Dr Omar Al Farooque
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of The Professions, School of Business Economics and Public Policy
Qualifications
B. Com (Hons), M. Com (Dhaka), M. Economics (Osaka), PhD (Wellington), MNIA, CPA
Contact
| Email: | omaral.farooque@une.edu.au |
| Room: | W42, Room 410 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3920 (or +61 2 6773 3920 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3148 |
Dr Farooque has wide experience of teaching accounting, finance and banking. Currently he teaches 'Advanced Financial Accounting' in the school. He is very active in research, especially in the field of corporate governance and disclosure and corporate social responsibility.
Affiliations
Member, CPA Australia
Member, National Institute of Accountants in Australia (NIA)
Member, American Accounting Association (AAA)
Member, British Accounting Association (BAA)
Member, European Accounting Association (EAA)
Member, International Association for Accounting Education and Research (IAAER)
Areas of Teaching
Teaching at Undergraduate Level
AFM311 Advanced Financial Accounting (2008 - 2011)
AFM211 (TOP) Financial Accounting 1 (2009)
AFM211 Financial Accounting 1 (Summer 2007)
AFM101 Introduction to Financial Accounting (Summer 2008 - 2011)
Teaching at Post-graduate Level (GSB)
AFM417 Advanced Financial Accounting (2009 - 2011)
GSB641 Advanced Financial Accounting (2008 - 2011)
GSB641 (TOP/ISBT) Advanced Financial Accounting (2009 - 2011)
GSB642 Corporate Accounting (2008)
GSB642 (TOP) Corporate Accounting (2009)
Research interests
Corporate Governance, Corporate Finance, Financial Reporting and Disclosure, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting, Capital Market Investment and Financial Services.
Consultancy
World Bank consultancy on “Financing Issues of National University Affiliated College Education in Bangladesh” (ongoing 15 February to 30 June 2011).
Pearson VUE Australia consultancy work as a ‘Subject Matter Expert’ of Financial Accounting and Reporting for professional level Year Program of CPA Australia (completed in December 2010).
Publications
Book/Monograph and Book Chapter
Farooque, O. A. (2010). Corporate Governance: An Emerging Market Context – Lessons for Regulators, Policy Makers and Stakeholders. Saarbrücken, German: yLambert Academic Publishing.
Chatterjee, B., M. Z. Mir & O. A. Farooque (2009). The Current Status of Related Party Disclosure in India: A Longitudinal Analysis. Prof. Mathew Tsamenyi and Dr Shahzad Udding Edited Book ‘Accounting in Emerging Economies’, Series: ‘Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies’, 9(9), 287-319, 19 November 2009, (ISSN: 1479-3563; ISBN: 9781849506250); Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Journal Articles
Farooque, O. A. (2010). An Examination of the Determinants of Corporate Ownership Structure in an Emerging Market Context. Malaysian Accounting Review, 9(1), 105-122.
Farooque, O. A., T. van Zijl, K. Dunstan & AKM W. Karim (2010). “Co-deterministic Relationship between Ownership Concentration and Corporate Value: Evidence from an Emerging Market”. Accounting Research Journal, Vol. 23(2), pp. 172-189.
Chatterjee, B., Mirshekary, S. & O. A. Farooque (2010). Users’ Information Requirements and Narrative Reporting Relationship between: The case of Iranian Companies. Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal, 4(2), 79-96.
Farooque, O. A. & S. R. Yarram (2010). Corporate Governance and Foreign Direct Investment Inflows: Cross-sectional International Evidence. American Journal of Finance and Accounting, 2(1), 1-15.
Omar Al Farooque, Tony van Zijl, Keitha Dunstan & AKM Waresul karim (2007). Corporate Governance in Bangladesh: Link between Board Ownership and Financial Perforance. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 15 (6), 1453-1468.
Omar Al Farooque, Tony van Zijl, Keitha Dunstan & AKM Waresul karim (2007). Ownership Structure and Corporate Performance: Evidence from Bangladesh. Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics (APJAE), 14(2), 127-150.
