Rate My Professor Brian Perrin

Dr. Brian Perrin is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Accounting, Economics and Finance at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia. Affiliated with the Curtin Business School, he has contributed extensively to teaching introductory and advanced accounting units and to research in accounting and related governance areas over many years at the university.

Perrin's academic interests include performance measurement systems in Indonesian local governments, information technology governance in university settings, standard business reporting in Australia, offshoring from accounting firm perspectives, stakeholder engagement in corporate social responsibility focusing on gender equality in global in-house centres, audit pricing associated with corporate whistleblower governance in Australian financial firms, and related party transactions' impact on cost of debt in GCC listed firms. His key publications encompass "Related party transactions, ownership structures and cost of debt: evidence from GCC listed firms" (2023, Accounting Research Journal), "Audit pricing and corporate whistleblower governance: evidence from Australian financial firms" (2021, Accounting & Finance), "Designing a Sourcing Ecosystem for Strategic Innovation Through Big Data Applications" (2020), "Capturing Stakeholder Engagement: CSR and Gender Equality in Global In-House Centres" (2017), "An Accounting Firm Perspective of Offshoring" (2016), "Prior learning in accounting and its impact on student performance in first courses in accounting: Addressing the gaps" (2016), "Implementing performance measurement systems: Indonesian local government under pressure" (2015), "Standard Business Reporting in Australia: Past, Present, and Future" (2014), "Performance measurement in Indonesia: the case of local government" (2012, Pacific Accounting Review), and "A Case Study of Improving Information Technology Governance in a University Context" (2010). These works have accumulated 338 citations on ResearchGate, reflecting his influence on accounting research in public sector performance, governance, and corporate accountability.