Theo Stratopoulos

PwC Professor

Office: Hagey Hall 289K

Theo Stratopoulos

Phone: 519-888-4567 x45943

Email: tstratop@uwaterloo.ca

Brief biography

Theo鈥檚 teaching and research focus is on data analytics and emerging technologies. His research has been published in The Accounting Review, JMIS, Communications of the ACM, Journal of Information Systems, Information & Management, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, IJAIS, and Accounting Horizons. Prof. Stratopoulos has authored numerous articles and open-source texts on data analytics and blockchain (see ). He is a member of the CPA Canada - Audit Data Analytics committee and senior editor for the .

Education and certifications

  • MA (Athens School of Business and Economics)
  • PhD (University of New Hampshire)

Books

  • Stratopoulos, Theophanis C., and Haaris Mian. (2024).听. 1st ed. 蓝莓视频 Series of Data Analytics and Emerging Technologies. 蓝莓视频, Ontario. VitalSource.
  • Stratopoulos, T. C. (2023). 1st edition. 蓝莓视频 Series of Data Analytics and Emerging Technologies. 蓝莓视频, Ontario: VitalSource.

Selected publications

  • Dong, Michael, Theophanis C. Stratopoulos, and Victor Xiaoqi Wang (2024). 鈥.鈥澨International Journal of Accounting Information Systems.听贵辞谤迟丑肠辞尘颈苍驳.

  • Stratopoulos, Theophanis, and Hua (Jonathan) Ye (2024). 鈥.鈥澨Journal of Management Information Systems.听贵辞谤迟丑肠辞尘颈苍驳.

  • Kennedy, Duane B., and Theophanis C. Stratopoulos (2024). 鈥淗ow to Implement a Data Analytics Enabled Accounting Curriculum.鈥澨Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting.听贵辞谤迟丑肠辞尘颈苍驳.

  • Boritz, J. E. & Stratopoulos, T. C. (2023). 鈥溾 Journal of Information Systems 37 (3): 1鈥9.
  • Boritz, J. E. & Stratopoulos, T. C. (2023). 鈥溾 Journal of Information Systems 37 (1): 1鈥6.
  • Wood et al. (2023). 鈥溾 Issues in Accounting Education, April, 1鈥28.
  • Stratopoulos, T. C., and V. X. Wang. 2022. International Journal of Accounting Information Systems 42(December).
  • Stratopoulos, T. C., V. X. Wang, and H. (Jonathan) Ye. 2022. Accounting Horizons 36 (1): 197鈥220.
  • Boritz, J. E., and T. C. Stratopoulos. 2022. Journal of Information Systems 36 (1): 1鈥5.
  • Ye, H. (Jonathan), X. Yang, X. Wang, and T. C. Stratopoulos. 2021. Journal of Management Information Systems 38 (2): 457鈥483.
  • Calder贸n, J., & Stratopoulos, T. C. (2020). . Accounting Perspectives, 19(4), 303鈥323.
  • Stratopoulos, T. C. (2020). . Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting, 17(2), 63鈥74.

  • Kim, J.-B., Song, B. Y., & Stratopoulos, T. C. (2018). The Accounting Review, 93(3), 185鈥211.

  • Richins, G., Stapleton, A., Stratopoulos, T. C., & Wong, C. (2017). Journal of Information Systems, 31(3), 63鈥79.

  • 鈥婼tratopoulos, T. C. 2017. 鈥,鈥 Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting, (14:1), pp. 27鈥35.

  • Lim, J.-H., T. C. Stratopoulos, and T. S. Wirjanto. 2013. Sustainability of a Firm鈥檚 Reputation for IT Capability: The Role of Senior IT Executives. Journal of Management Information Systems 30 (1): 57鈥96.

