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W. Robert Knechel is an expert in international accounting auditing, financial reporting, and factors affecting the scope and timing of audit engagements. He is the Frederick E. Fisher Scholar Chair, distinguished professor and director of the International Accounting and Auditing Center.

Financial Accounting

Issues Related to Assurance, Control, Performance Measurement and Auditing

Factors Affecting the Scope and Timing of Audit Engagements

Financial Reporting

Accounting

Business

Auditing

Risk Management

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Accounting World, Still Resisting Sunlight

Public interest does not always come first in auditing

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Online seminar by Prof. W. Robert Knechel "Advancing Our Understanding of the Economic Imperative of Auditing through Research"
Speaker: Professor. W. Robert Knechel, (The Senior Editor of The Accounting Review)
W. Robert Knechel, the Frederick E. Fisher Eminent Scholar in Accounting in the Fisher School of Accounting, Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida, Professor Knechel is currently the Senior Editor of The Accounting Review and has previously served as the Senior Editor of Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory. He is the Director of the International Accounting and Auditing Center in the Fisher School of Accounting. He also holds the title of Research Professor in Accounting at the University of Auckland Business School in New Zealand and Research Professor in Auditing at KU Leuven in Belgium. He previously has held partial appointments at Maastricht University and the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Professor Knechel's research is published in a variety of journals, He has served on the editorial boards of several academic journals including Contemporary Accounting Research. Finally, he is the author or co-author of a number of books in auditing, Professor Knechel has held the title of University of Florida Research Foundation Professor in recognition of his ongoing research, He is the recipient of numerous research grants from accounting firms and regulators in Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, and the European Union, He also served as Vice-Chairman and Director of Education of the Auditing Section at different times. Professor Knechel holds a PhD from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has also received the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa from BI Norwegian Business School.

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Professor. W. Robert Knechel "Advancing Our Understanding of the Economic Imperative of Auditing"

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