Faculty

Professor Richard Petty

Associate Dean (International), Professor in Management (Finance)

BCom (Hons and University Medal) (UWS), MCom (Hons) (UNSW), PhD (Macq), FCPA, CMA

Teaching Areas

• Accounting, Banking & Finance

Research Area Affiliations

• Finance

Contact Details
Email:  Richard.Petty@mgsm.edu.au

Research Statement

Professor Petty is on the Management Board of the Australian Accounting Review, and on the Editorial Board of The International Journal of Accounting Literature and The Journal of Intellectual Capital.  He has authored over 100 academic outputs on topics relating to the economy, the accounting profession, corporate governance, and financial management.  Professor Petty’s academic work has appeared in The Australian Accounting Review, The Journal of Management Accounting Research, The Journal of Intellectual Capital and The Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal. Professor Petty has won awards as a researcher and as a reviewer of research.

Contribution to Management Education

Professor Petty has developed a large number of corporate and executive education programs for leading companies throughout the world.  He was the top ranked presenter for corporate and executive programs at the AGSM 2000-2003 and the top ranked faculty in teaching at the University of Hong Kong 2001-2004.  He is the recipient of several awards for excellence in tertiary, corporate and executive education.

Contribution to Management Practice

Professor Petty is Immediate Past President and Chairman of the Board of CPA Australia; Chairman of Hong Kong’s Best Reporting Awards; Chairman of an investment company that is headquartered in Hong Kong but has interests throughout South East Asia, North America and in Australia.  He also serves on several other Company Boards as well as on the Boards of several charitable foundations.

Media Topics

• Capital Market Effects of Voluntary Disclosures
• Valuation Issues
• Measurement and Management of Intangible Assets
• Director Interlocks and Mimetic Isomorphism
• Economic Impact Analysis

 

publications

journal articles

• 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.
• Petty, R., Ricceri, F. & Guthrie, J. (2007). Intellectual Capital: A User's Perspective. Management Research News, 30 (5), 434-447.
• Guthrie, J., Petty, R., & Ricceri, F. (2006). The Voluntary Reporting of Intellectual Capital: Comparing Evidence from Hong Kong and Australia. Journal of Intellectual Capital, 7 (2), 254-271.
• Petty, R. & Cuganesan, S. (2005). Voluntary Disclosure of Intellectual Capital by Hong Kong Companies: Examining Size, Industry and Growth Effects Over Time. Australian Accounting Review, 15 (36), 40-50.
• Cuganesan, S. & Petty, R. (2005). Editorial - Intellectual Capital Management, Measurement and Reporting: Current Practice and Future Directions. Australian Accounting Review, 36 (15), 2-3.
• 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.
• Petty, R. & Guthrie, J. (2005). The Strategic and Financial Importance of Intellectual Capital Reporting: Recent Developments. The Magnus Journal of Management, 1 (2), 7-29.

books

• Petty, R. (2011). The Market Value Effects of Voluntary Disclosure, Bowen Hills, Queensland: Australian Academic Press.
• Petty, R., Enright, M., & Scott, E. (2010). The Greater Pearl River Delta (6th edition), Hong Kong.

book chapters

• Petty, R. (In press 2012). "Contributions margins, Cost Management and CVP Analysis", In Press, MGSM 840 Textbook.
• Petty, R. & Cuganesan, S. (2010). "Intellectual Capital Measurement and Reporting: Issues and Challenges for Multinational Organizations", In K.J. O'Sullivan (Ed.) Strategic Intellectual Capital Management in Multinational Organizations: Sustainability and Successful Implications. IGI Global Publishing.

Conference papers

• Carlin, T., & Finch, N., & Petty, R. (2007). Early Impressions of Australia's Brave New World of Goodwill Impairment. Annual Conference of the British Accounting Association, London, United Kingdom.
• 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.
• Cuganesan, S., Petty, R., & Finch, N. (2006). Intellectual Capital Reporting: A User Perspective. Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Annual 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.
• 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.
• Petty, R., Guthrie, J., & Ricceri, F. (2006). A User's Perspective on Intellectual Capital Information: A Hong Kong Study. EAISM Workshop on Visualising, Measuring and Managing Intangibles and Intellectual Capital, Amsterdam,The Netherlands.
• Petty, R., Guthrie, J., & Ricceri, F. (2005). External Intellectual Capital Reporting: Contemporary Evidence from Hong Kong and Australia. European Accounting Association 28th Annual Congress, Goteborg, Sweden.