Faculty

Associate Professor Guy Ford

Deputy Dean, Associate Professor in Management (Finance)

BCom (UNSW), MBus (App Fin) UTS, PhD (UWS), SA Fin, FAAFM

Teaching Areas

• Accounting, Banking & Finance

Research Area Affiliations

• Finance

Contact Details
Phone:  +61 2 9850 7813
Email:   Guy.Ford@mgsm.edu.au

Media Topics

• Corporate Finance 
• Financial Reporting 
• Risk Management 
• Game Theory 
• Capital Allocation 
• Performance Incentives

 

Publications

journal articles

• Thia, H. & Ford, G. W. (2009). Delivery of Economic Benefits using Public Private Partnerships in the Development of Infrastructure Projects. International Review of Business Research Papers, 5(3), 214-226.
• Petty, R., Cuganesan, S., Finch, N. & Ford, G. (2009). Intellectual Capital and Valuation: Challenges in the Voluntary Disclosure of Value Drivers. Journal of Finance and Accountancy, 1(1), 1-7.
• Carlin, T., Finch, N, & Ford, G. (2008). Fair Value Impairment Testing Under IFRS: Examining Australia's Disclosure Quality. Financial Reporting, Regulation and  Governance, 7(1), 1-25.
• Ford, G. (2008). Compensation Structure and Portfolio Selection in a Banking Firm. The Journal of Applied Research in Accounting and Finance 3(2), 27-42.
• Finch, N. & Ford, G. (2007). New free framework. Monash Business Review, 3(1), 32-33.
• Ford, G. & Sundmacher, M. (2007). Bank Credit Rating Dynamics. International Review of Business Research Papers, 3(4), 44-62.
• Carlin, T., Finch, N. & Ford, G. (2007). Are All Audits Born Equal?. The Journal of Applied Research in Accounting and Finance, 2(1), 22-32.
• Carlin, T. & Ford, G. (2006). Empirical Evidence on the Use. Size and Cost of Executive Options Schemes in Australia. Research in International Business and Finance, 20(3), 340-347.
• Carlin, T. & Ford, G. (2006). A Governance Perspective on Executive Options Plans - Some Australian Empirical Evidence. Australian Accounting Review, 16(1), 75-84.
• Carlin, T., Finch, N. & Ford, G. (2006). Hybrid Financial Instruments, Cost of Capital and Regulatory Arbitrage - An Empirical Investigation. Journal of Applied Research in Accounting and Finance, 1(1), 43-55.
• Finch, N., Carlin, T. & Ford, G. (2006). Financial Statement Distortion: Hybrid Debt-Equity Securities. SCMS Journal of Indian Management, 3(4), 5-17.
• Ford, G. & Petty, R. (2005). Executive Options Schemes - How much are they Costing and What do They Look Like?. Journal of Law and Financial Management, 4(2), 55-62.

books

• Valentine, T., Ford, G., O'hara, L. & Sundmacher, M. (2011). Fundamentals of Financial Markets and Instituions in Australia, Australia: Pearson Education.
• Berk, J., Ford, G., Finch, N., DeMarzo, P. & Harford, J. (2010). Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, Sydney, Australia: Pearson Education.
• Valentine, T., Ford, G., Sundmacher, M. Edwards, V. & Copp, R. (2005). Financial Markets and Institutions in Australia, 2^nd Edition, Sydney: Pearson.

book chapters

• Carlin, T., Finch, N. & Ford, G. (2010). “The Financial Crisis and Loan Impairment Provisioning in Asian Banks”. In Greg N. Gregoriou (Ed.) The Banking Crisis Handbook, (pp. 335-352). New York, USA: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
• Ford, G.,  Carlin, T. & Finch, N. (2010). “Remuneration, Risk, and Financial Crisis”. In Greg N. Gregoriou (Ed.) The Banking Crisis Handbook, (pp. 521-538). New York, USA: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
• Ford, G. W., Carlin, T. & Finch, N. (2009). “Value at Risk, Capital Standards and Risk Alignment in Banking Firms”. In Greg N. Gregoriou (Ed.) The VaR Modeling Handbook: Practical Applications in Alternate Investing, Banking, Insurance and Portfolio Management , (pp. 97-122). New York, USA: McGaw-Hill.
• Ford, G. W., Sundmacher, M., Finch, N. & Carlin, T. (2009). “Operational Risk Disclosure in Financial Services Firms”. In Greg N. Gregoriou (Ed.) Operational Risk Toward Basel III: Best Practices and Issues in Modeling, Management, and Regulation, (pp. 381-395). New Jersey, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Carlin, T., Finch, N. & Ford, G. (2007). “Misadventure and the Form of Payment in Corporate Acquisitions”. In Gregoriou, G & Neuhauser, K (Eds.) Mergers and Acquisitions: Current Issues, (pp. 27-41), New York, USA: Palgrave MacMillian.
• Carlin, T., Finch, N. & Ford, G. (2007). “A Deal Too Far: The Case of the Killer Acquisition”. In Gregoriou, G & Neuhauser, K (Eds.) Mergers and Acquisitions: Current Issues, (pp. 234-248), New York, USA: Palgrave MacMillian.
• Carlin, T. & Ford, G. (2006). “Empirical Evidence on the Use, Size, Concentration, and Cost of Executive Options Schemes in Australia”. In Gregoriou, G.N. & Gaber, M. (Eds.) International Accounting: Standards, Regulations and Financial Reporting. (pp. 387-400). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier.
• Carlin, T. & Ford, G. (2005). “The Options Holding Concentration Problem: Evidence from Australian Listed Corporations”. In Fetherston, T. A. & Batten, J. A. (Eds.) Asia Pacific Financial Markets in Comparative Perspective: Issues and Implications for the 21st Century (pp. 221-234). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier (Pergamon).

