Research at the Beedie School of Business

Strategy

The Strategy area enables students to pursue the study of broad strategic issues related to business. The area encourages students to study strategy, both from the perspective of corporate managers making strategic decisions and organizing their resources to implement them, and from the perspective of those responsible for government regulatory policy or management of state-owned enterprises.

Strategy is the most interdisciplinary of the areas within the Business Faculty. The area includes members trained in strategy, economics, sociology, social psychology, philosophy, and law. Area members have published extensively in the areas of strategy, innovation, adoption of new technology, business ethics, natural resource policy, and business ideology. Faculty members have also written texts and provided extensive consultant research.

Strategy faculty teach courses in strategy and public policy in the Executive MBA, Management of Technology MBA, Global Asset and Wealth Management MBA, and undergraduate programs.

Faculty List & Specializations

Name	Position	Specialization & Research Interests
Neil Abramson	Associate Professor	Strategies for International Business; Cross-Cultural Management and Decision Making; Doing Business in China, Southeast Asia and the U.S.; International Organizational Theory.
Robert Adamson	Lecturer Executive Director, CIBC Centre for Corporate Governance and Risk Management	Corporate governance, international and comparative corporate governance, risk management and risk governance, corporate and commercial law, regulation of financial institutions
Ed Bukszar	Associate Professor	Strategy and Decision Making.
Eric Gedajlovic	Professor & Area Coordinator, Strategy	Strategic Management, Social and Commercial Entrepreneurship, Corporate Governance; Family Business; Asian Business Enterprise, Innovation and Organizational Capabilities.
Jeremy Hall	Professor	Sustainable development innovation, stakeholder ambiguity, social impacts of innovation, entrepreneurial learning for social inclusion, sustainable supply chains and Brazilian industrial policy. Dr Hall currently holds a SSHRC grant exploring the impact of Brazilian poverty reduction programs on entrepreneurial dynamics, and whether they lead to productive, unproductive or destructive outcomes. He is also the lead investigator for two GE3LS (Genomics, Economy, Economics, Ethics, Law and Society) Genome Canada grants investigating the commercialization of biotechnology in the forestry sector.
Byungchae Jin	Assistant Professor, Strategy	Emergence of New Firms, Technologies and Markets; Technology and Innovation; Technology Transfer across Borders
Mark Moore	Senior Lecturer	\Public policy analysis, privatization and regulation, business strategy.
Karen Ruckman	Associate Professor	Technology management, R&D strategy, imitation strategy, acquisition motivation, biotechnology, software.
Daniel Shapiro	Dean Lohn Foundation Professor	Competitive Analysis and Strategy, International and Comparative Business, Managerial and Industrial Economics, Business and Government
Jerry Sheppard	Associate Professor	Business policy; corporate failure and survival; business, government and society; corporate governance; interorganizational arrangements.
Aidan Vining	CNABS Professor of Business and Government Relations	Strategic analysis and planning; institutional design and public sector policy analysis and management.
Andrew von Nordenflycht	Associate Professor

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Awards & Achievements

Gedajlovic, Eric

SSHRC Standard Research Grant: The Effects of Top-Management Social Capital on Corporate Entrepreneurship and Internationalization in Developing Economies. (2010-2013, with Cao, Carney, de Holan)

Hall, Jeremy

SSHRC Standard Research Grant: The Impact of Cash Transfer Policies on Entrepreneurial Activities in Impoverished Communities. (2009-2012)
Canadian International Development Agency: Research on Policy and Mechanism for Regional Eco-Compensation of Yunnan, China (2007-2008)
SSHRC Standard Research Grant: Sustainable Development Innovation: Implications for Canadian Business in a Global Economy (2004-2007)

Ruckman, Karen

SSHRC Small: Imitation of Service Capabilities: An Investigation of Indian Information Technology Outsourcing Vendors. (2008, with Nilesh Saraf)

Shapiro, Daniel

SSHRC Standard Research Grant: CSR Content Analysis. (2007-2010, with Leyland Pitt)
SSHRC Standard Research Grant: Corporate Governance and Firm Performance in Canada. (2004-2007)

Vining, Aidan

MacArthur Foundation: The Net Benefits of Public Investment in Human Capital. (2006-2007, with David Weimer).
SSHRC Standard Research Grant: Rethinking the Application of Formal Models to Strategic Decision Making. (2002-2005, with E. Love, M. Brydon and A. Pavlov).

