Dr Chris Akroyd
Lecturer
Department:
Address: Owen G Glenn Building
12 Grafton Road
Auckland
Faculty: Business & Economics
Phone: +64 9 373 7599 Ext. 87194
Email: c.akroyd@auckland.ac.nz

Chris rejoined the Department of Accounting and Finance in February 2000 after spending four years in Japan doing an Master of Business Administration at Kobe University. He was previously a tutor in the department from 1994 to 1996. Chris's research interests centre around Japanese management accounting practices and the use of accounting information during new product development and its effect on innovation and new product success.
Qualifications:
2007 PhD in Accounting and Finance The University of Auckland
2000 Master of Business Administration Kobe University
1995 Master of Commerce (Accounting) The University of New South Wales
1991 Bachelor of Business (Accounting) The University of New England - Northern Rivers
Special Interests:
Management accounting in Japan
Management control and performance measurement
New product development
Target cost management
Awards:
2010 The University of Auckland Business School Teaching Excellence Award for Collaboration in Teaching
Service:
Member, Accounting Association of Australia and New Zealand
Member, CPA Australia
Member, The European Accounting Association
Member, The Japan Association of Management Accountants
Member, The Product Development Management Association
Teaching:
2012 Acctg 221 Cost and Management Accounting
2012 Acctg 323 Performance Measurement and Management Control
Selected Publications:
Refereed Journal Articles
2009 HORII, S.,  AKROYD, C.,  ‘The management of product development in Buffalo Technologies: The role of management accounting‘, Melco Journal of Management Accounting Research, 2, 99-109 (in Japanese).
2009 AKROYD, C.,  NARAYAN, S.,  SHRIDHARAN, V.,  ‘The use control systems in new product development: Advancing the 'help or hinder' debate‘, The Icfai University Journal of Knowledge Management, 7, 5 & 6, 70 to 90.
Other
2008 AKROYD, C.,  ‘Book review: Issues in Management Accounting, Edited by Trevor Hopper, Deryl Northcott and Robert Scapens‘, Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change, 4, 1, 85-86.



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