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CV Assistant Professor Ulf Nilsson, PhD

Updated 2022-03-18

 

Personal information
Birth date: 07-06-1966 (Male)
Nationality: Swedish
Address: Kucukbebek  Cad. Gül Apt. No. 44/7 34342 Bebek Istanbul
Phone: +90 542 674 68 33 (mobile phone)
+90 216 483 96 45   (office)
e-mail: nilsson@sabanciuniv.edu

 

Positions and Teaching
2019 Jan Appointed assistant professor at Sabanci University, School of Management.
2015 July

 

 Appointed assistant professor at College of administrative sciences at Koc University.
2014 Dec

 

2012 Aug-

2013 June

 Promoted to Associate professor at School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg.

Sabbatical leave from Sabanci University spent at School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg.
 

2005-2015

  

Appointed as Assistant Professor at Sabanci University, School of Management.
2004 Appointed as Assistant Professor at Bosphorus University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Management
2002- 2004 London School of Economics – Istanbul Bilgi University Joint Undergraduate Economics Program, Teaching and Coordinating a course on “Elements of Accounting and Finance”.
1992-2002 Approximately 1700 teaching hours focused on managerial accounting, product costing and cost management.  Taught in Swedish and English at both undergraduate as well as master level at Jönköping International Business School (JIBS). Responsible for the master level course “Cost Control Systems“ between 1997-1999. Also taught courses sold externally by JIBS.
1997-1999 Developed and taught 1 and 2 days’ courses aimed at managers under the title “Business and Controlling for Managers” for an international education company (IIR in Stockholm).

 

Education

 
2004 Jan

 

 Phd Diploma obtained. Doctoral thesis: “The role of product costing in interorganisational relationships”

Advisor: Professor Olov Olson, University of Gothenburg
1998-2003 Doctoral Programme at JIBS.
2008 Oct Licentiate degree in Business Administration[1]
1996-1998 Licentiate Thesis: “Product costing in a small subcontractor in the automotive industry” (Published as  JIBS Research Reports)
1993-1996 Attended seminars at doctoral and licentiate programmes at JIBS as well as other universities
1988-1992 Undergraduate business administration programme at JIBS
1985-1988 The Army Academy in Halmstad and Uddevalla, Second Lieutenant 1988 (Infanteriets Officershögskola)

 

Publications
 

 

2023

 

 

2023

 

 

 

 

2019

 

 

 

 

2012

 

 

 

 Trust, distrust, and open‐book accounting in three client‐vendor relationships. Contemporary Accounting Research. Co-author Henrik Agndal. (SSCI: ABS 4)

Managing appropriation concerns and coordination costs in complex vendor relationships: Integration and isolation as governance strategies. Industrial Marketing Management. Co-authors Henrik Agndal and Ala Arvidsson. (SSCI: ABS 3)

The Fast and the Furious: The Role of Entrainment in controlled inter-organizational relationship transformation. Management Accounting Research, Co-author Henrik Agndal. (SSCI; ABS 3)

 

 

“Open Book Practices in Buyer-Supplier Relationships in India”, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, Co-authors Rajeev Kumra and Henrik Agndal. (SSCI; ABS 2)
 

2010

 

 

 “Different Open book accounting for different purchasing strategies”, Management Accounting Research, Co-author Henrik Agndal. (SSCI; ABS 3)
2009 “Interorganizational Cost Management in the Exchange Process”, Management Accounting Research, Co-author Henrik Agndal. (SSCI; ABS 3)

 
 

 

2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 “Supply chain decision making supported by an Open books policy,” International Journal of Production Economics, Co-author Henrik Agndal. (SCI; ABS 3)

 

“The Impact of competition and uncertainty on the adoption of target costing” International Journal of Production Economics, Co-authors Christian Ax and Jan Greve. (SCI; ABS 3)
 

2007

 

 

 “Activity-Based Costing – Effects of Long-Term Buyer-Supplier Relationships”, Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management, Co-author Henrik Agndal
 

 

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 “Faces of Pricing and Profit Planning at the Doorstep of the EU: Government Pricing Policy in the Innovative Pharmaceutical Sector in Turkey”, The Journal of Global Business Management. Co-author Ronan de Kervenoael

 

“Generation of Human and Structural Capital: Lessons from Knowledge Management”, Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management, Co-author Henrik Agndal
 

2005

 

 

 

 “Uluslararasi Muhasebe ve Finansal Raporlama Standartlari”, in Hukuki Perspektifler Dergisi. (A short article translated to Turkish on need of harmonization of financial reporting, with a particular focus on IFRS)
 

2004

 

 

 “The role of product costing in interorganisational relationships”, Doctoral thesis published by JIBS, Jönköping
 

2003

 

 

 “Relationship Transformation – The Development of Social and Structural Capital”, JIBS Report Series, Jönköping. Co-author Henrik Agndal
 

 

2002

 

 

 

 

 “Modern Management Accounting for Modern Purchasing”, European Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, Co-authors Björn Axelsson and Jens Laage-Hellman. The journal later changed its name to Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management (SSCI; ABS 2).
 

