Professor Yuval Millo
Professor
Research Interests
Yuval's research seeks to understand the social and technological processes that underpin valuation. To do so, Yuval examines empirically the development of valuation in different settings, among which are social impact, impairment of assets, securities analysts' practices and algorithmic trading.
Teaching in 2019-2020
Accounting and Finance
- IB9FQ0: Financial Accounting: Theory and Context
- IB98W0: Management Accounting & Control
- IB9CU0: Research Methods in Accounting
Undergraduate
- IB2300: Accounting in Context
- IB3F20: Company Law
- IB3A20: Critical Issues in Law and Management
- IB3K70: Financial Markets: Organisations and Technology
- IB2560: UPP Accounting and Finance in Context
Accounting Group
Email: Yuval.Millo@wbs.ac.uk / Tel: 024 761 51379 / Room: 1.109
Biography
Yuval joined WBS in 2016, having previously held positions at the University of Leicester, LSE and the University of Essex. Yuval is a leading contributor to the field of Social Studies of Finance (SSF). Yuval's research approach is inherently inter-disciplinary, combining theoretical and methodological elements form accounting, finance and sociology.
Publications
Journal Articles
- Spence, C., Aleksanyan, M., Millo, Y., Imam, S. and Abhayawansa, S. (2019) "Earning the ‘write to speak’ : sell-side analysts and their struggle to be heard", Contemporary Accounting Research
- Hall, M. and Millo, Y. (2018) "Choosing an accounting method to explain public policy : social return on investment and UK non-profit sector policy", European Accounting Review, 27, 2, 339-361
- Kellard, N., Millo, Y., Simon, J. and Engel, O. (2017) "Close communications : hedge funds, brokers and the emergence of herding", British Journal of Management, 28, 1, 84-101
- Castelle, M., Millo, Y., Beunza, D. and Lubin, D. C. (2016) "Where do electronic markets come from? Regulation and the transformation of financial exchanges", Economy and Society, 45, 2, 166-200
- Vasilescu, C. and Millo, Y. (2016) "Do industrial and geographic diversifications have different effects on earnings management? Evidence from UK mergers and acquisitions", International Review of Financial Analysis, 46, 33-45
- Millo, Y. and Schinckus, C. (2016) "A nuanced perspective on episteme and techne in finance", International Review of Financial Analysis, 46, 124-130
- Yekini, L. S., Wisniewski, T. P. and Millo, Y. (2016) "Market reaction to the positiveness of annual report narratives", The British Accounting Review, 48, 4, 415-430
- Castelle, M., Millo, Y., Beunza, D. and Lubin, D. C. (2016) "Where do electronic markets come from? : Regulation and the transformation of financial exchanges", Economy and Society, 45, 2, 166-200
- Hall, M., Millo, Y. and Barman, E. (2015) "Who and what really counts? Stakeholder prioritization and accounting for social value", Journal of Management Studies, 52, 7, 907-934
- Hall, M., Mikes, A. and Millo, Y. (2015) "How do risk managers become influential? A field study of toolmaking in two financial institutions", Management Accounting Research, 26, 3-22
- Millo, Y., Mikes, A. and Hall, M. (2013) "How experts gain influence", Harvard Business Review, 91, 7-8, 70-74, 132
- Gay, P. d., Millo, Y. and Tuck, P. (2012) "Making government liquid : shifts in governance using financialisation as a political device", Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 30, 6, 1083-1099
- Horton, J., Millo, Y. and Serafeim, G. (2012) "Resources or power? Implications of social networks on compensation and firm performance", Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 39, 3-4, 399-426
- Millo, Y. and MacKenzie, D. (2009) "The usefulness of inaccurate models : towards an understanding of the emergence of financial risk management", Accounting, Organizations and Society, 34, 5, 638-653
- Holzer, B. and Millo, Y. (2006) "From risks to second-order dangers in financial markets : unintended consequences of risk management systems", New Political Economy, 10, 2, 223-245
- Millo, Y., Muniesa, F., Panourgias, N. and Scott, S. V. (2005) "Organised detachment : clearinghouse mechanisms in financial markets", Information and Organization, 15, 3, 229-246
- MacKenzie, D. and Millo, Y. (2003) "Constructing a market, performing theory : the historical sociology of a financial derivatives exchange 1", American Journal of Sociology, 109, 1, 107-145
Book Item
- Millo, Y., Panourgias, N. and Zachariadis, M. (2019) "Capitalisation by certification : creating information-based assets through the establishment of an identification infrastructure", 62, Emerald Publishing Limited,
