The document details various research achievements, grants, publications, and conference presentations by faculty and students, highlighting their contributions across multiple disciplines including carbon mitigation, consumer behavior, and entrepreneurship. Notable awards and recognitions are mentioned, such as Irene Herremans receiving a seed grant for carbon strategies and Jing Lu and Herremans winning the KPMG best paper award. Additionally, several individuals are noted for their significant presentations and forthcoming publications in reputable journals and conferences.

2. Irene Herremans
• Received a URGC Seed grant for Carbon Mitigation
Strategies and disclosures: Lessons from Alberta’s Carbon
Reduction Program. This research will be conducted along
with Jamal Nazari of Mount Royal University

3. Julie Rowney
• Pan, Y., Rowney, J.I.A., and Peterson, M. The Structure of
Chinese Cultural Traditions: An Empirical Study of Business
Organizations in China. In Press. Management and
Organizations Review.

4. Barrie Nault
Journals and Proceedings
• Han, K., Kauffman, R.J., and B.R. Nault, “Returns to Information Technology Outsourcing,”
Information Systems Research, 22, 4 (December 2011) 824-840. (top journal)
• Han, K., Kauffman, R.J., Mann, A., and B.R. Nault, “Are There Contagion Effects in IT
Outsourcing?,” Decision Support Systems, 51, 4 (November 2011), 864-874.
• Zhang, D., Wei, X., and B.R. Nault, “The Impact of IT on Productive Capacity,” Proceedings of
the Fall 2011 INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, November 2011.
Conference Presentations
1. “The Impact of IT on Productive Capacity,” CIST/INFORMS,
November 2011 (Dawei Zhang (PhD Candidate) presented, B.R.
Nault and X. Wei co-authors)
2. “Adoption of a Two-Tier Internet,” INFORMS Charlotte NC,
November 2011 (B.R. Nault presented, S. Zimmerman co-author)
3. “Who Reacts to IT Investment Announcements?” INFORMS
Charlotte NC, November 2011 (Dawei Zhang (PhD Candidate)
presented, B.R. Nault and M. Lyle co-authors).
4. “IT, Logistics Outsourcing, and Industry-Level Productivity,”
INFORMS Charlotte NC, November 2011 (Fengmei Gong (PhD
Candidate) presented, B.R. Nault and M. Rahman co-authors).
Grants Received
1. Co-PI SSHRC Insight Grant, "Economic Contributions of Information
Technology Labour: A Multi-Level Investigation”, (PI: Dr. Kunsoo
Han, McGill U)
2. Supervisor MITACS Accelerate Internship Award, "Adaptive
Operating Room Scheduling and Control", (Intern: Dr. Wei (Mike) Li,
U of Calgary)

5. Nancy Southin
• Has been awarded the 2012 Province of Alberta
Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship

6. Bonnie Simpson
• Luchs Michael G., Rebecca W. Naylor, Randall L. Rose, Jesse R.
Catlin, Roland Gau, Sommer Kapitan, Jenny Mish, Lucie Ozanne,
Marcus Phipps, Bonnie Simpson, Saroja Subrahmanyan, Todd
Weaver (2011), “Toward a sustainable marketplace: expanding
options and benefits for consumers,” Journal of Research for
Consumers, 19.
• Simpson, Bonnie and Katherine White (2012),
“When Do (and Don’t) Normative Appeals Best
Influence Consumer Conservation Behaviors?,”
Poster presented at Society for Consumer
Psychology Conference, February 16-18. Las
Vegas, NV.

