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Biographical Details:

Ruth Mattimoe, B.A.(Mod.)(Chemistry), (TCD), Dip. Stats.(TCD), FCA, Ph.D. (Manchester) lectures in Management Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis. A recipient of the Institute of Physics' Silver Medal in Physics for First Place in Ireland in Leaving Certificate Physics and an Entrance scholarship to Trinity College Dublin, initially, she pursued a career in science. Graduating in Organic Chemistry from TCD, winning en route, the Kingsmill Jones Memorial prize in Foundation Scholarship Examination and a Senior Lecturer prize for First Class Honours, she qualified as a chartered accountant obtaining second place in Ireland in the Prof.Two examination. Her PhD at the Manchester School of Accounting and Finance under Prof.Bob Scapens was awarded a CIMA Research Foundation Ph.d grant. This grant was aimed at supporting new and upcoming researchers within the management accounting arena, following successful completion of First Year of doctoral studies ¿- only 5 universities in the UK nominated their doctoral students for this grant. At the recent IAM conference in Cork in September 2010, her paper won the Failte Ireland prize for the best paper in the Tourism Track. As lead researcher, she has recently been awarded a CIMA grant for research into UK hotels and restaurants 'The Role of the Accountant and Best Practice Management Accounting Techniques in the Hospitality Industry'with her co-researcher, Prof. Will Seal of The Business School, Loughborough University. She has recently been awarded a Failte Ireland Applied Industry Fellowship 2008/09. At the recent Irish Academy of Management Conference in Cork Institute of Technology, 1-3 September 2010, her paper was awarded the Failte Ireland prize for the best paper in the Tourism Track.

Research Interests:

Hotel Room Rate Pricing;Business Intelligence in owner- managed SME businesses; Professional service firms and knowledge intensive firms - business models and Performance Measurement; The Learning Styles of Taught Masters students, Work-based Learning;

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

• Ruth Mattimoe. 2011. Pricing in a service sector context: accounting and marketing logics in the Hotel Industry. European Accounting Review, 20/2, , pp355-388.
• Ruth Mattimoe. 2007. An Institutional Explanation and Model of the factors influencing Room Rate Pricing Decisions in the Irish Hotel Industry. Irish Journal Of Management, 28, 1, pp127-145.

Selected Chapters

• Dr. Ruth Bernadette Therese Mattimoe. .
• Seal, W.B. and Mattimoe, R. 2011. A review of research in hospitality accounting. Monograph on research in management accounting edited by Prof Magdy Abdel-Kader, pp497-520.
• Mattimoe, R. 2011. An Institutional Explanation and Model of the factors influencing Room Rate Pricing Decisions in the Irish Hotel Industry. Hospitality Management - forthcoming book edited by Prof. Tom Baum
• Dr. Ruth Bernadette Therese Mattimoe. 2009. Home Trends- mini case - C7-25- Chapter 7. In Seal, W. B., Garrison, R.H. and Noreen, E.W. Management Accounting, pp272-272.
• Hayes, T. and R. Mattimoe. 2004. To Tape or not to Tape. A Real Life Guide to Accounting Research, pp359-372.
• Mattimoe, R. 2002. A Historical Profile of the Irish Economy and Irish Government Policies with regard to the Enterprise Sector. International New Enterprise Developments - ESB/IPBS Series, pp79-108.

Reviews

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• Dr. Ruth Mattimoe. 2010. Invited to review a new book on Management Accounting aimed at the Irish market, by Gill and Macmillan .
• Dr. Ruth Mattimoe. 2008. Corporate Financial Management by Glen Arnold.
• Dr. Ruth Mattimoe. 2006. ¿Management Accounting¿, by Langfield Smith, Kim and Thorne, Helen, and Hilton, R., 4e, Mc Graw Hill.
• Dr. Ruth Mattimoe. 2004. Invited to review Adams, D., ¿Management Accounting for the Hospitality and Services Industries: A Strategic Approach¿, 2e , Thomson Learning. .
• Dr. Ruth Mattimoe. 2003. Review of Kothari, J. and Barone, E., ¿Accounting and Analysis of Financial Statements¿, Pearson Education.
• Dr. Ruth Mattimoe. 2003. Review of Berry, Bob, ¿Financial Accounting for Non-Specialists¿, McGraw Hill .
• Dr. Ruth Mattimoe. 2002. Invited to review Weetman, P., "Financial and Management Accounting: An Introduction", 2e, Financial Times, Prentice Hall.

