Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

UBC Sauder is a world-leading research institution that sets the highest standard for ethical and effective business practice, advances the frontiers of knowledge, and promotes the lifelong success of our students and alumni. Dedicated to rigorous and relevant teaching, our programs inspire and educate responsible business leaders who drive innovation and lead change.

Located in the west coast Canadian city of Vancouver, UBC Sauder is strategically placed at the economic gateway to the Pacific Rim. The school provides a global business perspective at a dynamic crossroads of the international marketplace.

The Robert H. Lee Graduate School at UBC Sauder defines and teaches the future of management thinking. We take pride in delivering high-impact research that advances academic knowledge, facilitates business excellence, informs public policy, and promotes student learning. Our faculty are among the highest calibre researchers in their fields, bringing with them fresh perspectives and international connections.

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Mission

As part of one of the world's finest public universities, we pursue excellence in research and teaching to inspire and educate responsible leaders who improve business, drive innovation, and generate prosperity in British Columbia and throughout the world

658

Master's Students

(2023)
63

Doctoral Students

(2023)
407

Graduate Degrees Awarded

(2022)
121

Full-Time Faculty

(2023)
3.2

million in Research Awards

(2023/2024)

Research Centres

With 11 specialized research and outreach centres working with leading international companies, UBC Sauder is bringing creative management practices to the marketplace.

Business Families Centre
Centre for Operations Excellence
Centre for Transportation Studies
Centre for Urban Economics & Real Estate
Centre for Social Innovation & Impact Investing
Montalbano Centre for Responsible Leadership Development
Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics
Creative Destruction Lab West
Phelps Centre for the Study of Government and Business
Phillips, Hager & North Centre for Financial Research
W. Maurice Young Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Research Centre

Research Facilities

The UBC Sauder building houses a dedicated graduate school facility for the Robert H. Lee Graduate School, innovative and interactive learning spaces, a trading lab, and communication technologies that can deliver international business leaders into classrooms at the click of a mouse.

Completed in 2012, the UBC Sauder School of Business building (Henry Angus building) has been recognized with a 2011 Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Award in Architecture, 2010 Canadian Interiors Best of Canada Award, 2010 Sustainable Architecture & Building Canadian Green Building Award and a 2010 Vancouver Regional Construction Association Award of Excellence.

Research Highlights

Our faculty publish in the very best academic journals in the foundational business disciplines and collaborate with academic, government and community partners to solve problems confronting business and society. Our research guides business innovation and contributes to tools and principles that underpin a sustainable and just society.