7. Giovani da Silveira,
Brent Snider, and
Jaydeep Balikrishnan
• Compensation-based incentives, ERP, and delivery performance:
analysis from production and improvement perspectives. Forthcoming
in International Journal of Operations and Production Management

8. James Agarwal
• Agarwal, James (2011), Volume Editor, Volume I: Research Methodology:
Conjoint Analysis, Multidimensional Scaling & Related Techniques, in “Legends
in Marketing”, Series Editor Jagdish N. Sheth (Emory University), 269 pages,
2011, Sage Publications. A copy of this volume is now in the HSB library.
• Malhotra, Naresh K., James Agarwal, and G. Shainesh (2012), “A Cross-
National and Cross-Cultural Comparison of Consumer’s Service Quality
Perception and Satisfaction: Exploring the Moderating Role of Uncertainty
Avoidance,” presented at the 2012 International Conference in Marketing,
hosted by Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIML), Noida Campus,
New Delhi, India, January 12-14, 2012.
• Das, Prakash and James Agarwal (2012),
“Conversing with the Self: How do Self Construal
and Moral Self Worth Influence Customer Co-
Creation Experiences?,” 2012 Society for Consumer
Psychology (SCP) Annual Winter Conference, Las
Vegas, Nevada, February 2012.

9. Brittany Martin &
Rhiannon MacDonnell
• Co-authored a paper which was accepted into the Management
Research Review (to be published this year) titled, "Is Telework
Effective for Organizations? A Meta-Analysis of Empirical Research
on Perceptions of Telework and Organizational Outcomes”.

10. Scott Radford
Appeared in press in November 2011
• Radford, Scott K. and Peter H. Bloch, (2011) “Linking Innovation to
Design: Consumer Reponses to Visual Product Newness,” Journal of
Product Innovation Management, 28(S1), 208-220
Forthcoming
• Radford, Scott K and Peter H. Bloch, “Grief,
Commiseration, and Consumption Following
the Death of a Celebrity” Journal of
Consumer Culture, Forthcoming
• Hunt, David M, Scott K. Radford, and
Kenneth R. Evans, “Consumer Responses
to Mass Customization: The Influence of
Risk Aversion and Involvement,” Journal of
Consumer Behavior, Forthcoming

11. Peter Bowal
• "Whistleblowing and Freedom of Conscience: Towards a New Legal
Analysis," Dalhousie Law Journal (with Richard Haigh), accepted for
Publication

12. Oleksiy Osiyevskyy &
Jim Dewald
• Osiyevskyy, O. & Dewald, J. (2012). Beyond rational reasoning:
cognitive factors shaping entrepreneur’s strategic decision making
when facing industry’s disruptive change. Proceedings of 2012 Annual
Meeting of United States Association for Small Business and
Entrepreneurship. Journal of Small Business Management Editor’s
Choice Award.

13. Allan Ingelson
• Has been awarded a University of Calgary
SSHRC Preparation Grant

14. Fengmei Gong,
Barrie Nault, and
Mohammad Rahman
• IT, logistics outsourcing and industry-level productivity,
INFORMS Annual Meeting: Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
November 13-16, 2011

15. Piers Steel
• Steel, P. & Ferrari, J. (in press). Sex, Education and Procrastination: An
Epidemiological Study of Procrastinators’ Characteristics from a Global
Sample. European Journal of Personality.
• Taras, V., Steel. P., Rowney, J. (in press). Work-related acculturation:
Change in individual work-related cultural values following immigration.
International Journal of Human Resource Management. FT JOURNAL.
• Steel, P. Kammeyer-Mueller, J., & Nguyen, B.
(2012). Why meta-analysis exaggerates
generalizability and underestimates
situational specificity. In Morris, S. (Chair),
Methodological Advances in Meta-Analysis.
Symposium conducted at the annual meeting
of the Society for Industrial Organizational
Psychology, San Diego, CA.

