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Vision: To continue to be fully cognisant of the most recent trends and needs of stakeholders in both private and public sectors through excellence in teaching, consultancies and research for the enhancement of knowledge management of the accounting and business education professions. Hence, making a positive contribution to the community through life long learning, which is of profound relevance in a dynamic and sustainable global environment.

Specialisation

• Fiancial Accounting
• Corporate social  and environmental accountability and reporting
•  International accounting
• Triple Bottom Line reporting
• China corporate environmental management and reporting
• Education for Sustainability

Teaching Areas

Since joining Curtin GSB, Anna has lectured and developed MBA units in the areas of Accounting Information System, Financial Management, Strategic Cost Management, Environmental Management Strategy and Business Research Project in China. In addition to being the current unit controller of the above-mentioned units, Anna has also been unit controller of Corporate Finance and Legal Environment. Anna developed and leads the China Business Study Tour each year. The business tour enables participants to conduct individual research within the China business sector. Business organisations visited in Shanghai and Beijing include Lenovo, Baoshan Iron & Steel, Ernst and Young DaHua, and Shanghai Petroleum Corp. She also speaks Bahasa Malaysia and various Chinese dialects, including Mandarin.

Industry Experience

Anna is a Certified Practising Accountant by profession with more than 20 years of experience in various fields, including financial management, management accounting and business development in the information technology, engineering and education industries. Her experience includes roles as Management Consultant, Finance Manager and Financial Controller.In her professional capacity as a CPA with a passion for Corporate Accountability, Anna consults extensively to clients from not-for-profit, government and private sectors. These include organisations in industries such as those from AUSAID, Information Software Consulting, CPA Australia, Water Corporation (WA), The Australian Centre for Natural Gas Management and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WA).

Publications

Journal Articles - Refereed

Nowak, Margaret, Anna Rowe, Gail Thomas, and Desmond Klass. "Weaving sustainability into business education." Journal of the Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Accountability 14 (2008): 20-34.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-DM-44998 C1 verified)

Rowe, Anna. "Evolutionary epic of 'greening' Chinese dragon's management institutions." International Journal of Business Research 8 (2008): 125-132.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-DM-44999 C1 verified)

Rowe, Anna. "Looking through the Chinese 'lens' of corporate environmental management." Journal of International Business Strategy 4 (2006): 105-113.
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Journal Articles - Non Refereed

Diener, Betty, and Anna Rowe. "China: The challenges of economic growth and environmental sustainability." Greener Management International Summer 2005 (2007): 5-9.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-DM-44212 C5 verified)

Conference Publications

Rowe, Anna, and James Guthrie. "Chinese government's formal institutional influence on corporate environmental management." In Proceedings of the 1st international conference on sustainable management of public and not for profit organisations, edited by Professor James Guthrie, University of Bologna, Forli Campus, Italy: SMOG, 2009.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-DRJ-51725 E1 entered)

Rowe, Anna, James Guthrie, and Michael Paton. "Public environmental reporting in China." In Proceedings of the 1st international conference on sustainable management of public and not for profit organisations, edited by Professor James Guthrie, University of Bologna, Forli Campus, Italy: SMOG, 2009.
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Thomas, Gail, Marita Naude, Anna Rowe, and Margaret Nowak. "Partnering for sustainability: reflections on an industry-academia alliance." In Proceedings of ANZAM conference 2008, edited by Marie Wilson, Auckland: ANZAM, 2008.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-DM-46266 E1 verified)

Rowe, Anna, Marita Naude, Gail Thomas, and Margaret Nowak. "Waltzing in partnership with business industry: education for sustainability." In A-CSEAR 2008 proceedings, edited by Roger Burrit, 613-627, University of South Australia: CSEAR (Centre for Accounting, Governance and Sustainability), School of Commerce, University of South Australia, 2008.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-DM-46337 E1 verified)

Rowe, Anna, and Anna Rowe. "Corporate environmental reporting: Informal institutional chinese cultural norms." In APIRA 2007 Auckland conference resource CD, edited by Stewart Lawrence, Auckland: APIRA, 2007.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-DM-43552 E2 verified)

Rowe, Anna, and James Guthrie. "Corporate environmental reporting: informal institutional norms." In 6th Australasian centre for social and environmental accounting research (CSEAR) conference - Presentations and authors, edited by James Guthrie, Geoffrey Frost, Matthew Egan, Sharron O'Neill, Abdul Razeed, Nonna Martinov-Bennie, Sandra van der Laan, Cornelia Beck, Jeffrey Unerman, Amanda Ball, Markus Milne, Sydney: The University of Sydney, 2007.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-DM-43563 E1 verified)

