SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
PhD & Research-Based Masters Programs Bulletin ISSUE 9.1 | JANUARY 2015
Research-Based Program Updates We were pleased to welcome many new graduate students to SBE’s Research-Based programs this Fall. Our Fall 2014 intake totalled 43 students across the PhD, MSc, MFin, and MABE programs.
New Funding Options for Graduate Students! An announcement was recently made by the Faculty of Graduate & Post-Doctoral Studies (FGPS) regarding positive changes to the funding provided for graduate students in research-intensive programs. Among the changes, there will be a $1,500 increase to the Master’s scholarship per eligible student, and simplified funding packages for major external award holders. FGPS is also introducing a tuition waiver for the international portion of the tuition fee to a maximum of 30 international graduate students in any given academic year. Priority for the partial tuition waiver for international graduate students will be given to those in doctoral programs.
Our students and alumni continue to be involved in a number of exciting ventures and we are thrilled to share their accomplishments with you here. Wishing you all of the best in 2015, - PhD & Research-Based Masters Programs Office
The $5,000 SBE Dean’s Scholarship will continue for the Fall 2015 intake. This scholarship will go to the top applicant in each field for the PhD, MSc, and MABE programs.
Applications are open for all programs for the Fall 2015 intake. As of January 23rd, overall applications are up 21% from last year at this same time.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Graduates & Award Winners..…………..……..2 Papers & Conference Presentations…..….….3 New Students…………………......…………..……5
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COMPREHENSIVE EXAM NEWS
Awards and Achievements Congratulations to the following students on their achievements:
Congratulations to the following students who have successfully completed their comprehensive exams for the PhD in Management. They will now proceed to working on their dissertations:
Michael Kay and Simon Taggar received the 2014 Best Paper Award from the Entrepreneurship and Family Business Division at the ASAC Annual Meeting.
Ken Chen (Marketing)
Lisa Kuron was voted Divisional Editor for the Human Resources Division at ASAC 2015.
Abiodun Isiaka (Accounting) Konstantin Sokolov (FE) Greg Tanguay (Marketing)
Dave Whiteside and Laurie Barclay were nominated for the 2014 Carolyn Dexter Best International Symposium at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting.
DISSERTATION PROPOSAL DEFENCE
Through funding by a competitive research award from the Ontario Centre of Excellence (OCE) and industry sponsorship from a Cambridge-based company, Hossein Zolfagharinia is currently working on a project titled “Optimizing transportation capacity utilization in the logistics industry” (under the supervision of Dr. Michael Haughton). In addition to being validated by acceptance in the peer-reviewed scientific literature, the research is proving to be a beneficial transfer of knowledge from Hossein’s doctoral dissertation work to the world of practice in supply chain management.
The following students successfully defended their dissertation proposals: Alireza Azimian (O/SCM) David Lewis (Marketing) Hamed Mehrabi (Marketing) Congratulations to all of you on your hard work and success!
Congratulations to our Graduates! The following students graduated at the October 2014 convocation. Congratulations on this major accomplishment! PhD in Management: Dr. Tannaz Mahootchi, O/SCM, now with North Eastern University (USA) Dr. Eman Nasr, O/SCM, now with Zayed University (UAE) Dr. Saba Sharih, OB/HRM Dr. Adrian Tan, O/SCM, now with Kean University (USA)
MSc in Management: Shahab Bachary, SCM
Master of Finance: Salik Ansari
MABE: John Alexander
Jasmine Feng, SCM
Mohamed Elkhatib
Robert Marc Dales
Xiaoqing Han
Kevin Melville
Master of Finance (Co-op): Xi Chen
Dongjin Huo Mehnaz Khan Shuting Li
Xueer Huang
Weijing Lin
Han Xu
Meng Qian Bahar Roomani 2
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Papers and Conference Presentations Maryam Hafezi Hafezi, M. & Zhao X. (2014). “How Co-opetition has Effect on Green Product Development”. Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, USA, November 9-12. Hafezi, M. & Zhao X. (2014). “New Product Development Under Co-opetition”. The Decisions Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Conference, Tampa, FL, USA, November 22-25.
Yan Jin Jin, Yan. (2015). “DuPont analysis, earnings persistence and return on equity: Evidence from mandatory IFRS adoption in Canada”. North American Accounting Society Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, March.
