Seppo Ikäheimo is a Professor of Accounting. Ikäheimo's main research areas include Corporate Governance, Compensation and Performance.
Ikäheimo completed his Doctorate in the field of Accounting and Finance at Turku School of Economics and Business Administration in 1996. He has been at Aalto University School of Business since 1999. From 2013 to 2016, he served as the Vice Dean responsible of teaching and learning. Outside of academia, Ikäheimo has consulted both public and private companies in the fields of executive compensation, company valuation, and investor relations.
Academic Keywords
Corporate governance, compensation, firm performance, board of directors, investor relations
Contact: firstname.lastname@aalto.fi
Latest publications
Long-Run Stock Returns Following Internal Control Disclosures
Al Ghosh, Seppo Ikäheimo, Emma Riikka Myllymäki, Jukka Sihvonen
2025
Journal of Business Finance and Accounting
CEO IQ and earnings quality in private firms
Emma Riikka Myllymäki, Seppo Ikäheimo, Yaping Mao
2025
Accounting and Business Research
The ethical role of pro-equality laws in reducing executive gender pay gaps under cultural resistance
Nan Xiong, Aino Tenhiälä, Bunyamin Onal, Seppo Ikäheimo, Gonul Colak
2025
Journal of Business Ethics
Board Response to Transnational Regulation on Corporate Governance: A Case Study on EU Banking Regulation
Seppo Ikäheimo, Eduardo Schiehll, Vikash Sinha
2024
Risks
Osakesidonnaisten palkitsemisjärjestelmien käyttö ja verotus : oppivuosista tähän päivään
Seppo Ikäheimo, Risto Walden
2023
Veropolitiikka - Liber Amicorum Timo Viherkenttä
Managerial intentions for and employee perceptions of group-based incentives
Sinikka Moilanen, Seppo Ikäheimo
2019
Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change
Do White Collar Employee Incentives Improve Firm Profitability?
Seppo Ikäheimo, Juha-Pekka Kallunki, Sinikka Moilanen, Eduardo Schiehll
2018
Journal of Management Accounting Research
Perhe on paras? Perheomisteiset pörssiyhtiöt Suomessa
Seppo Ikäheimo, Olli-Pekka Lumijärvi
2018
Corporate governance in Finland: current state of art, challenges and opportunities.
Seppo Ikäheimo, Mirel Leino
2017
Corporate Governance: new challenges and opportunities
Executive compensation
Seppo Ikäheimo
2017
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