New Tech for an Old, Boring Profession
Jun Dai (COB) wants to change the way accountants do their work and how the rest of us think about it.
The days of Scrooge are over. While the ledgers and ink of old are long gone, the ghost of accounting’s future is rattling chains of complex processes that instill a lingering dread in students, especially as digital transactions continue to grow. Dai, assistant professor of accounting in Michigan Technological University’s College of Business, wants to better use technology and accounting information systems (AIS) to put old-school attitudes to rest.
Dai is also a recipient of the 2021 American Accounting Association Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award for a research article titled “Toward Blockchain-Based Accounting and Assurance.” In it, she explores how blockchain technology could reengineer the existing accounting and auditing procedures to make them more transparent, intelligent and automated.
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