Graduate Degree Programs

Research Supervisors in Faculty

Name	Research Interests
Agarwal, Isha	Banking; International Finance; Corporate Finance; macroeconomics
Antweiler, Werner	Environment and natural resources economics; International economics and international finance; environmental economics; energy economics; electricity markets; climate change; natural resource economics; international trade policy; urban transportation
Aquino, Karl	Organizational behavior
Ba, Wenjia	understanding sequential interactions; Machine Learning; revenue management; probability theory
Baldauf, Markus	Financial Markets; Information Economics; Industrial Organization; Regulation; Market Microstructure
Bena, Jan	Financial economics; Finance, n.e.c.; Stock markets; International economics and international finance; Economics of innovation and technical change; Industry economics and industrial organization; Innovation; Corporate innovation; Asset pricing of technological progress; Private equity; Corporate ownership structure; Frictions in raising external finance; Entrepreneurship; Ownership of startup companies; Finance and industrial organization; Product market interactions
Bian, Bo	Empirical corporate finance; Productivity; Innovation; Bankruptcy
Bryan, Camellia	Stigma, Identity Management, Diversity Training, Diversity Resistance, Identity Threat, Social Status, Intergroup Relations
Carlson, Murray	Introduction to capital markets, corporate finance, principles of finance, asset pricing
Cavanaugh, Lisa	Emotions, Relationships, Self and Identity, Social Influence, Prosocial Consumption
Cavusoglu, Hasan	IT investment, information security, value of information technology, online product differentiation, information system security, Economics & sustainability, Management Information Systems
Cenfetelli, Ronald Timothy	Human computer interaction, E-Business, IT-mediated customer service, Negative aspects of technology, Structural equation modeling, Survey research techniques, Multi-level modeling
Chamberlain, Sandra	Accounting and the economics of, Valuation of publicly traded firms using accounting information, Accounting and contracting, Earnings quality, Accounting for Financial Institutions
Chandrashekaran, Murali	Management education, customer satisfaction, mergers and acquisition, innovation, international collaborations in education, Integration and professional development, strategic management of customer relationships, shareholder value, subsidiary performance, satisfaction strength, customer loyalty
Chawla, Muskan	Disclosure, Innovation, Supply Chain, Intangibles, Information Sharing (Asymmetry) Intellectual Property Rights, Healthcare
Chen, AJ	Corporate Reporting; Disclosures and Governance; Sustainability and Climate Finance; Digital Economy and Value of Data & AI; Financial Intermediaries; Firm Information Environment; Innovation and Product Market
Clough, David	Economics and business administration; Organizational behavior; Entrepreneurship; Innovation management; Interorganizational networks; Organization theory; Organizational learning; Social Networks; Technological Innovations; Technological change
Cohen-Hillel, Tamar
Cornil, Yann	Social sciences; Food marketing; sustainability; Sensory Perception
D Adduzio, Jenna	Voluntary and mandatory disclosures; Regulatory and standard setting issues; Disclosure materiality
Dahl, Darren	Consumer behaviour, new product development, social marketing, affect and emotion, creativity in business, Marketing
Daniels, Michael	Emotions in organizations; Emotional Labor; Workplace mistreatment; Leadership; Cultural values
Davidoff, Thomas	Housing, Real Estate, Annuities, Mortgages
Dias Saraiva-Patelli, Ella	Finance; Asset pricing and international finance
Donaldson, R Glen	Risk management, Volatility forecasting, Asset valuation, Financial econometrics, Financial markets and price behavior

Open Research Positions

This list of possible research projects is non-exhaustive. It only shows positions that are specifically advertised in the G+PS website.

Post-doctoral Associate in causal inference, machine learning, and heath care

Graduate Student Stories

Saattvic Saattvic

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Strategy and Business Economics (PhD)

The effect of digital distribution platforms on experience and credence goods industries, with a focus on the media

Alumni on Success

Ali Dashti

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Management Information Systems (PhD) [2010]

Job Title
Assistant professor

Employer
Kuwait University

Recent Publications

This is an incomplete sample of recent publications in chronological order by UBC faculty members with a primary appointment in the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration.

Flight scheduling and pricing with high-speed rail coopetition and delay uncertainty

Publication: Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review
UBC Author(s): Anming Zhang (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 13665545
Volume: 200
Publication Date: August 2025

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The value of privacy and the choice of limited partners by venture capitalists

Publication: Journal of Financial Economics
UBC Author(s): Will Gornall (Division of Finance / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 0304405X
Volume: 169
Publication Date: July 2025

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Customer data access and fintech entry: Early evidence from open banking

Impact of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) on productivity of major air cargo integrators

Publication: Transport Policy
UBC Author(s): Anming Zhang (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 0967070X
Volume: 167
Page Range: 295-306
Publication Date: June 2025

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Integrating cultural perspectives in pro-sustainable-forest-management behavior: Evidence from Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal groups in Ontario, Canada

Publication: Forest Policy and Economics
UBC Author(s): Ilan Boris Vertinsky (Division of Strategy and Business Economics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 13899341
Volume: 175
Publication Date: June 2025

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Airport charge, terminal capacity, and suggested airport arrival time: Considering non-aeronautical business

Publication: Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
UBC Author(s): Anming Zhang (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 01912615
Volume: 196
Publication Date: June 2025

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Optimal private housing supply under various schemes of public housing provision

The new merit order: The viability of energy-only electricity markets with only intermittent renewable energy sources and grid-scale storage

Publication: Energy Economics
UBC Author(s): Werner Antweiler (Division of Strategy and Business Economics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 01409883
Volume: 145
Publication Date: May 2025

