Dr. Issa Dawd, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in Accounting in the College of Business and Economic at Qatar University. He was awarded his PhD in Accounting and Finance from the University of Dundee (UK). Dr. Dawd’s research interests include financial accounting/reporting, Measuring corporate disclosure quality and quality, Determinants of disclosure, corporate governance, international accounting standard and the relationship between innovation types and organisations/market performance and have published articles in international journals in these and related fields.