  • Stratopoulos, T. C., Vance, T., and听Zou, X. 2013. 鈥淚ncentive Effects of Enterprise Systems on the Magnitude and Detectability of Reporting Manipulations,鈥澨International Journal of Accounting Information System听(14:1),听pp. 39-57.
  • Bauer, T.,听Dehning, B., and听Stratopoulos, T. C. 2012. 鈥淭he Financial Performance of Global Information and Communication Technology Companies,鈥澨Journal of Information Systems听(26:2),听pp. 119-152.
  • Lim, J.-H.,听Stratopoulos, T. C., and听Wirjanto, T. 2012. 鈥淩ole of IT Executives on the Firm鈥檚 Ability to Achieve Competitive Advantage through IT Capability,鈥澨International Journal of Accounting Information Systems听(13:1),听pp. 21-40.
  • Lim, J.-H.,听Stratopoulos, T. C, and听Wirjanto, T. 2011/2012. 鈥淧ath Dependence of Dynamic Information Technology Capability: An Empirical Investigation,鈥澨Journal of Management Information Systems听(28:3),听pp. 45-84.
  • Chen, C.,听Lim, J.-H., and听Stratopoulos, T. C. 2011. 鈥淚T Capability and a Firm鈥檚 Ability to Recover from Losses: Evidence from the Economic Downturn of the Early听2000s.,鈥澨Journal of Information Systems听(25:2),听pp. 117-144.
  • Stratopoulos, T. C., and听Lim, J.-H. 2010. 鈥淚T innovation persistence: an oxymoron?,鈥澨Communications of the ACM听(53:5),听pp. 142-146. (Accepted in 2008)
  • Dehning, B., Richardson, V. J., and Stratopoulos, T. C. 2005. 鈥淚nformation technology investments and firm value,鈥澨Information & Management听(42:7), pp. 989-1008.
  • Dehning, B., Dow, K. E., and Stratopoulos, T. C. 2004. 鈥淚nformation technology and organizational slack,鈥澨International Journal of Accounting Information Systems听(5:1), pp. 51-63.
  • Dehning, B., Dow, K. E., and Stratopoulos, T. C. 2003. 鈥淭he info-tech 鈥楶roductivity Paradox鈥 dissected and tested,鈥 Management Accounting Quarterly (5:1), pp. 31鈥39.
  • Davis, L., Dehning, B., and Stratopoulos, T. C. 2003. 鈥淒oes the Market Recognize IT-Enabled Competitive Advantage?,鈥 Information & Management (40:7), pp. 705鈥716.
  • Nicolaou, A. I., Dehning, B., and Stratopoulos, T. C. 2003. 鈥淔inancial Analysis of Potential Benefits from ERP Systems Adoption,鈥 The Journal of Business and Information Technology (2:1), pp. 40鈥50.
  • Dehning, B., and Stratopoulos, T. C. 2003. 鈥淒eterminants of a sustainable competitive advantage due to an IT-enabled strategy,鈥 Journal of Strategic Information Systems (12:1), pp. 7鈥28.
  • Dehning, B., and Stratopoulos, T. C. 2002. 鈥淒uPont analysis of an IT-enabled competitive advantage,鈥 International Journal of Accounting Information Systems (3:3), pp. 165-176.
  • Stratopoulos, T. C., and Dehning, B. 2000. 鈥淒oes successful investment in information technology solve the productivity paradox?,鈥 Information & Management (38:2), pp. 103-117.

Editor/Associate Editor

  • Senior Editor, Journal of Information Systems (2020-2022)
  • Associate Editor, International Journal of Accounting Information Systems (2018-present)

Cases/teaching notes

  • Stratopoulos, T. C., & Vanden Bosch, N. (2020).
  • Stratopoulos, T. C., & Calderon, J. (2020).听听
  • Stratopoulos, T. C. (2018). ""听
  • Stratopoulos, T. C., & Calderon, J. (2018). ""
  • Stratopoulos, T. C., & Kennedy, D. B. (2018). ""
  • Stratopoulos, T. C., & Sheilds, G. (2018). ""

Courses taught

  • Accounting and Financial Management (AFM) 415 - Special Topics: Foundations of Data Mining
  • Accounting (ACC) 622 - Electronic Commerce
  • Accounting and Financial Management (AFM) 241 - Introduction to Business Information Technology
  • Accounting and Financial Management (AFM) 112 听- Analytic Methods for Business 1. An Introduction to Data Analytics Process: Spreadsheets and R

Awards

  • Recipient of the Research Fellowship Award, 2012-13.
  • Recipient of the Best Paper Award:听鈥淩ole of IT Executives on the Firm鈥檚 Ability to Achieve Competitive Advantage through IT Capability鈥 (with Jee-Hae听Lim and Tony Wirjanto). The 2011 International Conference on Enterprise Systems, Accounting, and Logistics, Thassos Island, Greece, July 10-12, 2011.
  • Outstanding Teacher Award: Presented by University of New Hampshire - Executive MBA Program,听 Class of 2001

Funding

  • Using Company Disclosures to Predict Technology Diffusion. T. Stratopoulos (Principal Investigator), Bruce Dehning (Collaborator). Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada (SSHRC), 2019 to 2020; $91,732.
  • Information Technology Budgets and Budgeting Process. Stratopoulos, T. C. (Principal Investigator) and Clark Hampton (Co-investigator). University of 蓝莓视频-Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Seed Grant, 2013-15; $5,500.
  • Estimation of Industry Attractiveness with Accounting Variables.听 Stratopoulos, T. C. (Principal Investigator) and Clark Hampton (Co-investigator). Certified Management Accountants (CMA)/Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) Research Grant Program, 2013-14; $5,000.听听
  • Reciprocity between IT capable firms and IT executives; T. Stratopoulos (Principal Investigator) and Jee-Hae Lim and Tony Wirjanto (Co-investigators).听University of 蓝莓视频-SSHRC Seed Grant, 2012-13; $5,500.
  • Information Technology innovation, persistence, antecedents, and performance implications; T. Stratopoulos (Principal Investigator), Jee-Hae Lim, and Tony Wirjanto (Co-investigators). Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada (SSHRC), 2008 to 2011; $160,000
  • Information Technology innovation, persistence, antecedents, and performance implications; T. Stratopoulos (Principal Investigator) and Jee-Hae Lim (Co-investigator).听University of 蓝莓视频-SSHRC Seed Grant, 2008
Links
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