Dr. Sherif Elbarrad

Education

• Stanford LEAD Program, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, 2022
• Ph.D. in Accounting, Joint Program between Ain-Shams University, Egypt and University of Cologne, Germany, 1997
• Master of Science in Accounting, Ain-Shams University, Egypt, 1993
• Bachelor of Commerce – Major in Accounting, Ain-Shams University, Egypt,1985

Biography

Dr. Elbarrad has extensive professional experience in financial and management accounting. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accounts (FCPA) in Alberta and an Associate Member of the Montana Society of Certified Public Accountants. He has also developed and delivered several accounting workshops for executive managers in multiple countries. Furthermore, Dr. Elbarrad has laboured to create numerous accounting courses for the undergraduate and postgraduate levels at several universities and has received Teaching Excellence awards from many of these institutions. Currently, he is the Interim Dean of Management at CUE.

In 2021, Dr. Elbarrad was honored with the L.S. Rosen Outstanding Educator Award, presented by the Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA). This prestigious award “recognizes an educator’s contributions to Canadian accounting education through excellence in teaching, educational innovation, publications, student mentorship, and active involvement in professional and academic societies and activities.”

Research Interests

Dr. Elbarrad’s main goal in research is to make a difference in the business community and add value to the different stakeholders. Accordingly, the research interests are mainly related to creating an impact. The current research interests are focused in the following areas:

• Management Accounting
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning focusing on Accounting Education
• Information Technology Applications in Accounting
• Islamic Accounting & Finance
• Triple Bottom Line
• Stocks Prices Prediction Research

Publications

Dr. Elbarrad has participated in peer reviews for universities in both Canada and Saudi Arabia. He has authored numerous publications, including research articles in peer-reviewed journals and textbooks for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Conferences

• Forecasting the Stock’s Price to Book Value in Emerging Markets Using Accounting Information: An Applied Study; Elbarrad, S.; Belassi, W.; 19th Annual National Business and Economics Society Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii; Publication year: 2018
• Classifying Companies by M-score and F-score: Do Financial Ratios and Indices Differ? – A Sectorial Analysis of the Saudi Arabian Stock Market; Elbarrad, S.; Belassi, W.; 19th Annual National Business and Economics Society Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii; Publication year: 2016
• The Effectiveness of Using Educational Tools to Enhance Undergraduate Students’ Learning Experience in Cost Accounting Principles – An Applied Study; Elbarrad, S.; Saccussi, F.; International Conference on New Horizons in Education, Vienna; Publication year: 2016
• A Suggested Model to Evaluate Accounting Software for Small Business; Elbarrad, S. & Hossain, M.; Decision Science Institute, Southwestern Region, Houston, Texas, USA; Publication year: 2015

Textbooks

• Studies in Accounting Information Systems (Arabic); Elseidi, I.; Elbarrad, S.; Dessouki, M.; Publication year: 1995
• Studies in Control and Performance Evaluation (Arabic); Elbarrad, S.; Abdelhameed, M.; Publication year: 1995
• Studies in International Accounting (Arabic); Elbarrad, S.; Publication year: 1995
• Financial Accounting, 2nd Canadian Edition (English); Waybright, J.; Kemp, D.; Elbarrad, S. (Canadian lead author); Pearson Education; Publication year: 2015

Review Work

• Financial Accounting, 2nd Edition; Waybright, J., et al.; Pearson Education; Publication year: 2012
• Financial Accounting, 4th Edition; Harrison, W., et al.; Pearson Education; Publication year: 2012 (Reviewed in February 2012)

Journal Papers

• Chartered Professional Accountant’s Competencies: The Synergy Between Accounting Education and Employers’ Needs—Evidence from Alberta; Elbarrad, S.; Belassi, W.; Higher Education, Skills, and Work-Based Learning, Vol. 13 No. 2, pp. 423-442; Publication year: 2023

• Using Statistical Analysis to Investigate the Relevance of Accounting Information in Emerging Financial Markets: An Empirical Study; Belassi, W.; Elbarrad, S.; Asian Social Science, 16(6); Publication year: 2020

• Classifying Companies by M-score and F-score: Do Financial Ratios and Indices Differ? – A Sectorial Analysis of the Saudi Arabian Stock Market; Elbarrad, S.; Al Fikr Al Muhassabi, Vol. 21, Issue 2-2; Publication year: 2017

• The Effectiveness of Using Educational Tools to Enhance Undergraduate Students’ Learning Experience in Cost Accounting Principles – An Applied Study; Elbarrad, S.; Saccussi, F.; The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, Special Issue (December); Publication year: 2016

• A Suggested Model to Evaluate Accounting Software for Small Business – A Field Study on the Canadian Business Environment; Elbarrad, S.; Hossain, M.; Al Fikr Al Muhassabi, Vol. 19, Issue 1; Publication year: 2015

• Corporate Governance Disclosure in Annual Financial Reports and Company Performance – Evidence from Saudi Arabia; Elbarrad, S.; International Business Research, Vol. 7, Issue 11; Publication year: 2014

• Murabaha – An Islamic Financing Mode and the Challenges Vis-à-Vis International Accounting Standards; Ilter, C.; Elbarrad, S.; Journal of Islamic Business and Management, Vol. 3, Issue 1, 91-102; Publication year: 2013

• Rationalizing the Investment Decision in Computerized Accounting Information Systems – An Applied Study on Saudi Arabian Companies; Elbarrad, S.; International Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol. 4, Issue 8, 42-58; Publication year: 2012