Business Research

The Alberta School of Business is home to world renowned scholars who continually advance our understanding of important issues facing business here in Canada and around the globe.

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How data-driven decisions can improve health outcomes

Ilbin Lee's research explores how modeling different patient groups can lead to better treatment plans and improved healthcare decision-making.

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Investors value companies with female executives

New research looks at corporate culture in the wake of Harvey Weinstein and #MeToo.

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How Entrepreneurship Can Address Society's Grand Challenges

Canada Research Chair in Social Entrepreneurship, Angelique Slade Shantz, discusses her research on how it can help individuals, communities, and businesses tackle some of the world's most pressing challenges.

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Five Stars? Really?

Consumers inflate overall ratings when asked to rate various aspects of their experience online.

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Firms embracing diversity may trade short-term pain for long-term gain

Companies may need to prepare as they adjust to culture shifts, business professor finds.

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The research is in: Here's how creative ads affect purchase intention for new products.

Advertising creatively can significantly affect consumer processing of ads and subsequent brand responses, according to a new study co-authored by business researcher.

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Researcher Spotlight

Meet our Researchers: Hoa Briscoe Tran

Research on sustainable finance as well as big data and machine learning applications


Business PhD Spotlight: Yunjung Pak

Research on understanding how governance changes over time and influences the development of meanings and practices in new technological areas


Business PhD Spotlight: Jen Sloan

Research that explores how organizations use algorithms and data to make decisions and shape the future


Meet Our Researchers: Sara Mahabadi

Examines the phenomenon of entrepreneurship from organizational theory lens


 

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