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

723

Master's Students

(2021)
71

Doctoral Students

(2021)
423

Graduate Degrees Awarded

(2021)
96

Full-Time Faculty

(2021)
6.1

million in Research Awards

(2020/2021)

Research Centres

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

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	high-tech businesses; innovation; international trade; exchange rates; currency unions; environmental economics; e-business; international environmental issues; trade and the environment; Canada’s National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI); public policy and the economics of cannabis prohibition., International Trade and Business, Environmental Economics and Management, Energy and Electricity Economics, Applied Econometrics and Panel Data, Applied Empirical Finance, Prediction Markets
Aquino, Karl	Organizational behavior
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
Brander, James	Industry economics and industrial organization; industrial economics; Competition policy; international trade and investment
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
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	Food Marketing; Hedonic Consumption; 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
Evans, Jonathan Blair	Industrial relations and work relations; Leader curiosity; Transparent use of influence tactics; Self deprecation and leadership perceptions; Active and passive forms of counterproductive behavior at work
Fang, Limin	Empirical industrial organization; Dynamic structural models of competition and marketing dynamics; Digital economy, social learning, retail strategy
Favilukis, Jack	Consumption and Production Based Asset Pricing; Heterogeneity and Inequality; Incomplete Markets; Real Estate

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.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Graduate Student Stories

Mahta Amanian

Master of Management (MM)

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

Valentina Rutigliano

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Finance (PhD)

Corporate Finance and Labor Economics

Barnini Bhattacharyya

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Organizational Behaviour (PhD)

An Intersectional Study of the Invisibility of Women of Colour

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.

An evaluation of violence prevention education in healthcare

Publication: Safety Science
UBC Author(s): Michael Daniels (Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 09257535
Volume: 159
Publication Date: March 2023

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A Systematic Review of Kidney Transplantation Decision Modelling Studies

Publication: Applied Health Economics and Health Policy
UBC Author(s): Steven Shechter (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 11755652
Volume: 21
Page Range: 39-51
Publication Date: January 2023

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Intellectual property infringement by foreign firms: Import protection through the ITC or court

Publication: Journal of International Economics
UBC Author(s): James Brander (Division of Strategy and Business Economics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00221996
Volume: 140
Publication Date: January 2023

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The effects of information publicity and government subsidy on port climate change adaptation: Strategy and social welfare analysis

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: 166
Page Range: 284-312
Publication Date: December 2022

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COVID-19 pandemic and air transportation: Summary of Recent Research, Policy Consideration and Future Research Directions

Publication: Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
UBC Author(s): Anming Zhang (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
Volume: 16
Publication Date: December 2022

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Towards integrating country- and firm-level perspectives on intellectual property rights

Publication: Journal of International Business Studies
UBC Author(s): Ilan Boris Vertinsky (Division of Strategy and Business Economics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00472506
Volume: 53
Page Range: 1880-1894
Publication Date: December 2022

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Author Correction: National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic (Nature Communications, (2022), 13, 1, (517), 10.1038/s41467-021-27668-9)

Publication: Nature Communications
UBC Author(s): Michael Daniels (Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
Volume: 13
Publication Date: December 2022

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National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic

Administrative trade barrier: An empirical analysis of exporting Hollywood movies to China

Publication: International Journal of Research in Marketing
UBC Author(s): Chunhua Wu (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 01678116
Volume: 39
Page Range: 1253-1274
Publication Date: December 2022

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More value from less food? Effects of epicurean labeling on moderate eating in the United States and in France

Publication: Appetite
UBC Author(s): Yann Cornil (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 01956663
Volume: 178
Publication Date: 1 November 2022

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Debt dynamics with fixed issuance costs

Publication: Journal of Financial Economics
UBC Author(s): Lorenzo Garlappi (Division of Finance / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 0304405X
Volume: 146
Page Range: 385-402
Publication Date: November 2022

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Shielding firm value: Employment protection and process innovation

Publication: Journal of Financial Economics
UBC Author(s): Jan Bena (Division of Finance / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration), Hernan Ortiz Molina (Division of Finance / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 0304405X
Volume: 146
Page Range: 637-664
Publication Date: November 2022

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A new tool for policymakers: Mapping cultural possibilities in an emerging AI entrepreneurial ecosystem

Publication: Research Policy
UBC Author(s): Marc-David Seidel (Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00487333
Volume: 51
Publication Date: November 2022

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Learning Manipulation Through Information Dissemination

