Walid Ben Amar
Professeur titulaire
Bourse d’excellence Ian-Telfer en recherche
Maîtrise (Institut des Hautes Etudes Commerciales), Maîtrise (UQAM), Ph.D. (HEC Montréal), CPA, CGA (CPA Ontario)
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Biographie
Walid Ben-Amar est professeur titulaire et récipiendaire d'une bourse d’excellence Ian-Telfer en recherche à l’École de gestion Telfer de l’Université d’Ottawa au Canada. Comptable Professionnel Agréé (CPA) en Ontario, 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 HEC Montréal. Récipiendaire d’un prix d’excellence en éducation de l’Université d’Ottawa en 2019, Professeur Ben-Amar enseigne des cours de comptabilité financière au premier cycle et dans les programmes gradués.
Ses domaines de recherche comprennent la gouvernance d'entreprise, la responsabilité sociale d’entreprise ainsi que les stratégies de divulgation d'information financière et non-financière par les sociétés cotées. Ses projets de recherche en cours, financés par le Conseil de recherche en sciences humaines (CRSH) du Canada, portent sur la gouvernance et la divulgation des risques liés au changement climatique. Professeur Ben Amar a publié ses travaux dans des revues académiques telles que le Journal of Business Ethics, Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal, Accounting Horizons, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, European Accounting Review et British Journal of Management.
Domaines de recherche
Domaines d’enseignement
Publications au cours des 7 dernières années
Articles publiés dans des revues avec comité de lecture
- Ben Amar, W., Kong, Z. and Martinez, I. 2025. How Does Corporate Social Responsibility Shield Firms from the Adverse Effects of the COVID‐19 Pandemic? the Role of Financial Flexibility. Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting, (In Press).
- Ding, X., Chourou, L. and Ben Amar, W. 2024. Carbon Emissions and Audit Fees: Evidence from Emerging Markets. Emerging Markets Review, 60: 101139.
- Ayed, S., Ben Amar, W. and Arouri, M. 2024. Climate Policy Uncertainty and Corporate Dividends. Finance Research Letters, 60: 104948.
- Ben Amar, W., Castro-Herrera, D. and Martinez, I. 2024. Do Climate Risk Disclosures Matter to Financial Analysts? Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, (In Press).
- Ben Amar, W., Francoeur, C., Garcia-Meca, E. and Martinez-Ferrero, J. 2024. Do Gender-Diverse Boards Enhance the Linguistic Features of Corporate Financial Reporting? Accounting Horizons, 38(2): 57–81.
- Ben Amar, W., Comyns, B. and Martinez, I. 2024. Firm Commitments on Climate Change - Effects of Science-Based Targets on Financial Outcomes during the COVID-19 Crisis. Business Strategy and the Environment, (Accepted).
- Abdel-Nour, J., Aubert, N. and Ben Amar, W. 2023. Employee Stock Ownership and Voluntary Carbon Disclosure. Bankers, Markets & Investors, 172-173: 59-70.
- 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.
- 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., 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., 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., 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., 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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’Entreprise, 19: 11-39.
- 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.
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
| 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 |
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
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PI = Chercheur(e) principal(e) | Co-I = Co-chercheur(e) | Co-PI = Co-Chercheur(e) principal(e)
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