Michael Maier, PhD, CPA, CGA
Contact
Full Executive Professor, Alberta School of Business - Department of Accounting and Business Analytics
- msmaier@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 248-1275
- Address
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2-30 Business Building
11203 Saskatchewan Drive NWEdmonton ABT6G 2R6
Associate Dean MBA, Alberta School of Business - MBA Office
- msmaier@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 248-1275
- Address
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2-30C Business Building
11203 Saskatchewan Drive NWEdmonton ABT6G 2R6
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 689 - CPA Capstone 2
Covers topics as required for the Capstone 2 module of the CPA Professional Education Program. Open to students enrolled in the MAcc program only.
BUEC 888 - Business Project Part 1-4
Students are required to complete a custom designed project for a client company and prepare a business plan. The company selected could be the student's own organization or a unit within the organization. Restricted to students registered in the MBA China Program.
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.
OM 604 - Bargaining and Negotiation
This course is a blend of both experiential learning and theory with the objective of making the student more effective in all types of bargaining. A study of positive theories on how to improve negotiation skills will be combined with analytical models of the game theoretic structure of bargaining. Through this mix of theories and several case studies and bargaining exercises, students will see both the opportunities for joint gain (win-win) and the constraints which can lead to inferior outcomes. Sections offered at an increased rate of fee assessment; refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations sections of the Calendar. Prerequisites: First year MBA core courses. Not to be taken by students with credit in MGTSC 604.
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