Publication: Operations Research
UBC Author(s): Michael Kim (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 0030364X
Volume: 70
Page Range: 3490-3510
Publication Date: 1 November 2022

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The anatomy of social capital of a Canadian indigenous community: Implications of social trust field experiments for community-based forest management

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: 144
Publication Date: November 2022

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Promoting Australian regional airports with subsidy schemes: Optimised downstream logistics using vehicle routing problem

Publication: Transport Policy
UBC Author(s): Anming Zhang (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 0967070X
Volume: 128
Page Range: 38-51
Publication Date: November 2022

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The Upside of Negative: Social Distance in Online Reviews of Identity-Relevant Brands

Publication: Journal of Marketing
UBC Author(s): Lisa Cavanaugh (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration), Darren Dahl (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00222429
Volume: 86
Page Range: 70-92
Publication Date: November 2022

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Recent Thesis Submissions

Essays in healthcare operations research (Management Science - PHD)
Identity on trial : occupational misfit and responses to felt public distrust (Organizational Behavior - PHD)
Not all allies are created equal : a relational examination of allied relationships for women of color at work (Organizational Behavior - PHD)
Essays in asset pricing and labor economics (Finance - PHD)
Essays in empirical corporate finance : the impact of economic uncertainty on the financial markets (Finance - PHD)
New directions in empirical asset pricing : information, innovation, and stock returns (Finance - PHD)
Essays on auditing : the matching of partners with clients, and the effects of mandatory auditing on the strategic decisions of banks (Accounting - PHD)
Assortment planning and price optimization with satisficing customers (Management Science - PHD)
Essays of instrument-free causal inference, machine learning and marketing applications (Marketing - PHD)
Essays on disclosure of intangible assets (Accounting - PHD)
From trash to treasure : how broken products lead to new ideas (Marketing - PHD)
Two essays on perceptions of victimhood (Marketing - PHD)
Essays in empirical corporate finance : the impact of supply chains, multinational firms and relationships on firm borrowing costs and investment decisions (Finance - PHD)
Post-2008-crisis bank reforms : studies on the real effects of loan loss accounting and the role of banks as information intermediaries (Accounting - PHD)
Essays on dynamic programming applications in operations management (Management Science - PHD)
Taking the road less travelled : two essays on encouraging uncommon prosocial behaviors (Marketing - PHD)
Essays in supply chain and project management (Management Science - PHD)
Persuasion awareness in online settings: antecedents, consequences, and transparency mechanisms (Management Information Systems - PHD)
Essays in the corporate governance of information technology (Management Information Systems - PHD)
An empirical investigation of online platform markets : supply-side and demand-side determinants (Marketing - PHD)
Role of heuristics and biases in information security decision making (Management Information Systems - PHD)
Reputational consequences of cooperation-promoting behaviours (Marketing - 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
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)
2019	Dr. Knesl studied how technological innovations affect firms, households and stock prices. His work connects technological improvements to movements of stock prices by looking at how technology affects different types of labor. His empirical evidence shows a specific connection between macro economy and stock markets.	Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Finance (PhD)
2019	Dr. Soleymanian studied Usage-Based Auto Insurance in which drivers allow their private data to be monitored in return for potential lower premiums. He found that monitored motorists became safer and earned discounts, but more readily dropped out when their privacy concerns were raised, suggesting a complex link among privacy, price, and public policy.	Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Marketing (PhD)
2019	Dr. Zhang studied how institutional investors, such as mutual funds, specialize in a different class of assets. Based on empirical evidence, he developed a model that relates an institution's investment horizon with the characteristics of its stock holdings. His work contributes to the understanding of the behavior of financial institutions.	Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Finance (PhD)
2018	Dr. Wang analyzed the pricing, competition and investment issues in the transportation industry. His research contributes to a better understanding of the economic impact and the interactions of new transport modes, such as high-speed rail or low-cost airlines. It also has policy implications for transport development in emerging countries such as China.	Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Transportation and Logistics (PhD)
2018	Dr. Zhang examined the financial reporting of foreign firms and foreign auditors in the U.S. He found that foreign firms are subject to less frequent monitoring than U.S. firms and foreign auditors provide quality as good as the U.S. non-Big4 auditors. Findings address recent concern over the quality of foreign auditors practicing in the U.S.	Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Accounting (PhD)
2016	Dr. Saghafi studied business information modelling. He investigated approaches that could improve the performance of users in business analytics, and enhance their overall understanding of the application requirements. His research has important implications for both researchers and practitioners in the area of information systems development.	Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Management Information Systems (PhD)

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