Hannu Schadewitz
PhD
Department of Accounting and Finance hannu.schadewitz@utu.fi +358 50 910 3471 Rehtorinpellonkatu 3 Turku Office: 343 For consultation, please contact in order to make an appointment. ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0724-7255 |
Financial reporting; International accounting; Sustainability; Corporate governance
Corporate financial reporting, sustainability, and governance research group
Hannu Schadewitz has been a Professor of Accounting since 2001. His primary areas of research interest include discretionary corporate reporting, international accounting, governance, and accountability. Hannu is a professor in charge of doctoral studies in Accounting and Finance subject. He joined the Turku School of Economics faculty in 2001, after being a member of the University of Tampere School of Management faculty. He was awarded his M.Sc. (1985), Lic. Sc. (1993), and D. Sc. (1997) degrees at what is now Aalto University School of Business. He has been published in academic and practitioner journals and served as a leader responsible for a project funded by the Academy of Finland and as a junior fellow of the Academy. His teaching duties have included executive courses on financial statement analysis and corporate finance. Prior to his academic career, he gained professional experience as an internal auditor with the Finnair Group, a Finnish-listed firm. Hannu’s current research analyses how integrating new members into the European Union affects financial reporting transparency in those countries. Another area of focus is the role of international legal systems in accounting quality. The third research theme focuses on corporate sustainability in the dairy industry. In this research, a Chinese and a major Finnish player in the industry are compared regarding causes and realizations of sustainability orientation and accounting. While out of the office, he enjoys sharing time with his wife Päivi, their twins Juuli and Daniel, and Portuguese water dog Bernie, e.g. outdoors and travelling.
Hannu’s primary areas of research interest include discretionary corporate reporting, international accounting, governance, and accountability. Hannu´s current research analyses how the integration of new members into the European Union affects financial reporting quality in those countries. Another area of focus is the role of international legal systems in accounting quality.
Financial accounting theory, financial reporting, supervision of Master´s and Doctoral theses.
- Audit partner narcissism and audit reports readability : evidence from lead and review audit partners (2025)
- Managerial Auditing Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Audit report readability and information efficiency: evidence from the Tehran Stock Exchange (2025)
- Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Impact of country-specific business integrity and firm-specific ESG on earnings quality : evidence from EU civil law jurisdictions (2024)
- Journal of financial reporting & accounting
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Natural capital and biodiversity accounting in the dairy industry: the case of Valio Group (2024) Protecting natural capital and biodiversity in the agri-food sector Schadewitz Hannu
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - The Effect of Board Diversity and ESG Engagement on Banks’ Profitability and Risk (2023) Challenges for the Banking Industry Aureli Selena, Brighi Paola, Malik Muddassar, Schadewitz Hannu
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Gender diverse boards and goodwill changes: association between accounting conservatism, gender and governance (2022)
- Journal of Management and Governance
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Gender diversity and firm value: Evidence from UK financial institutions (2019)
- International Journal of Accounting and Information Management
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Accounting Quality in Eastern Europe after Communism (2018)
- Journal of East-West Business
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Audit committee adoption and firm value: Evidence from UK financial institutions (2018)
- International Journal of Accounting and Information Management
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Transparency of sustainability reporting: Listed State-Owned Enterprises vs. Non-State-Owned Enterprises (2017) A Dean, A Scholar, A Friend - Texts in appreciation of Markus Granlund Hannu Schadewitz, Markku Vieru
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Financial reporting standards: Global or international? (2016)
- B Quest
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Firm-level disclosure in the Baltic and Nordic regions before and after the mandatory adoption of the IFRS (2016)
- B Quest
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The development of financial reporting quality in Eastern European Union countries in the aftermath of communism
(Conference abstract) (2014) Frederick Lindahl, Satu-Päivi Kantola, Hannu Schadewitz
(Other publication) - Are legal families related to financial reporting quality? (2013)
- Abacus
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Has East met West? The effect of laws on accounting quality in the European Union (2013)
- Collected abstracts of the American Accounting Association's annual meeting
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - How do markets value IFRS reconciliation adjustments in Finland (2012)
- Economics and culture
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Are Legal families Related to Financial Reporting Quality? (2011) Frederick Lindahl, Hannu Schadewitz
(B3 Non-refereed article in a conference publication) - Does State Ownership Steering Help or Hinder Analysts´ Forecasting (2011) The Dynamic World of Accounting: Research, Practice and Education in a Changing Environment Mikko Kepsu, Hannu Schadewitz, Markku Vieru
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Communication via Responsibility Reporting and its Effect on Firm Value in Finland (2010)
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Impact of IFRS transition on audit and non-audit fees: evidence from small and medium-sized listed companies in Finland (2010)
- Liiketaloudellinen aikakauskirja. The Finnish journal of business economics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)