Accounting & Finance

Our experts in Accounting & Finance offer training and educational programmes in corporate finance, accounting, and management accounting and control. Knowledge is developed in these fields through fundamental and applied research. We then translate this expertise into publications, training programmes (if so desired, tailor-made for your company) and management advice. You can also come to us for networking among financial professionals.

Expertise domains

• Corporate finance
• Financial accounting
• Management accounting & control

Research results and publications

Curious about some of our research results and publications?

• 2011/15 - Can Auditors Mitigate Information Asymmetry in M&As? An Empirical Analysis of the Method of Payment in Belgian Transactions

  Authors: Luypaert, M., Van Caneghem, T.
  This paper empirically studies the relationship between audit quality and the method of payment in a sample of Belgian M&As between listed as well as private firms during 1997-2009.

• 2011/14 - The risk effects of acquiring distressed firms

  Authors: Bruyland, E., De Maeseneire, W.
  We examine the impact of distressed acquisitions on acquirer volatility and default risk for a worldwide sample of distressed firms using several risk measures.

• 2011/13 - Opening the ‘Black box’ of efficiency measurement: Input allocation in Multi-output settings

  Authors: Cherchye, L., De Rock, B., Dierynck, B., Roodhooft, F., Sabbe, J.
  We develop a new Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)-based methodology for measuring the efficiency of Decision Making Units (DMUs) characterized by multiple inputs and multiple outputs.

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Research for your organisation

In addition to conducting research that contributes to fundamental academic knowledge, we can also carry out practice-based research especially for your organisation.

• Explore research opportunities that may benefit your organisation.

Our experts

Meet the faculty and researchers who are experts in Accounting & finance.

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Tips from our experts

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News

• Vlerick wins prestigious CIMA research grant
• Vlerick has been granted a BelSpo Research Project
• JMAR Best Paper Award for Vlerick professor Regine Slagmulder

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