Selected Non-peer Reviewed Journals

• Dr. Ruth Bernadette Therese Mattimoe. .
• Mattimoe, Ruth. 2011. Commissioned Report The Fragility of Smallness: Financial management skills in owner managed Irish SME tourism businesses : Findings and Recommendations: Industry Summary requested by Failte Ireland. pp1-62.
• Mattimoe, Ruth. 2010. Commissioned Report The Fragility of Smallness: Financial management skills in owner managed Irish SME tourism businesses : Findings and Recommendations: Full Report for Failte Ireland. pp1-98.
• Mattimoe, R. 2007. Accounting and Marketing Logics in the Irish Hotel Industry. Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of the Council for Hospitality Management Education (CHME), pp1-21.
• Mattimoe, R. 2003. Empirical Evidence of the Factors influencing Room Rate Pricing and Marketing Strategy in the Irish Hotel Industry - abstract. Proceedings of the 12th Annual Research Conference of the Council for Hospitality Management and Education, pp484-484.
• Mattimoe, R. 2002. Empirical Findings on Room Rate Pricing in the Irish Hotel Sector. Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on New Directions in Management Accounting: Innovations in Practice and Research, pp919-944.

• , , HOSPACE 2011- formerly BAHA- New Approaches to a Bright Future?, 24-NOV-11 - 24-NOV-11, Sofitel, Heathrow Airport Terminal 5
• Mattimoe, R., The fragility of smallness- financial management skills in owner managed SME tourism businesses: case evidence, Irish Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference, 28-APR-11 - 29-APR-11, University College Cork
• , Growing Profitability in an Uncertain Market- The Challenges to Come, British Association of Hospitality Finance and It Professionals Conference and Exhibition - Practitioner Conference, 25-NOV-10 - 25-NOV-10, Sofitel, Heathrow Airport Terminal 5, Heathrow UK
• Mattimoe, R., ¿The fragility of smallness: Financial management skills in owner managed Irish SMEs tourism businesses : A Research Agenda¿, Irish Academy of Management Conference 2010, 01-SEP-10 - 03-SEP-10, Cork Institute of Technology
• Mattimoe, R. Chair of Session, , BAA SIG Accounting Education Conference, 26-MAY-10 - 28-MAY-10, DCU Business School
• Mattimoe, R., The role of the Management Accountant and the identification of best practice management accounting practices in the hospitality industry: preliminary findings, Council for Hospitality Management Education (CHME) Conference at Eastbourne 13th ¿ 15th May 2009, 13-MAY-09 - 15-MAY-09, University of Brighton, School of Service Management
• Mattimoe, R., Invited CIMA Presentation ¿ Dr. Ruth Mattimoe, DCU ¿The role of the management accountant and the identification of the best management accounting practices in the hospitality industry: Preliminary findings.¿ Professor Desmond Hally Theatre, Quinn School, Irish Accounting & Finance Association Annual Conference, 7th ¿ 8th May, 2009, 07-MAY-09 - 08-MAY-09, UCD, Quinn School of Business
• Mattimoe, R, The Role of the Accountant and the Marketeer in Operational Decision-Making in UK Hotels and Restaurants: A Research Agenda, Irish Accounting and Finance Association Conference, 08-MAY-08 - 09-MAY-08, Athlone Institute of Technology
• Mattimoe, R, Strategic Applications of Time Driven ABC in the Service Sector: Lessons from an Irish SME, 31st Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association, 23-APR-08 - 25-APR-08, Rotterdam
• Seal, W.B. and Mattimoe, R., Plausible Capitalism: A Narrative Interpretation of the Institutional Economic Framework, Management Control Association Conference, 12-SEP-07 - 14-SEP-07, ESP Paris
