Academia

Academic Positions

Associate Professor (strategic management), Department of International Business, HEC Montréal (2013-present)

Awarded the 2017 PRIX D’EXCELLENCE EN PEDAGOGIE, HEC Montreal.

  • Courses taught (in English and French)
    • Theories of the Multinational Organization (PhD
    • International Strategy & Global Mindset (EMBA)
    • Global Management (MBA)
    • Context of International Business (MBA)
    • Strategy and Internationalization (MBA)
    • Internationalization of the Firm (MSc)
    • Cross Cultural Management (MSc)
    • Landscape and Challenges of International Business (MSc)
    • Internationalization Strategies (Bachelor)
    • International Management (Bachelor)
    • International Business (Bachelor)
  • Supervisor: MBA Consulting Projects (14), Master Supervisor and examiner on over 30 MSc theses/supervised projects, EMBA supervisor (6 teams and 12 final papers)
  • PhD Committee Member:
    • Ehsan Derayati (Concordia University) – The Impact of Relative Institutional Challenge on the Process of Firms’ Internationalization – defended 2016
    • Andrea Kim (Concordia University) – Disruptive New Firms in the Sharing Economy: A Process View of Corporate Reputations – defended 2020
    • Ann-Louise Howard (Concordia University) – I Didn’t Know it was a Thing Either: Women Engineers’ Experience of Suffering in the Workplace – defended 2022.

Lecturer in strategic management (as PhD student), John Molson School of Business, Concordia University (2010-2013)

  • Strategy and Competition (undergraduate capstone)
  • Business Policy and Strategy (MBA capstone)
  • Strategy in Action (MBA capstone)

Invited Presentations

  • Early career teaching for PhDs, HEC Montreal (2023)
  • Preparing for a career after your PhD, PhD Academy, HEC Montréal (2023)
  • Jumpstarting your career, at the 40th Anniversary of Montreal’s Joint PhD Program in Business Administration, McGill University (2017)
  • A researcher’s experience in publishing, for Dr. Ann Langley’s Reading, Doing & Publishing Research in Strategy doctoral seminar (HEC Montreal, 2013, 2014, 2015)
  • Understanding the doctoral landscape, for Dr. Rick Molz’ Debating Strategic Management seminar (2013, 2014)
  • The decline of Nortel, Concordia University for undergraduate capstone strategy course (2011)
  • Chapleau Case Presentation, John Molson School of Business, MBA 625 (2011)
  • Reflections on Careers, McGill University (2010)

Academic Service

  • Reviewer, 2022 ASAC Annual Meeting
  • Reviewer, 2021 Strategic Management Society Annual Meeting
  • Reviewer and Discussant, 2020 ASAC Annual Meeting, Outstanding Reviewer Award, Case Track
  • Case Division team member, 2017 ASAC Annual Meeting
  • Interim VP Communications, North American Case Research Association (2015)
  • Reviewer, California Management Review
  • Reviewer, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences
  • Reviewer, Management International Review
  • Reviewer, Journal of Management History
  • Reviewer, Case Research Journal
  • Reviewer, North American Case Research Association Annual Meetings (2012, 2014, 2016)
  • Co-organizer, Montreal Local Global Research Group conferences (2009 & 2010)
  • Reviewer, Academy of Management Annual Meetings (various divisions)) (2008-2012, 2014, 2016-present)
  • Discussant, 2009 European Group of Organization Studies Annual Meeting (Barcelona)
  • Reviewer, 2011, 2014 – present ASAC Annual Meetings
  • Reviewer and Discussant, 2008 & 2009 ASAC Annual Meeting, Outstanding Reviewer Award (both years)
  • Reviewer for R. Molz, C. Ratiu & A. Taleb (Eds.), The Multinational Enterprise in Developing Countries.

University Service

  • MBA program department representative (2018 – present)
  • New building dept representative (2022)
  • Ethics in Recruitment consultation team (2022)
  • MSc & BAA program review – committee member
  • Ethics Committee Member, HEC Montreal (2013 – 2019)
  • Case Briefer (for ~300 judges), Annual MBA International Case Competition, John Molson School of Business (2012 – Present)
  • Leader, AOM 2010 (Montreal) Service Project (with YWCA)
  • Local Arrangements Committee, Academy of Management Annual Meeting (2011, Montreal)
  • President and co-founder, John Molson Doctoral Student Society (2009/2010)
  • VP Management, Doctoral Student Society (2009/2010)
  • Research assistant throughout doctoral studies