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 |
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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 |
Alumni on Success
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Recent Publications
UBC Author(s): Hasan Cavusoglu (Division of Accounting and Information Systems / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00189391
Volume: 72
Page Range: 2848-2860
Publication Date: 2025
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UBC Author(s): Lisa Cavanaugh (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 10577408
Publication Date: 2025
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UBC Author(s): Anming Zhang (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 13619209
Volume: 138
Publication Date: January 2025
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UBC Author(s): Katherine White (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 15579883
Volume: 19
Publication Date: January-February 2025
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UBC Author(s): C Keith Head (Division of Strategy and Business Economics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 19457669
Volume: 17
Page Range: 389-432
Publication Date: 2025
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UBC Author(s): Hasan Cavusoglu (Division of Accounting and Information Systems / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 15301605
Page Range: 3930-3939
Publication Date: 2025
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UBC Author(s): Darren Dahl (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00222429
Publication Date: 2025
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UBC Author(s): Katherine White (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: 00989258
Volume: 10
Page Range: 94-106
Publication Date: January 2025
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UBC Author(s): Anming Zhang (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
Volume: 3
Publication Date: December 2024
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UBC Author(s): Anming Zhang (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
Volume: 2
Page Range: 310-321
Publication Date: December 2024
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UBC Author(s): Anming Zhang (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 22121609
Volume: 11
Page Range: 91-116
Publication Date: 4 November 2024
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UBC Author(s): Anming Zhang (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 08955638
Volume: 69
Page Range: 621-650
Publication Date: November 2024
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UBC Author(s): Katherine White (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 01956663
Volume: 202
Publication Date: 1 November 2024
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UBC Author(s): Joseph Paat (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 0364765X
Volume: 49
Page Range: 2446-2467
Publication Date: November 2024
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UBC Author(s): Sandra Robinson (Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00219010
Volume: 110
Page Range: 536-574
Publication Date: 3 October 2024
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UBC Author(s): Katherine White (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: 10577408
Volume: 34
Page Range: 687-693
Publication Date: October 2024
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UBC Author(s): Anming Zhang (Division of Operations and Logistics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 0967070X
Volume: 157
Page Range: 74-85
Publication Date: October 2024
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UBC Author(s): Yi Qian (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00222437
Volume: 61
Page Range: 914-936
Publication Date: October 2024
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UBC Author(s): Isha Agarwal (Division of Finance / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 0304405X
Volume: 160
Publication Date: October 2024
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UBC Author(s): Markus Baldauf (Division of Finance / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 0304405X
Volume: 160
Publication Date: October 2024
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UBC Author(s): Sandra Robinson (Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 10564926
Volume: 33
Page Range: 336-339
Publication Date: October 2024
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UBC Author(s): Sandra Robinson (Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00219010
Volume: 110
Page Range: 381-403
Publication Date: 26 September 2024
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UBC Author(s): Werner Antweiler (Division of Strategy and Business Economics / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 00950696
Volume: 127
Publication Date: September 2024
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UBC Author(s): Elliot Shin Oblander (Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 09567976
Volume: 35
Page Range: 1048-1061
Publication Date: September 2024
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UBC Author(s): Lingtao Yu (Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources / Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration)
ISSN: 01492063
Volume: 50
Page Range: 2571-2596
Publication Date: September 2024
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Recent Thesis Submissions
- 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)
- Financial intermediation in private equity markets (FINC - VGDPHD-CHI4)
- Essays on entrepreneurial finance and labor markets (FINC - VGDPHD-CHI4)
- Essays on healthcare delivery analytics (MGSC - VGDPHD-CHQO)
- Climate-linked pay and supply chain management (ACCT - VGDPHD-CHAI)
- Essays in entrepreneurial finance and venture capital (FINC - VGDPHD-CHI4)
- Three essays on AI strategies and innovation (MGIS - VGDPHD-CHQL)
- Sales impact of live streaming (MBS - VGDPHD-CHMB)
- Essays in healthcare operations research (MGSC - VGDPHD-CHQO)