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
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; Bankruptcy, Empirical corporate finance, Innovation, Productivity |
| Bryan, Camellia | Stigma, Identity Management, Diversity Training, Diversity Resistance, Identity Threat, Social Status, Intergroup Relations |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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, 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 |
| Fisher, Adlai | Asset pricing, financial econometrics, volatility modelling, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions |
Alumni on Success
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Recent Publications
UBC Author(s): Karl Aquino (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
Publication Date: 2026
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UBC Author(s): Kai Li (Division of Finance / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 08939454
Volume: 39
Page Range: 253-296
Publication Date: 1 January 2026
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UBC Author(s): Zhuan Khye Koh (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 03029743
Volume: 16588 LNCS
Page Range: 233-248
Publication Date: 2026
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UBC Author(s): Ming Yi Hung (Division of Accounting and Information Systems / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00014826
Volume: 101
Page Range: 285-313
Publication Date: January 2026
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UBC Author(s): Sima Sajjadiani (Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00219010
Publication Date: 2026
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UBC Author(s): Karl Aquino (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 10564926
Publication Date: 2026
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UBC Author(s): Yann Cornil (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 10577408
Publication Date: 2026
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UBC Author(s): Steven Shechter (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00251909
Volume: 72
Page Range: 3435-3453
Publication Date: 2026
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UBC Author(s): Zhuan Khye Koh (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00255610
Publication Date: 2026
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UBC Author(s): Woonghee Tim Huh (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration), Joseph Paat (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 0030364X
Volume: 74
Page Range: 141-160
Publication Date: January-February 2026
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UBC Author(s): Hasan Cavusoglu (Division of Accounting and Information Systems / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration), Gene Lee (Division of Accounting and Information Systems / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 07421222
Volume: 43
Page Range: 923-957
Publication Date: 2026
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UBC Author(s): David Hardisty (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00224359
Publication Date: 2026
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UBC Author(s): David Hardisty (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 10577408
Volume: 36
Page Range: 36-58
Publication Date: January 2026
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UBC Author(s): Yann Cornil (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration), Karl Aquino (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00935301
Volume: 52
Page Range: 735-758
Publication Date: 1 December 2025
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UBC Author(s): David Hardisty (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 08943257
Volume: 38
Publication Date: December 2025
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UBC Author(s): Guillermo Marshall Manriquez (Division of Strategy and Business Economics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 07416261
Volume: 56
Page Range: 476-493
Publication Date: Winter 2025
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UBC Author(s): Darren Dahl (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00935301
Volume: 52
Page Range: 712-734
Publication Date: 1 December 2025
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UBC Author(s): Adlai Fisher (Division of Finance / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 0304405X
Volume: 174
Publication Date: December 2025
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UBC Author(s): Anming Zhang (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 09658564
Volume: 201
Publication Date: November 2025
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UBC Author(s): Darren Dahl (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00222429
Volume: 89
Page Range: 100-118
Publication Date: November 2025
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UBC Author(s): Jan Bena (Division of Finance / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 15723097
Volume: 29
Page Range: 1619-1661
Publication Date: 1 November 2025
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UBC Author(s): Anming Zhang (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 09658564
Volume: 200
Publication Date: October 2025
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UBC Author(s): Mia Raynard (Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 17408776
Volume: 21
Page Range: 824-830
Publication Date: 1 October 2025
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UBC Author(s): Anming Zhang (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 01912615
Volume: 199
Publication Date: September 2025
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UBC Author(s): David Hardisty (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration), Yann Cornil (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 01678116
Volume: 42
Page Range: 886-903
Publication Date: September 2025
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Recent Thesis Submissions
- Learning and decision-making in complex information environments (MGSC - VGDPHD-CHQO)
- Harnessing sustainability mobile apps for carbon reduction : a multilevel approach (MGIS - VGDPHD-CHQL)
- Essays in corporate governance and financial institutions (FINC - VGDPHD-CHI4)
- Essays in real estate finance (FINC - VGDPHD-CHI4)
- Probabilistic design in the operation of service systems (MGSC - VGDPHD-CHQO)
- Two essays on promotion framing (MKTG - VGDPHD-CHRG)