Contemporary Issues in Accounting and Finance Education

Dear Colleagues,

Digital transformation, environmental, and social governance are key determinants underlying business model transformation towards sustainability and circular economy. This Special Issue aims to explore what such transformation means in the context of revisiting accounting and finance curricula and their impact on students’ learning and ambitions. This Special Issue provides a vehicle for empirical studies and conceptual frameworks available for educators for knowledge exchange that advances accounting and finance education. We encourage educational research manuscripts that highlight the need to revisit accounting and finance curricula, challenge the assumptions underpinning conventional pedagogy, and develop frameworks to advance accounting and finance education. We welcome manuscripts that are relevant to contemporary issues in accounting and finance education, including uses of technology, teaching and learning strategies, assessment strategies, curriculum, and faculty-related issues. What we know and what do we need to know about contemporary issues in accounting and finance education;

• Examination of diverse learning spaces in accounting and finance education in different settings
• Successful models of diversity, equity, and social justice educational initiatives
• Case studies regarding best practices that help improve accounting and finance education
• Case studies of accounting and finance education changes in the context of increased interest in ethical, social, and environmental accountability
• Building cross-cultural competence in accounting and finance classrooms
• Impact of student diversity for succeeding in the accounting and finance industry
• Alternative key performance indicators
• Alternative teaching and assessment strategies
• New paradigms for accounting and finance through cloud computing
• The potential of blockchain and the future of the accounting and finance profession
• Blockchain application in external audit practice
• Big data and advanced analytics
• Impact of cloud computing on accounting industry
• Cloud-based accounting system
• Cloud computing in the financial sector
• Cloud computing in the manufacturing sector
• Scenarios for using the cloud in the finance industry
• Decision-making models for adopting cloud computing
• Decision making processes in cloud environment

Dr. Fadi Alkaraan
Prof. Dr. Khaled Hussainey
Dr. Ahmed Elamer
Dr. Tony Abdoush
Guest Editors

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