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Simon Fung

Professor

Faculty of Business and Law/Deakin Business School

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  • Professor
    Faculty of Business and Law/Deakin Business School
  • +61 3 924 68320 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

Professor Yu Kit "Simon" Fung is a Professor in the Department of Accounting
in Deakin Law School. Simon's research primarily focuses on the quality and
use of financial accounting information in capital market decisions, amid the
prevalence of information asymmetries in US and international financial
markets. His works follow a theme surrounding the concept of the quality of
financial disclosures as a mechanism to ensure the protection of capital
providers, which is a joint outcome of the financial statement attributes,
management incentives, the quality of the information intermediaries (such as
auditors and securities analysts), and other corporate governance mechanisms.
Simon's papers are published in journals such as The Accounting Review,
Journal of Accounting and Economics, Contemporary Accounting Research,
Management Science, Journal of International Business Studies, Accounting,
Organizations, and Society, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, among
others.

Simon's objective of teaching in professional accounting is to produce
graduates that are professionally competent as well as ready for employment.
He believes that proper teaching involves not simply the delivery of updated
and technically relevant contents, but more importantly the cultivation of an
inquisitive mind as well as the appropriate learning attitude in an upright
manner. These qualities enable the student not only to contribute positively
to the society and the employing entity but also to live as a respectable
member of the society with the ability to learn independently and persistently
beyond the curriculum of their professional fields.

He has also contributed to the University through various works and
appointments that could raise the presence and reputation of the Department
and the University, such as involvements in local and international
accreditation exercises and research collaborations with international
academic institutions.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Professor
    Deakin University, Department of Accounting

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Accounting)
    City University of Hong Kong

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)

  • Accounting, auditing and accountability
  • Banking, finance and investment
  • Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
  • Applied economics

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Business and Law

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE

  • Deakin Business School