Von Nordenflycht, Andrew

SSHRC Standard Research Grant: Owning the Experts: Corporation vs Partnership in Professional Services. (2008-2011)
von Nordenflycht, A. 2005. “The Transformation of Authority at Continental Airlines,” Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings, August 2005.

Wexler, Mark

Awarded the Confederation of University Faculty Associations (CUFA) Paz Buttedahl Career Achievement Award.

Recent Faculty Books

Hall, Jeremy

Hall, J., Fergus A. and Matos, S. (2007). Aviones, vacas y política de comercio: el confl icto comercial aeroespacial Embraer-Bombardier y los desafíos de la exposición social. In Dutrénit, D. Amd Jasso, J, Villavicencio, D. (Eds.), Globalización, Acumulación De Capacidades E Innovación. Los desafíos para las empresas, localidades y países. Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Económica Carretera Picacho-Ajusco.
Hall, J. (2006). Environmental Supply Chain Innovation. In Joseph Sarkis (Ed.), Greening Supply-Chain Management. Greenleaf Publishing.

Ruckman, Karen

Ruckman, K. (2007). Acquiring Biopharmaceutical Research: Is Market Approval a Deal Breaker? In Gary Cooper and Sydney Finkelstein (Eds.), Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions. Oxford, UK: Elsevier JAI Press.

Shapiro, Daniel

SSHRC Standard Research Grant: Corporate Social Responsibility Content Analysis. (2007-2010, with Leyland Pitt)

Sheppard, Jerry

Hitt, Michael A., R. Duane Ireland, Robert E. Hoskisson, Jerry P. Sheppard & R. Glenn Rowe. (Eds.). (2007). Strategic Management: Competitiveness & Globalization, 2nd Canadian Edition Updated, Instructor Notes, Cases. Toronto: Nelson Thompson Learning.
Hitt, Michael A., R. Duane Ireland, Robert E. Hoskisson, R. Glenn Rowe and Jerry P. Sheppard. (Eds.). (2007). Cases for Strategic Management: Competitiveness & Globalization, 2nd Canadian Edition, Instructor Note Updated. Toronto: Nelson Thompson.

Smart, Carolyne

Smart, Carolyne, T.J. Bryant and I.B. Vertinsky. (2008). The Fit Between Crisis Types and Management Attributes as a Determinant of Crisis Consequences. In Gerald P. Hodgkinson and William H. Starbuck (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Decision Making (pp.174-193). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Smart, Carolyne and I.Vertinsky. (2006). Designs for Crisis Decision Units. In Denis Smith and Dominic Elliott (Eds.), Key Readings in Crisis Management: Systems and Structures for prevention and Recovery (pp. 321-342). New York: Routledge.

Vining, Aidan

Vining, Aidan and D. Weimer (Eds.). (2009). Investing in the Disadvantaged: Assessing the Benefits and Costs of Social Policies. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
Vining, Aidan and A. Boardman. (2007). The Choice of Formal Policy Analysis Methods in Canada. In L. Dobuzinskis, M. Howlett and D. Laycock (Eds.), Policy Analysis in Canada (pp. 48-85). Toronto, ON: Toronto University Press.
Vining, Aidan and S. Globerman. (2006). The Outsourcing Decision: A Strategic Framework. In P. Barrar and R. Gervais (Eds.), Global Outsourcing Strategies: An International Reference on Effective Outsourcing Relationships (pp. 3-16). Aldershot, Hampshire and Burlington, Vermont: Gower.
Vining, Aidan and D. Weimer. (2006). Policy Analysis in Representative Government. In A. Gerber and Patashnik (Eds.), Promoting the General Welfare: American Democracy and the Political Economy of Government Performance (pp. 19-39). Washington D.C: Brookings Institution Press.
Vining, Aidan and D. Weimer. (2006). Efficiency and Cost-Benefit Analysis. In B.G. Peters and J. Pierre (Eds.), Handbook of Public Policy (pp. 417-432). London and Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Vining, Aidan, S. Globerman and D. Shapiro. (2006). Location Effects, Location Spillovers and the Performance of Canadian Information Technology Firms. In R. Lipsey and A. Nakamura (Eds.), Service Industries and the Knowledge-Based Economy (pp. 167-204). The Industry Canada Research Series. Calgary: University of Calgary Press.
Vining, Aidan, A. Boardman and F. Poschmann. (2005). North American Infrastructure P3s: Examples and Lessons Learned. In G. Hodge and C. Greve (Eds.), The Challenge of Public-Private Partnerships: Learning from International Experience (pp. 162-189). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
Vining, Aidan and D. Weimer. (2005). Economic Perspectives on Public Organizations. In D. Ferrin, L. Lynn and M. Pollitt (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Public Management (pp. 209-233). Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press.
Vining, Aidan and D. Weimer. (2005). The P-Case: One Strategy for Creating the Policy Analysis “Case”. In I. Geva-May (Ed.), Thinking Like a Policy Analyst: A Clinical Approach to Policy Analysis (pp. 152-170). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Research Papers

