Ms. Janine Zakka

Bio

Janine Zakka is lecturer of accounting at the Adnan Kassar School of Business. She holds an MBA from the American University of Beirut and is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Montana, U.S. Her research is centered on accounting, reporting and corporate social responsibility.

Teaching Interests

Financial Accounting
Intermediate Accounting
Advanced Accounting
Management Accounting
Cost Accounting

Research Interests

Costing Accounting
Corporate social Responsibility
Accounting
Reporting
Disclosure of Corporate Social Responsibility Information
Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Stakeholders
Outsourcing Decisions

Executive Training

Offered numerous seminars and workshops including Lebanese Accounting System as applied to non-profit organizations, Effect of Global Competition on Accounting, International Accounting, Financial Statement preparation and analysis, Cash Flow statement, Financial Statement Analysis, and Budgeting.

Consulting Activities

Central Bank of Lebanon 1990: Prepared a study on Brazil’s Fiscal Policy as applied over the years to fight inflation and its applicability in Lebanon.
Prepared a study on the different sources of revenue of the Lebanese Commercial Banks, on a proportion-basis to their total income.

Selected Publications

Articles in Refereed Journals:

Zakka, J. S. & Ghattas, R. S. (2013). The Impact of Corporate Outsourcing in a Developing Country Context. The International Journal of Arts and Sciences.

Zakka, J. S. (2012). Corporate Social Responsibility and Poverty Alleviation in a Developing Country Context: Case Studies from Lebanon. Humanities and Social Science Review, 1(1), 59-73.

Zakka, J. S. & Ghattas, R. S. (2011). Environmental Accounting in Developing Countries: The Lebanese Case.International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation,1(1), 95-119.

Zakka, J. S. (2010). From Student to global Citizen: The Role of Liberal Education in a Developing Country Context. International Journal of Arts and Sciences, 3(11), 362-378.

Zakka, J. S. (2009). End of Service Evaluation of Teaching Effectiveness Questionnaires: An Indicator of Teaching Quality. Oxford Journal Special Issue Emerging Trends and Issues in Management and Economics, 8(1), 263-280.