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Wan Wongsunwai
Wan Wongsunwai

ACCOUNTING INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT
Assistant Professor of Accounting Information & Management
Lawrence Revsine Research Professorship in Accounting Information & Management

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Wan Wongsunwai is an Assistant Professor and Lawrence Revsine Research Professor in the Accounting Information and Management department. His research interests include financial reporting quality, corporate governance, entrepreneurship and private equity. Wan received his Doctor of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School. Prior to obtaining his doctoral degree and joining Kellogg, Wan worked as a financial analyst with ABN AMRO Bank, and he was ranked by Reuters as one of the Top 10 analysts in Hong Kong and China covering software and information technology. Prior to that, he was a senior manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Hong Kong, where he had responsibility for professional staff recruitment, training, deployment, and promotion, and where he also managed his own portfolio of audit and due diligence clients.

Areas of Expertise
Corporate Governance
Entrepreneurship
Financial Accounting
Financial Reporting
Security Analysis
Small Business Management
Venture Capital and Private Equity
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Education
DBA, 2007, Business Administration, Harvard University
ACA, 1993, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
BS, 1990, Mathematics, Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, First Class Honors

Academic Positions
Assistant Professor, Accounting Information & Management, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2007-present

 
Print Research
Research Interests
Financial accounting, venture capital, private equity, financial reporting, corporate governance

Articles
Lerner, Josh, Antoinette Schoar and Wan Wongsunwai. 2007. Smart Institutions, Foolish Choices: The Limited Partner Performance Puzzle. Journal of Finance. 62(2): 731-764.
Abstract
Working Papers
Wongsunwai, Wan. 2008. Does Venture Capitalist Quality Affect Corporate Governance?.
Abstract
Cases
Wongsunwai, Wan. 2004. George McClelland at KSR (A), (B), (C ) Teaching Note. Boston: HBS Publishing, Case 5-404-111.
Wongsunwai, Wan. 2003. George McClelland at KSR (A). Boston: HBS Publishing, Case 9-403-163.

 
Print Teaching
Teaching Interests
Financial accounting
Full-Time / Part-Time MBA
Financial Reporting and Analysis (ACCT-451-0)

This course counts toward the following majors: Accounting

This course provides a study of current practices in corporate financial reporting and fundamental issues relating to asset valuation and income determination. The emphasis is on financial statement analysis and interpretation of existing financial disclosures. The course stresses critical analyses of financial reporting numbers as a basis for improved risk assessment and cash flow forecasting. Cases are used extensively to enhance relevance. Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in ACCT-430.