16. Brent Ritchie
BOOKS
• Goeldner, Charles R. and J.R. Brent Ritchie. TOURISM: Principles, Practices and
Philosophies, Twelfth Edition, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, (2012).
• Goeldner, Charles R. and J.R. Brent Ritchie. TOURISM: Principles, Practices and
Philosophies – Instructor’s Manual, Twelfth Edition, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley &
Sons, (2012).
BOOK CHAPTERS
• Crouch, G.I., and J.R. Brent Ritchie. “Destination Competitiveness and Its Implications
for Host-Community QOL.” Chapter 29 in Uysal, Perdue and Sirgy (eds), Handbook of
Tourism and Quality-of-Life Research: Enhancing the Lives of Tourists and Residents
of Host Communities, Berlin: SpringerLink, pg 491-513, 2012.
RESEARCH JOURNAL ARTICLES
Kim, Jong-Hyeong, J.R. Brent Ritchie and Bryan McCormick.
Development of a Scale to Measure Memorable Tourism
Experiences. Journal of Travel Research, Vol. 51, No. 1, pg
12-25, 2012.
CONFERENCE
• Research Chair, Tourism Track, Academy of Marketing
Science’s 2012 World Marketing Congress – August 28-
September 1, 2012, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

17. Wei (Mike) Li
• MITACS Accelerate Internship Award, "Adaptive
Operating Room Scheduling and Control",
(Supervisor: Dr. Barrie R. Nault, U of Calgary)

18. Jess Chua
• Chrisman, James J.; Chua, Jess H.; Pearson, Allison W.; Barnett,
Tim. Family Involvement, Family Influence, and Family-Centered Non-
Economic Goals in Small Firms. Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice,
Mar 2012, Vol. 36 Issue 2, p267-293
• J.J. Chrisman, J.H. Chua, & L. Steier (2011). Resilience of family
firms: An introduction. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 35(6),
1107-1119
Keynote Speeches
• Keynote speech on Conceptual and
Empirical Issues in Family Business
Research at the 7th International Symposium
on Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprises,
Hangzhou, China
• Keynote speech on A Review of Research on
the North American Venture Capital Industry
at the Global Forum on Entrepreneurship and
Innovation, Center for Innovation, Zhejiang
University

19. Jing Lu &
Irene Herremans
• Their co-authored paper, “Women on Boards: Decoration or
Value. The Influence of Women Directors on Companies’ Social
and Environmental Performance”, was awarded the KPMG Best
Paper Award.
• Ms. Lu and Dr. Herremans will be attending the American
Accounting Association Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. in
August 2012 to present their paper in the Gender Issues &
Work-Life Balance Section, and receive their award.

20. Rosa Hendijani
• Rosa tied for Best Graduate Student Presentation at the 2012
Alberta Research Conference on Operations (ARCO) with her
paper, “The Effect of External Reward and Intrinsic Motivation on
Performance”.

21. Sherry Weaver
Is a Health Systems Engineer, an AIHS’ Osteoarthritis Team
member, and an HSB Instructor doing research to shorten wait
times for required medical procedures
• She was featured on the cover of the February
2012 issue of Industrial Engineer featuring her
article titled, “Engineers who make a
difference: closing the waiting gap”
• She was one of four presenters at an AIHS
Osteoarthritis Team Symposium, held at the
Rozsa Centre, U of C, on Wednesday, October
26, 2011
• Her research and the Symposium were
featured on Global TV, Calgary’s “Health FYI”
segment, on October 25, 2011.

22. Sandra E. Malach and
Robert Malach
• Sandra and Robert presented their paper, “Experiential
Entrepreneurship Education: Managing the Attendant Regulatory
and Risk Management Issues” at the Western Academy of Legal
Studies in Business Annual Conference in Monterey, California
(March 30 – April 1, 2012)

23. Prakash Das and
James Agarwal
• Das, Prakash and James Agarwal (2012), “Conversing with
the Self: How do Self Construal and Moral Self Worth
Influence Customer Co-Creation Experiences?,” 2012
Society for Consumer Psychology (SCP) Annual Winter
Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 2012.

24. Rhiannon MacDonnell
• “Belief in a Just World: Consumer Intentions and Behaviours
Towards Ethical Products” published in American Marketing
Associations Journals
• Presenting at the Society for Consumer Psychology Feb 2012,
Las Vegas
• Selected to attend the AMA-Sheuth Consortium in June