Michael Franco
Liverpool Business School
Faculty of Business and Law
Email: M.Franco@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 4849
Degrees
1997, Lancaster University, United Kingdom, MSc Management Development
1995, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, Postgraduate Certificate in Post 16 Education
Academic appointments
Programme Leader Accounting & Finance, Liverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University, 2010 - present
Internet publication
Franco M. 2024. How to integrate experiential learning into accounting education Publisher Url
Journal article
Mulhearn CJ, Franco M. 2018. If you build it will they come? The boom in purpose-built student accommodation in central Liverpool: Destudentification, studentification and the future of the city Local Economy, 33 :477-495 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Franco M, Agyei-Boapeah H, Osei D. 2018. Leverage Deviations and Acquisition Probability in the UK: The moderating effect of firms’ internal capabilities and deal diversification potential European Management Review, DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Chapters
Franco M, Mulhearn C. 2018. How has macroeconomic policy changed in an era of uncertainty? Wetherly P, Otter D. The Business Environment Themes and Issues in a Globalizing World Oxford University Press 9780198739920
External collaboration:
External Examiner Business Management (Top-up) and FdA Business Management, NCG. 2026
Periodic Review for the following programmes: Level 3 Foundation in Business & Management. Foundation Degree Business Management (Level 4 & 5) Top-up Business Management (Level 6), University of Central Lancashire. 2017
External Examiner for Foundation Degree in Management. External Examiner for BA (Top-Up) in Management, Blackpool & Fylde College. 2012
Conference presentation:
Case Study Oral Presentation, Nottingham, Learning Teaching Student Experience (LSTE) 2025. Chartered Association of Business Schools, Enhancing "soft" skill development through external collaboration: A case study on the assessment centre experience at the Liverpool Business School., https://charteredabs.org/events/ltse2025. 2025
Oral presentation, Birmingham, Chartered Association of Business Schools: Learning Teaching Student Experience (LTSE) 2024, The Accounting Clinic: An innovation addressing the "knowing-doing". 2024
Fellowships:
Higher Education Academy, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. 2010
Teaching qualification:
Postgraduate Ceritificate in Education (PGCE) Post 16 Education. 1995