting Beyond the Numbers. London, UK: Routledge, 2022, (In Press).
  • Ben Amar, W., McIlkenny, P. and Mhedhbi, K. What Explains Voluntary Corporate Carbon Disclosures in Emerging Markets. In Boubaker, S., Cumming D. and Nguyen, H.. Handbook of Finance and Sustainability. London: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018.

Recherche subventionnée au cours des 7 dernières années

Recherche subventionnée au cours des 7 dernières années
De-À Source Titre * ** Rôle Montant
2022-2024 SSHRC Insight Development Grant Are climate risk disclosures in earnings conference calls relevant to analysts? R C Co-I $ 49,504
2021-2023 Autorité des Normes Comptables, France Intégration des enjeux climatiques dans les états financiers R O Co-PI $ 71,578
2020-2023 SSHRC Insight Grant The effect of formal and informal institutions on corporate innovation: The case of gender diversity, state ownership and political connection R C Co-I $ 65,884
2020-2022 SSHRC - Insight Development Grants Trouver réponse à un défi planétaire : gouvernance d'entreprise, motivations et pressions pour réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre R C Co-I $ 48,264
2020-2022 Europlace Institute of Finance Do Investors Care more or less about Climate Change in a Post-Pandemic World? R O Co-I $ 14,724
2020-2022 CPA - Canada Accounting and Governance Research Centre Climate-Related Disclosures, Risk Financial Materiality and Capital Market Outcomes R I PI $ 5,000
2020-2021 Agence Nationale pour la recherche (ANR), France Covid-19 and Organizational Resilience: Does Corporate Adaptation to Climate Change Pay in Troubled Times? R C Co-I $ 70,016
2019 École de gestion Telfer Climate Change Disclosures in Family Firms R I PI $ 4,000
2018-2020 Autorité des marchés financiers du Québec Analyse de la lisibilité des entreprises Canadiennes : état des lieux et enjeux R O Co-PI $ 88,420
2018-2020 SSHRC - Insight Development Grants Corporate Water Performance, Market Valuation and Cost of Equity Capital R C Co-PI $ 43,402
2018-2019 CPA Ontario CPA-Accounting and Governance Research Centre R O PI $ 48,000
2018-2019 Programme d’initiation à la recherche au premier cycle (PIRPC) What Explains Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting and Assurance Decisions? R I PI $ 500
2017-2018 University of Ottawa, Research Development Program (RDP) Corporate Water-Related Risks: Disclosure, Performance and Market Valuation R I Co-I $ 14,000
2016-2017 CPA/Laurier Centre for the Advancement of Accounting Research and Education Gender Diversity Disclosures: Transparency or Management Obfuscation? R O Co-I $ 5,520

LÉGENDE :

* But
C: Contrat de recherche | E: Subvention d'équipement | R : Subvention de recherche | S : Fonds de soutien | P : Subvention pédagogique | O : Autre | U : Inconnu

**Genre
C : Conseils subventionnaires | G : Gouvernements | F : Fondations | I : Financement interne UO | O : Autre | U : Inconnu

Rôle
PI = Chercheur(e) principal(e) | Co-I = Co-chercheur(e) | Co-PI = Co-Chercheur(e) principal(e)

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