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Dan Otzen

Assistant Professor

Subjects
Financial management Budget Key figure Auditing Business intelligence ESG

Primary research areas

Man­age­ment Ac­count­ing
Meth­ods, sys­tems and pro­cesses for provid­ing in­form­a­tion to sup­port ma­na­geri­al de­cision-mak­ing
Risk, Gov­ernance and Con­trol
Un­der­stand­ing and de­vel­op­ing func­tions across the or­gan­iz­a­tions’ 3 lines of de­fense for ef­fect­ive risk man­age­ment and con­trol
Auto­ma­tion
Lever­aging data and data ana­lyt­ic­al tools in­clud­ing AI to sup­port man­age­ment ac­count­ing and in­tern­al con­trol sys­tems
ESG and sustain­ability
De­vel­op­ing meth­ods and tools for sustain­ability man­age­ment, re­port­ing and as­sur­ance

Man­age­ment ac­count­ing the­ory with prac­tic­al im­pact - Ex­plor­ing new areas and tech­no­lo­gies

Practical foundation 
My research is focused on delivering theoretical contributions founded on a solid understanding of practice and what will work in practice. 

Holistic business understanding 
I have a clear focus on theoretical contribution through using my holistic understanding of business acquired through over 25 years of practical experience across businesses, leadership roles, geographies, and the 3 lines of defense. 

Innovative and updated 
Curiosity- and solution-driven approach to engage with new business challenges by applying solid theoretical concepts and methods in connection with new techniques and technologies 

Outside activities

Cur­rently, I have no out­side em­ploy­ments or activ­it­ies , -