Lisa Kuron Kuron, L.K.J., Lyons, S.T., Schweitzer, L., & Ng, E.S.W. (forthcoming). “Millennials' Work Values: Differences Across the School to Work Transition”. Personnel Review.
David Lewis Lewis, D. (2014). “Is there a Mere Categorization Effect in Investment Decisions?” Revise and Re-submit to the International Journal of Research in Marketing. Lewis, D. (2015). “Does Advice Offer Relief from the Burden of Choosing?” Consumer Behaviour Symposium, Ivey Business School, Western University, January 9.
Francisca Saldanha Barclay, L. J.,& Saldanha, M. F. (2014, August). “The power of the written word: Enhancing forgiveness through expressive writing”. Paper Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ..continued on page 4 3
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Papers and Conference Presentations cont’d Francisca Saldanha cont’d Peralta, C. F., & Saldanha, M. F. (2014). “Knowledge-centered culture and knowledge sharing: The moderator role of trust propensity”. Journal of Knowledge Management, 18, 538-550. Barclay, L. J., & Saldanha, M. F. (in press). “Recovering from organizational injustice: New directions in theory and research”. In M. Ambrose & R. Cropanzano (Eds.),The Oxford Handbook of Justice in Work Organizations. Oxford.
David Whiteside Barclay, L. J., Whiteside, D. B.,& Aquino, K. (2014). “To avenge or not to avenge? Exploring the interactive effects of moral identity and the negative reciprocity norm”. Journal of Business Ethics, 121, 15-28.
Hossein Zolfagharinia Zolfagharinia, H. & Haughton, M. (2014). “Dispatch Decision Methods with Incomplete Advance Load Information”. Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, USA, November 9-12. Zolfagharinia, H. & Haughton, M. (2014). “Dispatch Decision Methods with Incomplete Advance Load Information”. Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Conference, Tampa, FL, USA, November 22-25.
DISSERTATION DEFENCE Our most heartfelt congratulations to the following students who have successfully defended their doctoral dissertations:
Michael Kay (OB/HRM)
Tannaz Mahootchi (O/SCM)
Eman Nasr (O/SCM)
Adrian Tan (O/SCM)
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Welcome to our New Students! We are so pleased to have an excellent group of new students that have joined our programs this Fall. Below is a list by program and field: PhD in Management: Joanna Bruce, Accounting
MSc in Management: Samantha Hancock, OB/HRM
Olga Kanj, Financial Economics
Irene Kim, OB/HRM
MABE & MABE Co-op: Anchith Balakrishnan (Co-op) Derek Ensing (Co-op)
Paul Xiong, Accounting
Anja Krstic, OB/HRM
Shelby Eyre (Co-op)
Wensi Zhang, O/SCM
Sara Murphy, OB/HRM
Huijie Guo (Co-op)
Adam Prokop, SCM
Sonia Kumar
Roozbeh Yousefi, SCM
Andy Kwan (Co-op)
MFin: Puzheng Cao Jia Cui
Jacky Lam (Co-op) Kairui Li (Co-op)
Yuan Cui
MFin Co-op: Eric Bergeron
Lingfei Guan
Yizhuo Hu
Randa Hassanein
Xinyu Lan
Zhiquan (Donnie) Jiang
Qi (Echo) Li
Tong Li
Guanghai (Harrison) Nie
Xiaoyu Wang
Wissam Riad
Fang Xie
Xiaolong Wang
Bowen Zhang
Di Wu
Weiyou Zhu
Tianwei Zhao
ALUMNI UPDATE Jasmine Feng (MSc SCM, 2014) is now working as a Logistics and Operations Analyst with Shred-it. Emily Gao (MSc SCM, 2011) has accepted a new position as Reporting and Analytics Analyst at General Mills. Teodora Trifan (MSc OB/HRM, 2011) is currently working for Infotek Consulting Service as a Bilingual Resource Manager.
TRAVEL ASSISTANTSHIP AWARD The following students have received the Fall 2014 Travel Assistantship Award from the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies: Maryam Hafezi (PhD in O/SCM) Hossein Zolfagharinia (PhD in O/SCM)
Shiru Liu (Co-op) Jacob Loree Hussaun Syed (Co-op) Kwame Tweneboah Kodua Jingwen Wu (Co-op)
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