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The impact of biosimilar use on healthcare utilization among new users of etanercept for inflammatory arthritis: a population-based regression discontinuity analysis

Publication: The Lancet Regional Health - Americas
UBC Author(s): Yi Qian (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
Volume: 45
Publication Date: May 2025

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Airport's optimal decisions considering non-aeronautical business, terminal capacity and alternative regulatory regimes

Do Employees Cheer for Private Equity? The Heterogeneous Effects of Buyouts on Job Quality

Publication: Management Science
UBC Author(s): Will Gornall (Division of Finance / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00251909
Volume: 71
Page Range: 4287-4317
Publication Date: May 2025

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Extended formulations for the integer hull of strictly Δ-modular cographic polyhedral cones

Publication: Operations Research Letters
UBC Author(s): Joseph Paat (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 01676377
Volume: 60
Publication Date: May 2025

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Business-to-Investor Marketing: The Interplay of Costly and Costless Signals

Publication: Journal of Marketing
UBC Author(s): Darren Dahl (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00222429
Volume: 89
Page Range: 97-117
Publication Date: May 2025

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Business-to-Investor Marketing: The Interplay of Costly and Costless Signals

Awe-inspired: Appraising awe's consequences for consumers and brands

Publication: Journal of Consumer Psychology
UBC Author(s): Lisa Cavanaugh (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 10577408
Volume: 35
Page Range: 351-359
Publication Date: April 2025

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“Crown shyness” in intercity airport shuttle services: A spatial econometric analysis of the Yangtze River Delta airport cluster

Publication: Journal of Transport Geography
UBC Author(s): Anming Zhang (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 09666923
Volume: 124
Publication Date: April 2025

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Assortment optimization under the multinomial logit choice model with product-specific capacities

Publication: Operations Research Letters
UBC Author(s): Woonghee Tim Huh (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 01676377
Volume: 59
Publication Date: March 2025

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Oil price shocks and airlines stock return and volatility – A GFEVD analysis

Publication: Economics of Transportation
UBC Author(s): Anming Zhang (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 22120122
Volume: 41
Publication Date: March 2025

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Chronic monitoring for wrongdoing as a signal of immoral character

Publication: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
UBC Author(s): Karl Aquino (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 07495978
Volume: 187
Publication Date: March 2025

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“We could be heroes”: Reflections on reimagining marketing strategies for a better world

Publication: Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science
UBC Author(s): Darren Dahl (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00920703
Volume: 53
Page Range: 301-309
Publication Date: March 2025

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Technical Note—A Data-Driven Approach to Beating SAA Out of Sample

Publication: Operations Research
UBC Author(s): Michael Kim (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 0030364X
Volume: 73
Page Range: 829-841
Publication Date: March 2025

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Sayonara pandemic, Konnichiwa new normalcy: An analysis of Japanese aviation with COVID-19

Publication: Case Studies on Transport Policy
UBC Author(s): Anming Zhang (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 2213624X
Volume: 19
Publication Date: March 2025

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Voluntary Turnover Rate Fluctuations, Human Resource Practices, and Innovation: A Within-Organization Investigation

Publication: Personnel Psychology
UBC Author(s): Danielle van Jaarsveld (Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00315826
Volume: 78
Page Range: 103-122
Publication Date: Spring 2025

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The changing nature of financial analysis in the presence of ETFs

Publication: Review of Accounting Studies
UBC Author(s): Russell Lundholm (Division of Accounting and Information Systems / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 13806653
Volume: 30
Page Range: 860-898
Publication Date: March 2025

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A characterization of maximal homogeneous-quadratic-free sets

Publication: Mathematical Programming
UBC Author(s): Joseph Paat (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00255610
Volume: 210
Page Range: 641-668
Publication Date: March 2025

