Staff Profile

Lana Liu is Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance and currently Director of Studies of postgraduate taught programmes at Newcastle University Business School. Over the past 22 years at Newcastle University, she has served a number of management roles at school, faculty and university levels. She gained her doctoral degree in management accounting and is a fellow of Higher Education Academy (UK). Prior to her academic career, Lana worked in international accounting firms and publicly listed companies in mainland China, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Esteem Indicators:

Lana was principal investigator of a number of UK-funded research projects (totalling over £141,000) and co-investigator of international collaborative research projects (equivalent to £168,000) over the years.

Lana has been awarded the first-ever CIMA Teaching Excellence (Global Silver) in 2020 and CIMA Excellence Award (Innovative Teaching Practices - UK) in 2022.

She was a member of CIMA examination and assessment oversight panel.

Roles and Responsibilities

Director of Studies - Postgraduate Taught Programmes (2021 - present)

Degree Programme Director - MSc Accounting, Finance and Strategic Investment （2015 － 2021)

Degree Programme Director - MSc International Financial Analysis (2015 - 2018) 

Member of University Education Partnership Sub-Committee (2015 - 2018) 

Head of NUBS International Undergraduate Recruitment (2006 - 2018)

NUBS International Admissions Officer (2003-2006)

Member of Internationalisation Strategy Committee (2007 - 2013) 

Elected Member to University Council (2008 - 2011)

Member of University Senate (2005 - 2008) 

Qualifications

PhD in Management Accounting

PG Diploma in Business Information Technology

BSc (Hons) Economics

PG Cert. Academic Practice

HEA Certificate of Fellowship

Memberships

Member of British Accounting and Finance Association 

Member of European Accounting Association

Member of British Academy of Management

Fellow of Higher Education Academy

Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (1994-1998) 

Research Interests

• Issues of management accounting innovations in practice: development and implementation; design and use of activity-based innovations; UK and developing countries. 
• Performance management and management control system: design and use and contextual factors.
• Contemporary Issues with innovation methods and technology incubation. 
• Integrated sustainability reporting.
• The effect of using metrics in research management on academic eco-system. 

Postgraduate Research Supervision

I have acted as principal supervisor to doctoral candidates in the following areas: 

• Performance Management System 
• Management Accounting Practices 
• Management Control Systems
• Management Accounting Innovations
• Sustainability Reporting, Integrated Reporting
• Carbon Emissions
• Pay Gap

Funding

Newcastle University Education Development Fund, Strategic Project (2019-2021). Examining Different Learners' Development of Critical Learning Skills in Postgraduate Taught Programmes: a Comparative Study in Accounting and Finance and in Applied Linguistics and TESOL. (approx.£6900). 

Newcastle University Innovative Project Fund, Responsive Project (2017-18), Literature Review of International Learners' Critical Learning over the Last Three Decades. (£1,522)

Innovation UK, Verifiable electronic voting for real-world elections (Feb 2018-Jan 2019). (£99,560)

Confucius Institute, Annual Business Lectures, £4,390 (December 2016). 

Chinese Natural Science Research Council "Value-Based and Strategic-Oriented Management Accounting Research in China" amount RMB1,370,000 (equivalent to £160,000) (2011-2014)

CIMA interventionist research grant £12,822 (Feb 2008-Mar 2011)

China Ministry of Education Humanity and Social Science Importance Research Project (project number: 05JJD630002) RMB80,000 (equivalent to £8,000) (2007-2010)

CIMA research grant £6,000 (Oct 2002-Sept 2003)

University Teaching and Learning Committee grant on "Transition of International Partner Students in the UK" £7500 (2009)

HASS Faculty innovation research grant £2,500 (2002)

Additional Research Activities  

Accessor of ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme since 2008

Ad hoc referee for Journal of Management Accounting Studies, International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Applied Accounting Research and Journal of Cleaner Production. 

Visiting professor of Institute of Accounting and Finance Research, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics 

Undergraduate Teaching

ACC3002 Management Accounting (until 2011)

ACC2003 Financial Control (until 2011)

Previously also taught on Quantitative Methods for Business and Financial Accounting. 

