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.

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
 

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
Ba, Wenjia
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 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
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

Pages

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

Barnini Bhattacharyya

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

An Intersectional Study of the Invisibility of Women of Colour
All Student Stories

Alumni on Success

Ali Dashti

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

Job Title
Assistant professor

Employer
Kuwait University

All Alumni Stories

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.

 

Seeking wicked problems, finding opportunities: Advancing Australian general aviation policy beyond 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: 14
Publication Date: December 2023

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Social and moral psychology of COVID-19 across 69 countries
Publication: Scientific Data
UBC Author(s): Michael Daniels (Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration), Katherine White (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
Volume: 10
Publication Date: December 2023

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Why are COVID-19 travel bubbles a tightrope walk? An investigation based on the Trans-Tasmanian case
Publication: Communications in Transportation Research
UBC Author(s): Anming Zhang (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
Volume: 3
Publication Date: December 2023

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A systematic review on political ideology and persuasion
Publication: Psychology and Marketing
UBC Author(s): Katherine White (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 07426046
Volume: 40
Page Range: 2526-2538
Publication Date: December 2023

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Towards analyzing the robustness of the Integrated Global Transportation Network Abstraction (IGTNA)
Publication: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
UBC Author(s): Anming Zhang (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 09658564
Volume: 178
Publication Date: December 2023

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Prosocial motives underlie scientific censorship by scientists: A perspective and research agenda
Publication: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
UBC Author(s): Karl Aquino (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
Volume: 120
Publication Date: 28 November 2023

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How “What you think you know about cybersecurity” can help users make more secure decisions
Publication: Information and Management
UBC Author(s): Ronald Timothy Cenfetelli (Division of Accounting and Information Systems / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 03787206
Volume: 60
Publication Date: November 2023

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Restructuring Chinese railways from a cost-efficient perspective—A hedonic cost function analysis
Publication: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
UBC Author(s): Anming Zhang (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 09658564
Volume: 177
Publication Date: November 2023

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Leadership in the eye of the beholder: Follower self-esteem is associated with divergent perceptions of leadership ability for dominant and prestigious leaders
Publication: Journal of Personality
UBC Author(s): Karl Aquino (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00223506
Volume: 91
Page Range: 1253-1270
Publication Date: October 2023

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When less is more: Information and the financing of innovation
Publication: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
UBC Author(s): John Ries (Division of Strategy and Business Economics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 01672681
Volume: 214
Page Range: 346-369
Publication Date: October 2023

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Present-biased lobbyists in linear–quadratic stochastic differential games
Publication: Finance and Stochastics
UBC Author(s): Ali Lazrak (Division of Finance / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 09492984
Volume: 27
Page Range: 947-984
Publication Date: October 2023

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Decoupling in international business: The ‘new’ vulnerability of globalization and MNEs’ response strategies
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: 54
Page Range: 1562-1576
Publication Date: October 2023

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AI-driven assistants for education and research? A case study on ChatGPT for air transport management
Publication: Journal of Air Transport Management
UBC Author(s): Anming Zhang (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 09696997
Volume: 113
Publication Date: October 2023

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Pursuing safety in social connection regulates the risk-regulation, social-safety, and behavioral-immune systems
Publication: Journal of personality and social psychology
UBC Author(s): Dale Griffin (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
Volume: 125
Page Range: 519-547
Publication Date: 1 September 2023

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Bayesian Inventory Control: Accelerated Demand Learning via Exploration Boosts
Publication: Operations Research
UBC Author(s): Michael Kim (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 0030364X
Volume: 71
Page Range: 1515-1529
Publication Date: 1 September 2023

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Policy responses and travellers’ preferences in pandemics: Evidence from Europe
Publication: Transport Policy
UBC Author(s): David Gillen (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 0967070X
Volume: 141
Page Range: 305-316
Publication Date: September 2023

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The political economy and dynamics of bifurcated world governance and the decoupling of value chains: An alternative perspective
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: 54
Page Range: 1351-1377
Publication Date: September 2023

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Collaborate to Compete: An Empirical Matching Game Under Incomplete Information in Rank-Order Tournaments
Publication: Marketing Science
UBC Author(s): Chunhua Wu (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 07322399
Volume: 42
Page Range: 1004-1026
Publication Date: September-October 2023

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Lost-sales inventory systems
Publication: Research Handbook on Inventory Management
UBC Author(s): Woonghee Tim Huh (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
Page Range: 2-26
Publication Date: 15 August 2023

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Recent Thesis Submissions

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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