 

1999

 

 

 ”Redovisning som ger konkurrenskraft”, Ekonomi & Styrning,. Co-author Sven-Erik Johansson
1998

 

 

 

 ”Effektivare internredovisning och verksamhetsstyrning med BAS-konceptet som grund”, Swedish Manufacturing Industry, Stockholm. Co-author Sven-Erik Johansson
1998 “Product costing in a small subcontractor in the automotive industry”, Licentiate thesis published by JIBS, Jönköping.

 

Recent Administration

2019-2022     MBA director at Sabanci Business School

2015-2018     Head of the Accounting Area Group at Koc University

Member of AACSB Steering committee at Koc University

Member of the Quality and Programs review committee, representing                             College of Administrative Sciences and Economics

Member of the recruitment committee

Member of the Executive Council of the Graduate School of Business
2013-2015 Chairing the internationalisation group at School of Management at Sabanci University
2010- 2011 Director of the Executive MBA program.
2005-2011 Chairing or Co- Chairing the committee working with the AACSB accreditation at the School of Management from the beginning until the accreditation was achieved.
2006-2008 Member of the steering committee (a shared responsibility) for learning assessment at School of Management.

 

Service to the wider academic community
2014 Member of the Academic Committee for the annual Workshop in Management Control hosted by University of Gothenburg
2010- Member of the Editorial Review Board of the journal Industrial Marketing Management (SSCI, ABS 3)
2011 and 2013 Discussant at two final seminars for Licentiate theses at University of Gothenburg
2012 Reviewed a textbook for McGraw Hill “Managerial Accounting, ME Edition” Authors Garrison, Noreen and Brewer.
2010 Reviewed a textbook for John Wiley Higher Educational publishing

“Advanced Financial Reporting and Analysis” Authors Dunn and Stewart.

 

 

Significant conferences and workshops 2022               1. One paper presented at IPSERA April 20222021               1. One paper presented at Academy of Management (online) June 2021

2019               1. One paper presented at EGOS Edinburgh 2019

2017               1. One paper presented at EAA in Valencia, May, 2017

2. One paper presented at Nordic Workshop XXI in Visby, January, 2017
 
2014

 

2012

 1. One paper presented at NordACC Copenhagen Business School, November, 2014

1. One paper presented at IFSAM Limerick, Ireland, June, 2012
2010 1. A paper presented at IABPAD in New Orleans, October, 2010

2. One paper presented at the annual GBATA in South Africa, July 2010
2009 1 Paper presented at a concurrent session at the American Accounting Association in NYC, Aug 2009

2 Paper presented at World Accounting Frontier Series, Macau (China), July, 2009
2008 1. A paper presented at a concurrent session at the American Accounting Association in Anaheim, August, 2008

2. A paper presented at  ICTIM (International Conference on Technology and Innovation in Marketing) in New Delhi, April 2008
2007 1. One paper presented at The Institute for Business and Finance Research, S Padre Island, January 2007 (Texas, US).

2. Presented a paper at Global Business and Economic Development conference, Kyoto, August 2007
2005-2006 1. Two papers presented at EAA in Göteborg April 2005

2. One paper presented at EAA in Dublin March 2006

3. One paper presented at ICOCKM in Dubai December 2005

4. One paper presented at GBATA conference in Moscow June 2006
2004 A paper was presented at the EIASM in Brussels in December 2004
2002 1. Presented a paper at the workshop Process Oriented Management Control, Umeå Business School.

2. Presented a paper at the EAA conference in Copenhagen.
2001 1. Presented a paper at the IPSERA conference.

2. Participated in the 2001 NFF conference.
1999 Presented a paper at an international workshop in Uppsala: “Accounting and Business Networks”
1999 Gave a seminar at the Controller Days[2] in Stockholm. Title: “Code Plans and Performance Measurements – Recent Trends for Controlling”
1998 Presented a paper at a conference in Castellanza Italy: “Hybrid forms, knowledge creation and technology transfer”
1994,1995 and 1998 Attended EAA Conferences in Venice, Birmingham and Antwerp
1997 Attended conference in Iceland: ”Accounting in a Nordic perspective” organized by Prof. Sten Jönsson

 

[1] The “licentiate” is a Swedish postgraduate degree that corresponds to approximately 50% of a PhD-degree. It consists of a thesis (175 pages) and one year of courses.

[2] Together with Professor Sven-Erik Johansson JIBS and Ernst & Young