Dr Anthony Devine

  • Senior Lecturer in Accounting (Accounting & Finance)

email: Anthony.Devine@glasgow.ac.uk

Adam Smith Building, 2 Discovery Place, Glasgow, Room 687, G11 6EY

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794

Biography

Anthony is Deputy Head (Deputy Dean) of School at the Adam Smith Business School. He has held several senior roles in Business Schools including Director (Associate Dean) Learning and Teaching, Director of Accreditation and Deputy Head of Department. Anthony is a global expert in Accreditation and Ranking overseeing AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA as well as various ranking agencies such as FT, QS and THE within schools.

For the past eight years he has been Global Head of Assurance of Learning for AACSB as well as an active mentor for schools across the world. He served on the 2018 AACSB Accounting Standards Taskforce and is currently on the AACSB 2026 Global Standards Taskforce. Anthony’s work has also spanned significant strategic learning and teaching innovation including curriculum design and assessment. In addition to his management responsibilities Anthony also oversees the Adam Smith Business School’s executive education portfolio. In the past he has had strategic and operational experience in TNE campuses. Anthony’s research encompasses a range of topics which include blockchain, digital transformation, governance, accounting, and family business.

Research interests

Anthony is a member of the School's Accounting and Entrepreneurship, Development and Political Economy

Areas of expertise:

  • Governance
  • Blockchain and technology
  • Financial accounting
  • Family business
  • Culture

Publications

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2025

Apostolidis, Chrysostomos, Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794, Jabbar, Abdul, Kayikci, Yaşanur and Christofi, Michael (2025) Ctrl+Alt+Sustain: the role of algorithmic and organisational trust in sustainable digital transformation. Business Process Management Journal, 31(5), pp. 1614-1635. (doi: 10.1108/BPMJ-10-2024-0967)

Devine, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 and Tranoff, K. (2025) Employing AI in AoL: Implications for Engagement and Improvement. AACSB Assessment and AoL Conference, London, UK, 13-14 May 2025.

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 (2025) Panel Chair – Insights from Peer Review Team Members. AACSB Assessment and AoL Conference, London, UK, 13-14 May 2025.

Jabbar, Abdul, Apostolidis, Chrysostomos, Baines, Ning, Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794, Christofi, Michael and Trivedi, Siddhi (2025) Help those helping others - the role of universities in facilitating digitalisation and virtualisation in non-profit organisations. Journal of Technology Transfer, 50(2), pp. 488-515. (doi: 10.1007/s10961-024-10109-2)

2024

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 (2024) Commentary: It’s OK To Get It Wrong: Learning From The Taboo Of Failure. [Website]

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 (2024) What3Words? Purposeful, Calculated and Strategic: A Career in Learning and Teaching. Becoming a Education Focused Professor, British Academy of Management (BAM) Programme, Glasgow, Scotland, 4 December 2024.

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 and Tarnoff, K. (2024) The Peer Review Team Perspective of the AoL Process. AACSB AoL and Assessment Conference, New York, USA, 14 March 2024.

2023

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794, Apostolidis, C., Jabbar, A. and Birkin, Nicola (2023) Potential Implications of AI Text Generators on the Future of Higher Education with respect to Learning and Teaching. Paper entitled “(A.I.)r of Freedom: Utilising generative AI to break oppression and liberate the learning experience”. UK Operational Research (OR) Society, 20 September 2023.

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 (2023) Indirect Measures AoL. AACSB EMEA Accreditation Conference, Madrid, Spain, 14 June 2023.

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 (2023) Demystifying AoL. ACSB International Conference and Annual Meeting (ICAM), Chicago, USA, 24 April 2023.

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 (2023) Adam Smith @ 300. COP28, Adu Dhabi University’s International Conference on Advising Sustainable Futures, Dubai, UAE, 6 December 2023.

2022

Apostolidis, Chrysostomos, Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 and Jabbar, Abdul (2022) From chalk to clicks – the impact of (rapid) technology adoption on employee emotions in the higher education sector. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 182, 121860. (doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121860)

2021

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794, Jabbar, Abdul, Kimmitt, Jonathan and Apostolidis, Chrysostomos (2021) Conceptualising a social business blockchain: The coexistence of social and economic logics. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 172, 120997. (doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120997)

2017

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 and Shrives, Philip (2017) Insights into corporate governance and risk: Exploring systems from Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom. In: Woods, Margaret and Linsley, Philip (eds.) The Routledge Companion to Accounting and Risk. Series: Routledge companions in business, management and accounting. Routledge: London, pp. 28-46. ISBN 9781138860124

2012

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 and Shrives, Philip (2012) Comply or Copy: The Extent of Mimetic Isomorphism in German Corporate Governance Compliance Statements. In: European Accounting Association (EAA) 35th Annual Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 9-11 May 2012,

2011

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 (2011) Retaining Identity and Values Through Generations of Family Businesses: Is There a Role for Corporate Governance? In: British Accounting & Finance Association Northern Group Annual Conference, University of Salford, 1 Sep 2011,

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Number of items: 16.

