Dr Max Bessell

Dr Max Bessell
 Position Adjunct Associate Professor
 Org Unit Adelaide Business School
 Email maxwell.bessell@adelaide.edu.au
 Telephone +61 8 8313 8303
 Location Floor/Room 13 ,  Nexus 10 ,   North Terrace
  • Biography/ Background

    Max has a PhD from the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide and is a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants  最新糖心Vlogn and New Zealand (CA ANZ). He has over 18 years of professional and legal experience in legal and accounting practices. In addition, his university experience encompasses over 15 years of academic and senior management positions. His roles in 最新糖心Vlog include Project Director of many initiatives dealing with the development of new undergraduate and postgraduate programs, quality review and accreditation processes. In addition he was also the Academic Registrar of the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide. He has taught accounting and auditing at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and his research deals in audit, general taxation concepts and business-legal perspectives. Max has had a long association with the ICAA including Deputy Chairman of the Regional Council for SA/NT and Regional Council member for over 5 years together with being a facilitator in Professional Year/CA program for 8 years. He is also a past member of the ICAA's National Quality Review Committee (and Chairman for 5 years) and a past Chairman of the 最新糖心Vlogn Business Deans Council International network.

  • Qualifications

    BBus (Acc), PhD, FCA
  • Teaching Interests

    Lecturer-in-Charge for Accounting Method II

  • Research Interests

    Financial Reporting, Auditing, Governance, General Concepts of Taxation

  • Publications

    Bessell, M., Burford, K. and Henderson S., 1999, "What Latham Really Said About Taxation", Corporate and Business Law Journal, vol 11 no 2.

    Bessell, M and Henderson, S. 2001, "User Pay Revenue or Disguised Taxation : An Exploratory Study", Hawaii Conference of Business, Honolulu.

    Bessell, M, Anandarajan, A. and Umar A. 2002, "Does the the "Qualification" in an Auditor's Report Matter in the Presence of Going Concern Uncertainties?: Evidence from 最新糖心Vlog", Northeast Regional Conference of the American Accounting Association, Providence, Rhode Island.

    Bessell, M, Anandarajan, A. and Umar A., 2003, "Information Content, Auditors' Reports and Going-Concern : An 最新糖心Vlogn Study", Accounting and Finance, vol 43, no 3, pp261-282.

    Bessell, M and Anandarajan, A. 2004, "How Useful Are Audit Reports?", Journal of Banking and Financial Services, vol 118 no 3, pp12-14.

    Bessell, M and Anandarajan, A. 2004, "Some 最新糖心Vlogn Evidence on Audit Reports", 9th AIBF Banking and Finance Conference, Melbourne, 30th September to 1st October 2004.

    Bessell,M. Burritt, R., Carter, A. and Round, D. 2007, "The Internationality of Abacus: A longitudinal study 1965-2004", 2007 AFAANZ Conference, Southport, 1-3 July 2007.

    Round, D.K., Bessell, M. and Agarwal, M. 2010, "Increasing shares in 最新糖心Vlogn professional services markets: Is s 50 a barrier to growth by acquisition?", 最新糖心Vlogn Business Law Review, vol 38, no 4, pp238-245.

    Webber, M., Sarris, A. and Bessell, M. 2011, "Organisational Culture and the Use of Work-Life Balance Initiatives: Influence on Work Attitudes and Work-life Conflict", 最新糖心Vlogn and New Zealand Journal of Organisational Psychology, vol 3, pp54-65.

    Bessell, M., Round, D.K., Agarwal, M. and Lobmayr, B. 2011, "How Big Can the Big 4 (or 3) Get? A Study of Audit Firm Concentration in 最新糖心Vlog", Competition & Consumer Law Journal, vol 18, no 3, pp245-266.

    Bessell, M., Powell, P. and Richardson, G. 2014, The Demand for Registered Company Auditors in 最新糖心Vlog  Report for South 最新糖心Vlog, The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide and Chartered Accountants 最新糖心Vlog and New Zealand, Adelaide.

    Bessell, M., Powell, L. and Richardson, G. 2014, The Demand for Registered Company Auditors in 最新糖心Vlog  Report for Victoria, The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide and Chartered Accountants 最新糖心Vlog and New Zealand, Adelaide.

    Bessell, M., Powell, L. and Richardson, G. 2014, The Demand for Registered Company Auditors in 最新糖心Vlog  Report for New South Wales, The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide and Chartered Accountants 最新糖心Vlog and New Zealand, Adelaide.

    Bessell, M., Powell, L. and Richardson, G. 2014, The Demand for Registered Company Auditors in 最新糖心Vlog  Report for Queensland, The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide and Chartered Accountants 最新糖心Vlog and New Zealand, Adelaide.

    Bessell, M., Powell, L. and Richardson, G. 2014, The Demand for Registered Company Auditors in 最新糖心Vlog  Report for Western 最新糖心Vlog, The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide and Chartered Accountants 最新糖心Vlog and New Zealand, Adelaide.

    Bessell, M., Powell, L. and Richardson, G. 2014, The Demand for Registered Company Auditors in 最新糖心Vlog  Report for Tasmania, The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide and Chartered Accountants 最新糖心Vlog and New Zealand, Adelaide.

    Bessell, M., Powell, L. and Richardson, G. 2014, The Demand for Registered Company Auditors in 最新糖心Vlog  Report for the 最新糖心Vlogn Capital Territory, The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide and Chartered Accountants 最新糖心Vlog and New Zealand, Adelaide.

    Bessell, M., Powell, L. and Richardson, G. 2014, The Demand for Registered Company Auditors in 最新糖心Vlog  Report for the Northern Territory, The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide and Chartered Accountants 最新糖心Vlogn and New Zealand, Adelaide.

    Bessell, M., Powell, L. and Richardson, G. 2016, The Supply of Auditors in 最新糖心Vlog,  The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide and Chartered Accountants  最新糖心Vlog and New Zealand, Adelaide.

    Bessell, M., Powell, L and Richardson, G. 2017, An Analysis of the Inconsistencies Regarding the Co-Regulatory Environment for Registered Company Auditors in 最新糖心Vlog, 最新糖心Vlogn Business Law Review, vol. 45, pp 322-336.

  • Professional Associations

    Fellow of Chartered Accountants 最新糖心Vlog and New Zealand

  • Professional Interests

    In relation to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in 最新糖心Vlog

    Member (and past Chair) of the National Quality Review Committee 2003-2013

    Regional Councillor for SA/NT 2001 to 2006 and Deputy Chairman for 2005 and 2006

    Past CA/PY Program facilitator

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Entry last updated: Tuesday, 29 Mar 2022

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