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Recent Thesis Submissions

Strategic roles of AI and mobile management on performance : evidence from U.S. public firms (MGIS - PHD)
Two essays on promotion framing (MKTG - PHD)
Financial intermediation in private equity markets (FINC - PHD)
Essays on entrepreneurial finance and labor markets (FINC - PHD)
Essays on healthcare delivery analytics (MGSC - PHD)
Climate-linked pay and supply chain management (ACCT - PHD)
Essays in entrepreneurial finance and venture capital (FINC - PHD)
Three essays on AI strategies and innovation (MGIS - PHD)
Sales impact of live streaming (MBS - PHD)
Essays in healthcare operations research (MGSC - PHD)
Two essays on the perils and opportunities of using marketing labels for prosocial outcomes (MBS - PHD)
Essays in empirical corporate finance (FINC - PHD)
The value of intangibles : artificial intelligence, intellectual property, and corporate culture (FINC - PHD)
Essays on environmental and social issues (FINC - PHD)
An empirical examination of the Canadian air passenger market : distinguishing the impact of LCC and ULCC market entry ( - MSCB)
An empirical examination of the Canadian air passenger market : distinguishing the impact of LCC and ULCC market entry (TLOG - MSCB)
Online learning and decision making : algorithms and Bayesian analysis (MGSC - PHD)

Doctoral Citations

A doctoral citation summarizes the nature of the independent research, provides a high-level overview of the study, states the significance of the work and says who will benefit from the findings in clear, non-specialized language, so that members of a lay audience will understand it.

Year	Citation	Program
2025	Dr. Yi studied how people respond to discounts. He found that some discounts lead people to hold unrealistic expectations and thus feel unfair. He also discovered that subtle wording changes influence consumer opinion toward discounts. His findings reveal the reference-dependent nature of preferences and inform ethical marketing strategies.	Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Marketing and Behavioural Science (PhD)
2024	Dr. Li studies financial intermediation within private equity markets. His research covers topics including funding shocks, illiquidity, and the role of financial regulation in incentive alignment. These studies provide valuable insights into pressing economic and regulatory issues in private equity markets, including liquidity concerns, systemic risk, and fund structures.	Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Finance (PhD)
2024	Dr. Yiwen Jin studies healthcare delivery processes. He utilizes data-driven methods to facilitate innovative solutions in emergency departments and operating rooms. Collaborating with healthcare practitioners, his research generates insights for better decision-making. He also studies supply chain management of companies using empirical methods.	Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Management Science (PhD)
2024	Dr. Li examined the impact of climate-linked pay on firms' supply chain management. She found that firms with climate-related metrics in executive compensation outsource carbon emissions to their supply chain by initiating fewer and terminating more contracts with the "hard-to-shift-emissions" suppliers.	Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Accounting (PhD)
2024	Dr. Rutigliano showed that childbirth has a large negative effect on women-founded start-ups. This effect is partly driven by traditional gender norms and partly by lack of childcare. These results can inform the design of policies in support of women entrepreneurs.	Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Finance (PhD)
2024	Dr. Fricke's research examines factors that shape employees' experiences of their occupations, including the ideologies occupational communities support and outsiders' evaluations of employees' occupations. Through field research with first responder populations, her findings provide novel insights into occupational stressors and employee health.	Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Organizational Behaviour (PhD)
2023	Dr. Liu studied how AI affects intermediary agents' decision making in insurance markets. He found that AI prediction on consumer demand improves insurance agents' sales productivity, but also reduces agents' efforts in assessing consumer risk. His research advanced our understanding of the impacts of AI on workforce in financial services industry.	Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Finance (PhD)
2023	Dr. Wang studied the role that the key stakeholders such as institutional investors and firm owners play within a firm's ecosystem, with a primary focus on understanding how corporate governance and ownership structures might influence firm policies.	Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Finance (PhD)
2023	Decision making under uncertainty and limited information has been a critical challenge in operations. Dr. Lin's research tackled this challenge and shed light on how to sequentially collect and exploit information over time.	Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Management Science (PhD)
2021	Dr. Yang studied the production location and sourcing decisions of multinational firms. By quantifying firms' responses to environmental, trade and competition policy changes, she examined how the interactions between firms and governments affect social welfare. This research illuminates the role of multinational firms in policy design.	Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Strategy and Business Economics (PhD)

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