Md. Kamal Uddin, Omar Al Farooque & Md. Rafiqul Islam (2000). FDI, Endogenous Growth and Policy Adjustment: A Review of Some Theories and Models. Journal of Business Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 19(1), 133-144. (ISBN-984-31-1397-2).
Omar Al Farooque and Mohammad Jamal Uddin (2000). Entrepreneurship as a Factor for Economic Development: A Study on Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL). Thoughts on Economics, Journal of Islamic Economics Research Bureau, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 10, (1 & 2), 49-63 (ISSN 0256-8586).
Omar Al Farooque and Md. Abdul Hakim Bhuiyan (1999). “Improving Competitiveness: Roles and Skills of ‘Cost and Management Accountants’ in the 21st Century”. ‘Journal of Business Studies’, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Vol. 20, No.2, pp.95-108.
Omar Al Farooque (1999). “Economic Aspects of Japanese ‘Financial Keiretsu’ (Industrial/Corporate Group): A Review”. ‘D.U. Journal of Marketing’, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp.81-101.
Omar Al Farooque, Mohammad Jamal Uddin and Md. Abu Sina (1998). “Patterns of Apartment Business in Dhaka City”. ‘Journal of Islamic University Studies (Part - C)’, Khustia, Bangladesh, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp.191-206.
Omar Al Farooque (1998). “The Economic Role of the Japanese ‘Main Bank’ System”. ‘Journal of Business Studies’, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Vol. 19, No.2, pp.175-202.
Omar Al Farooque, Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury and Md. Zakir Hossain Akhand (1998). “Deposit Mobilization Under the Islamic Banking System: The Case of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited”. ‘Finance and Banking’, Journal of the Department of Finance and Banking, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Vol. 4, No. 1 & 2, pp.113-125.
Conference Papers
“Corporate Governance and Accounting Practice: Culture vs. Law Dominance of Literature”. British Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference, April 2011, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
“Are Social Issues Relegated to the Backburner? An analysis of CSR Reports of Australian MNEs”. Jointly with Helena Ahulu and Bernice Kotey. 22nd Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, November 2010, Gold Coast, Australia.
“Ownership Structure, Board Characteristics and Financial Performance: Evidence from the Botswana Stock Market”. Jointly with Sabur Mollah and Wares Karim. American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meeting and Conference, July-August, 2010, San Francisco, California, USA.
“Macro-level Corporate Governance and FDI: Cross-sectional International Evidence”. Jointly with Subba Reddy Yarram. American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meeting and Conference, July-August, 2010, San Francisco, California, USA.
“The Economics of Asset Securitization: Lessons for Commercial Banks in Emerging Economies”. 12th Malaysian Finance Association Conference, June 2010, Selangor, Malaysia.
“Advances in Environmental Reporting among Australian MNEs using GRI Guidelines”. Jointly with Helena Ahulu and Bernice Kotey. 2nd International Symposium on Corporate Governance (in Privately Owned Firms, Public Firms and Other Enterprises), February 2010, Sydney, Australia.
“Causal Relation between Corporate Governance and Foreign Direct Investment: Cross-sectional International Evidence”. Jointly with Subba Reddy Yarram. 5th International Conference on Global Academy of Business and Economic Research, December 2009, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
“Additional Evidence on Foreign Direct Investment, International Accounting Standards and Governance Interactions”. Jointly with Subba Reddy Yarram. 21st Asian Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, November 2009, Las Vegas, USA.
“International Evidence on Governance and Foreign Direct Investment Interactions”. Jointly with Subba Reddy Yarram and Sarod Khandaker. Singapore Economic Review Conference, August 2009, Singapore.
“Does the IFRS Adoption in Selected Countries Coincide with a Harmonization of Accounting for Deferred Tax and Goodwill”? Jointly with Leopold Bayerlein. Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference, July 2009, Sydney, Australia.
“Financial Reporting Harmonization on Selected Items: Evidence from Australia, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom”. Jointly with Leopold Bayerlein. 32nd European Accounting Association Congress, May 2009, Tampere, Finland.