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Journal Articles Published:

von Nordenflycht, A. (2010). What is a Professional Service Firm? Towards a Theory and Taxonomy of Knowledge Intensive Firms. Academy of Management Review, 35(1), 155-174.

Hall, J., and Matos, S. (2010). Incorporating Impoverished Communities in Sustainable Supply Chains. International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 40(1/2), 124-147.

Hall, J., Daneke, G., and Lenox, M. (2010). Sustainable Development and Entrepreneurship: Past Contributions and Future Directions. Journal of Business Venturing, 25(5), 439-448. [Journal Abstract]

Gedajlovic, E., and Schulze, W.S. (2010). Wither Family Business? Journal of Management Studies, 47(2), 191-204.

Abramson, N.R. (2010). Internal Reliability of the Keirsey Temperament Sorter II: Cross-National Application to American, Canadian and Korean Samples. Journal of Psychological Type, 70(2).

Vining, A.R., Richards, J., and Weimer, D. (2010). Aboriginal Performance on Standardized Tests: Evidence and Analysis from Provincial Schools in British Columbia. Policy Studies Journal, 38(1), 47-67.

Hall, J., Silvestre, B., Matos, S., and Figueira, L.A.P.A. (2010). Privatização: Bom Ou Ruim? Lições do Setor de Distribuiçãode Energia Elétrica do Nordeste Brasileiro (Privatization: Good Or Bad? Lessons from the Electricity Distribution Sector in the Northeast of Brazil). Revista de Administração de Empresas, 50(1), 94-111.

Carney, M., Gedajlovic, E., & Sur, S. (2010). Corporate governance and stakeholder conflict. Journal of Managing Governance. Doi: 10.1007/s10997-010-9135-4. [Journal Abstract]

Li, J., Chen, D., and Shapiro, D.M. (2010). Product Innovations in Emerging Economies: The Role of Foreign Knowledge Access Channels and Internal Efforts in Chinese Firms. Management and Organizational Review. Doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2009.00155. [Journal Abstract]

Li, J., Chen, D., and Shapiro, D.M. (2010). Product Innovations in Emerging Economies: The Role of Foreign Knowledge Access Channels and Internal Efforts in Chinese Firms. Management and Organization Review. Doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2009.00155. [Journal Abstract]

Maine, E., Shapiro, D.M., and Vining, A.R. (2010). The role of clustering in the growth of new technology-based firms. Small Business Economics. 34, 127-146. [Journal Abstract]

Russell, B.I., Shapiro, D.M., and Vining, A.R. (2010). The evolution of the Canadian mining industry: The role of regulatory punctuation. Resources Policy. 35, 90-97. [Journal Abstract]

Weimer, D.L., Vining, A.R., and Thomas, R.K. (2009). Cost-Benefit Analysis Involving Addictive Goods: Contingent Valuation to Estimate Willingness-to-Pay for Smoking Cessation. Health Economics, 18, 181-202. [Journal Abstract]

Shapiro, D., and Globerman, S. (2009). Economic and Strategic Considerations Surrounding Chinese FDI in the United States. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 26(1), 163-183.

