Michael Maier, PhD, CPA, CGA

Contact

Associate Professor, Alberta School of Business - Department of Accounting and Business Analytics

Email: msmaier@ualberta.ca
Phone: (780) 248-1275
Address: 2-30 Business Building
11203 Saskatchewan Drive NW

Edmonton AB

T6G 2R6

Associate Dean MBA, Alberta School of Business - MBA Office

Email: msmaier@ualberta.ca

Overview

About

Education:

PhD in Business Administration - University of Iowa
BCom with Distinction - University of Alberta

Awards:

2015 Mackenzie MBA Teaching Excellence Award
2010 Mackenzie MBA Teaching Excellence Award

Professional Designations:

Member of Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta (CPA)
Institute for Corporate Directors, Director (ICD.D)

Research

Research Interests

Experimental Economics
Behavioral Finance
Accounting Regulation
Fair-Value Accounting
The Use of Social Capital in Lending Decisions

Teaching

Teaching Interests

Financial Accounting
Financial Statement Analysis
Valuation

Courses

ACCTG 812 - Financial Reporting for Managers and Analysts

Useful both as a stand-alone course and as a foundation for further study in financial statement analysis. Provides further depth in balance sheet valuation and income measurement in order to enhance students' ability to use financial accounting as a management tool. Restricted to students registered in the MFM Program.

Summer Term 2024

BUS 648 - MBA International Study Tour

Combines lectures at the University of Alberta with an onsite study tour to a foreign country. The study tour component is normally for a one-to-two week period, during which students participate in company tours and lectures, to develop an appreciation for different business cultures and contexts. Students are usually expected to complete projects or case studies relating to the country under study. Check with MBA office for enrolment restrictions. Credit will not be given for both BUS 648 and any other study tour to the same destination. Students may receive credit for only two of the following three courses: BUS 648, BUEC 648, SEM 648.

Winter Term 2024

BUS 855 - International Study Tour

A week-long intensive course. Understanding the challenges facing local companies in their environment, for example, Asia or Eastern Europe. An on-site visit to the location is included. Restricted to Executive MBA students only.

Winter Term 2024

BUS 888 - Introduction to Business

This course provides an introduction to business and the MBA program. Focuses on the introduction and development of case analysis, critical thinking and technical business skills that will be used throughout the program. Restricted to students registered in the MBA China Program.

Spring Term 2024

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Scholarly Activities

Research - CGA Alberta Research Grant ($20,000)

2011 to 2012

Awarded to support accounting research.

Research - Publications

The cost of transfusing a unit of red blood cells: a costing model for Canadian hospital use. (2017). Vox Sanguinis ISBT Science Series, Vol 12 (3), June: 375-380. (with O. Lagerquist, D. Poseluzny, G. Werstiuk, J. Slomp, S. Nahirniak and G. Clarke)

Simple Agents, Intelligent Markets. (2017). Computational Economics, Vol 49 (4), April: 653-675. (with Karim Jamal and Shyam Sunder)

Environmental Liabilities and the Move to IFRS for Canadian Resource Companies: Discount Rates and Diversity in Practice. (2017). Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal (with Giovanna Michelon and Thomas Schneider)

Public Information Precision and Coordination Failure: An Experiment. (2016). Journal of Accounting Research, Vol 54 (3), September: 941-986. (with Sanjay Banerjee)

Cognition in Spatial Dispersion Games. (2005) in Rami Zwick and Amnon Rapoport (Editors) Experimental Business Research, Volume III: Marketing, Accounting and Cognitive Perspectives, Kluwer, Nowell, MA. (with Andreas Blume and Douglas V. DeJong)

Enforced Standards Versus Evolution by General Acceptance: A Comparative Study of E-Commerce Privacy Disclosure and Practice in The US and UK. (2005). Journal of Accounting Research Vol 43 ( I), March: 73-96. (with Karim Jamal and Shyam Sunder)

Regulation and The Marketplace. (2004). Regulation Magazine. Vol 26 (4), Winter Issue. Published by The Cato Institute, Washington, D.C: January, pp 38·41 . (with Karim lamal and Shyam Sunder)

Privacy in E-Commerce: Development of Reporting Standards, Disclosure and Assurance Services in an Unregulated Market. (2003). Journal of Accounting Research, May. Vol 41 (2): 285-309. (with Karim Jamal and Shyam Sunder)

Research - SSHRC Standard Research Grant ($58,662)

2011 to 2015

"Does fair value accounting discipline markets or increase volatility and destabilize markets” Principal Investigator: Michael Maier Co-Applicants: Karim Jamal, Thomas Schneider

Teaching - University of Alberta TLEF Award ($50,000)

2017 to 2019

Awarded by the University of Alberta Center for Teaching and Learning to support innovative teaching methodologies. Co-applicant: Emily Block