Postgraduate Teaching

NBS8233 Managerial Decision Making and Control

NBS8006 Accounting for Analyst (until 2018)

NBS8266 Advanced Management Accounting (until 2018)

Masters Dissertation Supervision  

• Articles

  • Rhee Y, McLaren J, Jang D, Liu LYJ. What Drives Management Accounting Innovations? A Survey of Activity-Based Costing Journal Publications. Journal of Industrial Studies 2024, 48(2), 49-89.
  • Lin M, Liu LYJ, Pham N. Towards developing a critical learning skills framework for master's students: Evidence from a UK university. Thinking Skills and Creativity 2023, 48, 101267.
  • Nguyen OTK, LIU LYJ, Haslam J, McLaren J. The moderating effect of perceived environmental uncertainty and task uncertainty on the relationship between performance management system practices and organizational performance: evidence from Vietnam. Production Planning & Control 2023, 34(5), 423-441.
  • Deng D, Li C, Zu Y, Liu LYJ, Zhang J, Wen S, Zhong M. A Systematic Literature Review on Performance Evaluation of Power System From the Perspective of Sustainability. Frontiers in Environmental Science 2022, 10, 925332.
  • Deng DQ, Liu LYJ, Wen SB. The Impact of Accountability-oriented Control Aspects of Variance Investigation on Budgetary Slack and Moderating Effect of Moral Development. Frontiers in Psychology 2020, 11, 583643.
  • Hao F, Wang S, Bag S, Procter R, Shahandashti S, Mehrnezhad M, Toreini E, Metere R, Liu L. End-to-End Verified E-Voting Trial for Polling Station Voting. IEEE Security & Privacy 2020, 18(6), 6-13.
  • Hussain S, Liu LYJ, Miller AD. Accounting as a dichotomised discipline: An analysis of the source materials used in the construction of accounting articles. Critical Perspectives on Accounting 2020, 66, 102086.
  • Yang B, Frimpong AAO, Yang Y, Liu LYJ. Application of the quick scan audit methodology in an industrial filter production process. Production Planning & Control 2019, 30(16), 1383-1395.
  • Liu LYJ, Deng DQ, Weng SB, Zhao YY. Can Accounting Practice Improve the Accounting Professional Moral Reasoning Ability of Accounting Students?. Accounting Research 2018, 37(8), 87-94.
  • Liu LYJ, Hussain S, Zuo LY, Wang Y. Journal Rankings, Collaborative Research and Publication Strategies: Evidence from China. Accounting Education 2015, 24(3), 233-255.
  • Liu LYJ, Zhou L, Pan F. A Literature Review of Management Accounting Change and Innovation. Journal of Management Accounting Studies 2014, 5(1), 66-88.
  • Liu LYJ, Pan F, Zhou L, Ma BZ. Field study of Management Accounting Change and Innovation. Accounting Research Journal 2012, 293(3), 116-128.
  • Wang Y, Pan F, Liu LYJ. The Determinants of Divisional Summay Performance Measures: Survey Evidence of Large Chinese Organisations. Journal of Finance and Economics 2011, 4, 92-102.
  • Liu LYJ, Pan F. Activity-Based Costing in China: a Case Study of Xu Ji Co. Ltd. Research Executive Summary Series 2011, 7(13), 1-13.
  • Jiang RH, Liu LYJ, Hussain S. Accounting in China. Financial Management 2008, (9), 50.
  • Liu LYJ, Mitchell F, Robinson J. A Longitudinal Study of the Adoption of an Activity-Based Planning System in the Crown Prosecution Service of England and Wales, United Kingdom. Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change 2008, 4(3), 318-342.
  • Liu LYJ, Pan F. The implementation of Activity-Based Costing in China: An innovation action research approach. British Accounting Review 2007, 39(3), 249-264.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Rhee Y, Liu LYJ, McLaren J. Push and pull of management accounting innovation: survey of Activity-Based Costing and Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing. In: 42nd Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association. 2019, Paphos, Cyrpus: European Accounting Association.
  • Tang YZ, Li XX, Liu LYJ, Han YQ, Sapsed J. Operating Mechanisms of Technological Entrepreneurial Incubation Chain: an Exploratory Study in China, accepted to present. In: British Academy of Management Conference (BAM2019). 2019, Aston University, Birmingham: British Academy of Management.

• Online Publication

  • Liu LYJ, Pan F, Zhou L, Ma BZ. Trial and Tribulation: How to manage the sales force and sales expenses are the most frequently asked questions among today’s managers of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China. London, UK: Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, 2011. Available at: http://www.fm-magazine.com/feature/depth/trial-and-tribulation.