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Department
Département
Accounting, management control & economics
Biography
Biographie
Emma-Riikka Myllymäki is an Associate Professor of Accounting at Audencia Business School. Her research focuses on corporate reporting quality, spanning both financial and sustainability reporting and their assurance. She has published in leading academic journals including the Journal of Accounting Research, European Accounting Review, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, and the British Accounting Review.
Diplomas
Doctor of Science in Economics and Business administration
University of Vaasa, Vaasa
(2015)
Master of Science in Economics and Business administration
University of Vaasa, Vaasa
(2009)
Experiences
Research visit at Deusto Business School
Deusto Business School, San Sebastian
2025 - 2025
Visitor of Aalto University School of Business
2023 - 2024
Lecture on sustainability reporting in the programme ‘Aalto PRO Business Controller’
Aalto University Executive Education, Helsinki
2022 - 2022
Lecture on sustainability reporting in Finva’s seminar
Aalto University Executive Education, Helsinki
2022 - 2022
Research visit at Université de Lausanne, HEC Lausanne
2022 - 2022
Lecture on sustainability reporting in the programme ‘Aalto PRO Business Controller’
Aalto University Executive Education, Helsinki
2021 - 2021
Programme director of Master’s programme in Accounting
Aalto University School of Business, Espoo
2021 - 2022
Lecture on sustainability reporting in the programme ‘Aalto PRO Business Controller’
Aalto University Executive Education, Helsinki
2020 - 2020
Research visit at University of Auckland Business School
2019 - 2019
Assistant Professor
Aalto University School of Business, Helsinki
2015 - 2023
University Teacher
University of Vaasa
2014 - 2015
Doctoral Student
University of Vaasa
2010 - 2014
Visiting out
2023 - 2023
Aalto University Executive Education, Finland : Sessions on sustainability reporting
2023 - 2023
Aalto University Executive Education, Finland : Teaching sustainability reporting
Publications
Forthcoming
MYLLYMÄKI E.-R., Ikäheimo S., Mao Y., (2025). CEO IQ and earnings quality in private firms.
Accounting and Business Research, 1-25
PHAM L., HAY D., MIIHKINEN A., MYLLYMÄKI E.-R., NIEMI L., SIHVONEN J., (2024). Climate risk disclosures and auditor expertise.
British Accounting Review
Published
Ghosh A. (., Ikäheimo S., MYLLYMÄKI E.-R., Sihvonen J., (2026). Long‐Run Stock Returns Following Internal Control Disclosures.
Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 53 (1), 131-149
KALLUNKI J., KALLUNKI J., LANDSMAN W., MYLLYMÄKI E.-R., NIEMI L., (2026). Family Matters: Exploring the Link Between Parental and Executive Financial Misconduct.
Journal of Accounting Research, 64 (2), 561-632
BASELGA-PASCUAL L., LOBAN L., MYLLYMÄKI E.-R., (2025). Bank credit risk and sovereign debt exposure: Moral hazard or hedging?.
Finance Research Letters, 71, 106454
Che L., MYLLYMÄKI E.-R., Svanström T., (2023). Auditors’ self-assessment of engagement quality and the role of stakeholder priority.
Accounting and Business Research, 53 (3), 335-375
Huikku J., MYLLYMÄKI E.-R., Ojala H., (2022). Gender differences in the first course in accounting: An achievement goal approach.
British Accounting Review, 54 (3), 101081
Krishnan G. V., MYLLYMÄKI E.-R., Nagar N., (2021). Does financial reporting quality vary across firm life cycle?.
Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 48 (5-6), 954-987
Ittonen K., MYLLYMÄKI E.-R., Tronnes P. C., (2019). Banks’ audit committees, audit firm alumni and fees paid to audit firm.
Managerial Auditing Journal, 34 (7), 783-807
Järvinen T., MYLLYMÄKI E.-R., (2016). Real Earnings Management before and after Reporting SOX 404 Material Weaknesses.
Accounting Horizons, 30 (1), 119-141
Ittonen K., Johnstone K., MYLLYMÄKI E.-R., (2015). Audit Partner Public-Client Specialisation and Client Abnormal Accruals.
European Accounting Review, 24 (3), 607-633
MYLLYMÄKI E.-R., (2014). The Persistence in the Association between Section 404 Material Weaknesses and Financial Reporting Quality.
Auditing, A Journal of Practice and Theory, 33 (1), 93-116
Scientific activities
Reviewer for an academic journal
Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory
2026
The British Accounting Review
2024
Accounting and Business Research
2022
Managerial Auditing Journal
2020
European Accounting Review
2020
Corporate Governance: An International Review
2019
Nordic Journal of Business
2015
Doctoral supervision
(2024) : The Changing Regulatory Landscape: Implications for Corporate Disclosure, Financial Discipline, and Auditor Reporting.
(2022) : Essays on the interplay between directors’ social networks and reputation capital, corporate reporting, and demand for audit quality.