JProf.Dr. Kronenberger, Sandra
Assistant Professor
E-Mail: kronenberger [at] uni-mainz.de
Office: 01-208 in Rewi I
Office hours: Thursdays 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. (Appointments by email)
2020 –
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Gutenberg School of Management & Economics, Accounting Department. Assistant Professor
2015 – 2020
Leibniz University Hannover, Institute for Managerial Accounting. Post-Doc
08-10/2019
University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management. Visiting researcher.
2010 – 2015
Karl Franzens University Graz, Doctoral Program in Accounting, Reporting, and Taxation (DART), (Dr.rer.soc.oec.). Thesis title: Accounting Information in Debt Contracting.
09-12/2014
New York University, Stern School of Business. Visiting researcher.
2003 – 2008
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, Postgraduate study of Banking and Finance (Mr.sc).
1997 – 2002
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, Diploma study in Business Administration, specialization: Finance (Dipl.oec.).
03-07/2017
Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Department of Finance Accounting and Statistics – external lecturer for the course “Accounting Theory”.
2015 – 2016
Lenze SE, Lenze Development Program – external lecturer teaching the “Finance and Controlling Module”.
2005 – 2012
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics. Teaching Assistant at the Department of Economics. External member of the Office for International Cooperation and Projects.
2007
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Hamburg, Germany, 6-month exchange scholarship of the German Government.
2006 – 2008
Prva gimnazija Varaždin (High school). External teacher of Business and Management in the International Baccalaureate (IB) program.
2002 – 2005
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics. Assistant project manager in the Office for International Cooperation and Projects.
Financial accounting, capital markets, accounting conservatism, corporate governance, debt contracting.
• René Descartes Award for best discussion at the XXII. GEABA: Symposium in Paderborn (09/2023)
• Johannes Gutenberg University Teaching Award in winter semester 2022/2023.
“Audit Committee Independence and Auditor-Manager Disputes” with Sebastian Kronenberger and Minlei Ye. (under review) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3671569
“Shareholders’ Benefit from Bank Representatives on the Board” with Katrin Weiskirchner-Merten. (under review) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3504573
“Firm’s Accounting Choice and Performance Sensitive Debt Covenants”. (under review) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6176501
“Board Composition and Implicit Team Incentives” with Masako Darrough, Eunhee Kim and Sebastian Kronenberger. (under review) http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6202339
“Fair Value Reporting Trade-offs” with Sebastian Kronenberger and Anna Waldner. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4410326
“Specialist’s Use in Valuation” with Sebastian Kronenberger and Anna Waldner.
Katolnik, S., Kronenberger, S. K., & Schöndube, J. R. (2022). Board Monitoring and Advising in Dynamic Agency. European Accounting Review, 31(4), 973–1002. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2021.1890630
Šestanj-Perić, T. and Kukec, S. K. (2013): The Role of Controlling for the Development of Planning, Information and Reporting Systems in SMEs, International Journal of Economic Sciences. II, 1; 82-102.
Kukec, S. K. (2009): Financial and legal aspects of international projects (original title: Financijski i pravni aspekti međunarodnih projekata), chapter in the book Divjak, B. (editor) et al.: Scientific and Development Projects: European Programmes (Original title: Projekti u znanosti i razvoju: Europski programi), (pages 91-100) TIVA tiskara Varazdin, Varazdin, pages 294.
Divjak, B. and Kukec, S. K. (2008): Teaching methods for international R&D project management, International Journal of Project Management 26, 251–257.
Miko, L. and Kukec, S. K. (2008): Accounting (Original title: Računovodstvo), (book) TIVA, Varazdin, pages 284.
2025
XXIV. GEABA Symposium, WHU Vallendar (presenter).
2nd BAM (Bridging Accounting Research Methodologies) Junior Conference/ Workshop and Ideas Market (organizer and discussant).
14th Accounting Research Workshop, Zürich (presenter).
Purdue Accounting Theory Conference, West Lafayette, IN (invited participant).
Hawaii Accounting Research Conference (HARC) (discussant).
2024
XXIII. GEABA Symposium, Bonn (discussant).
1st BAM (Bridging Accounting Research Methodologies) Junior Conference/ Workshop and Ideas Market (organizer and discussant).
15th Workshop on Accounting and Economics EIASM, Vienna (discussant).
Purdue Accounting Theory Conference, West Lafayette, IN (invited participant).
2023
13th Accounting Research Workshop, Zürich. (presenter)
9th EIASM Workshop on Accounting and Regulation, Siena. (presenter)
XXII. GEABA: Symposium, Paderborn (discussant).
Purdue Accounting Theory Conference, West Lafayette, IN (invited participant).
DART Accounting Workshop, Center for Accounting Research, University of Graz (invited participant and discussant).
2022
44th EAA Annual Congress, Bergen
2021
12th Accounting Research Workshop, online
2019
11th Accounting Research Workshop, Zurich (discussant).
2017
40th EAA Annual Conference, Valencia.
2016
39th EAA Annual Conference, Maastricht.
12th EIASM Workshop on Accounting and Economics, Tilburg (presenter and discussant).
2015
38th EAA Annual Conference, Glasgow.
9th Accounting Research Workshop, Zurich.
2014
30th EAA Doctoral Colloquium, Tartu.
11th Workshop on Accounting and Economics EIASM, Odense (presenter and discussant).
2025
Research seminar at BI Norwegian Business School
2024
Research seminar at Stan Ross Department of Accountancy at Baruch College, City University of New York
2023
CAT: Cluster Accounting & Taxation Seminar – Leibniz University Hannover
Research seminar at the Center for Accounting Research, University of Graz
2022
Research seminar at the Faculty of Economics and Management, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
2019
Research seminar at Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.
Research seminar at Gutenberg School of Management and Economics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
2017
Research seminar at the Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Basel. Accounting Research Seminar, WU Vienna.
2016
Research colloquium, University of Southern Denmark.
BAM
Project ” Bridging Accounting Research Methodologies (BAM)” aims to create a long-lasting exchange platform for early career researchers in accounting.
BAM is a community dedicated to supporting and empowering early career researchers in the field of accounting.
Through a variety of activities BAM aims to
- facilitate networking opportunities,
- provide research support through peer feedback, and
- foster new research ideas that encompass different methodologies in accounting research.
GEABA
The next German Economic Association of Business Administration – GEABA Symposium – The XXV. Symposium on the Economic Analysis of the Firm – will be organized at JGU Mainz on September, 17-18. 2026.
The Symposium promotes the enhancement and interdisciplinary application of the economic approach on business-related questions.
Teaching in summer semester 2026.
