供稿: 会计系罗少东 摄影、编辑: 高超
2013年6月8日下午4:00，加州州立大学David Zhu助理教授应我校管理与经济学院邀请，在主楼418会议室作了题为“The impact of IT Outsourcing on Firm Performance”的学术报告，报告由会计系系主任陈宋生老师主持，会计系部分教师、博士、硕士研究生及部分本科生参加了会议。
David Zhu助理教授从讨论了IT外包对企业绩效的影响，从该篇论文的产生到发表整个过程进行了全面回顾，谈到数据收集过程时，他强调数据是实证研究文章创作的前提，手工搜集整理的数据更是具有非常高的价值和特色。最后，分享了自己学习和写作心得，鼓励致力于发展学术的同学不要气馁，学术之路贵在积累和坚持。然后，他说财务会计领域在美国学术界是非常受欢迎的学科，发展前景广阔，鼓励在座同学们把握机遇走向国际化。
本次学术报告会计系师生均反映收获颇大，不仅吸取到相当可贵的学术经验，也为日后会计系与国际合作提供了更多的机会，报告会取得了良好的效果。
David Zhu助理教授简介
David Zhu is the assistant professor of accounting at California State University Stanislaus in Turlock, California, USA after his serving 4 years as assistant professor of accounting at Western Washington University. Dr. Zhu received his PhD degree at Kent State University in 2008. He also has received MBA in 1999 and Master of Computer Science in 2002 at the same university. Dr. Zhu has wide research interest and published in such field as, Accounting, Information Systems, Management, and Bio-Informatics. He has taught subjects in accounting, information systems, and management science. He has served as ad-hoc reviewer in many journals, some of which include Decision Science, Journal of Accounting Review, and Journal of Information Systems.
（审核：颜志军）
