Dr Ali Elharidy
Academic and research departments
Surrey Business School, Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences.About
Biography
Ali Elharidy is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting. Before joining Surrey Business School, Ali held academic positions in UK and other overseas universities. Ali has many years of experience working in industry, as a branch accountant and credit officer in the trade and banking sectors. In addition, Ali has provided consulting services to government and not-for-profit organisations.
My qualifications
Affiliations and memberships
ResearchResearch interests
Ali's main area of research lies in Financial Disclosure and Corporate Governance. In addition, Ali published research articles in Management Accounting and Research Methods. Other areas of research interest include:
- Earnings management, information asymmetry and business failures
- Family control, board diversity and EGS disclosure
- Working capital management efficiency
- Implementation of accounting standards in emerging economies
- Governance of outsourcing relationships
- Quantitative and qualitative methods in accounting research
Research interests
Ali's main area of research lies in Financial Disclosure and Corporate Governance. In addition, Ali published research articles in Management Accounting and Research Methods. Other areas of research interest include:
- Earnings management, information asymmetry and business failures
- Family control, board diversity and EGS disclosure
- Working capital management efficiency
- Implementation of accounting standards in emerging economies
- Governance of outsourcing relationships
- Quantitative and qualitative methods in accounting research
Teaching
MAN1072 Management Accounting 1
MAN2109 Management Accounting
MANM400 Cases in Accounting and Finance
MANM399 International Project in Accounting and Finance
Publications
Additional publications
- Haar, L., Elharidy, A. and Gregoriou, A. (2022). Marking-to-market IAS 37 provisions using options: an empirical demonstration. Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFRA-08-2022-0280.
- Mokhtar, E. and Elharidy, A. (2019). Family Control and Earnings Management: An Empirical Analysis of the Lebanese Banking Sector. International Journal of Accounting and Financial Reporting. Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 124-147.
- Mandour, M., Elharidy, A. and Mokhtar, E. (2018). Examining the Effect of Joint and Dual Audits on Earnings Management Practices. International Journal of Accounting and Financial Reporting. Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 84-114.
- Mokhtar, E., Elharidy, A. and Mandour, M. (2018). Compliance with IFRs: The Case of Risk Disclosure Practices in Egypt. Arab Economic and Business Journal. Vol. 12, No. 2.
- Elharidy, A.M., Nicholoson, B. and Scapens, R.W. (2013). The embeddedness ofaccounting outsourcing relationships. Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, Vol. 10 No.1, pp.60-77.
- Elharidy, A. M. (2013). The adoption and extent of use of the balanced scorecard by Egyptian private companies. Contemporary Commerce Research, Upper Delta University, Egypt, Vol. 27 No. 3, pp. 30-72.
- Ahmed, Z., Elharidy, A.M. and Northcott, D. (2011). Capturing the value of flexibility in public sector capital investment projects: Evidence from New Zealand local government organisations. New Zealand Journal of Applied Business Research, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 1-22.
- Elharidy, A.M., Nicholoson, B. and Scapens, R.W. (2008). Using grounded theory in interpretive management accounting research. Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, Vol. 5 No.2, pp.139-55.
- Elharidy, A. M. (2006). Management control systems of business process outsourcing (BPO). Chartered Accountants Journal; May, New Zealand.