“Unidirectional Non-monotonic Relationship between Managerial Ownership and Firm Performance: The Case of family Firms in Bangladesh”. 1st International Symposium on Corporate Governance in Privately Owned Firms, April 2009, Sydney, Australia.
“Additional Evidence on Foreign Direct Investment, International Accounting Standards and Governance Interactions”. Jointly with Subba Reddy Yarram. 1st International Symposium on Corporate Governance in Privately Owned Firms, April 2009, Sydney, Australia.
“Leadership Role and Entrepreneurial ability of Number One Shareholder in Improving Corporate Performance under the Governance Structure of an Emerging Market Economy”. 9th International Business Research Conference, November 2008, Melbourne, Australia.
“Factors Influencing Corporate Ownership Structure in an Emerging Market: Some Issues on Entrepreneurship”. International Conference on Business and Information, July 2008, Seoul, Korea.
“Co-deterministic Relationship between Concentration of Ownership and Corporate Value: Evidence from an Emerging Market”. Jointly with Tony van Zijl, Keitha Dunstan and AKM Waresul Karim. Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference, July 2008, Sydney, Australia.
“Co-deterministic Relationship between Concentration of Ownership and Corporate Value: Evidence from an Emerging Market”. Jointly with Tony van Zijl, Keitha Dunstan and AKM Waresul Karim. 31st European Accounting Association Congress, April 2008, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
“Determinants of Ownership Structure in an Emerging Market Economy”. 7th International Business Research Conference, December 2007, Sydney, Australia.
“Ownership Concentration and Firm Performance Interactions in an Emerging Market Economy”. Jointly with Tony van Zijl, Keitha Dunstan and AKM Waresul Karim. 19th Asian Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, November 2007. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
“The Effect of Ownership Concentration on Firm Value and Corporate Governance in Bangladesh Listed Firms”. Jointly with Tony van Zijl, Keitha Dunstan and AKM Waresul Karim, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference, July 2007, Gold Coast, Australia.
“A Mono-directional Perspective of Board Ownership and Performance Relation in Bangladesh” Jointly with Tony van Zijl, Keitha Dunstan and AKM Waresul Karim. 18th Asian Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, October 2006, Maui, Hawaii, USA.
“Non-monotonic Relationship between Ownership Concentration and Performance in Bangladesh under Mono-directional Perspective”. Jointly with, Tony van Zijl, Keitha Dunstan and AKM Waresul Karim. Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference, July 2006, Wellington, New Zealand.
“A Mono-directional Perspective of Board Ownership and Performance Relation in Bangladesh”. Jointly with Tony van Zijl, Keitha Dunstan and AKM Waresul Karim. 29th European Accounting Association Congress, March 2006, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
"Bi-directional Relationship between Ownership Concentration and Performance in Bangladesh under Simultaneous Equations Approach". Jointly with Tony van Zijl, Keitha Dunstan and AKM Waresul Karim. 17th Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, November 2005, Wellington, New Zealand.
“Corporate governance in Bangladesh: Evidence on the link between Board Ownership and Financial Performance”. Business and Government in Bangladesh in the 21st Century Conference, November 2005, Melbourne, Australia.
“A Simultaneous Equations Approach to Analysing the Relation between Ownership Structure and Performance in Bangladesh”, Jointly with Tony van Zijl and Keitha Dunstan AKM Waresul Karim. The Inaugural Asia-Pacific Corporate Governance Conference, August 2005, Hong Kong.
“A Simultaneous Equations Approach to Analysing the Relation between Ownership Structure and Performance in Bangladesh”, Jointly with Tony van Zijl and Keitha Dunstan AKM Waresul Karim. Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference, July 2005, Melbourne, Australia.
Working Paper
Farooque, O. A., T. van Zijl, K. Dunstan and AKM W. Karim (2005). A Simultaneous Equations Approach to Analysing the Relation between Ownership Structure and Performance in Bangladesh. Working Paper No. 35, Centre for Accounting, Governance and Taxation Research, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.