Articles

Apostolidis, Chrysostomos, Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794, Jabbar, Abdul, Kayikci, Yaşanur and Christofi, Michael (2025) Ctrl+Alt+Sustain: the role of algorithmic and organisational trust in sustainable digital transformation. Business Process Management Journal, 31(5), pp. 1614-1635. (doi: 10.1108/BPMJ-10-2024-0967)

Jabbar, Abdul, Apostolidis, Chrysostomos, Baines, Ning, Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794, Christofi, Michael and Trivedi, Siddhi (2025) Help those helping others - the role of universities in facilitating digitalisation and virtualisation in non-profit organisations. Journal of Technology Transfer, 50(2), pp. 488-515. (doi: 10.1007/s10961-024-10109-2)

Apostolidis, Chrysostomos, Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 and Jabbar, Abdul (2022) From chalk to clicks – the impact of (rapid) technology adoption on employee emotions in the higher education sector. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 182, 121860. (doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121860)

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794, Jabbar, Abdul, Kimmitt, Jonathan and Apostolidis, Chrysostomos (2021) Conceptualising a social business blockchain: The coexistence of social and economic logics. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 172, 120997. (doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120997)

Book Sections

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 and Shrives, Philip (2017) Insights into corporate governance and risk: Exploring systems from Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom. In: Woods, Margaret and Linsley, Philip (eds.) The Routledge Companion to Accounting and Risk. Series: Routledge companions in business, management and accounting. Routledge: London, pp. 28-46. ISBN 9781138860124

Conference or Workshop Item

Devine, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 and Tranoff, K. (2025) Employing AI in AoL: Implications for Engagement and Improvement. AACSB Assessment and AoL Conference, London, UK, 13-14 May 2025.

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 (2025) Panel Chair – Insights from Peer Review Team Members. AACSB Assessment and AoL Conference, London, UK, 13-14 May 2025.

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 (2024) What3Words? Purposeful, Calculated and Strategic: A Career in Learning and Teaching. Becoming a Education Focused Professor, British Academy of Management (BAM) Programme, Glasgow, Scotland, 4 December 2024.

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 and Tarnoff, K. (2024) The Peer Review Team Perspective of the AoL Process. AACSB AoL and Assessment Conference, New York, USA, 14 March 2024.

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794, Apostolidis, C., Jabbar, A. and Birkin, Nicola (2023) Potential Implications of AI Text Generators on the Future of Higher Education with respect to Learning and Teaching. Paper entitled “(A.I.)r of Freedom: Utilising generative AI to break oppression and liberate the learning experience”. UK Operational Research (OR) Society, 20 September 2023.

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 (2023) Indirect Measures AoL. AACSB EMEA Accreditation Conference, Madrid, Spain, 14 June 2023.

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 (2023) Demystifying AoL. ACSB International Conference and Annual Meeting (ICAM), Chicago, USA, 24 April 2023.

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 (2023) Adam Smith @ 300. COP28, Adu Dhabi University’s International Conference on Advising Sustainable Futures, Dubai, UAE, 6 December 2023.

Conference Proceedings

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 and Shrives, Philip (2012) Comply or Copy: The Extent of Mimetic Isomorphism in German Corporate Governance Compliance Statements. In: European Accounting Association (EAA) 35th Annual Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 9-11 May 2012,

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 (2011) Retaining Identity and Values Through Generations of Family Businesses: Is There a Role for Corporate Governance? In: British Accounting & Finance Association Northern Group Annual Conference, University of Salford, 1 Sep 2011,

Website

Devine, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-4794 (2024) Commentary: It’s OK To Get It Wrong: Learning From The Taboo Of Failure. [Website]

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Grants

2024: Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) Programme with Troo - PI with Dr Alison Gibb and Dr Bowei Chen (£218,679)

2018 – 2021: Research Scholarship for PhD Student (£50,000)

2017: Family Firm Institute research grant: Exploring student satisfaction and loyalty in family business education – the role of interactions and value-co-creation ($5,000) - PI

2013: de Visscher & Co Scholarship for individuals wishing to specialize in advising or consulting with family enterprises ($10,000)

Supervision

Anthony currently supervises PhD students undertaking research in the following areas:

  • Blockchain and technology
  • Family business
  • Culture and Neo-Durkheimian Institutional Theory
  • Accounting

Current supervision

  • Neo-Durkheimian Institutional Theory in M&A transactions (External)
  • Neo-Durkheimian Institutional Theory in Indian Family Firms (External)

Teaching

  • Advanced Financial Accounting (ACCFIN4007)
  • Blockchain
  • Governance
  • Research methods
  • Ethics

Professional activities & recognition

Professional & learned societies

  • 2013: Fellow, Higher Education Academy / Advance HE
  • 2015: Academic Fellow, Association of International Accountants
  • 2021: Fellow, Family Firm Institue

Selected international presentations

  • 2013: FFI Global Conference (San Diego, CA, USA)
  • 2014: FFI Global Conference (Washington DC, USA)
  • 2015: FFI Global Conference (London, UK)
  • 2016: AACSB Assessment Conference (Charlotte, North Carolina, USA)
  • 2017: FFI Global Conference (Chicago, USA)
  • 2018: AACSB Assessment Conference (Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
  • 2018: AACSB Europe Middle East and Africa Annual Accreditation Conference (London, England)
  • 2019: FFI Global Conference (Miami, USA)
  • 2021: AACSB Innovative Curriculum Conference (Online)
  • 2021: AACSB ICAM Conference (Online)
  • 2021: AACSB Global Governance Summit (Online)

Additional information

External roles

  • 2019 – Co-opted School Governor – John Spence Community High School
  • 2015 to present - AACSB - Global Lead for Assurance of Learning
  • 2013 to present – Non-Executive Director – New Writing North

Memberships

  • Fellow Higher Education Academy
  • Fellow Family Firm Institute
  • Academic Fellow Association of International Accountants

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