• Academic Title:  Doctorate in Management Science (University of Toulouse I, France) 
• Grade: Assistant professor
• Field of expertise:  FinancialAccounting
• Teaching Department: Law, Accounting, Finance
• E-mail:r.benkraiem@supco-montpellier.fr
• Tel.: +33 4 67 10 25 99  

Diploma

• 2007, Doctorate in Management Science (IAE - University of Toulouse I Social Sciences). 
• 2003, Master in Management Science (IAE - University of Toulouse I Social Sciences).

Bio

Ramzi Benkariem is Assistant Professor of financial accounting at GSCM-Montpellier Business School, France (since September 2007). He holds a doctorate in Management Science from Toulouse University. His main research interests are ownership structure with a special focus on institutional investors, corporate governance, financial performance, earnings management and earnings quality.     

Publications

Peer Reviewed Articles

• Benkraiem R. Forthcoming. Does the presence of independent directors influence accruals management? Journal of Applied Business Research.

• Benkraiem R. & Gurau C. Forthcoming. The financing policy of French SMEs. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. (Special Issue on "Accounting and Finance for SMEs).

• Benkraiem R., Louhichi W. & Marquès P. 2009. Market reaction to sporting results: the case of European listed football clubs. Management Decision [Special issue: ‘Taking Sport Seriously: Sport, Management and Business'], 47(1): 100-109.

• Benkraiem R. 2008. The influence of institutional investors on opportunistic earnings management. International Journal of Accounting Auditing and Performance Evaluation, 5(1): 89-106.

• Benkraiem R. 2007. Diversité et importance des investisseurs institutionnels: une comparaison franco-américaine. Revue de l'Economie Méridionale, 55(3): 197-216.

• Benkraiem R. 2006. The effect of relative earnings performance on firms' accrual decisions: Evidence from France. European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences, 6: 89-102.

PhD Thesis and Books

• Benkraiem R. 2007. L'influence des investisseurs institutionnels sur les choix comptables des dirigeants d'entreprises : Approches théorique et empirique sur le marché boursier français. PhD Thesis, University of Toulouse I, France. 

Conference Papers

• Benkraiem R. 2009. Administrateurs indépendants, gouvernance d'entreprise et gestion des résultats comptables. 5 ^th International Finance Conference (IFC), March 12-14, Tunisia. 

• Benkraiem R. 2009. Does the presence of independent directors influence accruals management?The 2009 European Applied Business Research Conference (EABR), Prague, Czech Republic - June 8-11, 2009.

• Benkraiem R., Louhichi W. & Marquès P. 2008. The stock marquet valuation of football game results. 16^thEASM Conference, September 10-13, Heidelberg, Germany.

• Benkraiem R. 2008. Corporate governance and earnings management. 31st Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association, April 23-25, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

•  Benkraiem R. 2007. The influence of institutional investors on opportunistic earnings management: Evidence from France. 30th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association, April, 25-27, Lisbon, Portugal.

• Benkraiem R. 2007. L'influence des investisseurs institutionnels sur les stratégies comptables des dirigeants.  28ème congrès de l'Association Francophone de Comptabilité, 23-25 Mai, Poitiers, France.

•  Benkraiem R. 2006. La performance sectorielle relative incite-t-elle à la modulation du résultat comptable ?. 5ème congrès International de Gouvernance, 15-16 Mai, Strasbourg, France.

•  Benkraiem R. 2006. Performance sectorielle relative et gestion du résultat comptable. 27ème congrès de l'Association Francophone de Comptabilité, 10-12 Mai, Tunis, Tunisie.

•  Benkraiem R. 2006. The effect of relative earnings performance on firms' accrual decisions: Evidence from France. 29th annual congress of the European Accounting Association, 22-24 March, Dublin, Ireland.