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The purpose of this pitch research letter (PRL) is to apply the pitching template developed by Faff (2015) to an academic project on boardroom gender diversity and default risk.

The pitching template helps the pitcher to identify the core elements that form the framework of the research project. The PRL encloses a brief background about the pitcher and pitch, followed by a brief commentary on the pitch and personal reflections of the pitcher on the pitch exercise itself.

One of the best aspects of the pitching template is that it forced the researchers to think each item over and over, enabling a synthesis of scattered ideas in a systematic way. Hence, it is strongly recommend learning and applying the pitching template as a tool to refine embryonic research ideas and to track the progress on the research projects.

This PRL is novel as it highlights the worth of performing the pitching exercise (i.e. quality publication), potential adoptability challenge and solutions (i.e. unfamiliarity and training), systematic process of learning the pitching template and application of the “rule of three” in pitching research. Such reflections are believed to be useful for early career researchers (ECRs).

The authors passively apply a researcher profile pitch (RPP) template tool in accounting and across a range of Business School disciplines.

The authors document a diversity of worked examples of the RPP. Using an auto-ethnographic research design, each showcased researcher reflects on the exercise, highlighting nuanced perspectives drawn from their experience. Collectively, these examples and associated independent narratives allow the authors to identify common themes that provide informative insights to potential users.

First, the RPP tool is helpful for accounting scholars to portray their essential research stream. Moreover, the tool proved universally meaningful and applicable irrespective of research discipline or research experience. Second, it offers a distinct advantage over existing popular research profile platforms, because it demands a focused “less”, that delivers a meaningful “more”. Further, the conciseness of the RPP design makes it readily amenable to iteration and dynamism. Third, the authors have identified specific situations of added value, e.g. initiating research collaborations and academic job market preparation.

The RPP tool can provide the basis for developing a scalable interactive researcher exchange platform.

The authors argue that the RPP tool potentially adds meaningful incremental value relative to existing popular platforms for gaining researcher visibility. This additional value derives from the systematic RPP format, combined with the benefit of easy familiarity and strong emphasis on succinctness. Additionally, the authors argue that the RPP adds a depth of nuanced novel information often not contained in other platforms, e.g. around the dimensions of “data” and “tools”. Further, the RPP gives the researcher a “personality”, most notably through the dimensions of “contribution” and “other considerations”.

This paper aims to provide a discussion of the application of the research pitch template developed by Faff (2015, 2016b) to a research topic on whistle-blowing. Specifically, the template was used to develop a research proposal that investigates whether government administered financial rewards undermine a firm’s internal whistle-blowing system. This letter provides a brief commentary on using the pitch template and then discusses personal reflections on the pitch exercise.

This paper applies the template of Faff (2015) and provides a narrative of the pitching exercise.

As a first-time user of Faff’s (2015) pitching template, I have found the template very helpful in articulating the essence of this research project and mapping out the fundamentals for the project.

This is a new research idea that is not a pitch retrofitted from published papers or theses. The pitch template was used for the purposes of developing and refining the research idea.

The purpose of this paper is to apply Faff’s (2015) pitch template to a regulatory financial accounting research topic. The author describes her personal reflections on completing the pitch template for this project by investigating corporate boards, monitoring and securities class actions (SCAs) in Australia. The author builds on prior research in this area (Chapple et al., 2014). This study is set within prior literature examining capital markets, corporate governance, continuous disclosure regime and regulatory changes. The market reaction to corporate board changes pre- and post-SCAs is the focus of the examination within the pitch template. The pitch letter contributes to prior literature, as it demonstrates a team with established researchers using the pitch template, while prior papers have documented PhD student usage of the pitch template.

The author uses the Faff (2015) pitch template to focus the research team’s ideas into a concisely focused research idea. An earlier version of this pitch was presented at the Centre for International Finance and Regulation Pitching Research Symposium on 29 May 2015 in Sydney to a panel of distinguished professors and participants from market regulators including the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Reserve Bank of Australia, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the financial sector including Colonial First State.

It was found that there are benefits to using the pitch template for both established and emerging researchers. Prior pitch papers have primarily been authored by PhD students. This paper’s aim was to provide evidence that established as well as emerging scholars can benefit from completing the Faff pitch template.

This pitch letter contributes to the research community, as it shows the process and personal reflections on undertaking the pitch exercise by a team including established and emerging researchers. Within this pitch letter there is a documentation of how the research team for the underlying project was formed and the prior experiences of the team.

This paper aims to apply the pitching research template developed by Faff (2015, 2016) to a research project on regulatory enforcement, financial reporting quality and investment efficiency.

The authors begin this paper by giving a brief commentary on using the pitching research template to identify the core elements of the research project. They will then describe their personal reflections on the pitch exercise itself.

The authors have found that the pitch exercise itself is an excellent way to clearly and efficiently present and communicate their thoughts on the research project with their co-authors in particular and other researchers in general.

The pitching research template developed by Faff (2015, 2016) is an interesting and effective tool to start a research journey in a straightforward and simple way to avoid unnecessary deviation from the planned research direction.

This paper aims to discuss the application of Faff’s pitch template to a research proposal on client importance and audit quality.

The “cocktail glass” approach and “3-2-1” design provide junior researchers with an effective tool to develop, evaluate and communicate research ideas in a simple way.

The author further provides a commentary and reflections based on his own experience in this letter.

Based on my pitching experience, pitching requires significant preparation. Further, the pitching template is a useful means to deposit research ideas and as a control and supervisory tool.

It is a PRL submission.

This paper aims to provide a reflection on using Faff’s (2016) pitching template to design and present a genuine research pitch.

As this is a Pitching Research Letter, there is only a suggested methodology which has not yet been used.

As this is a Pitching Research Letter, there are no findings.

It speaks to the journey of the pitch, a series of iterative processes from inception, the initial discovery of the research idea; to conclusion, delivering the pitch to a learned audience and receiving valuable feedback to develop and advance it.

This paper aims to adopt the pitching research template of Professor Robert Faff for a proposed research project on financial statement comparability and takeover efficiency.

This paper starts with a brief background on using the pitch research template of Professor Robert Faff pitching methodology for core elements of the research project. Then, the authors’ personal reflections on the pitch exercise are discussed.

It is found that the template is helpful in articulating and refining the research ideas among co-authors. It is an excellent way to communicate the research ideas to the panel of editors.

The pitching template is an effective tool for mid-career researchers to position their research ideas in the literature.

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the application of Faff’s (2015, 2019) pitch template to a research proposal examining independent directors’ acquisition experience and their subsequent acquisition performance.

The author briefly discusses the use of Faff’s (2015, 2019) pitch template and describes their personal reflections on the pitch exercise.

The findings indicate that there are many benefits to using the template, and the author provides reflections based on their experience with the template.

This pitching research letter documents the benefits of using such a tool to inspire and identify future research opportunities and records the author’s experience of communicating with researchers who regularly publish in top-tier accounting and finance journals.

The purpose of this paper is to provide a discussion of the application of the Faff (2015) pitch template to a financial accounting research topic.

The author recounts her personal experience with completing the template for a pitch that examines reporting conciseness in the context of integrated reporting.

The template was found useful in refining a research idea in a structured manner.

The letter also demonstrates how the template was used as a research collaboration tool when engaging with collaborators on research projects.