CV Dr Ulf Nilsson
Updated 10 January 2015
Personal informationBirth date: / 07-06-1966 (Male)
Nationality: / Swedish
Address: / Kucukbebek Cad. Gül Apt. No. 44/7 34342 Bebek Istanbul
Phone: / +90 542674 68 33 (mobile phone)
+90 212 287 11 62 (home), +90 216 483 96 73 (office)
Fax: / +90 216 483 96 73
e-mail: /
Positions and Teaching
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-Present / Appointed as Assistant Professor at SabanciUniversity, School of Management. Teach managerial accounting at undergraduate and graduate courses.
2004 / Appointed as Assistant Professor atBosphorusUniversity Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Management
2002- 2004 / LondonSchool of Economics - IstanbulBilgiUniversityJoint 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 undergraduateas well as master level at JönköpingInternationalBusinessSchool (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 / PhdDiploma 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 / Undergraduatebusiness administration programme at JIBS
1985-1988 / The ArmyAcademy in Halmstad and Uddevalla, Second Lieutenant 1988 (InfanterietsOfficershögskola)
Publications
2012 / “Open Book Practices in Buyer-Supplier Relationships in India”, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, Co-authors Rajeev Kumra and HenrikAgndal. (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-authorsBjörnAxelsson 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
2013- / Chairing the internationalisation group at School of Management
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
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 CastellanzaItaly: “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. StenJönsson
[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