Yan Du, PhD Associate Professor – Specialty: Accounting Tél.: + 33 (0)3 20 15 45 00 Fax: + 33 (0)3 20 15 45 01 E-mail : [email protected]

EDUCATION 2011 University of Antwerp, Belgium PhD in Applied Economics (major in management control and corporate governance) Dissertation: Formal Control Mechanisms in Multinational Enterprises: Management Control Systems and Subsidiary Boards of Directors Committee members: Ann Jorissen (Supervisor, University of Antwerp), Marc Deloof (Supervisor, University of Antwerp and Louvain School of Management, Université Catholique de Louvain), Tom Groot (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Laurence van Lent (Tilburg University), Marc Jegers (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Arjen van Witteloostuijn (University of Antwerp and Utrecht University). 2006 University of Antwerp Management School, Belgium Master in Global Management 2002 Xi’an Jiaotong University, China Bachelor in Economics

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE 09/16-

Associate Professor of Accounting EDHEC Business School, France

2011-2016

Assistant Professor of Accounting IESEG School of Management, France

2007-2011

Researcher & Teaching Assistant University of Antwerp, Belgium

Yann Du, PhD, Associate Professor, EDHEC Business School

TEACHING & PEDAGOGY Courses Taught (Since Sept. 2016) Cost Accounting & Management Control (Master in Finance and Economics) (Since Sept. 2016) Financial Statement Analysis (Master in Business and Management) (2015-2016) Financial Accounting (1st year Bachelor) (2014-2016) Accounting and Management Control System (Specialized Masters: Master of Fashion Management) (2013-2016) Accounting and Control in Multinationals (Master) (2011-2016) Financial Analysis (2nd year Bachelor) (2011-2016) Advanced Management Accounting (Apprenticeship Master) (2011-2015) Research Techniques (Apprenticeship Master) Thesis Supervision Committee (PhD) Piyada Daowadueng (University of Antwerp) Methods of Cost Allocation in Thailand (in progress)

RESEARCH INTERESTS • Corporate governance and finance in multinational corporations • Management control in multinational corporations • Management control and governance of global inter-firm relationships • Board of directors of privately held family firms

PUBLICATIONS Du, Y. and Beuselinck, C. Determinants of cash holdings in multinational corporation’s foreign subsidiaries: U.S. subsidiaries in China. Corporate governance: An International Review, accepted for publication. Du, Y., Deloof, M. and Jorissen, A. 2015. The roles of subsidiary boards in multinational enterprises, Journal of International Management, 21: 169-181. Du, Y., Deloof, M. and Jorissen, A. 2013. Headquarters-subsidiary interdependencies and the design of performance evaluation and reward Systems in multinational enterprises, European Accounting Review, 22(2): 391-424. Du, Y., Deloof, M. and Jorissen, A. 2011. Active boards of directors in foreign subsidiaries, Corporate Governance: An International Review, 19 (2): 153-168.

Working papers Du, Y., Jorissen, A. and Uhlaner, L. When are boards of privately-held family firms well informed? The influence of firm ownership and board characteristics. Hansen, J. and Du., Y. Foreign shareholding and dividend policy of Chinese listed firms.

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Yann Du, PhD, Associate Professor, EDHEC Business School

O’Connor, N., Du, Y. and Schloetzer, J. Culture distance, performance evaluation and monitoring in the global supply chain.

CONFERENCES ACTIVITIES Presentations at International Conferences: (ca: paper presented by co-author) (September 2016) Foreign shareholding and dividend policy of Chinese listed firms. 3rd WU Paper Development Workshop, WU Vienna (Austria) (December 2015) Foreign shareholding and dividend policy of Chinese listed firms. 41st European International Business Academy Annual Conference in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (September 2015) Determinants of cash holdings in multinational corporation’s foreign subsidiaries: U.S. subsidiaries in China. 2th WU paper development workshop, WU Vienna (Austria) (April 2015) When are boards of privately-held family firms well informed? The influence of firm ownership and board characteristics. European Accounting Association 38th Annual Congress in Glasgow (U.K.) (December 2014) Determinants of cash holdings in multinational corporation’s foreign subsidiaries: U.S. subsidiaries in China. 40th European International Business Academy Annual Conference in Uppsala (Sweden) (June 2014) Determinants of cash holdings in multinational corporation’s foreign subsidiaries: U.S. subsidiaries in China. European Academy of Management 2014 conference in Valencia (Spain) (May 2014) Determinants of cash holdings in multinational corporation’s foreign subsidiaries: U.S. subsidiaries in China. European Accounting Association 37th Annual Congress in Tallinn (Estonia) (ca) (October 2013) When are boards of privately-held family firms well informed? The influence of firm ownership and board characteristics. 10th Workshop on Corporate Governance in Brussels (Belgium) (May 2013) The roles of subsidiary boards in multinational enterprises. European Accounting Association 36th Annual Congress in Paris (France) (May 2012) Headquarters-subsidiary interdependencies and the design of performance evaluation and reward Systems in multinational enterprises. European Accounting Association 35th Annual Congress in Ljubljana (Slovenia) (December 2011) The roles of subsidiary boards in multinational enterprises. 37th European International Business Academy Annual Conference in Bucharest (Romania)

