ACMA, PhD, MSc, PGCert HE

  • Intangible resources and their effect on organisational performance
  • The role of management accounting in performance evaluation
  • Innovation in professional service firms
  • Corporate governance with a particular focus on corporate financial reporting

Research in Progress:

  • Creating organisational value from intellectual capital: Current issues and challenges
  • Innovation in professional service firms: Two case studies
  • The role of intellectual capital in organisational value creation: An application of a theoretical model to two case studies
  • Voluntary disclosure of loss making companies (with Professor Skerratt of Brunel University and Professor Gregoriou of University of East Anglia)
  • Understanding and leveraging knowledge resources for value creation
  • Management Accounting
  • Managerial Finance
  • Financial Risk Management

Publications - Refereed Articles:

  • Coakes, E. Smith, P and Alwis D (2011) Sustainable Innovation and Right to Market, Information Systems Management, Special Issue on Exploring the Frontiers of Knowledge Management Transfer in the Public and Private Sector, 28(1): 30-42
  • Coakes, E. Smith, P. and Alwis D (2010) Leveraging Communities for Sustainable Innovation: A Commentary, International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development, 2 (3): 1-10
  • Coakes, E. Smith, P. and Alwis, D (2009) Developing Innovative Practice in Service Industries, in B. Whitworth, A de Moor (eds) Handbook of Research on Socio-Technical Design and Social Networking Systems, IGI Publications: Hershey Ch 15
  • Coakes, E. Smith, P. and Alwis, D (2009) Leveraging Communities for Sustainable Innovation: A Commentary.Proceedings of the ISPIM 2009 Conference, Vienna, Austria,21-24 June 2009, pp
  • Alwis, D. Hlupic, V. and G. Rzevski (2003) Designing Organisational Memory in Knowledge Intensive Companies: A Case Study in Hlupic, V (Ed) Knowledge and Business Process Management, Idea Group Publishing, Hershey, PA pp137-153
  • Alwis, D. Hlupic, V. and G. Fitzgerald (2003) Intellectual Capital Factors that Impact on Value Creation. Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Information Technology Interfaces, Cavtat, Croatia, 16-19 June 2003 pp 411-416
  • Alwis, D. Hlupic, V. and G. Rzevski (2002) Building Critical Organisational Knowledge: A Case Study. Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Information Technology Interfaces, Cavtat, Croatia, 24-27 June 2002 pp 293-298
  • Alwis, D. Hlupic, V. and G. Rzevski (2001) Designing Organisational Memory in Knowledge Intensive Companies: A Case Study. Proceedings of the 6th UKAIS Conference, University of Portsmouth, England, UK 18-20 April 2001 pp 392-402

Professional Membership:

  • Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)