Shepherd, J., and McKelvey, B. (2009). An Empirical Investigation of Organizational Memetic Variation. Journal of Bioeconomics [Journal Abstract]

Hall, J, Matos, S., Severino, L., and Beltrao, N. (2009). Brazilian Biofuels and Social Exclusion: Established and Concentrated Ethanol Versus Emerging and Dispersed Biodiesel. Journal of Cleaner Production, 17, 577-585. [Journal Abstract]

Carney, M., Gedajlovic, E., and Yang, X. (2009). Varieties of Asian Captialism: Toward an Institutional Theory of Asian Enterprise. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 26, 361-380. [Journal Abstract]

Cao, Q., Gedajlovic, E., and Zhang, H. (2009). Unpacking Organizational Ambidexterity: Dimensions, Contingencies, and Synergistic Effects. Organization Science, 20(4), 781-796. [Journal Abstract]

Hall, J., Matos, S. & Langford, C.H. (2008). Social Exclusion and Transgenic Technology: The Case of Brazilian Agriculture. Journal of Business Ethics. 77(1), 45-63. [Journal Abstract]

Maine, E., Shapiro, D.M., Vining, A.R. (2008). The Role of Clustering in the Growth of New Technology-Based Firms. Small Business Economics. [Journal Abstract]

Papania, L., Shapiro, D.M., Peloza, J. (2008). Social Impact as a Measure of Fit Between Firm Activities and Stakeholder Expectations. International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics. 4(1), 3-16. [Journal Abstract]

Ruckman, K. (2008). Externally Sourcing Research through Acquisition: Should it Supplement or Substitute for Internal Research? Industry & Innovation. 15(6), 627-645. [Journal Abstract]

Zahra, S.A., Gedajlovic, E., Neubaum, D.O., and Schulman, J.M. (2008). A Typology of Social Entrepreneurs: Motives, Search Processes and Ethical Challenges. Journal of Business Venturing. [Journal Abstract]

Abramson, N.R. (2007). The Leadership Archetype: A Jungian Analysis of Similarities Between Modern Leadership Theory and the Abraham Myth in the Judaic-Christian Tradition. Journal of Busienss Ethics. 72, 115-129. [Journal Abstract]

Dewald, J.R., Hall, J., Chrisman, J.J. & Kellermanns, F.W. (2007). The Governance Paradox: Preferences of Small Vulnerable Firms in the Homebuilding Industry. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 31(2), 279-297. [Journal Abstract]

Matos, S. & Hall, J. (2007). Integrating Sustainable Development in the Supply Chain: The Case of Life Cycle Assessment in Oil and Gas and Agriculture Biotechnology. Journal of Operations Management. 25, 1083-1102. [Journal Abstract]

Shapiro, D., Tang, Y. & Ma, C.X. (2007). Mode of Entry and the Regional Distribution of Foreign Direct Investment in China. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. 5(3), 261-277. [Journal Abstract]

Sheppard, J.P. & Young, M. (2007). The Routes of Moral Development and the Impact of Exposure to the Milgram Obedience Study. Journal of Business Ethics. 75, 315-333. [Journal Abstract]

Vining, A.R. & Boardman, A.E. (2007). Public-Private Partnerships in Canada: Theory and Evidence. Canadian Public Administration. 51(1), 9-44. [Journal Abstract]

von Nordenflycht, A. (2007). Is Public Ownership Bad for Professional Service Firms? Ad Agency Ownership, Performance, and Creativity. Academy of Management Journal. 50(2), 429-445. [Journal Abstract]

Bilodeau, N., Laurin, C. & Vining, A.R. (2006). "Choice of Organizational Form Makes a Real Difference": The Impact of Corporation on Government Agencies in Canada. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 17(1), 119-147. [Journal Abstract]

Conference Papers:

Hall, J., Matos, S. & Martin, M. (2008). Developing Innovations From the Base of the Pyramid: Two Contrasting Illustrative Cases [Conference Abstract]

Abramson, N. R. (2006). Measuring the Independent Effects of NATIONAL Culture and Personality on Marketing Behavior: A Canadian-Korean Comparison Using the Cognitive Theory of Strategy [Conference Abstract]

Ruckman, K. (2006). Changes in Post-Acquisition R&D: The Effects of Technology Sourcing and Technological Relatedness [Conference Abstract]

von Nordenflycht, A. (2006). High Commitment and Involvement-Based Authority as a Competitive Advantage: Airline Attempts to Imitate Southwest [Conference Abstract]

von Nordenflycht, A. (2006). What Is A Professional Service Firm... and Why Does It Matter? [Conference Abstract]