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Yann Du, PhD, Associate Professor, EDHEC Business School

(May 2010) Active boards of directors in foreign subsidiaries. European Accounting Association 33rd Annual Congress in Istanbul (Turkey) (ca) (August 2010) Headquarters-subsidiary interdependencies and the design of performance evaluation and reward Systems in multinational enterprises. American Accounting Association 2010 Annual Meeting in San Francisco (U.S.) (January 2010) Headquarters-subsidiary interdependencies and the design of performance evaluation and reward Systems in multinational enterprises. American Accounting Association 2010 Management Accounting Section Research and Case Conference in Seattle (U.S.) (November 2009) Active boards of directors in foreign subsidiaries. 6th Workshop on Corporate Governance in Brussels (Belgium) (September 2009) Headquarters-subsidiary interdependencies and the design of performance evaluation and reward Systems in multinational enterprises. 5th Conference on Performance Measurement and Management Control in Nice (France) (May, 2009) Headquarters-subsidiary interdependencies and the design of performance evaluation and reward Systems in multinational enterprises. European Accounting Association 25th doctoral colloquium in Accounting in Tampere (Finland) Presentations at regional conferences: (January 2014) Determinants of cash holdings in multinational corporation’s foreign subsidiaries: U.S. subsidiaries in China. Research seminar at IESEG School of Management in Lille (France) (May 2012) The roles of subsidiary boards in multinational enterprises. Research seminar at IESEG School of Management in Lille (France) (April 2009) Headquarters-subsidiary interdependencies and the design of performance evaluation and reward Systems in multinational enterprises. Research Day in Accounting at Lessius Hogeschool in Antwerp (Belgium) Discussant: (April 2015) European Accounting Association 38th Annual Congress in Glasgow (U.K.) (June 2014) European Academy of Management 2014 conference in Valencia (Spain) (May 2014) Research Day in Accounting at IESEG School of Management in Lille (France) Session Chair: Session Chair at European Academy of Management 2014 conference in Valencia (Spain) Session Chair at European Accounting Association 35th and 36th Annual Congresses

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Yann Du, PhD, Associate Professor, EDHEC Business School

REVIEWER Journals: International Business Review Corporate Governance: An International Review Journal of International Management Conferences: (December 2015) 41st European International Business Academy Annual Conference in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (December 2014) 40th European International Business Academy Annual Conference in Uppsala (Sweden) (June 2014) European Academy of Management 2014 conference in Valencia (Spain) (May 2014) Research Day in Accounting at IESEG School of Management in Lille (France) (December 2011) 37th European International Business Academy Annual Conference in Bucharest (Romania)

SERVICES (2015-2016) Responsible for the Department’s research seminars (May 2014) Workshop organizer: “Research Day in Accounting” at IESEG School of Management (2014) Member of Academic Committee on developing the new Msc program: Specialized Master in Accounting, Audit & Control (2011-2014) Responsible for the course Research Techniques (Apprenticeship Master)

TRAININGS (2014) Flipped learning and Peer instruction Method (IESEG) (2014) Improve our educational performance, individual and collective, for theatrical expression (IESEG) (2013) Meta-Analysis Workshop (IESEG) (2013) Partial Least Squares Modeling (IESEG) (2009-2011) Nederlands voor Anderstaligen (University of Antwerp) (2010) American Accounting Association 2010 Management Accounting Section Doctoral Colloquium in Seattle (U.S.) (2009) Giving presentations (University of Antwerp) (2008) Academic writing (University of Antwerp) (2008) Limperg Management Accounting workshop (Tilburg University, the Netherlands) (2007) Limperg Capital Market Research workshop (Tilburg University, the Netherlands) (2008) EDEN doctoral seminar on producing and evaluating knowledge in Management Accounting in Brussels (Belgium) (2008) Multivariate Statistics (KULeuven, Belgium)

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