Mohamed Al Guindy is an Assistant Professor of Finance. His research on Dynamic Networks in Financial Markets will construct a dynamic network view of the economy based on social media discussions and use this network view to study the diffusion and propagation of shocks, such as COVID-19. Exploring how shocks propagate in the economy and which firms or clusters of firms are most central, he will focus on the connections between and among firms, how these connections form and fade, and what a large shock does to the economy or an industry.
Isaac Otchere is a Professor of Finance. In recent times many firms with unsustainable business practices are being excluded from the investment portfolios of environmentally and ethically focused public investors. While this is meant to be a punishment for their environmental sins, little is known about the effectiveness of this strategy in actually changing corporate behaviours because other investors could fill this void. Through his project, The Price of Environmental Sin, Isaac is examining this effectiveness and researching if it does indeed force the excluded firms to become more environmentally sustainable.
Uma Kumar's research focusing on Enhancing Firm’s Performance through Cloud Manufacturing will investigate the fact that many manufacturing firms have their operations and resources (e.g. design, R&D, manufacturing), at geographically decentralized locations and that they need to be integrated to facilitate information and data sharing. Advancements in Cloud Manufacturing is thought to do this; however, the question is – does cloud manufacturing help and how. This research supported by the RAA award will investigate to what extent cloud manufacturing influence the firm’s performance and does it help to create synergy between strategy and manufacturing capability. This empirical study is case-based to be conducted in Canada and the U.S.
Angela Dionisi’s research, focusing on Examining the Intersection of Workplace Sexual Harassment and Parenting, will investigate what lessons parents are teaching their children about sexual harassment, and by extension, the potential role parents play in mitigating the occurrence of sexual harassment in the workplace. Through her research, she aims to generate knowledge that can be used to foster healthier workplace environments.
Luciara Nardon's proposed research aims to uncover the role of various types of social support in the career path of newcomers through a qualitative study of professional migrants working in Canada. From a practical point of view, this study has important implications to organizations engaged with newcomers both as employers or in supporting roles as well as the potential to inform policies related to professional migration.
Jose Rojas-Mendez's research aims to contribute to the nascent field of nation brand personality by addressing three main objectives specifically in regards to the brand Canada in the Latin American market: (1) developing a scale for measuring Canada’s brand personality, (2) determining whether this scale comprises good predictors of behavioral intentions towards Canada (i.e. willingness to buy Canadian products, interest in visiting Canada and invest in Canadian businesses, etc.), and (3) examining the implications of the individual culture and personality (e.g. self-congruity) upon the Canada’s brand personality structure. The proposed study advances theory in three important ways.
Sujit Sur's research aims to undertake a comprehensive investigation of the ownership phenomenon to enhance the theoretical understanding of ownership’s impact on performance, and specifically to investigate the relationship between a firm’s ownership structure and the firm’s sustainability related performance. This project will build on extant findings to develop an overarching theoretical model and an ownership typology, empirically validate the existing ownership measures, and investigate ownership’s relationship with environmental and societal performance outcomes.
Linda Duxbury's proposed research focuses on two types of employed caregivers: (1) Employees with responsibilities for the care of an adult dependent (i.e. eldercare), and (2) Employees in the sandwich group: individuals who find themselves in the position of being caregivers for their young children and/or adult children as well as one or both of aging parents. The proposed research undertakes two qualitative inductive case studies which will increase our understanding of: (1) the challenges employed caregivers in Canada face in their attempts to balance the demands placed on them at work and at outside work, and (2) how such employees can be supported at work, at home, and within the community.
Daved Barry is the Gates Professor of Innovative Business Culture at Clarkson University. Previously he was Professor of Innovation at Jönköping University (Sweden), Professor of Creative Enterprise Design at the Copenhagen Business School, the Banco BPI Chair in Creative Organization Studies (Nova University, Portugal), and the Victoria University Chair of Creative Organization Studies (New Zealand). He completed his PhD in Strategic Management and Organizational Psychology at the University of Maryland (1986). His teaching and research focus on how design, the arts, and studio methods can improve innovation, leadership, organizing, and problem solving. He is widely published in the world’s top management journals and his paper “Discovering the Business Studio” was given the 2016 Roethlisberger Award for best contribution to management education by the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society.
Sahn-Wook Huh is an Associate Professor of Finance at the University (SUNY) at Buffalo School of Management. Before and after his MBA studies at the University of Chicago, he worked for several years in the private and government sectors. With his extensive real world experience, he returned to academia for Ph.D. studies at the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA.
Professor Huh’s research interests are empirical corporate finance, market microstructure, asset pricing, evaluation of mutual fund and hedge fund performance, and behavioral finance. His research articles appear in prestigious journals such as the Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and the Review of Asset Pricing Studies. His research articles won the best paper awards at nine U.S. and international conferences, including the 2021 Award at the Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Conference held in Denver. He received the Milton Plesur Excellence in Teaching Award, which is a University-wide award bestowed upon faculty members who are outstanding in teaching at the University at Buffalo. He has recently served as the President of the Korea-America Finance Association (KAFA).
Jeffrey Reuer is the Guggenheim Endowed Chair and Professor of Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations at the Leeds School of Business (University of Colorado Boulder). His research is focused on governance and design of alliances, collaborative strategies, and applications of information economics and real options theory to various problems in strategy, international business and entrepreneurship.
Florence Neymotin is an Associate Professor of Decision Sciences with the H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Nova Southeastern University. Her research focuses on issues in applied microeconomics, public goods, health, and machine learning. She has published numerous articles in journals such as the Journal of Economic Psychology, the Economics of Education Review, Economics Bulletin, Applied Economics Letters, IZA Journal of Migration, and the Journal of Labor Research. Florence will be joining Sprott School of Business as the 2019/20 visiting Fulbright Canada Distinguished Chair in Entrepreneurship.
Alan Cai is a Professor in Supply Chain Management at the Sprott School of Business. Alan's research interests include three main streams: 1) supply chain management, 2) quality management, and 3) environmental management. His research focuses on the relationships between business partners in the supply chain process and the social influences that are embedded into supply chain decision-making. This research will contribute to better understanding how to develop, maintain, and grow supplier interactions.
Mika Westerlund, D.Sc. Econ, is an Associate Professor at the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University. Previously a technology entrepreneur, he is teaching and educating aspiring entrepreneurs in Carleton’s Technology Innovation Management (TIM) program. Mika is an innovation researcher interested in emerging technologies, practices and phenomena that may have major social, economic, ecological or other types of implications on our current and future societies. His current research interests include open and user innovation, the Internet of Things, social big data analytics, AI & autonomous systems, business strategy, SME, and management models in high-tech and service-intensive industries, among others. He has published widely in both the academic and practitioner literatures in the areas of technology and innovation management, entrepreneurship, and industrial marketing.
Linda Duxbury has published widely in both the academic and practitioner literatures in the area of work-family conflict, change management, supportive work environments, employee wellbeing, role overload, telework, the use and impact of office technology, managing the new workforce and supportive management.
The Faculty Research Award is offered jointly by the Sprott School of Business and the Office of the Vice-President, Research and International.
Past Winner
Merridee Bujaki's research project, The Redpath Papers, falls within her ongoing program of research on the accounting history of the construction and operation of the Rideau Canal. Her project proposes transcribing and analyzing the accounting records and other communications related to the Rideau Canal in the Redpath Papers, focusing on John Redpath’s involvement. Her research will lead to insights into private entity accounting practices in 19th century Canada, as well as insights into how these practices may have been implicated in controlling and monitoring Redpath’s business activities and his employees.