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RSS FeedConsumers Prefer Less Expensive Options for Meaningful Purchases
New research shows that consumers tend to prefer less expensive options when they seek to find meaning through the marketplace. The findings are contained in the forthcoming paper, “The Pursuit of Meaning and the Preference for Less Expensive Options”, which will be published in the Journal of Consumer Research. The article was co-written by Nicole […]
Posted onPhD Student Publishes First Paper About Neonatal Program for Parents
A Schulich PhD student has had her first research paper published. Dr. Makini McGuire-Brown, BSc; MBBS; MBA; and PhD Candidate; co-wrote “The STEP Program—A Qualitative Study of the Supportive Therapeutic Excursion Program and Its Effect on Enabling Parental Self-Efficacy and Connectedness after the Stress-Experience of the NICU”. “Support programs exist for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit […]
Posted onTangible Assets Create False Sense of Investor Security
New research shows investors have a false sense of security when it comes to tangible assets such as gold and real estate or stocks linked to companies that make tangible products. The findings are contained in the paper, “Tangibility bias in investment risk judgments”, published in the journal Organizational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes. The […]
Posted onProf Receives Financial Times Responsible Business Education Award
Professor Ivona Hideg recently received the prestigious ‘runner up’ award in the Responsible Business Education Awards (Academic Research with Impact category) of the Financial Times with her paper on ‘The unintended consequences of maternity leaves’ in the Journal of Applied Psychology. The paper found that the longer new mothers are away on maternity leaves the less […]
Posted onHow Institutional Intermediaries Can Help Minority-Owned Businesses Grow
According to new research, business associations and other institutional intermediaries can play an important role in helping minority businesses succeed by providing training and access to large corporations. The findings are contained in the paper, “Relationship Building and Minority Business Growth: Does Participating in Activities Sponsored by Institutional Intermediaries Help?”, which is slated for publication […]
Posted onSurprising Research on Reducing Environmental Waste
New research shows that companies have the potential to reduce much more environmental waste on the production side of the product life cycle rather than on the consumption side – the opposite of most current mainstream thinking on product sustainability. The findings are contained in the paper, “Why Do Companies Need Operational Flexibility to Reduce […]
Posted onWhy Leadership Training Shouldn’t Be Just for Top Performers
Organizations typically provide leadership training opportunities to those who already have a track record of success, creating a situation where training resources end up disproportionately going toward individuals who may need it the least, according to Winny Shen, Professor of Organization Studies at the Schulich School of Business. In a newly published article on the […]
Posted onMen More Likely to Respond Negatively to Gender Threats at Work
When male workers believe their gender status is threatened, they are more likely than their female counterparts to engage in deviant behaviour, such as lying or stealing in the workplace, new research suggests. They also become less helpful to coworkers and less willing to pitch in on organizational initiatives. The findings shed light on the […]
Posted onCompetition, Collaboration, and IP Breakthrough in Chinese High-Speed Train Sector
How does government coordination in the strategic sectors affect the impact of relational resources on firm intellectual property (IP) development in the emerging economies? A research team led by Professor Justin Tan at Schulich attempted to address this question by investigating innovative performance in China’s high-speed train sector. The research, recently published in Journal of International […]
Posted onProduct Innovation Can Lead to Supply Chain Disruption
New research shows that product innovation elevates supply chain disruption risk. Johnny Rungtusanatham, the Canada Research Chair in Supply Chain Management at Schulich, co-authored the research paper together with Saurabh Ambulkar (University of Dayton), Sridhar Ramaswami (Iowa State University), and Jennifer Blackhurst (University of Iowa). Titled “Supply Chain Disruption Risk: An Unintended Consequence of Product […]
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