Introduction to the Department of Economic Analysis

1. History of Formation and Development

The Department of Economic Analysis was established in 2012 in response to the need to expand and develop the accounting and economics majors at Quy Nhon University. The lecturers in the department are constantly studying to improve their qualifications to meet the requirements of university lecturers, as well as to enhance their individual expertise. Therefore, the lecturers in the department have chosen to study at universities abroad or at large universities in Vietnam. Although the Department of Economic Analysis is a department under the Faculty of Economics & Accounting, the courses undertaken by the department include not only specialized accounting courses, but also courses for many other majors in the economics sector.

2. Teaching Tasks

The Department of Economic Analysis undertakes the teaching of the following modules:

- For the Accounting and Auditing majors, the Department manages and teaches the following modules: Business Analysis, Financial Report Analysis, and Stock Market Analysis.

- For the Economics major, the Department manages and teaches the following modules: Analysis of Production and Business Plans, and Analysis of the Stock Market.

3. List of Department Lecturers

Currently, the department has 10 staffs. The teaching staff includes 8 people: 4 with doctorate degrees, and 4 with master’s degrees, of which 2 are currently working as postgraduate students. The remaining 2 staffs, one with a master’s degree and one with a bachelor’s degree, are currently working as an assistant and secretary of the department, respectively. Specifically:

           - Head of department: Dr. Main lecturer. Dao Nhat Minh

           - List of Department members:

4. Main Research Direction of the Department

Research directions being carried out include economic analysis, financial statement analysis, earnings management, information disclosure, and management accounting, among others. These are complemented with quantitative research methods from primary and secondary data sources using software such as SPSS, AMOS, Stata, SmartPLS…

In the following years, the Department will continue to develop interdisciplinary research directions related to finance, financial report information disclosure, social responsibility information disclosure, and management accounting in various sectors. These sectors include enterprises (both listed and unlisted companies), credit institutions, and public administration.

5. Research achievements

 Department lecturers have been the principal investigators and have participated in scientific research topics, textbooks, and monographs. We have published research articles in prestigious domestic and foreign scientific journals, such as:

- Scientific research topics: more than 10 University-level scientific research topics.

- Textbooks and monographs: Business Analysis, Financial Reporting Analysis, Public Administration Accounting, Taxes and tax accounting.

- International journals: International Journal of Applied Business and Economic Research (Scopus), Journal of Business and Economics.

- Domestic journals: Journal of Economics and Development, Economic Development, Finance, Accounting and Auditing, Economic Forecasting, Asia Pacific Economics, Central Vietnamese review of social sciences, Vietnam trade and industry review …

6. Development Orientation

- Continue to improve the quality of teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

- Innovate application-oriented teaching methods.

- Develop a system of textbooks, lectures, exercises, and other learning materials.

- Strengthen scientific research and international publication.

7. Contact Address

Department of Economic Analysis

Room 11.1, 11.2, Floor 11, 15-Story Building

170 An Duong Vuong, Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh