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Common Approach to impact measurement

Principal Investigator: Kate Ruff, AccountingCo-PI: Erin Oldford (Memorial University)Project Title: Flexible Approach to Impact Measurement: Pathfinder Pilot Research ProjectFunder: SSHRC…

Nusa Fain

Q&A with Sprott's Nuša Fain

Assistant Professor Nuša Fain (Entrepreneurship) had just submitted a grant application and begun teaching her fall courses when we connected…

Ouafa Sakka

The black box of internal auditing in Canada's public sector

Simultaneously watchdogs and advisors, internal auditors typically perform two separate but inter-related functions within organizations. In their assurance capacity, they…

Isaac Otchere secures support for research about share-splitting

Isaac Otchere, professor of finance at the Sprott School of Business, has been awarded a SSHRC Bridge grant, one of…

Frank Jiang

Can Within-country Religious Diversity Influence Large Infrastructure Project Success?

For the past five years, Frank Jiang and his colleagues have amassed several research projects and published works where the…

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The how, who, and why behind new marketing practices

Principal Investigator: Aron Darmody, MarketingProject Title: Understanding Marketer Behaviour, Technology Use and the Digital Marketing ProcessFunder: SSHRC Insight Grant Digital…

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Social media can be bad for your health; how can warnings help?

Principal Investigator: Samira Farivar, Information SystemsProject Title: Devising Effective Warning Messages for Healthy Social Media EngagementFunder: SSHRC Insight Grant Interventions…

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Shining a spotlight on workplace mistreatment of people with disabilities

Principal Investigator: Angela Dionisi, ManagementProject Title: Workplace Mistreatment: The Lived Experience of People with DisabilitiesFunder: SSHRC Insight Grant Although one…

José I. Rojas-Méndez receives SSHRC grant to study reputation building for family businesses

Sprott’s José I. Rojas-Méndez, Professor of International Business and Marketing, has received the maximum possible award under the Social Sciences…

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What messages do family businesses need to send to potential customers?

Principal Investigator: José Rojas-Mendez, International BusinessProject Title: Reputation Development and Signalling in Family Business OrganizationsFunder: SSHRC Partnership Engage GrantPartner: Welch…

Sprott’s Irene Lu and Ernest Kwan Discuss How COVID-19 Affects Consumers’ Purchase Intentions

Environmentally friendly goods are growing in popularity—particularly in e-commerce—for both producers (creators) and consumers; a market that is key to…

Professor Mohamed Al Guindy

A Conversation with Sprott’s Mohamed Al Guindy: The Impact of Robo-news in Financial Markets

Mohamed Al Guindy, Assistant Professor of Finance, is an expert on social media in financial markets. Mohamed was recently awarded…

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