conference papers

• Ford, G., Carlin, T., & Finch, N. (2010). Incentive Compatibility and the Internal Measurement of Risk in Banking Firms. Asian Finance Association & International Financial Management Association, Bangkok, Thailand.
• Finch, N., Carlin, T., Doherty, C. & Ford, G. (2008). An examination of the practice of goodwill disclosure among Australian firms during 2007. 20th Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, Paris, France.
• Finch, N., Carlin, T. & Ford, G. (2008). Insights into Profit Quality through Goodwill Impairment Disclosures - An Australian Case Study. 20th Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, Paris, France.
• Thia, H. & Ford, G. (2008). Delivery of Economic Benefits using Public Private Partnerships in the Development of Infrastructure Projects. 9^th International Business Research Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
• Cuganesan, S., Ford, G., & Finch, N. (2007). Balanced Scorecards for Strategy Implementation: Perspectives from Recruitment Industry. International Management Accounting Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Carlin, T., Finch, N. & Ford, G. (2007). When Inconvenient Observation Meets Comfortable Myth - A Fresh Look at Audit Quality. APIRA 2007, Aukland, New Zealand.
• Carlin, T., Finch, N. & Ford, G. (2007). Goodwill Impairment - An Assessment of Disclosure Quality and Compliance Levels by Large Listed Australian Firms. 2007 AFAANZ Conference, Gold Coast, Australia.
• Petty, R., Cuganesan, S., Finch, N. & Ford, G. (2007). Challenges for Firms in Disclosing the Value of their Intellectual Capital. Allied Academies International Conference, Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
• Carlin, T., Finch, N. & Ford, G. (2007). Two Cases in Independent Assessment of Impairment Testing Robustness. Effective Decision Making Through Knowledge Management, 9^th Annual Asia Pacific Decision Sciences Institute conference, Bangkok, Thailand.
• Carlin, T., Finch, N. & Ford, G. (2006). Transaction Risks in Acquisition Arising From the Form of the Payment Structure. Engagement and Change: Managing in a Free Trade Environment, 3^rd International Conference on contemporary Business, Blue Mountains, Australia.
• Finch, N., Ford, G., Cuganesan, S. & Carlin, T. (2006). The Scaling Property of Randomness: The Impact of Reporting Frequency on the Perceived Performance on Investment Funds. The Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Annual Conference, New Orleans, USA.
• Sundmacher, M. & Ford, G. (2006). Operational Risk Disclosures in Financial Institutions. Academy of Commercial Banking and Finance Conference, New Orleans, USA.
• Ford, G. & Sundmacher, M. (2006). Capital Standards and Risk Alignment in the Banking Firm. Academy of Commercial Banking and Finance Conference, New Orleans, USA.
• Ford, G., Carlin, T. & Finch, N. (2006). Do Hybrid Instruments Lower the Cost of Capital. Academy of Commercial Banking and Finance Conference, New Orleans, USA.
• Carlin, T., Finch, N., Ford, G. & Petty, R. (2006). Is a Uniform Hurdle Rate Relevant in a Banking Firm?. Asian FA/FMA 2006, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Finch, N. & Ford, G. (2006). Opportunities for Creative Disclosure: Distortions in the Calculation of MER. Asian FA/FMA 2006, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Finch, N., Ford, G. & Carlin, T. (2006). Measuring the Impact of Hybrid Financial Securities on the firm Cost of Capital. The Third International Business Research Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
• Carlin, T., Ford, G. & Finch, N. (2006). Magic Pudding or Regulatory Arbitrageur's Friend? The Use of Hybrid Debt Equity Securities by Australian Listed Corporations. AFAANZ 2006 Annual Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.
• Carlin, T. & Ford, G. (2006). Does the size and Holding Concentration of Executive Options Scheme have consequences for Firm Financial Performance?. AFAANZ 2006 Annual Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.
• Carlin, T., Ford, G. & Petty, R. (2006). The Voluntary Reporting of Intellectual Capital: A Study of Hong Kong Companies over Time. International Conference on Business and Information, Singapore.
• Carlin, T., Ford, G. & Petty, R. (2006). A Review of the Size and Cost of Executive Options Scheme in Australia - Empirical Evidence and Some Policy Considerations. International Conference on Business and Information, Singapore.
• Carlin, T., Ford, G., & Petty, R. (2006). Examining the Longitudinal Voluntary Disclosure by Companies of Their Intellectual Capital. Asia Pacific Decision Sciences Institute Conference, Singapore.
• Carlin, T. & Ford, G. (2006). Trick or Treat? Evidence on the Performance of Impact of Executive Option Schemes in Australian Listed Companies. 29^th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association, Dublin, Ireland.
• Carlin, T., Ford, G. & Finch, N. (2005). The Use of Extended Reporting Frameworks in Australia. Allied Academies International Internet Conference, Memphis,USA.
• Ford, G. & Sundmacher, M. (2005). Integrating Governance and Risk-Preference in Banking Institutions. The 3rd Financial Markets Asia-Pacific Conference, Sydney. Australia.