Rowe, Anna. "Greening Corporate Reporting: An Institutional Theoretical Approach." In Seventeenth Asian-Pasific Conference on International Accounting Issues, edited by Professor Brenda Porter and Ali Peyvandi, New Zealand: Asia-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, 2005.
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Rowe, Anna, and Alma Whiteley. "The Regulatory and Cultural Interface in CEM/CER Research: the Yin and Yang Holistic Approach." In APIRA2004 singapore "corporate governance and management", edited by Professor Lee D Parker and Assoc Prof Low Aik Meng, 1-35, Singapore: AIPIRA, 2004.
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Rowe, Anna. "Accounting for the greening of business dragons in Shanghai?" In Proceedings of the 14th Asian-Pacific conference on international accounting issues, edited by Dr Benjamin Tai, 104-110, Fresno California: Craig School of Business, 2002.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-SA-13928 E1 entered)

Rowe, Anna, and Walter Wehrmeyer. "Why does the talk of positive environmental values not match the walk of environmental accountability in Shanghai." In Proceedings of the third Asian Pacific interdisciplinary research in accounting conference, edited by Lee Parker, Adelaide, Australia: University of Adelaide, 2001.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-MJ-40686 E1 entered)

Rowe, Anna, and Dennis Taylor. "Stakeholder power, economic performance and strategic posture as determinants of corporate environmental disclosure." In Proceedings of the 9th annual conference of accounting academics, edited by Hong Kong Society of Accountants, Hong Kong: Hong Kong Society of Accountants, 1997.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-MJ-40714 E1 entered)

Rowe, Anna, and Dennis Taylor. "A re-examination of stakeholder theory of corporate environmental disclosure." In Proceedings of the 9th Asian Pacific conference on international accounting issues, edited by Ali Peyvandi and Benjamin Tai, Fesno, California, United States of America: California State University, 1997.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-MJ-40703 E1 entered)

Conference Presentations

Rowe, Anna, Marita Naude, Gail Thomas, and Margaret Nowak. "Waltzing in partnership with business industry: education for sustainability." Paper presented at The 7th Australasian conference for social and environmental accounting research (A-CSEAR), Adelaide, Australia, December 7, 2008.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-DM-49480 Z1 entered)

Rowe, Anna. "Evolutionary epic of 'greening' Chinese dragon's management institutions." Paper presented at the IABE (International Academy of Business and Economics) -2008 Stockholm summer conference, Stockholm, Sweden, June 6, 2008.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-DM-49483 Z1 entered)

Rowe, Anna. "Corporate environmental reporting: Informal institutional Chinese cultural norms." Paper presented at the Fifth Asia Pacific interdisciplinary research in accounting conference (APIRA), Auckland, New Zealand, July 8, 2007.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-DM-44779 Z1 entered)

Rowe, Anna, and James Guthrie. "Corporate environmental reporting: informal institutional norms." Paper presented at the 6th Australasian Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR) conference, Sydney, Australia, December 2, 2007.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-DM-44780 Z1 entered)

Rowe, Anna, Desmond Klass, and Gail Thomas. "Education about and for sustainability." Paper presented at the Business symposium in association with the 35th Australian Conference of Economists, Perth, Western Australia, September 28, 2006.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-MJ-40716 Z1 entered)

Rowe, Anna. "Triple bottom line: fad, fact or fiction?" Paper presented at the Certified Practising Accountant congress, Perth, Western Australia, November 16, 2005.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-MJ-40721 Z1 entered)

Whiteley, Alma, and Anna Rowe. "The Regulatory and cultural interface in CEM/CER research: the yin and yang holistic approach." Paper presented at the Corporate Governance and Management: Fourth Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference (APIRA 2004), Singapore, Singapore, July 1, 2004.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-RG-34555 Z1 entered)

Rowe, Anna. "Accounting for the greening of business dragons in Shanghai?" Paper presented at the 14th Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, Los Angeles, California, November 1, 2002.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-RG-36894 Z1 entered)

Seminar Presentations

Rowe, Anna. "Corporate environmental reporting: informal institutional Chinese cultural norms." Seminar presented in the 2007 visiting scholars' seminar series, Adelaide, Australia, August 2, 2007.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-DM-44781 Z2 entered)

Rowe, Anna. "Corporate environmental reporting: informal institutional Chinese cultural norms." Seminar presented in the Centre for Environmental Strategy (CES) monthly seminar series, Guildford, Surrey, UK, December 13, 2007.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-DM-44782 Z2 entered)

Research Interests

Anna’s research interests include: Corporate environmental accountability and disclosures, International accounting issues, Triple Bottom Line reporting, China corporate environmental management, and Education for Sustainability. She is a member of the Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility research unit, and the Australian Research Institute in Education for Sustainability (ARIES), funded by the Commonwealth Department of Environment and Heritage. In addition, Anna is an affiliate of the Centre for Environmental Strategy (University of Surrey, UK). She conducts research into environmental accounting, triple-bottom-line reporting, management in China and Education for Sustainability. Her PhD research was focused on environmental management accountability in China.  She is on the editorial board of the Journal of the Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Accountability. Anna is the co-editor of Greener Management International – China Special Issue.

Other Memberships

CPA Australia

Associate of Centre for Environment Strategy, University of Surrey, UK

Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Accountability

Australian Research Institute in Education for Sustainability