• Seal, W. B. and Mattimoe, R.B.T. , Plausible Capitalism and Management Accounting: A Narrative Interpretation of the Institutional Economic Framework, Asia Pacific Inter-Disciplinary Perspectives in Accounting Conference (APIRA), 08-JUL-07 - 10-JUL-07, Auckland New Zealand
• R. Mattimoe invited by Prof. Tom Baum of Scottish Hotel School in Strathclyde to present a paper to a staff seminar, Accounting and Marketing Issues in the Hotel Industry, Staff Seminar 13th Dec 2006 at Scottish Hotel School, Strathclyde, 13-DEC-06 - 13-DEC-06, Scottish Hotel School, Strathclyde
• Joint paper R.Mattimoe with Prof. Will Seal, "Is pricing too important to be left to the accountants: Accounting versus marketing logics in the Irish Hotel Industry¿, Invited Research Seminar for Staff 17th Nov 2006 Loughborough Business School , 17-NOV-06 - 17-NOV-06, Loughborough University Business School .
• R.Mattimoe and Will Seal , ¿Is pricing too important to be left to the accountants; Accounting versus marketing logics in the Irish Hotel Industry", Paper presented at Management Control Association Workshop at Loughborough University Business School 22nd Sept 2006, 22-SEP-06 - 22-SEP-06, Loughborough University Business School
• Mattimoe, R., Empirical Evidence of the Factors affecting Room Rate Pricing in the Irish Hotel Industry, In: Dr. Breda Mc Carthy, Conference Chair is special editor of the Irish Academy of Management Journal ed.The Irish Academy of Management Conference, 06-SEP-06 - 08-SEP-06, University College Cork
• B.O Gorman and R. Mattimoe, Accounting for Retirement Benefits: An Irish Study, Eight Annual Financial Reporting and Business Communication Conference, 01-JUL-04 - 02-JUL-04, Cardiff Business School
• R.Mattimoe, An Institutional Study of Room Rate Pricing in the Irish hotel sector: A Story Untold, Invited by Prof. Falconer Mitchell to give staff seminar on my Doctoral Research to Members of the Accounting group at University of Edinburgh, School of Management., 15-APR-04 - 15-APR-04, University of Edinburgh, School of Management
• Mattimoe, R., Empirical Evidence of the Factors influencing Room Rate Pricing and Marketing Sttategy in the Irish Hotel Industry, Irish Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference at IT Tallaght, 15-MAY-03 - 16-MAY-03, IT Tallaght
• Mattimoe, R., An Empirical Study of Room Rate Pricing in the Irish Hotel Sector, In: Prof. Stephen Ball, Sheffield Hallam University ed.Council for Hospitality Management Education (CHME), 23-APR-03 - 25-APR-03, Sheffield Hallam University, 984 - 984
• Mattimoe, R., Empirical Findings on Room Rate Pricing in the Irish Hotel Sector, European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) Conference on New Directions in Management Accounting Research, 10-DEC-02 - 12-DEC-02, EIASM, Brussels, 919 - 944
• R.Mattimoe, An Institutional Study of Room Rate Pricing in the Irish Hotel Sector, Management Accounting Research Group Conference, 12-SEP-02 - 14-SEP-02, Aston Business School, Birmingham
• R.Mattimoe, Empirical Evidence of the Factors influencing Room Rate Pricing in the Irish Hotel Industry, British Accounting Association Northern Accounting Group Regional Conference, 10-SEP-02 - 10-SEP-02, Durham Business School
• R.Mattimoe, An Institutional Study of Room Rate Pricing in the Irish Hotel Industry- Preliminary Evidence, Sixth Inter-Disciplinary Perspectives on Accounting Conference and Young Scholars Colloquium, 10-JUL-00 - 12-JUL-00, Hulme Hall, University of Manchester