Dr. Amir Allam
- Contact details
- Activities and responsibilities
- Interests and Expertise
- Teaching: Programmes
- Teaching: Modules
- Current research and publications
- Research archive
Contact details
Position: Senior Lecturer
Location: BS.3.35
Telephone: 0208 223 2181
Email: a.allam@uel.ac.uk
Contact address:
UEL Royal Docks Business SchoolUniversity of East London
Docklands Campus
4-6 University Way
London E16 2RD
Brief biography
Amir joined UEL in September 2004 while being in the final stages of his PhD in Accounting and Finance that he was awarded in 2005 by the University of Birmingham. He also holds an MSc in Accounting from Eastern Michigan University (USA). Currently, Amir holds the position of Senior Lecturer in Accounting at the Business School (Finance, Economics & Accounting Field) lecturing undergraduate and postgraduate students in Financial Reporting and Analysis and Research Methodology. His main research area is studying the usage of online corporate annual reports. Amir's work has been presented in a number of national and international conferences.
Activities and responsibilities
Amir is currently the Programme Leader for MSc Financial Management, MSc Investment and Risk Management and MSc International Accounting and Finance
Areas of Interest/Summary of Expertise
Internet financial reporting, Web Server Log Analysis, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, investor relations, corporate communications, corporate governance.
Teaching: Programmes
- MSc Financial Management
- MSc International Accounting and Finance
- Accounting and Finance
Teaching: Modules
- FE2040 - Researching in Accounting and Finance
- FEM117 - Financial Reporting and Analysis
Current research and publications
- ‘An Exploration of the Potential for Studying the Usage of Investor Relations Information through the Analysis of Web Server Logs’, International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, Vol. 6, Issue 1, March 2005, pp. 31-53•(With N. Rowbottom & A. Lymer)
- ‘Corporate Reporting on the Internet in Australia: An Exploratory Study’, Australian Accounting Review, Issue 34, Vol. 14 No. 3, November 2004, pp. 64-71 • (With S. Lodhia & A. Lymer)
Research archive
- (with A. Lymer & N. Rowbottom) ‘The power of the web log - a guide for IROs’, Informed (Member Magazine of the Investor Relations Society), November 2003, p.18- 19
- (With A. Lymer) ‘Decent Exposure: Review of the first year of Regulation Fair Disclosure in the USA’ Financial Management, June 2002, p34-35
- Business Accounting and Finance for Non-specialists, 2nd edition by Catherine Gowthorpe; London, Thompson (reviewed for www.accountingeducation.com), December 2005.
